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May 15, 2018

The Foothills’ own Erin Brockovich on a mission

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May 14, 2018

House approves bill to revive Nevada nuclear waste dump; SRS, Plant Vogtle among sites affected

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May 14, 2018

Nuclear waste could be headed to West Texas under House bill

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May 14, 2018

Bill to Revive Nuclear Waste Dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain Passes the House

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May 11, 2018

Gas and renewables groups urge Perry to reject FirstEnergy emergency request

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May 11, 2018

Santee Cooper helped pay bonuses for SCANA’s executives, even as they complained about nuclear project

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May 11, 2018

South Carolina Lawmakers Make Late Push on Nuclear Bill

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May 10, 2018

'Sitewide removal’ only alternative for West Valley

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May 10, 2018

Nuclear waste could be headed to West Texas under house bill

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May 10, 2018

Fukushima Power Plant Dilemma: What to Do With More Than 1 Million Tons of Radioactive Water

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July 07, 2026
The 4th of July, a time when many Americans celebrate the founding of their country. This year is particularly momentous this year, as it is the 250th year since this country’s founding. Our president wants to celebrate this momentous occasion by starting up (or “going critical”) three untested, unlicensed, unregulated reactors—of course, creating more nuclear…

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April 26, 2026
The Buzz About Chornobyl, 40 Years Later. How Do We Tell the Bees? No, the bees in the Chornobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) are not mutated–in the visual ways we think of–nor are they glow-in-the-dark. They didn’t turn into giant, killer bees, and they don’t light up green at night. But what they did do was…

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January 15, 2026
Meta announced three new deals with nuclear power companies last week, claiming they add up to a massive amount of “clean” energy to power its AI data centers: 6,600 megawatts (MW), equal to six of the new reactors that recently came online in Georgia. Meta claims it will be receiving all of that power from…

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November 19, 2025
One of the biggest challenges facing deregulated states like Maryland, New York, and Illinois is that, while they’ve adopted renewable energy standards and climate policies, they’ve failed to implement meaningful system planning with enforceable requirements for utilities to actually meet those goals. California, by contrast, has taken a much more structured approach. The California Public…

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May 08, 2023
On April 15, 2023 utilities in Germany shut down the country’s three last remaining nuclear power plants. These closures mark the successful planned phase-out of German nuclear energy from the nation’s grid. What does this mean for Germany? What lessons should the U.S. take away from the German energy transition? Germany’s Energiewende (“energy transition”) is an overarching…

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December 13, 2022
NIRS Statement on 12/13/22 DOE Nuclear Fusion Announcement Today, the US Department of Energy announced what scientists consider a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion research. In the DOE’s press release, they celebrate “a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean…

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