Faced with the need to cut carbon emissions, and an increasing energy demand to power AI, companies like Microsoft, Google and Amazon are investing in nuclear, from restarting Three Mile Island, to creating "small modular reactors.
After inheriting a vast nuclear arsenal post-Soviet Union collapse, Ukraine chose to relinquish it, motivated by financial and geopolitical factors. T
The world is witnessing a nuclear energy resurgence, with debates focusing on whether the future will be dominated by small modular reactors, new megaprojects, or the revitalization of existing nuclear plants.
Facing spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers try to protect residents from higher electric bills and keep their economies on track.
Aiming to jump start a long-dormant nuclear energy industry, a state House lawmaker is proposing to create taxpayer-funded incentive programs to build nuclear power plants in Texas. State Rep. Cody Harris,
Tons of refuse goes into temporary storage every year.
NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) has been a divisive stock since its public debut in May 2022. The bulls were impressed by the disruptive potential of its small modular reactors (SMRs) to change the status quo in the nuclear power industry while the bears claimed that its business model was unsustainable,
Developer TerraPower and contractor Bechtel will work under union pact to build a proposed 345-MW sodium-cooled fast nuclear reactor in Wyoming.
Everyone should understand that if the liberal order falls, the nonproliferation regime would fall with it. And the powers rushing for nukes then would be newly orphaned friends of the United States who are no longer convinced they can rely on American security guarantees, and might even have to fear American coercion.
As President Trump casts doubt on U.S. alliances, Poland needs to double its military manpower and consider more destructive weapons, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
The nuclear shadow has precluded large-scale war between nuclear states. A fear of mutual destruction helped keep the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States from escalating to direct conflict,
"Nowhere in the country, other than Texas, is anyone willing to step up and build the power plants we need," said Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp.