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China’s New Breeder Reactors May Produce More Than Just Watts

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is building two fast-neutron nuclear breeder reactors, the first of which is slated to connect to the grid in 2023, the second in 2026. China is in the middle of a big buildup of its nuclear-weapon arsenal,” says Frank von Hippel , a physicist and nuclear-policy expert at Princeton University. “My It is anything but.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Norway. University of Nevada, Reno. University of California, Berkeley. Oxford Robotics Institute, United Kingdom. Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. California State University Channel Islands. Carnegie Mellon University.

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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In a hangar at the University of Edinburgh, a triangular steel contraption sits beside a giant tank of water. There’s good reason for this hustle: The United Kingdom wants to add 34 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, en route to decarbonizing its grid by 2035. Peter Fairley This rush to deep water is a global phenomenon.

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