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‘Just watch us’: Gates-backed TerraPower is bullish on being the first next-gen nuclear plant in U.S.

GeekWire

This month, the company expects to submit to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission an application for the certification of its Natrium reactor , which it developed with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. Department of Energy. It can provide a carbon-free energy source 24/7, complementing the intermittent power coming from wind and solar.

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Univ. of Washington set to break ground on 69-acre redevelopment to create Seattle innovation hub

GeekWire

An view from the south of the proposed green space expansion within the University of Washington’s planned Portage Bay Crossing development. They didn’t share a price tag for the initiative and don’t have a planned capital campaign to fund the project. Eastlake Ave N.E. bisects the area. (UW

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A global maritime innovation hub coming to Seattle aims to spur entrepreneurship and create jobs

GeekWire

The price tag spiked after engineers realized the foundation work would be much more difficult and as inflation drove up building supply costs, Lise said. Over time, the amount could be recouped given the building’s efficient energy and water use. ” Estimates for the project shared in 2021 put its cost at $20 million.

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Can IT Become Too "Green"? (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

Green is good, but should a CIO approve every green IT project? I’m green, you’re green, all of IT is going green. I mean we’re still dealing with the aftereffects of that global recession thing and should those of us in the IT sector insist that green IT projects pay for themselves?

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Do You Have Enough Personal Energy To Be CIO? (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

Do You Know How To Manage Your CIO Energy? Turns out that these are all good to have; however, what it’s going to take to get you to the finish line is something much more valuable: personal energy. You are going to have to switch from managing your time to managing your personal energy. Image Credit. We are out of time.

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Our buildings are making us sick

Vox

Meanwhile, the global energy crisis of the 1970s incentivized architects and engineers to design buildings that were increasingly airtight — why pay money to heat a building just to see that heat escape out a crack around a window? It’s possible to have healthy buildings that use very little energy.

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This tiny atomic battery could change the world

Dataconomy

An atomic battery , also known as a nuclear battery or radioisotope battery , is a device that harnesses the energy released by the decay of radioactive isotopes to generate electricity. Unlike nuclear reactors, which use a chain reaction to create energy, these batteries rely on the spontaneous decay of unstable atomic nuclei.

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