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Obama Administration Announces $8.33B in Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Power Reactors in Georgia; First New US Nuclear Power Plant Project in Nearly 3 Decades

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billion in loan guarantees for the construction and operation of two new nuclear reactors at a plant in Burke, Georgia. The AP1000 is a 1,117 to 1,154 MWe pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plant that is an extension of the older AP600 design. (It It is considered a Generation III Advanced Light Water Reactor.)

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Video Friday: Happy Holidays!

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ICRA 2022 – May 23-27, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, USA As always, let us know if you have suggestions for upcoming editions of Video Friday, which will be back in 2022. Georgia Tech Research Institute ] ROBO FIGHT is a Humanoid robot fighting sports. Enjoy today's videos and Happy Holidays!

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Rivian patents tailgate with gooseneck hinges

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Rivian has filed a patent utility for a tailgate design that appears homogeneous to what was once open at the fresh thought model of the R1T electrical pickup truck. Printed by way of the USA Patent and Trademark Place of work (USPTO) on Might 30, and in the beginning filed Jan.

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Video Friday: Robo Chameleon

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DARPA SubT Finals – September 21-23, 2021 – Louisville, KY, USA WeRobot 2021 – September 23-25, 2021 – Coral Gables, FL, USA IROS 2021 – September 27-1, 2021 – [Online Event] ROSCon 2021 – October 21-23, 2021 – New Orleans, LA, USA. Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. DeepRobotics ].

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Agrisoma expanding partnership with Univ. of Florida on biojet fuel in US; Carinata seed

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The Québec-based company and its subsidiary, Agrisoma USA, is working with a network of 40 academic researchers from seven universities associated with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Science. These studies, supported by Agrisoma, have initiated large-scale commercial production of the crop in Florida, Georgia and Alabama.

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Video Friday: Robot Arms for the ISS

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Columbia ] Using biological experiments, robot models, and a geometric theory of locomotion, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology investigated how and why intermediate lizard species, with their elongated bodies and short limbs, might use their bodies to move. points and Team RoMeLa, USA came in third.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Under the first FOA (DE-FOA-0002187), Capture Research and Development (R&D): Engineering Scale Testing from Coal- and Natural-Gas-Based Flue Gas and Initial Engineering Design for Industrial Sources, DOE selected nine projects to receive $51 million for cost-shared R&D. DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $430,524; Total: $1,930,524.

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