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How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab
Never used for their intended purpose, the cooling towers of Washington Nuclear Projects 3 and 5 (WNP-3 and WNP-5) loom over ...
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US abandoned nuclear plant finds surprising second life as world’s quietest sound lab
The two 496-foot-tall WNP-3 and WNP-5 cooling towers of the abandoned Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) in Satsop ...
Inside Austin-based Aalo Atomics' plans to mass manufacture nuclear power plants
Aalo Atomics unveiled its nuclear power plant prototype and Austin manufacturing facility. Read about the company's plans to ...
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Coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become massive gas-powered campus for AI, data centers
The owners of what was once Pennsylvania's biggest coal-fired power ... proposed plant, meanwhile, can run on a hydrogen blend. Last month, the group demolished the three cooling towers and ...
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Pennsylvania power plant to become data center
The owners of what was once Pennsylvania's biggest coal-fired power plant said Wednesday that they will turn it into a $10 ...
Gold Coast Sun6d
‘Impossible’: Nuclear authorities sound alarm as Russia signals plan to restart Zaporizhzhia power plant
A cooling tower at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine on fire after a drone ... There’s also the small issue of power.
Coal-fired power plant to become gas-powered for AI, data centers
The owners of Pennsylvania’s largest former coal power plant plan to turn it into a US$10 billion natural gas-powered data ...