TechdirtDOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬Case Against Small Modular #NuclearReactors
New-wave reactors are the face of an American #nuclear renaissance. Some experts are sounding alarms
Arguments in favor of #SMR overlook a fundamental issue, said Edwin Lyman, dir of nuclear power safety at Union of Concerned Scientists: They're too expensive. Despite money swilling around the sector, "it's still not enough." Nuclear power cannot compete on cost with alternatives, both fossil fuels and increasingly renewables.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/climate/small-nuclear-reactors-smrs-holtec-kairos
New-wave reactors are the face of an American #nuclear renaissance. Some experts are sounding alarms
Arguments in favor of #SMR overlook a fundamental issue, said Edwin Lyman, dir of nuclear power safety at Union of Concerned Scientists: They're too expensive. Despite money swilling around the sector, "it's still not enough." Nuclear power cannot compete on cost with alternatives, both fossil fuels and increasingly renewables.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/climate/small-nuclear-reactors-smrs-holtec-kairos
New-wave reactors are the face of an American nuclear renaissance. Some experts are sounding alarms
Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental problems
Dining and CookingShould You Buy NuScale Power While It’s Below $15?
NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) develops small modular nuclear reactors and has a key first-mover advantage with its nuclear energy technology. The stock surged over the last year, reaching $57 per share in October, but has cooled off significantl…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition #NRC #nuclearreactors #NuclearRegulatoryCommission #NuScalePower #nutrition
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2530545/should-you-buy-nuscale-power-while-its-below-15/
How next-generation #nuclearreactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint
From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology.
Today, reactors typically use same fuel (#uranium) and coolant (water), and all are roughly same size (massive). For decades, these giants have streamed electrons into power grids around the world. The problem is, building #nuclear #powerplants is expensive and slow.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1129797/next-generation-nuclear-reactors-power-energy/
https://archive.ph/dS39f
From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology.
Today, reactors typically use same fuel (#uranium) and coolant (water), and all are roughly same size (massive). For decades, these giants have streamed electrons into power grids around the world. The problem is, building #nuclear #powerplants is expensive and slow.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1129797/next-generation-nuclear-reactors-power-energy/
https://archive.ph/dS39f
DoomsdaysCWPortable #NuclearReactors? Let's put a bunch in the #WhiteHouse!
#NoNukes #USPol #IfItsSafeYouHostIt #EatYourRads #DrinkingTheRadiumWater
13Making a Functional Control Panel of the Chernobyl RBMK Reactor https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/making-a-functional-control-panel-of-the-chernobyl-rbmk-reactor/
#Howto #Controlpanel #Nuclearreactors
#Howto #Controlpanel #Nuclearreactors
Next-gen #nuclearreactors safe enough to skip full environmental reviews, says Trump admin
#DoE announced the "categorical exclusion" for advanced nuclear reactors (ANRs), establishing a pathway that can allow #ANR projects to proceed without a full environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act (#NEPA). Move follows Trump's executive orders directing agencies to streamline environmental reviews for #nuclear reactors
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/nextgen_nuclear_reactors_skip_nepa_reviews/
#DoE announced the "categorical exclusion" for advanced nuclear reactors (ANRs), establishing a pathway that can allow #ANR projects to proceed without a full environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act (#NEPA). Move follows Trump's executive orders directing agencies to streamline environmental reviews for #nuclear reactors
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/nextgen_nuclear_reactors_skip_nepa_reviews/
***Dave Hill 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️"#Trump exempts new #nuclearreactors from #environmental review : NPR"
"These new safe advanced designs don't need to prove thsy are safe because we say they are safe because they are advanced so they are safe! Also, #safety reviews are for pussies."
Why the grid relies on #nuclearreactors in the #winter
Steady #nuclear energy is in high demand this time of year.
Generally, nuclear #reactors operate at constant levels, as close to full capacity as possible. In 2024, for commercial reactors worldwide, the average capacity factor—the ratio of actual energy output to the theoretical maxiumum—was 83%. North America rang in at an average of about 90%.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1128754/nuclear-power-reliability/
https://archive.ph/5fjlD
Steady #nuclear energy is in high demand this time of year.
Generally, nuclear #reactors operate at constant levels, as close to full capacity as possible. In 2024, for commercial reactors worldwide, the average capacity factor—the ratio of actual energy output to the theoretical maxiumum—was 83%. North America rang in at an average of about 90%.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1128754/nuclear-power-reliability/
https://archive.ph/5fjlD
formuchdeliberationUS' retired nuclear reactors from warships could power AI data centers
#aidatacenters #nuclearreactors #artificialintelligence #technology #unitedstates #nuclearenergy
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-warship-reactor-data-centers
#aidatacenters #nuclearreactors #artificialintelligence #technology #unitedstates #nuclearenergy
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-warship-reactor-data-centers
