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For the First Time, Artificial Intelligence Is Being Used at a Nuclear Power Plant
Some lawmakers think additional guardrails are needed for future uses. For now, the facility will use AI to comply with ...
Why 2,000 workers were just hired at NW’s only nuclear power reactor
Energy Northwest has hired on 2,000 additional skilled workers, including both Tri-Cities area residents and specialists who ...
It’s the first U.S. nuclear plant to use AI. Where does Diablo Canyon go from here?
The San Luis Obispo power plant received some serious computing hardware late last year to power a brand-new artificial intelligence tool.
AEP’s Indiana Michigan Power files to acquire 870 MW Oregon gas plant
Power company, filed with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission requesting approval to acquire the Oregon Clean Energy Center, an existing 870 MW natural gas plant in Ohio. Indiana Michigan Power ...
Nuclear Power Is Back. And This Time, AI Can Help Manage the Reactors.
Argonne National Lab has an AI-based tool that can help design and operate nuclear reactors—at a time when AI itself is ...
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OPG approved to build first SMR at Darlington nuclear project
OPG has previously said it expects construction on the first reactor to be complete by 2028, with the additional SMRs coming ...
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Canada Approves First Grid-Scale SMR Construction at Darlington
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has given Ontario Power Generation (OPG) the green light to begin building a ...
Behind the blast doors: A look inside Maryland’s only nuclear power plant
Spotlight on Maryland received exclusive access to observe the workings of Maryland’s only nuclear power plant, one month ...
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PacifiCorp throws lifeline to one Wyoming power plant, confirms end of coal at another
Wyoming’s largest electric utility has thrown a temporary lifeline to the Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant near Glenrock ...
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Opens NuScale Power Energy Exploration (E2) Center™
NuScale announced the opening of their Energy Exploration Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to further develop a ...
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What's Behind the Push to Revive Nuclear Power?
a monument to America’s previous rounds of nuclear ambition. The reactors at the Virgil C. Summer plant were meant to generate 2,200 megawatts of power, enough to electrify hundreds of thousands ...
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Energy chief envisions US nuclear renaissance: restoring ‘pit’ production, localizing nuke power
Wright said he is working to reopen the shuttered Palisades nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, which closed a few years ago. Another major plant, Indian Point on the Hudson River ...