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Our coverage spans conventional power generation, renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, and emerging energy technologies.
Texas clears full-scale drilling test to bury spent nuclear fuel deep underground
A Texas drilling permit clears the way for a full-scale test of deep borehole technology designed for nuclear waste disposal.
13 hours ago
50-MWh battery line swaps drying ovens for electron beams, runs at one-fifth the cost
Ateios’ new Indiana line cures battery electrodes in seconds, cutting binder use while supporting higher material loadings.
14 hours ago
$13.5 million US nuclear tech deal targets depleted uranium for fluorine recovery
NANO Nuclear plans to acquire licensed US technology for depleted uranium processing in a $13.5 million transaction.
18 hours ago
Heat-only method makes critical alloys tougher for nuclear fusion reactors and jet engines
The innovative method utilizes controlled thermal stress.
21 hours ago
Nuclear diamond batteries could power 150 million sensors, from deep mines to bridges
The battery stores small amounts of energy before using it to transmit sensor data.
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Megawatt-level nuclear battery chosen for second-ever reactor test at 100-foot-tall DOME
Deployable Energy is the second company ever selected to utilize the testbed.
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US nuclear plant expands by 190 MW under Amazon deal, can power 1.3 million homes
The agreement will also help Amazon manage its energy costs for facilities throughout the region.
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9.6 GW output: Valar Atomics proposes 456 nuclear reactor-powered data center
Valar has applied to lease both state and federal lands.
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US conducts nuclear blast detection test to catch rivals’ ‘decoupled’ detonations
NNSA tests underground “decoupled” explosion to refine sensors and algorithms for detecting concealed nuclear tests.
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Trump unveils Korea-backed $200B US energy plan with 8 reactors, 6.5-GW Texas plant
South Korea backs a $120B U.S. nuclear push, $22.3B Texas power project and Alaska LNG plans.
2 days ago
Bill Gates-backed nuclear fusion firm inks record 6,200-mile reactor tape deal for grids
CFS is building SPARC, which is a prototype designed to prove net energy gain.
2 days ago
119 gas turbines to bring 1.7 GW of rapidly deployable power to US data centers
The 119 gas turbines will power Dynamis mobile systems built for data centers, utilities and industrial facilities.
2 days ago
Homing beacon gets US support to direct solar power beams from orbit to Earth
The technology could provide power to remote military bases without relying on fuel convoys.
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First 300 MW advanced small modular nuclear reactor approved for construction in US
The compact design uses less land and water, letting utilities scale capacity incrementally with demand.
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Landfill gas and captured CO2 turned into 2.5 barrels of jet fuel by new US tech
The synthetic fuel can be blended with conventional jet fuel at concentrations up to 50 percent.
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US scientists create soft porous material that guides lithium ions for better batteries
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), contain tiny, ordered channels that can either hold or move specific ions making them valuable for solid-state batteries.
2 days ago
New 900,000-sq-ft US plant to churn out thousands of solid rocket motors for missiles
The factory will produce thousands of missile motors annually.
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US scientists develop catalyst to turn woody biomass into jet fuel components
A selective catalyst could turn lignin into jet fuel components.
2 days ago
Chinese tokamak achieves hydrogen-boron fusion with 100 million reactions a second
The experiment was carried out using ENN Group’s EXL-50U spherical tokamak.
2 days ago
US-backed 10,000-ton plant makes iron, steel in one step, cuts emissions by up to 98%
Hertha’s 10,000-ton plant will target a key US magnet supply gap with a process claiming 25% lower steel production costs.
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