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DOE docs: Carbon removal proposal bets on rare nuclear reactors

Previously unreported plans for a major direct air capture hub raise concerns about using troubled reactors that don’t exist in the United States.
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Westinghouse sees a bigger market for its smaller nuclear reactor

The AP300 is the firm’s latest effort to develop a product that has more of the desirable parts of nuclear energy — carbon-free electricity, reliability and security — and fewer of the undesirables — multibillion dollar construction cost, huge footprint, long lead time.
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Is America ready for a new age of nuclear power?

There’s no way to mitigate climate change without it.
Politics
U.S. moves toward supplying Romania with a new style of nuclear plant
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U.S. moves toward supplying Romania with a new style of nuclear plant

The proposed deal, for a smaller and cheaper kind of nuclear plant, built by an American firm, could start a race to export small reactors.
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Dam failure threatens a Dow chemical complex and Superfund cleanup
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Dam failure threatens a Dow chemical complex and Superfund cleanup

Floodwaters surged toward Midland, Mich., and one of the nation’s most extensive toxic cleanup sites, raising concerns of a wider environmental fallout from the dam disaster.
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'We want to change the course of history,' says Northern Sea Route operator
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'We want to change the course of history,' says Northern Sea Route operator

With new super-powerful icebreakers, the Russian Arctic route might be able to compete with the Suez Canal, the leader of nuclear power company Rosatom argues.

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China’s losing its taste for nuclear power. That’s bad news.
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China’s losing its taste for nuclear power. That’s bad news.

Once nuclear’s strongest booster, China is growing wary about its cost and safety.
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Nuclear plants gain new life as AI demand for energy rises

Nuclear plants gain new life as AI demand for energy rises

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Congress passed funding bill without disaster aid despite looming hurricane

Congress passed funding bill without disaster aid despite looming hurricane

Alaska Native community moves to escape climate-driven permafrost loss

Alaska Native community moves to escape climate-driven permafrost loss