nuclear power

Racing to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence and cloud computing, Microsoft has announced plans for a record-breaking $30 billion in capital expenditures during the current quarter, an unprecedented outlay designed to accelerate the construction of next-generation data centers...

Artificial intelligence has swiftly moved from the realm of speculative fiction to the engine room of global industry, unleashing transformative change across virtually every sector—and nowhere is this revolution more intensely felt than within the world of energy infrastructure and digital...

In a rapidly shifting energy landscape, the collaboration between Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Microsoft marks a significant milestone in advancing the efficiency and urgency of nuclear licensing processes. Their shared endeavor leverages cutting-edge Microsoft Azure cloud technologies...

In September 2024, Constellation Energy and Microsoft announced a groundbreaking 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) aimed at revitalizing the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania. This collaboration seeks to address the escalating energy demands of Microsoft's expanding...

Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, has been vocal about the dual-edged nature of artificial intelligence (AI): its transformative potential and the significant energy demands it imposes. He emphasizes that AI's energy consumption must be justified by tangible societal benefits, urging the tech...

Beneath the gloss of silicon-laden press releases and stock market headlines, the ever-escalating world of technology in May 2025 resembles a high-wire circus act—part spectacle, part uncertainty, and all chaos. This month’s cavalcade brings together nuclear ambitions disguised as sustainable...

Transitioning data centers to sustainable energy is not merely a matter of operational preference; it is fast becoming a business imperative. As the need to lower operational costs, meet aggressive green initiatives, and reduce dependence on fossil fuels intensifies, data center administrators...

**Three Mile Island Reopening: Powering Microsoft's AI Ambitions with Nuclear Energy In a significant development for both the nuclear energy sector and the tech industry, Three Mile Island, the site of the most infamous nuclear accident in U.S. history, is set to reopen. After its 2019 closure...

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Shares of Tokyo Electric Power, operator of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, suffered a renewed sell-off after the president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange said the troubled utility should be allowed to go bankrupt. “Tepco should be dealt with using the same court-sponsored process as...

TOKYO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Operator of the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant found that oil has been leaking into the sea close to the facility, the Kyodo News reported Tuesday. The operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said the oil leaks were possibly from nearby oil tanks...

Defenders of nuclear power in Japan have clung to one fact since the earthquake and tsunami on March 11: the Fukushima Daiichi atomic plant suffered little damage in the magnitude-9 earthquake, and it was the huge tsunami waves that knocked out the power stations’ back-up generators. Now, a...

* Post-Fukushima inspections found issues at U.S. plants * Plants must certify compliance with rules by June 10 * Additional certifications required in July * Industry says "well on its way" to providing answers * INPO president: "We cannot resort to business as usual" (Adds industry quotes...

Tokyo Electric Power Company release new video shot by a remote-controlled robot, showing inside reactor No. 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Whilst the footage, captured by a "packbot", confirmed that electricity and water supplies inside the reactor were undamaged, monitoring...

proponents of reactors have spent some $645 million in the last decade lobbying Congress for more subsidies. ….A critical moment is coming soon, when Obama goes to Congress to request an additional $36 billion in loan guarantees for new nukes in his 2012 budget.With them, America’s atomic...

TOKYO: Highly-toxic plutonium has been found in soil in five separate locations at the crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in northeast Japan, the facility's operator said Tuesday, which has caused global concern about the growing severity of the crisis at the leaking plant. Owner and...

FUKUSHIMA--Many residents in Fukushima Prefecture who have been told to prepare for evacuation have been refused service by moving companies, it has been learned. People living in designated areas have been told to evacuate within one month because of radiation leaks from the Fukushima No. 1...

SUVA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) here Monday condemned as unacceptable the decision by the Japanese government to pump sea water to cool down the reactors which is then returned to the Pacific Ocean. While expressing its heartfelt condolences, thoughts and...

Hands up - Who thinks nuclear power is safe? Before the Japan earthquake and tsunami on March 11, opinion surveys showed that most people thought it was. But as radiation seeps from the stricken Fukushima power plant, the world suddenly seems a very different place… Fossil fuels have nearly run...