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Meet the teenager who designed a safer nuclear power plant

Do nuclear power plants need a redesign? Critics of nuclear energy seem to think so, and so does nuclear energy advocate, Taylor Wilson. A physics wunderkind, Wilson became the youngest person to ever create fusion at age 14. And since graduating from high school last year, he's devoted himself to finding innovative solutions to the world's biggest problems.The now nineteen-year-old Wilson recently spoke to a TED audience about his design for a small, modular fission reactor that is both less expensive and much safer to operate than today's nuclear reactors.Its assembly-line construction, 30-year fuel life and low usage cost make Wilson's reactor an ideal source of electricity for both developing nations and space explorers, according to the young scientist.To get an idea of how today's nuclear reactors work, Wilson first explained to his listeners at TED how electricity is produced using a steam turbine. In a steam turbine system, water boils and turns to steam, which turns the turbin...

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    Chile and the U.S. signed a nuclear energy accord Friday even as fears of radiation spread in Japan after a devastating earthquake and tsunami severely damaged some ...

  2. Chile, U.S. Sign Nuclear Energy Accord

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  5. Poll: Japanese opposition to nuclear power grows amid widespread dismay with government

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  8. NRC approves Georgia nuclear plant; first construction approval since before Three Mile Island

    The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors at a site in eas...

  9. NRC approves first new nuclear plant in 3 decades

    The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors at a site in eas...

  10. 3 US senators call for congressional investigation based on nuke safety issues cited by AP

    Three U.S. senators, alarmed by findings of an Associated Press investigation about aging problems at the nation's nuclear power plants, asked Thursday for a congres...

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    When commercial nuclear power was getting its start in the 1960s and 1970s, industry and regulators stated unequivocally that reactors were designed only to operate ...

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    William Johnson, Progress Energy CEO and incoming Duke Energy CEO & president, on nuclear energy gaining traction on solar and wind energy.

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