NPR (Hanna Merzbach) - The view from the proving grounds for next-generation nuclear reactors, Atomic City, Idaho
A new generation of small nuclear reactors is poised to come online in the next few years. Public opinion remains split.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Bart Marcois) - Act Now to Solve the Data Center Power Problem
If you recognize that data centers are critical for modern technology but resent them for driving up electricity costs, you will love SMRs, or small […] Source
NPR (Geoff Brumfiel) - Red, white and glowing blue: Trump's push for new reactors reaches the finish line
A program initiated by the Trump administration has allowed small companies to rush their testing of several new nuclear reactor designs. Some worry that safety is being compromised.
THENATIONALPULSE (The National Pulse) - How a WWI-Era Boondoggle Laid the Groundwork for America’s AI-Energy Future.
One hundred and ten years ago, on May 9th, 1916, The Gazette Times of Pittsburgh printed a special telegram from Washington, D.C. entitled ‘Nitrate Plant Wins in House With Changes.’The report made the second page, with the front reserved for a slightly more pressing matter: World War I. One year prior, the Germans had torpedoed […] The post How a WWI-Era Boondoggle Laid the Groundwork for America’s AI-Energy Future. appeared first on The National Pulse .
One hundred and ten years ago, on May 9th, 1916, The Gazette Times of Pittsburgh printed a special telegram from Washington, D.C. entitled ‘Nitrate Plant Wins in House With Changes.’ The report made the second page, with the front reserved for a slightly more pressing matter: World War I. One year prior, the Germans had torpedoed the British ocean liner the RMS Lusitania, killing over one hundred Americans in the process. While the Americans had not formally entered the war by May 1916, it was only a matter of time. As a result, the nation was once again confronted with Alexander Hamilton’s thesis from his 1791 Report on the Subject of Manufactures, which concluded: “In countries where there is great private wealth much may be…Open