Nuclear energy has staunch opponents due to concerns about radioactive waste disposal, the potential for catastrophic accidents, and the high costs associated with plant construction and decommissioning. The 1979 partial meltdown of Unit 2 at Three Mile Island caused panic in the United States and ...
US: BNFL Westinghouse signs nuclear plant contracts with South Korea.The article reports that BNFL Westinghouse has signed contracts worth over U.S.$350 million with South Korea to provide components, I&C equipment and technical and engineering support services for four new nuclear units. In a ...
World's First Nuclear Fusion Power Plant Is Coming U.S. scientists have already been able to use growing fusion knowledge to help identify gaps in our near-future technology, too. That means this plan includes detailed projections about how much we can and should learn, and more importantly,...
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan by Microsoft to use the restart of a Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to help power its expanding data centers reflects the tech industry's hopes nuclear energy can be a quick and climate-friendly answer to its massive electricity...
A Nevada judge has upheld the murder charge of the only suspect to ever be prosecuted in the 1990s killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur Associated PressJan. 21, 2025 Al Capone Called It His Sweetheart. the Pistol That Saved His Life Is Coming to Vegas ...
Officials mull seismic tests near US nuclear plantJASON DEAREN
Sam Altman-backed startup raises $425 million to build world’s 1st nuclear fusion power plant byShriya Kataria January 31, 2025 Helion Energy, a pioneering startup backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman, has secured a landmark $425 million investment to accelerate the... ...
Using the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant incident as its focal point, this paper employs the concepts of generic frames and news domestication to study US media portrayal of the disaster. Specifically, it uses the framing theory on the coverage of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant ...
An aerial view of a nuclear power plant in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, on March 25, 2011 Nuclear power plants in the United States increasingly risk closure amid growing competition from cheap natural gas, which experts said could hamper President Barack Obama's efforts to combat climate change. ...
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