How AI is giving nuclear power a second chance

How AI is giving nuclear power a second chance

MPower is a small modular nuclear reactor project that was once considered a promising source of affordable nuclear energy, The Washington Post reports.  About $400 million was invested in the project before BWXT ended development in 2017, as cheap natural gas made nuclear power less competitive and the Fukushima disaster reduced interest in new nuclear plants.  The 120-foot-tall test facility outside of Lynchburg, Virginia, then sat unused for …