The Trump administration is issuing a $1 billion loan to reestablish a nuclear power plant at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island that’s been offline for five years. The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Tuesday that it would help finance the Crane Clean Energy Project, supporting Constellation Energy in its effort to revive Three Mile Island […]
Physics, Not AI, Could Power These Self-Regulating Microreactors
In our world of AI-dominated algorithms, some nuclear physicists prefer to do science the old-fashioned way. And this newly developed physics-based, AI-free algorithm may be the breakthrough needed for small nuclear reactors to take off in earnest. A recent paper published in Progress in Nuclear Energy describes an algorithm that enables nuclear microreactors—transportable, mini reactors […]
America’s First Private Nuclear Fuel Recycling Facility to Open in Tennessee
Nuclear energy is among the most promising alternatives to fossil fuels—if we can find a sustainable way to take care of the unwanted, radioactive waste generated by the process. Stakeholders from both the public and private sectors have suggested various solutions, but a Tennessee firm will be the first to actually build and operate a […]
This U.S. Airport Wants to Go Nuclear, and the Backlash Has Already Begun
Within the last two decades, the aviation sector’s global energy-related carbon emissions have grown faster than rail, road, or shipping emissions. Amid an urgent need to transition this industry to clean energy sources, Denver International Airport (DEN) has proposed a bold solution: nuclear power. On Wednesday, August 6, airport chief Phil Washington and Denver Mayor […]
For the First Time, Artificial Intelligence Is Being Used at a Nuclear Power Plant
Diablo Canyon, California’s sole remaining nuclear power plant, has been left for dead on more than a few occasions over the last decade or so, and is currently slated to begin a lengthy decommissioning process in 2029. Despite its tenuous existence, the San Luis Obispo power plant received some serious computing hardware at the end […]