New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it

[ad_1] CNN  —  Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors. This technology is also being used below sea…

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