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UK nuclear site Sellafield fined $440,000 for cybersecurity shortfalls
Image: Sellafield nuclear power station and reprocessing plant (Steve_Allen) Nuclear waste processing facility Sellafield has been fined £332,500 ($440k) by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for failing to adhere to cybersecurity standards and putting sensitive nuclear information at risk over four years, from 2019 to 2023. According to the ONR announcement, Sellafield failed to follow its own approved cybersecurity protocols…
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Hyperscalers go nuclear | ITPro
Energy usage in data centers is an increasingly Hot Topic, particularly with AI applications becoming more popular and widely used. While some organizations have talked up their commitment to renewables, such as solar or hydro, others have this month started to discuss a different, perhaps more controversial low carbon path. Elsewhere, a new rebellion against home working is beginning –…
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Oracle wants to power a new gigawatt data center with three small nuclear reactors – and it’s not the only big hyperscaler eyeing nuclear to meet surging AI energy demands
Oracle is set to power a new data center with upwards of 1 gigawatt (GW) capacity through nuclear energy, according to the firm’s CTO Larry Ellison. Speaking during a recent earnings call, Ellison confirmed the cloud computing giant has “already got building permits” for three nuclear reactors – small modular reactors (SMRs) to be precise, which are theoretically cheaper to…
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