Speculation that a new Iran nuclear deal could soon be agreed upon has added downward pressure to oil prices, although the disruption of Russian oil flows to Central Europe is adding to supply worries...
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Landmark Climate Bill Could Help Boost Struggling Nuclear Plants—Here’s Why
Topline Nuclear plants could see their bottom lines improve thanks to a new tax credit in the massive climate, health care and deficit reduction package passed by the Senate this weekend—a potential l...
Ukraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Nuclear Terror’ Amid Fighting Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant
Topline Ukraine is calling for a stronger response from the international community after accusing Russia of once again shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant—the Zaporizhzhia plant in southern...
Goldman doesn’t see nuclear as a transformational tech for the future
A nuclear power plant photographed in Germany, on August 4, 2022. Discussions about nuclear’s role in Europe’s biggest economy have been thrown into sharp relief following Russia’s u...
I’m Going Nuclear To Beat Putin At His Own Game
The crisis is a boon for nuclear power, and Cameco Corp. (CCJ). Johannes Plenio Gas Crisis in Europe Heats Up Uranium Prices Winter is coming and Russia is threatening for cut off natural gas supplies...
Nuclear power plant lowers output to protect fish
Switzerland’s Beznau nuclear power plant photographed in July 2019. The facility uses the river Aare for cooling. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images A nuclear power plant in Switzerland is lo...
Winter Is Coming. Energy Solutions Are Not.
Madrid, Spain. January 2022. An unusually cold winter next year like 2022 would be disastrous for … [+] European Unity. LightRocket via Getty Images A grim outlook was presented to European lead...
Canada goes ‘nuclear’ with supersized 1% interest rate hike — will the Fed follow?
Canada goes ‘nuclear’ with supersized 1% interest rate hike — will the Fed follow? The pressure on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to strike harder against inflation grew even stronger today as hi...
Natural Gas, Nuclear Go Green In The EU
Euro-deputies take part in a vote on the revision of the EU emissions trading system at the European … [+] Union Parliament in Brussels on June 22, 2022. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOH...
North Korea’s $400M Crypto Losses Could Hurt Its Nuclear Weapons Program: Report
North Korea’s stores of stolen crypto have plunged in value amid the wider market crash, potentially jeopardizing funding for its weapons programs, according to a report by Reuters. The country has b...
Iran Now Has Enough Uranium For Nuclear Weapon, U.N. Watchdog Reportedly Says
Topline Iran has amassed enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear weapon, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency viewed by several media outlets Monday, as the IAEA presses I...
there’s a 20% to 30% risk of a nuclear war
The world is underestimating the risk of Russia-Ukraine conflict turning into a nuclear war, says the Chief Executive Officer of Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE: PLTR). Highlights from CEO Karp’s inte...
Keeping Illinois nuclear plants open saving some customers $237 a year
Byron, UNITED STATES: The Exelon Byron Nuclear Generating Stations running at full capacity 14 May, 2007, in Byron, Illinois. (Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images) JEFF HAYNES | ...
Some Of Korea’s Biggest Conglomerates To Build Small-Scale Nuclear Plants In Asia
Getty Samsung and two other Korean conglomerates have signed an agreement with U.S.-based NuScale to build small-scale modular nuclear reactors, known as SMRs, in Asia as demand for clean energy grows...
Palantir Stock Collapses After Disappointing Earnings—CEO Warns Threat Of Nuclear War ‘Significantly’ Underestimated
Topline Shares of big-data analytics firm Palantir Technologies, which specializes in military software, plummeted to a record low Monday morning following a disappointing earnings report and a cautio...
Can We Stop Putin From Waging Nuclear Warfare?
Putin and other Russian officials have been warning that Moscow may use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Unthinkable? Horrifyingly, less so, as this segment of What’s Ahead soberly makes clear. Putin knows...
Russia Just Threatened To Destroy Ireland And Britain With A Nuclear Tsunami
This photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Feb. … [+] 19, 2022, shows a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile being launched from an air fi...
‘Berkshire does not have an answer’ for nuclear war
Warren Buffett gave a blunt answer to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on a potential nuclear war. “There’s going to be more accidents in connection with atomic [weapons] — we’ve come...
Don’t Underestimate Threat Of Nuclear War, Russian Foreign Minister Warns
Topline Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday said that the threat of a nuclear war “should not be underestimated” as he accused NATO of engaging in a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, a wa...
The U.S. Is Vulnerable To An Electromagnetic Pulse Attack
A postwar replica of the ‘Little Boy’ nuclear weapon, which was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in … [+] August 1945. U.S. government Photo, circa 1946. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images) Gett...
Revival Of Nuclear Energy Will Spark Uranium Market
Nuclear power plant in Germany (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Getty Images War in Ukraine is causing an energy reset. Western governments are rethinking dependence on Russian oil and gas, and it ...
Britain eyes nuclear, wind, fossil fuels in bid for energy security
Alongside a ramp up in nuclear power, the British Energy Security Strategy envisages up to 50 GW of offshore wind and 10 GW of hydrogen – half of which would be so-called green hydrogen – by 2030. Chr...
The Nuclear Delusion At The Heart Of The 2022 National Defense Strategy
On March 28, the Biden administration delivered its classified National Defense Strategy (NDS) to Congress. The White House simultaneously released a bare-bones factsheet to the public setting forth t...
Kim Jong-Un’s Powerful Sister Threatens Nuclear Elimination Of South Korea’s Military After Pre-Emptive Strike Warning
Topline Kim Yo Jong, senior North Korean government official and sister of leader Kim Jong Un, warned that her country is prepared use to nuclear weapons to “eliminate” South Korea’s military if it ch...
Constellation Energy is a safe buy among nuclear energy stocks, Jim Cramer says
Constellation Energy is a safety pick among nuclear energy stocks whose time to shine on Wall Street has finally come, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. “When the [Federal Reserve’s] ti...
Will Putin Nuke Ukraine?
Russian President Vladimir Putin watches training launches of ballistic missiles as part of the … [+] Grom-2022 Strategic Deterrence Force exercise, from the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow o...
Russian Press Secretary Won’t Rule Out Use Of Nuclear Weapons
Topline Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, would not rule out the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons if it is faced with an “existential threat,” and admitted ...
Oil Prices Set To Fall As New ‘Iran Nuclear Deal’ Nears Completion
Since the unilateral withdrawal of the US in May 2018 from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the ‘nuclear deal’ – Iran’s level of crude oil production and exports has been severely cons...
Could Russia’s Reckless Rampage Endanger Nuclear Power?
TOPSHOT – Servicemen take part in a joint tactical and special exercises of the Ukrainian Ministry … [+] of Internal Affairs, the Ukrainian National Guard and Ministry Emergency in a ghost...
New U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal? Why Biden’s Pursuit Is Dangerous And Delusional
President Biden and his team are going all-out to reach an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program. This episode of What’s Ahead lays out why such an accord would be a disaster. Contrary to White...
Nuclear Danger Rises In Ukraine As Putin Strikes Eastward
Russian President Vladimir Putin AFP via Getty Images Vladimir Putin has played the mad man card in Ukraine by threatening the use of nuclear weapons. His threats have been rightly downplayed by the B...
‘Immediate Risk’ Of Putin Nuclear Power Plant Plot, Says Ukraine Energy CEO Pleading For No-Fly Zone
DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko at a conference in Kyiv, October 2021. Future Publishing via Getty Images For CEO Maxim Timchenko, the war started on February 22 when shells exploded at a coal-burning power ...