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Small Modular Reactors
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-are-small-modular-reactors-smrs Tech giants are signing deals with nuclear power companies to supply energy to their data centers. Many of these deals revolve around unproven Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). This is a relatively new term for most people, so I figured it as worth it to dig in a little to help it make sense. First…
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Nuclear Power 101
When Einstein discovered that a small amount of mass can be converted into enormous amounts of energy, he set the stage for nuclear power. The first reactor was built under the squash courts at the University of Chicago by Enrico Fermi. It went critical on December 2, 1942. By Melvin A. Miller of the Argonne…
Sleepy Neutron's Nuclear Knowledge 