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The Future of Fission Reactors May Be Small

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NuScale has plans to build a US plant in Idaho by 2030; the company is involved in the UK , Poland , and Romania as well. Just like their larger counterparts, SMRs will produce nuclear waste. According to one recent Stanford and University of British Columbia study , SMRs yield more nuclear waste than even conventional nuclear plants.)

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. Put simply, this little-known upstart has accelerated ahead of its much bigger rivals in the race to build an affordable electric car. near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple.

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