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Google Backs Buildout of Small Nuclear Reactors in Kairos Deal

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google is investing in the development of the next generation of nuclear power, backing a company that’s building small modular reactors and agreeing to purchase energy once the sites start supplying US grids. Google signed an agreement with Kairos Power to construct a series of so-called SMRs that use molten-salt cooling technology. The move …

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Japan to Keep Nuclear, Boost Renewables in its Energy Mix, New Industry Minister Says

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Summary New PM Ishiba waters down tone against nuclear power in Japan Japan to continue with nuclear power plant restarts, new METI minister Muto says Japan to use renewable energy to its maximum, METI minister says (Reuters) – Japan plans to continue safely restarting nuclear power plants and will use as much renewable energy as …

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U.S. Closes $1.52 Billion Loan to Resurrect Michigan Nuclear Plant

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(Reuters) – The U.S. on Monday said it closed a $1.52 billion loan to resurrect Holtec’s Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, and a senior Biden administration official said it could take two years to reopen the plant, which is longer than the company predicted. President Joe Biden’s administration has called for a tripling of U.S. …

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Russia Seeks to Counter West’s Climate Agenda with Gas, Nuclear Power

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(Reuters) – Russia will pursue its own climate-related goals and put forward proposals on tackling global warming as an alternative to the agenda promoted by the West, Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin said on Friday. His comments could be a precursor for potential clashes at the COP29 U.N. climate summit, which is due to take …

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Powering AI Leapfrogs Climate Concerns

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It’s become clear there’s not enough low-carbon energy to satisfy data centers’ needs, and natural gas will be key.   It’s Climate Week in New York, and dominating the conversation has been the apparently insatiable appetite of artificial intelligence for power. The subject has been much in the news. Just last week, we learned that the infamous Three Mile …

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Not So Fast: U.S. Nuclear Plants Won’t Power up Big Tech’s AI Ambitions Right Away

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Summary Resurrecting Three Mile Island could take awhile Local opponents hold memories of 1979 incident NRC busy with nuclear power permit requests NEW YORK/WASHINGTON Sept 24 (Reuters) – Constellation Energy  and Microsoft  plan to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, hoping they have scored a quick source of enough climate-friendly energy to power rapidly …

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Microsoft’s AI Power Needs Prompt Revival of Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant

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  Three Mile Island power plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania in 2019.Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania will invest $1.6 billion to revive it, agreeing to sell all the output to Microsoft Corp. as the tech titan seeks carbon-free electricity for data centers to power the artificial intelligence …

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High Fossil Fuel Use Highlights U.S. Power Transition Challenge

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(Reuters) – Fossil fuels continue to rule the roost in the United States’ power sector, despite clean energy sources being rolled out at the fastest pace in history. For the past decade, U.S. power generators have prioritized clean power sources over fossil fuels, and since 2014 they have lifted clean electricity generation capacity by over …

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U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Support Advanced Nuclear Energy Deployment

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy capacity, including by speeding permitting and creating new incentives for advanced nuclear reactor technologies. Expanding nuclear power has broad bipartisan support, with Democrats seeing it as critical to decarbonizing the power sector to fight climate change and Republicans …

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Bill Gates Says He’s Ready to Put Billions Into Nuclear Power

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Bill Gates said he’s prepared to plow billions of dollars into a next-generation nuclear power plant project in Wyoming to meet growing US electricity needs. TerraPower LLC, a startup founded by Gates, broke ground for construction of its first commercial reactor last week in Wyoming, where a coal plant is shutting down, the billionaire co-founder …

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