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Nuclear Criticality Safety
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Constellation Energy’s earnings skyrocket as investors eye AI
Investor’s Business Daily reported May 10 that the first-quarter earnings of Constellation Energy, the largest operator of nuclear power plants in the United States, surged 858 percent to reach a share price of $2.78, partly as a result of promising expectations regarding demand for artificial intelligence data centers. The S&P 500 stock value of Constellation jumped 3.7 percent on May 8 to $208.
James J. Sienicki, Anton Moisseytsev, Matthew D. Bucknor (Argonne National Laboratory)
Transactions | Volume 123 | Number 1 | November 2020 | Pages 1000-1003