Tag Archives: nuclear-energy

New Atlas: Ireland, on the shoulders of Giants planning to action urgently.

Posted on October 23, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Amazon goes nuclear with new modular reactor plant By David Szondy October 20, 2025 Render of the new Amazon nuclear plan in Washington State Amazon View 6 ImagesView gallery – 6 images In the shadow of a service outage that affected … Continue reading →

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The Deep View: Google goes nuclear (again)

Posted on May 9, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Google goes nuclear (again) Source: ChatGPT 4o Image Generation Google announced that it’s bankrolling Elementl Power, a two-year old company with LinkedIn listing under 20 staff, to identify and permit three U.S. reactor sites, each slated for ≥ 600 MW. One block that … Continue reading →

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Small and advanced nuclear reactors: Closing the fuel cycle? Comment: Ireland needs to really consider advanced nuclear reactors.

Posted on February 10, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

The authoritative guide to ensuring science and technology make life on Earth better, not worse. An engineer uses a three-dimensional computer-assisted virtual environment to consider new designs for a virtual nuclear reactor, at the Idaho National Laboratory (IHL) Center for … Continue reading →

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists AI goes Nuclear…”Microsoft and OpenAI, maker of the ChatGPT bot, have talked about building a linked network of five data centers—the Wisconsin facility plus four others in California, Texas, Virginia, and Brazil…” note no mention of Europe or Ireland. Also “,,,Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and other major tech companies are investing heavily in data centers, particularly “hyperscale” data centers that are not only massive in size but also in their processing capabilities for data-intensive tasks such as generating AI responses…”. Ireland in 2025 need to look closely at energy sources and AI, we host most of the Tech companies. “But there is no solid evidence that AI can deliver a quick fix for the climate crisis. In fact, AI is also helping the oil and gas industry increase production of fossil fuels…”

Posted on December 21, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

The authoritative guide to ensuring science and technology make life on Earth better, not worse. AI goes nuclear Big tech is turning to old reactors (and planning new ones) to power the energy-hungry data centers that artificial intelligence systems need. … Continue reading →

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New Atlas: Google goes nuclear in world-first small reactor agreement. Comment: Ireland needs to be proactively engaged in ventures like these – storage of data is ever increasing especially with AI

Posted on October 17, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Google goes nuclear in world-first small reactor agreement By Michael Franco October 16, 2024 An artist’s rendering of the new Google-backed Kairos plant Google View 2 Images In what it calls “the world’s first corporate agreement to purchase nuclear energy from … Continue reading →

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Why data centers want to have their own nuclear reactors. EL PAIS. Comment: Ireland are you prepared … there are many plans to host the F (now Meta)AANGs+ needs for Data storage and Cloud too. AI is here.

Posted on May 3, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Technology Artificial intelligence Why data centers want to have their own nuclear reactors Big technology companies see this energy source as a way to satisfy their extremely high power demand, which has skyrocketed since the advent of AI Manuel G. … Continue reading →

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