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British aviation firm Rolls-Royce is leading the development of small modular reactors for the UK and Europe while also planning to deploy nuclear micro-reactors in space by the early 2030s.

Global shipping is one of the hardest sectors to decarbonize, yet it underpins almost every product that reaches a store shelf. As regulators tighten climate rules and trade keeps expanding, the ...

The nuclear energy industry is seeing a resurgence in global interest as governments, utilities, and tech giants seek to meet soaring electricity demand with around-the-clock, carbon-free power.

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are experiencing a significant comeback, driven by their scalability, siting flexibility, and ability to provide carbon-free baseload power, crucial for rising AI energy ...

The United States is engaged in an existential competition with China for superiority in Artificial Intelligence, AI. This technology promises to revolutionize economic activity and to determine the ...

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...

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