Can SMRs Actually Power AI Data Centers? The Honest Answer Is About Timing
Big Tech has bet ~9.8 GW of nuclear on AI. But can SMRs actually power AI data centers in time — or is something else keeping the lights on right now?
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HALEU: The Fuel That Could Make or Break the Nuclear Revolution
Most advanced reactors need HALEU to run — and the West can barely make any. What this fuel is, why it matters, and the supply gap holding nuclear back.
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Small Modular Reactors: The Nuclear Revolution That Hasn’t Happened Yet
Microsoft restarted Three Mile Island for AI. Behind that deal stands the small modular reactor — the nuclear revolution that keeps being five years away.
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The Reactor That Acts Like a Battery: How TerraPower’s Natrium Works
A dying Wyoming coal town, a Bill Gates reactor, and Meta’s AI data centers — the story of Natrium, the reactor that works like a giant battery.
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What is a Fast Reactor? Nuclear’s 70-Year-Old Reactor of the Future
The first reactor to make electricity was a fast reactor. Seventy years later it’s still called the reactor of the future — but in 2026, that finally started to change.
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7 Nuclear Safety Myths Even Smart People Believe
A reactor engineer separates fact from fear — debunking the seven most stubborn nuclear safety myths, from Chernobyl and Fukushima to waste and radiation, using the data the headlines never show.
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Why Nuclear Reactors Run on Poison: The Surprising Job of Boron
Every reactor is deliberately fed a “poison” — boron. A reactor engineer explains what neutron poison is, why boron is essential, and how it keeps a reactor under control.
