$400M ‘loan’ to PG&E to keep nuke plant going a raw deal
For the umpteenth time in the last 60 years, California electric consumers are again being pestered for more money. As usual, the stated reason is they must pay up by …
Nuclear Power
A New ‘Global Bank’ Wants To Compete With Russia On Nuclear Energy
Nuclear plants are cheap to operate, last decades longer than other power sources, and generate unrivaled volumes of zero-carbon electricity rain or shine on relatively tiny slivers of land. Yet …
‘Not the end of the world’, says data scientist on the big issues
PARIS: Humanity has made great strides in recent decades: air is cleaner; poverty, deforestation and childhood mortality have fallen; gasoline cars — and maybe coal — are on the way …
Sam Altman takes nuclear startup Oklo public to power AI ambitions
Sam Altman is now chairman of a public company. But it’s not OpenAI. On Friday, advanced nuclear fission company Oklo started trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The company, …
A Massive Power Utility Could Be The Key To More Nuclear Power
The Biden administration wants the United States to triple the global supply of nuclear power, with American-designed reactors running on fuel enriched in the West. The goal: Usurp Russia’s near …
Indian Point Nuclear Plant Owner Sues New York State
The company that owns the shuttered nuclear plant that once provided the bulk of New York City’s zero-carbon electricity is suing the state over a law passed last year specifically …
Russia, China Plan To Build Joint Nuclear Power Plant On Moon By 2035
Russia and China had been jointly working on a lunar programme and Moscow was able to contribute with its expertise on nuclear space energy. Moscow has said it will explore …
Is This New 50-Year Battery for Real?
Wouldn’t it be cool if you never had to charge your cell phone? I’m sure that’s what a lot of people were thinking recently, when a company called BetaVolt said …
Democrats And Industry Clash Over Controversial Energy Plan
OSWEGO, N.Y. — On the snowy eastern shore of Lake Ontario sits a beige metal shipping container roughly the size of a mobile home. Inside, a machine called an electrolyzer …
The debate over nuclear’s role in the energy transition continues
Cooling towers at a nuclear power plant in Slovakia. Nuclear power is likely to be discussed in great detail at the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. …