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February 15, 2018

Nevada has been blasted enough

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February 15, 2018

Plant Vogtle opponents appeal vote to complete nuclear project

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February 15, 2018

SCANA needs to sell assets to pay off its nuclear debt

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February 14, 2018

Kenya starts process to identify sites for nuclear power stations

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February 14, 2018

Trump Budget Backs Nuclear, Coal; Cuts Funding for Renewables

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February 14, 2018

Trump budget cuts renewable energy office, ups nuclear weapons spending

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February 13, 2018

Iowa reactor set to close in 2025; Lightbridge partners with Framatome to sell "cheapest" fuel

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February 13, 2018

Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Shutdown Moved Up By Owner

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February 13, 2018

FPL wants to keep operating Turkey Point reactors through 2052

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February 12, 2018

PG&E, joint parties won't seek CPUC rehearing on Diablo Canyon closure agreement

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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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