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Powering the AI Revolution: The Energy Challenges of Britain’s Digital Future
AI-Driven Energy Demand Surge: Britain’s growing AI infrastructure, including a planned tripling of data center capacity, is expected to require electricity exceeding the output of a large nuclear power station, creating significant challenges for the national grid....
Beyond Human Knowledge: The Rise of Synthetic Data in AI Development
Data Exhaustion in AI: Elon Musk claims that AI companies have exhausted the pool of human-generated data needed to train advanced models, signaling a shift toward synthetic data created by AI itself. Risks of Synthetic Data: While synthetic data offers a solution, it...
The Future is Fusion: Jobs and Funding Growing Fast
The Global Fusion Industry 2024 report highlights over USD 900 million in investments and 1,000 new jobs in the fusion sector over the past year, with significant public funding increases and a workforce now exceeding 4,000 people. The industry remains...
No Coal’s the Goal: UMich Research IDs Coal Plants With Peak Potential for a Nuclear Transition
Researchers at the University of Michigan evaluated 245 operational coal power plants in the U.S. for their feasibility as sites for advanced nuclear reactors, considering factors like socioeconomic impact, safety, proximity to populations, and existing...
NRC launches environmental review of plan to restart Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan
The NRC has started an environmental review for repowering the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, which was decommissioned in 2022, with Holtec International pursuing a plan to restart power production. Holtec has secured significant financial support, including a $1.5...
Aura or Bust: Aura Energy Gains Final Permit for Tiris Uranium Project in West Africa
Aura Energy Limited received the final permit from the Mauritanian government to construct and operate the Tiris uranium project. An inter-ministerial committee has been established to facilitate the project's development, aiming for a Final Investment Decision by...
Ai-cleared Nuclear: Where Intelligence Meets Reactors
Tech firms and billionaires are investing in nuclear energy and AI to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, recognizing AI's significant role in sustainable energy use. AI's growing demand is transforming data centers and U.S. energy infrastructure, with nuclear startups...
Swiss Company Tackles Nuclear Waste Disposal Dilemma
Transmutex's technology significantly reduces nuclear waste radioactivity duration to less than 500 years and waste volume by 80%, using a particle accelerator to transmute thorium into usable uranium. The technology, supported by Nagra, can transmute 99% of...
Fury of the Future: Hurricane Beryl’s Record-Breaking Rampage Signals Dire Climate Warning
Hurricane Beryl rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 4 and 5 hurricane in early July, attributed to climate change and rising ocean temperatures. The warmer waters in the tropical Atlantic, fueled by human-driven fossil fuel emissions, allowed Beryl...
Virginia utility considers small nuclear reactors
Virginia's largest utility, Dominion Energy, is exploring the use of small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet rising electricity demands and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with a project potentially at the North Anna nuclear power plant site. Despite challenges like...
How the Signing of the ADVANCE Act Has Caused Stock Of Nuclear Energy Companies to Rise
The ADVANCE Act aims to reduce regulatory costs and incentivize investment in advanced nuclear reactor technologies, reshaping the nuclear energy landscape in the U.S. Major uranium producers, Cameco and Energy Fuels, are poised for gains with rising stock prices and...
