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 despite growing demand, few investors are willing to take a risk on new atomic energy stations as they’re expensive and difficult to build. The United … Read more
The United States’ effort to reverse the permanent shutdown of a nuclear station for the first time hit a potential snag this week when an ex-employee at the facility went public with safety concerns about reopening the 53-year-old power plant. Now the company that owns the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station on Michigan’s southwest coast is … Read more
President Joe Biden is dropping his pick to fill the open seat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after a handful of Democrats joined Senate Republicans to block the nomination last year, HuffPost has learned. Jeff Baran had held a seat on the five-person federal panel overseeing atomic energy and radiation safety since former President Barack … Read more
The Biden administration showed up to last month’s global climate summit in Dubai with a radical new plan to replace coal and compete again with Russia and China over a technology American scientists pioneered. The United States led nearly two dozen other nations in a pledge to triple the world’s supply of nuclear power by … Read more
