Nuclear-Powered Research Superyacht
Earth 300 is envisioned to be a nuclear-powered gigayacht with 22 state-of-the-art laboratories and a 13-story “science sphere,” that will be used as a research and exploration vessel, designed to
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Wyoming explores replacing coal with advanced nuclear
Wyoming Governor, Mark Gordon, together with a broad coalition of high-ranking federal, state and industry partners, announced that Bill Gates’ advanced nuclear venture, TerraPower, selected Wyoming to be the state
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DOE announces funding for three advanced reactor builds
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two teams—one led by TerraPower in partnership with GE Hitachi, building a 345 MWe sodium fast reactor with a molten salt energy
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Southern Company and TerraPower Prep for Testing on Molten Salt Reactor
Southern Company, a leading utility, is partnering with Bill Gate’s TerraPower to develop a molten chloride fast reactor (MCFR) that uses liquid salts as both a coolant and fuel. Working
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Philanthropy’s Critical Nuclear Moment
Philanthropy’s potential role in the science and development of nuclear power is significantly constrained, both by the overlap with impact investors and the traditionally dominant role played by government, especially
Peter Diamandis on energy abundance and the future of nuclear
Peter Diamandis, Chairman and Co-Founder of Singularity University, founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, writes a tech blog. We were sent a copy of the email that he
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