A Wyoming coal power plant will be transformed by a company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to run on nuclear power. With the signing of the bipartisan infrastructure act, $1.5 billion will help produce zero-emission power by 2028
The U.S. Department of Energy just received $30 million to research the reactors. By Trevor English Jan 01, 2021
The quest for an alternative for fossil fuels continues. Nuclear power is one of the most efficient, scalable, and practical alternatives to fossil fuels like coal and natural gas, but its history has marred its potentially good name.
While nuclear power may seem like one technology, it s actually an amalgamation of technologies used in various different reactors and processes, some more efficient, some more scalable. There s not just one kind of nuclear reactor or just one way to harness nuclear energy. In fact, there are 10s to hundreds of different reactor designs that could, in theory, transform the public perception of the energy source.
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DOE Picks More ARDP Winners; One or More Advanced Nuclear Demonstrations Will Be in Washington State
The Department of Energy (DOE) has chosen five assorted advanced nuclear reactor concepts under the second Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) risk reduction pathway. TerraPower and X-energy, which the DOE chose to support under the first ARDP pathway, are looking at siting their advanced nuclear demonstrations in Washington State, the DOE said.