China is moving full speed ahead in high-speed rail innovation, as the country prepares its newest bullet train for commercial use at 400km/h (250mph). The CR450, developed by the China Academy of Railway Sciences, is now undergoing final…
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Sam Altman-backed Oklo to cool AI data centers with new nuclear tech
Oklo, a nuclear technology company, has joined hands with Vertiv, a global leader in digital infrastructure, to develop an advanced power and cooling technology for hyperscale and colocation data centers.
Both companies will work on building…
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6 million UK homes to get power from $51B nuclear plant approval
The United Kingdom government has given the final investment decision for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant.
UK’s Energy Secretary Ed Miliband signed off the multi-billion dollar deal for the nuclear power plant that aims to deliver clean…
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UK nuclear submarine fires drone torpedo to sniff out stealth enemies
The Royal Navy has successfully tested the launch and recovery of uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs) from a nuclear-powered submarine to expand its undersea warfare capabilities.
The trials, part of Project Scylla, took place recently in the…
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US supercomputer trains AI to for faster nuclear plant licensing
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), headed by the Department of Energy, have penned a memorandum of understanding with AI company Atomic Canyon to refine the licensing process for nuclear power plants.
As part of this, artificial…
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10% recycled glass mix boosts earth block strength by 90%: Study
Recycled glass could become part of the next big step in sustainable construction.
Scientists from the University of Portsmouth in the UK have discovered that recycled glass powder can effectively stabilize compressed earth blocks, offering…
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Chinese hackers hit US nuclear agency using Microsoft software flaw
Microsoft has issued a critical warning about Chinese state-backed hackers exploiting security flaws in its SharePoint software.
These vulnerabilities have been used to compromise a growing list of government agencies and private…
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Wear characteristics of armature surface and its thermal effects under different electromagnetic launch conditions
Surface wear characteristics of the armature
To investigate the effects of charging voltage and initial roughness on armature wear performance, two sets of experiments were carried out by controlling a single variable:
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Energy efficient multi hop clustering using Artificial Bee Colony metaheuristic in WSN
This section compares the performance of EEM-LEACH-ABC with four prominent clustering protocols: MHCRP24, SBOA31, HSACP48, and HChOA59. The WSN concentrates on a 250 m x 250 m area of interest, featuring 150 nodes that are randomly distributed…
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A new high voltage gain step-up converter with minimum phase characteristic
This section analyzes the steady state, considering the CCM operation and the leakage inductances of the CL on the secondary sides.
Voltage gain
In the first mode, equations can be formulated for the voltage across the \(\:{L}_{m}\), currents of…
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