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US Nuclear Recycling Plant Could Extract 100 Times More Energy From Uranium Fuel Authored by Georgina Jedikovska via Interesting Engineering, A US startup has joined forces with the nation's first national laboratory to recycle spent nuclear fuel into energy for fast reactors by using advanced pyroprocessing technology. New York-based nuclear technology company BLSK Energy announced on May 18 that it had signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in Illinois to commercialize the method. Used nuclear fuel containers. Pyroprocessing (or pyrochemical processing) is a high-temperature metallurgical process that...

Trump Announces 'AI Force', Plans To Name AI Czar As US Pushes Tech Dominance Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, President Donald Trump announced plans to form an "AI Force" and appoint an artificial intelligence czar as his administration looks to promote the rapidly growing technology while using existing laws to address potential wrongdoing. Trump argued Democrats are attempting to create public doubts about AI after criticism of data centers failed to gain traction. "It all began with an attack on our Data Centers, until people realized how wealthy and prestigious...

"Their Own Country": Quebec Elects Separatists Vowing To Break From Canada Quebec's separatists are returning to government with a promise to take the province out of Canada, reopening a battle over the country's future while Ottawa is already locked in a trade war with Washington. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon took a moment to speak to anglophones in the province, saying that all Quebecers face the same challenges, and that he looks forward to solving problems together.Monday's victory for the Parti Québécois puts the independence movement back in power for the first time...