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Electronics360: "Advanced nuclear has what AI data centers need. Can it arrive in time?"

09/05/2026 8:11 AM

Read Electronics360 article: Advanced nuclear has what AI data centers need. Can it arrive in time?.

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Re: Advanced nuclear has what AI data centers need. Can it arrive in time?

09/05/2026 11:33 PM

Nice summary, but I think the word "advanced" is used too loosely. Does it means Gen III reactors using advanced technology? Or does it mean Gen IV (fast) reactors using a quite different technology? I vote for using "advanced" only for fast reactors. They are much more efficient in uranium use, because they can fission both U-235 and U-238. U-235 is .71% of natural uranium. They have less waste because of using the U-238 portion (99.3%), and the waste is less radioactive for fewer years because the fast reactors also use the highly radioactive components to make energy.

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