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Solar power capacity is growing to the point where it is surpassing nuclear power, reflecting a major shift in the global energy mix toward renewable sources.
Amazon has partnered with X-energy and American Electric Power to fund a new nuclear power plant in Indiana, featuring 12 Xe-100 small modular reactors to supply up to 960 megawatts of carbon-free power for the grid and Amazon's data centers, as part of a broader goal to deploy over 5 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2039.
WNISR 2026 显示，2025 年全球光伏发电量首次超过核电，风电与光伏持续快速扩张，而核电增长几乎停滞。报告指出光伏新增装机达 510 GW，风电新增创纪录的 159 GW，核电仅增 1.5 GW，且电网级电池部署在 2025 年大幅加速。
MIT Technology Review's daily newsletter covering revived frozen pig kidneys for transplantation, efforts to boost nuclear power plant output for data centers, Ukraine's Starlink speed limit disputes, and an OpenAI espionage incident.
As AI-driven electricity demand surges, US nuclear operators like Constellation and Vistra are pursuing power uprates—boosting existing reactors' output—with major support from Google and Meta power purchase agreements and a $4.2 billion DOE loan.
讨论数据中心面临的电力供应难题，并引用 EpochAI 的估算指出能源成本仅占 1GW 数据中心年度成本约 7%（单个 H100 约 5%），呼吁建设安全核电以满足 AI 算力需求。
Google signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation to modernize 11 reactors at six US nuclear sites, adding 890 MW of capacity to the PJM grid to help power its energy-hungry AI data centers.
MIT Technology Review profiles X-energy, which is developing the helium-cooled Xe-100 small modular reactor to supply high-temperature industrial heat and 24/7 power for data centers as part of a push to decarbonize heavy industry.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued the first construction permit for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at TVA's Clinch River site, advancing nuclear energy deployment in the United States.
Kevin Ryan and Tim Ferriss discuss deep tech trends, emphasizing that hot topics are too late and focusing on second-order effects like nuclear energy, robotics, and computation.
The Italian parliament has voted to return to nuclear energy, marking a significant shift in the country's energy policy.
The post argues that AI, startups, data centers, and nuclear energy are facing opposition from environmental groups and others, framing this as a societal conflict impacting civilization and employment.
Elon Musk retweets that solar energy has passed nuclear energy in Texas, highlighting the growth and future of solar power.
Adam Blake, Founder of Mavria and former DOGE team lead at the Department of Energy, discusses how an executive order created a nuclear reactor pilot program with ambitious goals, driven by private sector capital and entrepreneurship.
Google has signed a 22-year power deal with Fortum for half the output of the Loviisa nuclear plant in Finland, ensuring the plant's continued operation to support Google's AI infrastructure investments.
Canada rebuilt four nuclear reactors at Darlington four months early and C$150M under budget, a rare success for megaprojects in the energy sector.
Reactor Atlas is an interactive nuclear reactor map and intelligence layer that aggregates fragmented data and provides alerts for decision-making in the nuclear industry, developed using AI tools like Claude.
Elon Musk argues that movies like 'The China Syndrome' have created misplaced fears about nuclear energy, referencing the Three Mile Island incident to highlight misinformation.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is fast-tracking the construction of nuclear-powered cargo ships to boost capacity, speed, and eliminate emissions, with the first vessel set to be built by 2028.
Whistleblowers from a uranium-enrichment plant in Paducah, Kentucky, reveal decades of concealed radiation exposure, as one faces terminal illness and the plant's revival is announced.