Small Nuclear Reactors Would Provide Carbon-Free Energy, but Would They Be Safe?
Regulators have approved designs for 12 small reactors to be built in Idaho, but opponents say the project is dangerous and too late to fight...
Utah coop gets $1.4B to build mini-nuclear power plants
The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday awarded a Utah energy cooperative about $1.4 billion to help build a dozen small nuclear reactors in eastern...
U.S. awards $1.4 billion to help build small reactors in Idaho
The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday awarded a Utah energy cooperative about $1.4 billion to help build a dozen small nuclear reactors in eastern...
Revival of renewables sought in debate over nuclear bailout
EDP Renewables North America, the world’s fourth-largest wind developer, invested more than $700 million into projects in Paulding and Hardin counties when Ohio first rolled...
Dominion files to keep Virginia’s North Anna nuclear plant operating 80 years
North Anna Units 1 and 2 are currently licensed to operate through 2038 and 2040, having received original licenses in 1978 and 1980, respectively. If renewed, the...
World’s nuclear fusion dream takes a leap forward
Nuclear fusion is the most ambitious project in the world, recreating on Earth the complex heat-producing reactions of the sun in the hope of making...
New York Negates All Wind & Solar Deployed Statewide by Closing Indian Point Reactor 2.
Last July, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). The CLCPA requires that 100% of New York’s electricity...
The Misguided Exile of Nuclear Power: How Banishment of a Safe Technology Will Keep Fossil Fuels in the Driver’s Seat
Due to media hype surrounding three major nuclear accidents, the risk of nuclear power has been greatly overstated and therefore public opinion is against it....