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NuScale Power receives US NRC design approval for small modular reactor

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NuScale has signed agreements with entities in the US, Canada, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Jordan. NuScale Power has developed a new modular light water reactor nuclear power plant to supply energy for electrical generation, district heating, desalination, and other process heat applications.

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This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

Cars That Think

An app to track police vehicles Last year Code Girls United’s advanced class held in Kalispell received a special request from Jordan Venezio , the city’s police chief. The lights are attached to the bottom of a ribbon skirt, a traditional garment worn by young women. The group made it to the competition’s semifinals.

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New GM EcoTec3 engine family for 2014 Silverado and Sierra pickups; direct injection, cylinder deactivation and CVVT

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Jordan Lee, Small Block chief engineer and program manager. It deactivates four of the cylinders on the V-8 engines and two cylinders on the V-6 under light load conditions—operating the engines as a V-4—and seamlessly reactivates the cylinders when the driver demands greater power. Cylinder deactivation.

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New 450hp Small Block V8 for 2014 Corvette features direct injection, cylinder deactivation, continuously variable valve timing

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The application of GM’s Active Fuel Management (AFM) cylinder deactivation system is the first on Corvette; it shuts down half of the engine’s cylinders in light-load driving. The Gen 5 all-aluminum block was developed with math-based tools and data acquired in GM’s racing programs, providing a light, rigid foundation.

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12 Days of Giveaways

My Energi

Our ‘12 days of Giveaways’ initiative, begins tomorrow (Wednesday 1 December) until Sunday 12 December and aims to shed light on the environmental impacts of Christmas consumerism. Ebb + Flo – Water is where everything began for Ebb + Flo Living. But to founders Toni and Vince, it’s so much more than just water sports.

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My Energi

Our ‘12 days of Giveaways’ initiative, begins tomorrow (Wednesday 1 December) until Sunday 12 December and aims to shed light on the environmental impacts of Christmas consumerism. Ebb + Flo – Water is where everything began for Ebb + Flo Living. But to founders Toni and Vince, it’s so much more than just water sports.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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It took me 17 days to reach the United Arab Emirates, and my route went through fascinating places like the Kurdish region of Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Three hours later, I was in the City of Lights, on my way to Gare de Lyon for a layover. Eleven euros for a bottle of water? I turned a blind eye to that.