power plant

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Take for instance the San Bernardino Santa Fe smokestack, a towering 189-foot-tall structure from the 1920s that fueled the nearby railway power plant until 1994.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Bushehr is Iran's only operational nuclear power plant and was completed with Russia's help.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Its ability to control the plasma, plus Norm’s streamlined design versus earlier research reactors, convinced TAE it can build a power plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The two sides also signed a deal on nuclear energy at the time, with Chinh saying his country would aim to build a nuclear power plant within five years.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

In its furnaces the power plant burned coal, and out of its chimneys black smoke poured day and night, blanketing the town with soot and making all the floors dirtier than ever.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien