Some Californians question why they need a nuclear plant, given all their renewable and battery investments.
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For Gen Z, Why Nuclear Energy Future Is a Unifying Force in a Divided World
Just over a year ago, the headlines were everywhere: Three Mile Island Unit 1 was coming back online as the Crane Clean Energy Center. A site that once defined an…
Why are developing economies pursuing small modular reactors?
SMRs represent more than power generation, they’re platforms for industrial development. A national SMR program involves the construction and operation of units for domestic markets and export, alongside the development…
A Nuclear Resurgence, But Major Obstacles Remain
A nuclear energy resurgence is underway, driven by the artificial intelligence revolution and the Trump administration. Nuclear plants that were shut down are being restarted. Dozens of small reactors are…
Trump Admin To Turn On Three Mile Island Reactor (Not That One)
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday that it will loan Constellation Energy around $1 billion to restart one of Three Mile Island’s reactors in Pennsylvania.
American-Japanese Pact Signals Ascent of Energy Realism
The U.S. and Japan are shedding the paralysis of irrational climate policies with a strategic pact covering rare-earth minerals, critical components for semiconductors and next-generation nuclear reactors.
Data Centers, Trump Spark U.S. Nuclear Revival
With a strong push from the Trump White House, the nuclear energy industry in the U.S. is, for the first time since Three Mile Island, bullish about its future. It’s…
Let’s Face The Nuclear Elephant in the Room
The answer to safe, continuous, uninterruptible, emissions-free electricity is laying right in front of us.
Connecting nuclear reactors across Africa
Africa must take the wisdom of its accumulated ages and combine it with a new vision of the future, looking towards nuclear power.
Small Modular Reactors are a game-changer for Africa and the world
Forcing Africa into a renewable-only path risks perpetuating electricity poverty, a form of hypocrisy that is bullying the world’s poor. Small Modular Reactors: A Game-Changer for Africa
Virginia green energy mandates—an ‘impending train wreck’
With the Democrat-controlled House of Delegates continuing to refuse to take action, the approaching gubernatorial race could decide the fate of the power grid in Virginia.
For National Security, We Need Uranium Mined in America
Our dependence on imported minerals, particularly from adversaries, poses a grave threat to national security. And it will cause serious trouble for key sectors of our economy if something isn’t…
Energy Investment Out of Balance… And It Could Cost Us All
Prioritizing these low-return investments while starving high-EROI energy sources will only drive costs higher for taxpayers, slow economic growth, and compromise grid reliability. If we continue down this path, the…
Good Laugh For Today: New York State Says It Will Build A New Nuclear Power Plant
Does something here seem like it doesn’t quite fit? Yes, it was just four years ago, in April 2021, that New York completed the forced closure of the two perfectly…
Govt To Invest £14.2 Bn In Sizewell C
The £14.2 billion mentioned will be direct government investment in the project, which will still be owned by EDF. Private investors are still being sought, and a Final Investment Decision…
“Renewable” Electricity Champion Denmark Now Looking into Nuclear
Now that Denmark has recognized the need for some form of high-inertia synchronous generation to make its grid work reliably, it’s hard to see how they can avoid the next…
Claim: “Throw Away” Conventional Economics to Become a Renewable Superpower
“… productivity … has deluded far too many of the economics profession’s conventional thinkers.”
The Rise of the First SMR in the US: A New Chapter in Pragmatic Energy Innovation
In the final analysis, this is a project to celebrate—not because it checks some ideological box, but because it works. It’s funded privately, regulated rationally, and constructed in a community…
Chernobyl Radiation Cut by 47%: Breakthrough or Overhyped?
Exlterra projects that the test site could reach natural background radiation levels within five years, a substantial reduction from the estimated 24,000 years required for natural decay without intervention .
The Nuclear Imperative
Plutonium breeder reactors can be designed to have a breeding margin of up to 40%, that is they will produce 40% more plutonium than they consume. As a practical matter…
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