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Yes, the U.S. Should Put a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon  RealClearEnergy China, Russia, and U.S. Race to Develop Lunar Nuclear Reactors  IEEE Spectrum Opinion | Nuclear-powered rockets will win the new space race  The Washington Post Advocates Beg DOT Sec. Duffy to Give Up Space and Fix Transit On Earth  Streetsblog USA NASA moon reactor directive, X-37B mission and Cargo Dragon launch | …

Google is one step closer to reaching its nuclear ambitions now that it’s working with public power utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to purchase electricity from a next-generation reactor. It’s the first power purchase agreement for technology this advanced that a US utility has made, according to the companies. The plan is for TVA to buy electricity from a reactor …

Google announces Tennessee as site for small modular nuclear reactor  Reuters Google, Kairos Power plan advanced nuclear plant for Tennessee Valley Authority grid by 2030  CNBC Our first advanced nuclear reactor project with Kairos Power and Tennessee Valley Authority  The Keyword Rutherford County Tied to Groundbreaking Nuclear Energy Deal Powering Google’s Future  WGNS Radio Google Signs Nuclear Power Deal. What It Means for the …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemned South Korean-U.S. military drills and vowed a rapid expansion of his nuclear forces to counter rivals, state media said Tuesday, as he inspected his most advanced warship being fitted with nuclear-capable systems. Kim’s visit to the western port of Nampo on Monday came as the South Korean and …

Scientists in the United States are developing a method to recycle nuclear waste to make tritium – a rare version of hydrogen which serves as one of the main fuels in nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion is a process that fuses two atoms together to release heat which can turn generators. The generators will ensure a supply of large amounts of …

Big Tech’s foray into nuclear power continues as the site of its first nuclear reactor today, as part of its with startup Kairos Power. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will be home to the Hermes 2 plant, which will supply Google with 50 megawatts of power under a long-term purchase agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The Oak Ridge plant is …

Nuclear fusion has seen some exciting advances, and the promise of clean, efficient energy does seem to be creeping closer to reality. But skeptics point to practical issues we may not be trying hard enough to solve—issues that will inevitably weigh down our reactors when they finally arrive. A new study led by Terence Tarnowsky, a nuclear physicist at Los …

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists are close to creating a nuclear clock—an ultra-accurate clock that uses a low-energy transition in the nucleus of a thorium-229 atom to keep time. Electrical interference makes atomic clocks unsuited for dark matter detection, but …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the Trump administration’s “energetic” efforts to stop the war in Ukraine and hinted that Moscow and Washington could strike a deal on nuclear arms control during their summit on Friday in Alaska. Before he travels to Alaska to meet the US president, Putin chaired a meeting on Thursday of senior Russian …

The United States has picked 11 advanced reactor projects to begin President Trump’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program. The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Tuesday that it will work, alongside the industry, with these 11 projects to construct, operate, and achieve criticality of at least three test reactors using the DOE authorization process by July 4, 2026. The selection is …