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  • Several universities to experiment with micro nuclear power

    Feb 9, 2023 5:00 pm by Associated PressIllinois in the News
    Last Energy CEO Bret Kugelmass explains how power could be produced from a nuclear microreactor during a tour inside the company's demonstration unit that contains a prototype reactor, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Brookshire, Texas. Kugelmass, a technology entrepreneur and mechanical engineer, said the 20-megawatt microreactors could replace carbon dioxide-emitting fossil fuels that power factories or data centers. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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    The Associated Press (Feb. 9) New reactor technologies could have a real future in decarbonizing the energy landscape in the U.S., says Caleb Brooks, project lead of a proposed  reactor that could start powering the U of I campus in 2028.

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