‘I Don’t Think Energy Policy Matters Much Over The Long Run’

Jesse Ausubel is one of America’s top thinkers on science and energy. In my 2007 interview with him, … [+] reprinted here, he said, “I do not think energy policy matters much over th...

The Economics Of European Nuclear Power Don’t Add Up

Nearly 500 metres below the surface at the Cigéo nuclear research lab Christine Ro Rainer Baake, the managing director of the Climate Neutrality Foundation in Germany, puts it bluntly. “Why would anyo...

The Generational Divide Over Nuclear Power

The Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland, which has a playground for child visitors. Christine Ro Maud Simon is one of the younger residents of the House of Resistance, a home in the bucolic F...

Does Global Drought Call For Geoengineering?

This summer, widespread drought demonstrated how climate change makes it ever harder to fight climate change. Think of that for a moment. It feels as if we’re living a parable. Consider China. During ...

A Nuclear Renaissance Means More Competition For Uranium

A worldwide nuclear renaissance led by Japan, some countries in Europe (despite German obfuscation), and hopefully the USA, is changing the international uranium market. Uranium producers across the w...

In Big Win For Nuclear, California Legislators Vote To Save Diablo Canyon

Thanks to today’s passage of SB 846 by the California legislature, Diablo Canyon Power Plant will … [+] continue operating until at last 2030. Robert Bryce Sometimes facts and rationality ...

The World Won’t Get To Net Zero Emissions Without Nuclear Power

A construction worker works on the Phase II nuclear power plant at the LingAo nuclear power plant in … [+] Daya Bay, Guangdong province, China. The LingAo nuclear power plant is an excellent exa...

A New Atomic Age? Bipartisan Interest In Nuclear Energy Growing Amid Rising Energy Demand

The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California had been set to close in 2025, but because of rising … [+] energy demand, some are reconsidering that timeline Bettmann Archive After initially expo...

Rolls-Royce’s SMR Needs 10,000 Times Less Land Than Wind Energy, Proves ‘Iron Law Of Power Density’

Rolls-Royce’s new SMR will produce 470 megawatts of power and require just 10 acres of land, giving … [+] it a power density that is 10,000 times greater than that of a wind project. Getty...

Newsom’s About-Face On Diablo Canyon Underscores Foolishness Of Indian Point Closure And Need To Save Palisades

On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he wants to prevent the premature shutdown of … [+] the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, the state’s only nuclear power plant. Bettmann A...

U.K. Must ‘Double Down’ On Green Energy To Weaken Putin

In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has penned an article … [+] calling for a revised British energy strategy with green energy “at the heart....

Nuclear Power’s Future Is Looking Brighter

Atomic plant Vogtle, is a 2-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, … [+] Georgia in USA. Each unit has a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor (PWR), with a General ...