2029 Cooling Nuclear Power 
Circle of Blue
MAY 29, 2025
In January, executives at Constellation Energy startled the world with their plan to restart the closed and cold 840-megawatt Unit 1 reactor at Three Mile Island nuclear power station, site of one of the most dangerous meltdowns in atomic history. Power plants could activate one reactor and generate revenue as they install the next.
New Scientist
JUNE 11, 2025
The device’s interior is coated in a special cooling material, where the evaporated water collects and drips into storage below. The hydrogel, which was folded into an origami-like structure to increase its surface area, absorbs water at night. This then evaporates when the sun shines on the glass panel in the day.
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