Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sponge metaphor first emerged in 1978 when the Air Force’s top general announced a new plan to base cutting-edge nuclear ...

The sponge metaphor first emerged in 1978 when the Air Force’s top general announced a new plan to base cutting-edge nuclear missiles in the Southwest. The “Missile, Experimental,” or MX, a powerful ...

The Nuclear Sponge is a five-part explanatory project by USA TODAY that aims to inform readers about the strategic debate and costs of modernizing the land leg of America’s nuclear triad. The United ...

If you have a redundant nuclear aircraft carrier lying around, you can give HGP Intelligent Energy a call. The Texas-based developer wants to repurpose the nuclear reactors used to power carriers to ...

Meta said it has secured agreements with energy companies Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo, which are working on nuclear power technologies. They're planning to work together to eventually power Meta's ...

Two billion years before we made history and split the atom, the Earth had already accomplished it and was running its own nuclear reactors. And they operated for hundreds of thousands of years, as ...

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Nuclear weapons tests were once a regular occurrence, but most countries haven’t tested in decades, following the adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996. Now, that moratorium ...

Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured. By Ivan Penn Reporting from Oak Ridge, Tenn.; ...

Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. The parent company of Facebook on Friday ...

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on Jan 9, 2026 at 10:33 am January 23, 2026 at 11:05 ...

The Trump administration is awarding a total of $2.7 billion to three companies to support uranium enrichment for nuclear energy. American Centrifuge Operating, General Matter and Orano Federal ...