After months of debate, commissioners vote to build a new waste-to-energy plant at least half a mile from homes.

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If you love DIY projects and enjoy upcycling materials, this tutorial will show you how to transform old plastic bottles into a practical and efficient wood stove.Not only does this project help ...

Penn materials scientist Shoji Hall and colleagues have found that manipulating the surface of water can allow scientists to ...

The waste facility is set to generate 8.75 million kilowatt-hours of renewable electricity each year. That clean energy will power renewable energy projects through the state's Standard Offer Program.

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A look inside a lab making the advanced fuel to power growing US nuclear energy ambitions The United States is chasing a new age of nuclear power that banks on domestic production of reactor fuel ...

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, a half-dozen workers are making what appear to be gray billiard balls. They're actually manufacturing a more advanced kind of nuclear fuel than that ...

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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Near signs that warn of radioactive risk at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a half-dozen workers from the nuclear power company X-energy are making what appear to be gray ...