The 5,000-Year Battery: How Diamond Betavoltaics Are Turning Nuclear Waste Into Eternal Power
UKAEA and University of Bristol researchers are utilizing Carbon-14 nuclear waste to create betavoltaic diamond batteries that could last millennia.
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The Geopolitics of the Strait: Trump’s Hormuz Gamble and the High-Stakes Tech of Nuclear Verification
As President Trump weighs a tentative deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the tension between Washington and Tehran highlights a deeper struggle over nuclear monitoring and maritime…
DOE Taps Five Nuclear Startups to Turn Cold War Plutonium into Energy
The Department of Energy is negotiating with five nuclear startups, including Oklo, to repurpose Cold War-era plutonium for next-generation power plants.