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'Universal processor' company Tachyum joins European HPC think tank

Still no closer to releasing timeline for its '128 exaflops' AI super, though – and no one's tested the chips yet

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'Universal processor' company Tachyum joins European HPC think tank https://t.co/rtB9g2CM2p
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'Universal processor' company Tachyum joins European HPC think tank

'Universal processor' company Tachyum joins European HPC think tank

Still no closer to releasing timeline for its '128 exaflops' AI super, though – and no one's tested the chips yet

NASA Is Looking For A Few Good Nukes

NASA Is Looking For A Few Good Nukes

NASA is looking for a durable sun-independent energy source to produce tens of kWs for NASA missions on the moon by the end of the decade – in other words a small nuclear reactor.

US eyes building nuclear power plants for moon and Mars

US eyes building nuclear power plants for moon and Mars

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. wants to build nuclear power plants that will work on the moon and Mars, and on Friday put out a request for ideas from the private sector on how to do that. ...

NASA, DOE fund three nuclear thermal space propulsion concepts

NASA, DOE fund three nuclear thermal space propulsion concepts

The 12-month contracts are worth up to $5 million apiece.

Why NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon

Why NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon

NASA plans to build a nuclear power plant on the moon and Mars to support its long-term exploration plans.

Tiny Nuclear Reactors Can Save American Energy

Tiny Nuclear Reactors Can Save American Energy

They pack 10 percent of the power of a full-size nuclear plant in just 1 percent of the space.

S3 E8: KRUSTY in Spaaace!

S3 E8: KRUSTY in Spaaace!

DOZIER: That test happened in March 2018 at the Nevada National Security Site, managed by our National Nuclear Security Administration — and it was actually a pretty big deal. DOZIER: What ...

NASA Seeks Industry Partners to Design a Nuclear Power Plant for the Moon

NASA Seeks Industry Partners to Design a Nuclear Power Plant for the Moon

NASA Seeks Industry Partners to Design a Nuclear Power Plant for the Moon

NUCLEAR ROCKETS: To Mars and Beyond

NUCLEAR ROCKETS: To Mars and Beyond

The Air Force commissioned Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at Livermore (now Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and others to perform more theoretical ...

Smaller, cheaper reactor aims to revive nuclear industry, but design problems raise safety concerns

Smaller, cheaper reactor aims to revive nuclear industry, but design problems raise safety concerns

Design approval nears for NuScale Power’s small modular reactors, but deployment plans slip 3 years

Inside the lab where Bill Gates’ TerraPower is inventing the future of nuclear energy

Inside the lab where Bill Gates’ TerraPower is inventing the future of nuclear energy

Not far from Interstate 90’s crush of traffic, a decade-old startup founded by Bill Gates is running tests aimed at building the next generation of nuclear reactors.

INL researcher thinks inside the LEGO box

INL researcher thinks inside the LEGO box

On the generator level, the Atomic Town Power model includes a string of four LED bulbs, representing the 200-watt light bulbs that went live at EBR-I the afternoon of Dec. 20, 1951. The ...

Researchers develop AI to cut staff costs for advanced reactors

Researchers develop AI to cut staff costs for advanced reactors

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded $3.4 million to a research team led by North Carolina State University to perform preliminary development of a Nearly Autonomous ...

NASA Announces Artemis Concept Awards for Nuclear Power on Moon

NASA Announces Artemis Concept Awards for Nuclear Power on Moon

NASA Announces Artemis Concept Awards for Nuclear Power on Moon - SpaceRef

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and USNC Will Collaborate to License and Construct Next-Generation Micro Modular Reactor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and USNC Will Collaborate to License and Construct Next-Generation Micro Modular Reactor

Submittal of Construction Permit Application to U.S.NRC Will Kick Off Two-Step Licensing Process