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  • How Do You Convince Someone to Live Next to a Nuclear Waste Site?

    The world’s first permanent depository for nuclear fuel waste opens later this year on Olkiluoto, a sparsely populated and lushly forested island in the Baltic Sea three hours north of Helsinki.  Engineers know how to build a site that can safeguard nuclear waste for 100,000 years. The challenge is convincing people to live next to it.

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  • Nuclear Electricity Supply Would Be Less Vulnerable to Attack Than Renewables

    Renewable energy generation is not as robust in the face of enemy attack as it looks. Nuclear power, even though it would probably be concentrated in a few large generating stations, should in fact be a little more dependable in wartime.

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  • Ranking the Feasibility of Converting 245 U.S. Coal Plants to Nuclear

    An assessment ranks the feasibility of converting 245 operational coal power plants in the U.S. into advanced nuclear reactors. This is the most comprehensive coal-to-nuclear analysis to date, and it could help policymakers and utilities plan how to meet climate targets.

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  • Future Climate Change Will Impact Opportunities for Prescribed Fires

    Prescribed burning is one of the most effective tools to prevent catastrophic fires. Some locations in the United States are facing a future where safe conditions to burn are fewer and farther between.

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  • To Guard Against Cyberattacks in Space, Researchers Ask ‘What If?’

    If space systems such as GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world would instantly be returned to the communications and navigation technologies of the 1950s. Yet space cybersecurity is largely invisible to the public at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions.

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  • Hardy Transistor Material Could Be Game-Changer for Nuclear Reactor Safety Monitoring

    The safety and efficiency of a large, complex nuclear reactor can be enhanced by hardware as simple as a tiny sensor that monitors a cooling system. That’s why researchers are working to make those basic sensors more accurate by pairing them with electronics that can withstand the intense radiation inside a reactor.

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  • Breaching Snake River Dams Could Drop Reservoirs, Groundwater Levels by 100 Feet

    As the Biden administration attempts to gain support for breaching hydroelectric dams in Washington, state and federal agencies are preparing for a study on the potential implications. 

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  • How Do You Convince Someone to Live Next to a Nuclear Waste Site?

    Engineers know how to build a site that can safeguard nuclear waste for 100,000 years. The challenge is convincing people to live next to it.

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  • U.S. Supreme Court Blocks the Texas’s Rio Grande Water Deal with New Mexico

    Water law experts say the Supreme Court’s recent decision will set a precedent for the federal government to intervene in water conflicts between states moving forward.

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  • Startup Aims to Transform the Power Grid with Superconducting Transmission Lines

    VEIR, founded by alumnus Tim Heidel, has developed technology that can move more power over long distances, with the same footprint as traditional lines.

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  • Climate Change Is Increasing Stress on Thousands of Aging Dams Across the U.S.

    There are more than 91,000 dams across the U.S., in all 50 states, with diverse designs and purposes. The average dam age is 57 years, and more than 8,000 dams are over 90 years old. The most recent report card of the American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that 70% of U.S. dams will be more than 50 years old by 2030. Overall, the report gave U.S. dams a “D” grade and estimates that more than 2,300 are high hazard dams which could cause loss of life or serious property damage if they fail.

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  • Boosting Battery Research

    Most Americans don’t leave home without at least one lithium battery-powered device, and someday, the house itself may have a battery backup. Scientists are working to make these large backup batteries less expensive, hold more energy and be less prone to bursting into flame.

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  • How Would a Switch to Nuclear Affect Electricity Prices for Households and Industry?

    In a free market, it is very unlikely nuclear could be competitive. But if a future Australian government were to bring nuclear into the mix, energy costs for residential and especially industrial customers would very likely increase.

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  • Bringing GPT to the Grid

    Much has been discussed about the promise and limitations of large-language models in industries such as education, healthcare and even manufacturing. But what about energy? Could large-language models (LLMs), like those that power ChatGPT, help run and maintain the energy grid?

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  • Countering Coercion: Australia Must Engage with Allies on Critical Minerals Supply

    China’s use of coercion to control critical mineral mining and processing projects, their output and even whole supply chains has motivated several countries to take increasingly strong measures to secure alternative supply chains. Meanwhile, China’s state-linked companies continue to use multiple channels to manipulate markets at scale.

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