Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to annex swathes of occupied Ukrainian territory and vowed to defend Russian territory by any means necessary last Wednesday, including using nucl...
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Wednesday, September 28. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
Relatives and friends comfort a woman after Ukrainian rescue workers found a body of a person under … [+] the debris following a Russian attack that heavily damaged a school in Mykolaivka, Ukrai...
Natural Gas And Nuclear Energy Are Becoming BTC Mining Sources
Bitcoin (BTC) energy requirement has been the highest source of concern regarding the crypto industry. During mining, its high consumption rate negatively impacts the environment. This issue could cau...
Nuclear and gas fastest growing energy sources for Bitcoin mining: Data
The electricity mix of Bitcoin (BTC) has drastically changed over the past few years, with nuclear energy and natural gas becoming the fastest growing energy sources powering Bitcoin mining, according...
Nuclear Waste And The Path Forward
FILE – People leave the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour on July 14, 2018, … [+] near Mercury, Nev. Nevada is asking the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ...
Wednesday, September 21. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information
A local resident stands near a rocket fragment near her house in the recently retaken Kupiansk in … [+] the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov) Copy...
Permitting Reform Needed At Every Level Of Government
HOUSTON, TEXAS – JUNE 15: Power-lines are shown on June 15, 2021 in Houston, Texas. The Electric … [+] Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which controls approximately 90% of the power i...
Putin Just Doubled Down On His Nuclear Threat: What That Means
After an as-yet unexplained delay, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared “partial mobilization” of his country’s army reserves, a move intended to replenish the invading army which ha...
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...
NIMBYism Is A Bipartisan Energy Problem
For better or worse the visual perceptions of energy production drive much of its policy debates. It was as much the ugly sight of fuming coal stacks and the soot on buildings as environmental or heal...
Why Single Out The Oil Industry For Supposed Disinformation?
A picture from a series of humurous novelty images taken by Sunday People photographer Dennis … [+] Hutchinson. – The end of the world is nigh buit not before you get your holidays booked ...
Why Advanced Nuclear Reactors Benefit Industry And Coal-Dependent States
A model of a Small Modular Reactor facility that Rolls-Royce SMR hopes to have operational by the … [+] end of the decade is seen in this handout render provided by Rolls-Royce SMR on Friday, Se...
Ensuring A Safe Future For Nuclear Power
FILE – Smoke rises from cooling towers of the nuclear power plant Temelin near the town of Tyn nad … [+] Vltavou, Czech Republic, June 25, 2015. The Czech state-controlled power company CE...
Documents Seized At Mar-A-Lago Reportedly Include Details About Another Country’s Nuclear Capabilities
Topline One of the documents seized from Mar-A-Lago included details about a foreign country’s nuclear capabilities, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, highlighting the serious nature of the sen...
IAEA Calls For ‘Protection Zone’ Around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Amid Fighting In Ukraine
Topline The International Atomic Energy Agency has urged the establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine in a report published...
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...
Germany’s Energy Crisis Dispels Several Myths
Germany is undergoing an energy crisis now as severely reduced gas flows from Russia threaten to leave it with a cold, dark winter. Much of its problem is self-inflicted and demonstrates the perils of...
The Inflation Reduction Act Gives A Boost To Nuclear Fusion
Technicians work on the bioshield inside the Tokamak Building of the International Thermonuclear … [+] Experimental Reactor in southeastern France. AFP via Getty Images As most people know by no...
How To Invest In Uranium
Corbis via Getty Images Key takeaways Uranium investments soared after Japan announced it would reopen its nuclear power plants and fund next-gen nuclear tech Uranium investments are both risky and pr...
Christie Brinkley Trots Out Nuclear Disinformation
Not Really Emission Free The author with Ted Sanderson Nuclear power is definitely getting its day in the sun, partly from long-term nuclear power advocates (duh), but also from those worried about cl...
Nuclear Power Could Cut The World’s Carbon Emissions In Half
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 ...
Japan is pivoting to more nuclear power — the IEA says it’s good news
This image, from March 2022, shows wind turbines in front of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Japan. The country is now planning to use more nuclear power in the years ahead. Korekore | Istock | G...
Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant In Ukraine Disconnects From Grid
Topline The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Southeastern Ukraine—the largest power plant in Europe—was disconnected from the electricity grid Thursday for the first time in the history of the plant, acc...
Ukraine Runs Nuclear Disaster Drills In Zaporizhzhia As Tensions Rise At Europe’s Largest Plant
Topline Moscow on Thursday accused Kyiv of “nuclear blackmail” and escalating tensions surrounding Europe’s largest nuclear power plant ahead of a high-level United Nations visit to the region this we...
Even A Limited Nuclear War Could Kill Billions By Starvation, Study Finds
Topline A full-scale nuclear war between Russia and the U.S. could trigger a global famine and kill more than 5 billion people, according to peer reviewed research published in Nature Food on Monday, ...
Bill Gates’ nuclear company TerraPower raises $750 million
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and Chair of the Gates Foundation, walks to a morning session during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 08, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Diet...
Duke Energy Sees a Bright Future for Nuclear Power
I figured I’d put the uranium rods near the basketball hoop. Water from the nearby garden hose would serve as both the coolant and the moderator, slowing the neutrons enough to keep my chain reaction ...
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...
FBI Agents Reportedly Looked For Nuclear Documents In Search Of Trump’s Home
Topline Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation looked for nuclear weapon-related records when they executed a search warrant at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home earlier this we...