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Researchers Say Mix of Policies and Current or Near-Term Technologies Could Phase Out US CO2 Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

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This global climate change problem becomes manageable only if society deals quickly with emissions of carbon dioxide from burning coal in electric power plants, they state. Readily available reserves of oil and gas are sufficient to take atmospheric CO 2 to at least 400 ppm. Kharecha et al. Kharecha, Charles F.

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Hyperion Unveils Design of its Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, the Hyperion Power Module

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revealed the design for the first version of its Hyperion Power Module (HPM), a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) that it intends to have licensed and manufactured at facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. A gas plenum is at one end of the 2-3m long fuel pins. The HPM is a compact (approx.

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