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Smaller, cheaper, safer: The next generation of nuclear power, explained

Vox

Advanced nuclear reactors, especially smaller designs, could help solve many of the persistent problems with nuclear energy. It’s a first-of-a-kind nuclear power generator, cooled with liquid metal and producing 100 kilowatts of energy. But the world is hungrier than ever for energy. Micro” and “tiny,” of course, are relative.

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ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines unveil turboprop that could become largest green aircraft to take flight

GeekWire

Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures is ZeroAvia’s largest shareholder, Miftakhov said. GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) “Aviation is one of those really hard [clean energy] problems where we still have a long way to go. The startup’s main operations are in California and the United Kingdom.

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TerraPower warns of 2-year minimum delay for launch of demo reactor due to Russia-Ukraine war

GeekWire

The CEO of the Bill Gates-backed nuclear power company TerraPower is warning that operation of its demonstration plant is expected to begin at least two years later than its original target of 2028. based X-energy, which is planning to build test reactors in Eastern Washington. The Bellevue, Wash.-based

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