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Radeon HD 7990 review: AMDs dual-GPU powerhouse kicks off a gaming renaissance

2013-04-24 12:05:56| Extremetech

AMD's new Radeon 7990 is out (officially) at last. Does the combined power of two Tahiti graphics cores put Sunnyvale back in the pole position?

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It's too early to herald a US nuclear renaissance

2013-04-04 09:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Scientist: THE phrase "nuclear renaissance" is greatly overused, but the US decision to resume building nuclear power plants after a 30-year hiatus might yet prove worthy of it (see "US starts building first nuclear reactors in 30 years"). That's not because it will alter the energy landscape in the short term. The US government expects that nuclear power will continue to provide about 20 per cent of the US electricity supply between now and 2035. The new plants will simply replace the output of ageing reactors...

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Can Small Reactors Ignite a Nuclear Renaissance?

2013-03-29 02:22:53| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

Small, modular nuclear reactor designs could be relatively cheap to build and safe to operate, and there's plenty of corporate and government momentum behind a push to develop and license them.

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