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US nuclear reactor construction to become faster, cheaper with Google-Westinghouse team-up
This expansion is critical as the United States energy grid faces mounting pressure. Projections indicate the country will ...
Researchers at ORNL have successfully designed, 3D printed, and tested a crucial component for their High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR). This component, known as a "rabbit capsule," is a small container ...
Kairos Power and Oak Ridge National Laboratory tested the potential of AM and composites to enable fast, repeatable ...
Anticipating a boom in nuclear energy, the US Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using 3D-printing to speed up the building of power ...
ORNL researchers used a laser powder-bed system at the lab’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility to 3D print 316H stainless steel capsules for use in irradiation experiments. The capsule provides a ...
Why it matters: Two concurrent developments – faster, more agile nuclear construction enabled by 3D printing, and the race to deploy a functional nuclear reactor on the Moon – signal a profound ...
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Google and Westinghouse lean on AI to speed US nuclear plant builds
Pair say digital twin-powered scheduling will cut costs, shrink timelines for 10 planned reactors Google and atomic power biz ...
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