turbine
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The decision to use nuclear power instead of gas turbine or diesel engines normally used in destroyers, cruisers and frigates was tucked inside an annual 30-year shipbuilding plan sent to Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
The margin squeeze does not resolve until new generation capacity comes online — which, given gas turbine lead times now running up to seven years, is not soon.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Things are good, but GE Vernova has essentially sold out its turbine capacity through the end of the decade, making further growth more difficult.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Nikolai Solovyov was working as a lead engineer in the turbine hall at the time.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Water swamped the turbine buildings on the ocean side of the reactors, and climbed 18 feet—about two stories—up the outsides of units 1 through 4.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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