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YUCCA Mountain news

 According to thebulletin.org,

To really advance federal policy and innovation on spent nuclear fuel, congress needs to learn the lessons of Yucca Mountain and to stop trying to revive it.

https://thebulletin.org/2024/04/to-find-a-place-to-store-spent-nuclear-fuel-congress-needs-to-stop-trying-to-revive-yucca-mountain/

The new-wave reactor technology

The US is banking on it.

 https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/04/new-wave-reactor-technology-could-kick-start-a-nuclear-renaissance-and-the-us-is-banking-on-it/

Nuclear fusion

 Two of the key barriers to producing power from nuclear fusion have been overcome, in what scientists say is a major advance towards producing near-limitless clean energy.

Can one of you scientists unpack this for us?

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/nuclear-fusion-plasma-clean-energy-b2534500.html

LLNL in the news

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/pentagon-speeding-work-first-new-nuclear-warhead-4/

Pentagon speeding up work on first new nuclear warhead in 40 years
Nuclear threats from China, Russia drive work on W93 for submarine-launched missiles by 2030s

The world’s largest digital astronomy camera ever

After two decades of work, engineers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are celebrating the completion of the world’s largest digital astronomy camera ever.

 https://thedebrief.org/does-slac-national-accelerator-laboratory-completes-worlds-largest-digital-astronomy-camera-ever/

Iran attack

 Iran launches “mass drone and missile attack” on Israel | BBC News

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CPyk69APB28

AI predictions

 This is an interesting article, Elon is saying AI will surpass the intelligence of the smartest individual humans, such as von Neumann I would imagine, by the end of next year. He also predicts that within 5 years the aggregate intelligence of machines considered as a whole, will surpass that of the human species. Furthermore, he predicts the expansion of AI will be limited by the electricity grid.

https://financialpost.com/financial-times/elon-musk-ai-overtake-human-intelligence-2025