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Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry.

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Rising electricity demand could bring Three Mile Island and other prematurely shuttered nuclear plants back to life

Rising electricity demand could bring Three Mile Island and other prematurely shuttered nuclear plants back to life

Seven Things You Thought You Knew about… | The Breakthrough Institute

Seven Things You Thought You Knew about… | The Breakthrough Institute

Constellation Energy's Nuclear Deal With Microsoft Is a Home Run - Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) - Benzinga

Constellation Energy's Nuclear Deal With Microsoft Is a Home Run - Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) - Benzinga

The Return of Three Mile Island

The Return of Three Mile Island

Researchers crack a key problem with sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and grid energy storage

Researchers crack a key problem with sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and grid energy storage

The Top-Secret 'White Trains' That Transported Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War | War History Online

The Top-Secret 'White Trains' That Transported Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War | War History Online

Rising electricity demand could bring Three Mile Island and other prematurely shuttered nuclear plants back to life

Rising electricity demand could bring Three Mile Island and other prematurely shuttered nuclear plants back to life

The Truth Behind Nuclear Energy Stocks Popping This Week | The Motley Fool

The Truth Behind Nuclear Energy Stocks Popping This Week | The Motley Fool

We could nuke an incoming asteroid. Scientists just proved it. | Mashable

We could nuke an incoming asteroid. Scientists just proved it. | Mashable

We May Have Figured Out How to Save Earth from an Asteroid: Just Nuke It

We May Have Figured Out How to Save Earth from an Asteroid: Just Nuke It

Friday, September 27, 2024

UK SMR Competition Narrows Contenders to Four Nuclear Designs

UK SMR Competition Narrows Contenders to Four Nuclear Designs

14 Major Banks Light Off a Big Bang in the Big Apple | Neutron Bytes

14 Major Banks Light Off a Big Bang in the Big Apple | Neutron Bytes

DoD Breaks Ground on Project Pele at INL | Neutron Bytes

DoD Breaks Ground on Project Pele at INL | Neutron Bytes

Europe completes manufacture of ITER vessel sector - World Nuclear News

Europe completes manufacture of ITER vessel sector - World Nuclear News

Fourth unit at Zhangzhou under construction - World Nuclear News

Fourth unit at Zhangzhou under construction - World Nuclear News

Iran outlines nuclear energy plans, including first concrete for Bushehr 3 this year - World Nuclear News

Iran outlines nuclear energy plans, including first concrete for Bushehr 3 this year - World Nuclear News

US shale oil Gulf economic visions Omar Ubaydli | Semafor

US shale oil Gulf economic visions Omar Ubaydli | Semafor

Seven Things You Thought You Knew about Nuclear Energy

Seven Things You Thought You Knew about Nuclear Energy

Rolls Royce Makes Shortlist for UK’s New Mini Nuclear Plants - Bloomberg

Rolls Royce Makes Shortlist for UK’s New Mini Nuclear Plants - Bloomberg

UK SMR Competition Narrows Contenders to Four Nuclear Designs

UK SMR Competition Narrows Contenders to Four Nuclear Designs

First-of-its-kind hypersonic missile killer program gets US greenlight

First-of-its-kind hypersonic missile killer program gets US greenlight

Project Pele: US starts building unique 5MW mobile nuclear reactor

Project Pele: US starts building unique 5MW mobile nuclear reactor

Reconductoring: Boosting U.S. Grid Capacity Efficiently - IEEE Spectrum

Reconductoring: Boosting U.S. Grid Capacity Efficiently - IEEE Spectrum

Microsoft, Bank of America Rally Around Nuclear Power for AI - Business Insider

Microsoft, Bank of America Rally Around Nuclear Power for AI - Business Insider

Why corn ethanol is worse for the climate than petrol | Biomass and bioenergy | The Guardian

Why corn ethanol is worse for the climate than petrol | Biomass and bioenergy | The Guardian

US company eliminated from race to build Britain’s first mini-nuclear plant

US company eliminated from race to build Britain’s first mini-nuclear plant

Three Mile Island nuclear plant to restart, power Microsoft data centers

Three Mile Island nuclear plant to restart, power Microsoft data centers

Oklo begins Idaho work with aim to develop nuclear reactors by 2027

Oklo begins Idaho work with aim to develop nuclear reactors by 2027

Three Mile Island Nearly Killed Nuclear. Now It's Coming Back.

Three Mile Island Nearly Killed Nuclear. Now It's Coming Back.

Will Russian Nuclear War Doctrine Be a Turning Point for Peace?

Will Russian Nuclear War Doctrine Be a Turning Point for Peace?

America's Navy Is Falling Short of the Needs of a Global Superpower | The New York Sun

America's Navy Is Falling Short of the Needs of a Global Superpower | The New York Sun

Thursday, September 26, 2024

The Factual Context For Climate And Energy Policy | Hoover Institution The Factual Context For Climate And Energy Policy

The Factual Context For Climate And Energy Policy | Hoover Institution The Factual Context For Climate And Energy Policy

Exclusive | State Farm and Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurers Are Still Betting on Fossil Fuels - WSJ

Exclusive | State Farm and Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurers Are Still Betting on Fossil Fuels - WSJ

How Pennsylvania Is Fostering A Nuclear Renaissance in the Making

How Pennsylvania Is Fostering A Nuclear Renaissance in the Making

Google Could Use Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Data Centers

Google Could Use Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Data Centers

Russia’s revised nuclear doctrine per today’s speech by Vladimir Putin

Russia’s revised nuclear doctrine per today’s speech by Vladimir Putin

Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback | WIRED

Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback | WIRED

How China plans to get more backers for its Ukraine peace plan at the UN - POLITICO

How China plans to get more backers for its Ukraine peace plan at the UN - POLITICO

Putin Announces Revised Nuclear Doctrine; World at Razor’s Edge of General War

Putin Announces Revised Nuclear Doctrine; World at Razor’s Edge of General War

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Why does the US still control every penny of Iraqi oil revenues?

Why does the US still control every penny of Iraqi oil revenues?

What changes is Russia making to its nuclear doctrine? — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

What changes is Russia making to its nuclear doctrine? — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Nuclear Waste Act introduced to introduce independent administration

Nuclear Waste Act introduced to introduce independent administration

Department of Defense Breaks Ground on Project Pele Microreactor | Department of Energy

Department of Defense Breaks Ground on Project Pele Microreactor | Department of Energy

Peak Oil Demand Isn’t on the Horizon, OPEC Says - WSJ

Peak Oil Demand Isn’t on the Horizon, OPEC Says - WSJ

Restarting nuclear power plants: the unprecedented gamble in the US

Restarting nuclear power plants: the unprecedented gamble in the US

Microsoft may pay Constellation premium in Three Mile Island power agreement, Jefferies says (Sept 23) | Reuters

Microsoft may pay Constellation premium in Three Mile Island power agreement, Jefferies says (Sept 23) | Reuters

GE Vernova CEO Appraises Nuclear Power Prospects, Offshore Wind Business - WSJ

GE Vernova CEO Appraises Nuclear Power Prospects, Offshore Wind Business - WSJ

XN50: Leclanché launches world's 1st niobium-based Li-ion battery

XN50: Leclanché launches world's 1st niobium-based Li-ion battery

Oil Market Report - September 2024 – Analysis - IEA

Oil Market Report - September 2024 – Analysis - IEA

Microsoft Goes Nuclear. Here Are the Biggest Beneficiaries of Its Massive Power Grab.

Microsoft Goes Nuclear. Here Are the Biggest Beneficiaries of Its Massive Power Grab.

Microsoft Nuclear Deal Should Be ‘Fast-Tracked’: Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro - Barron's

Microsoft Nuclear Deal Should Be ‘Fast-Tracked’: Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro - Barron's

How Big Tech embraced nuclear power | TechCrunch

How Big Tech embraced nuclear power | TechCrunch

Google Could Use Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Data Centers

Google Could Use Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Data Centers

Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback | WIRED

Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback | WIRED

Restarting nuclear power plants: the unprecedented gamble in the US | AFP

Restarting nuclear power plants: the unprecedented gamble in the US | AFP

An elegant and affordable solution to expanding the grid

An elegant and affordable solution to expanding the grid

Defense Department breaks ground on mobile nuclear reactor site (NYSE:BWXT) | Seeking Alpha

Defense Department breaks ground on mobile nuclear reactor site (NYSE:BWXT) | Seeking Alpha

New technology offers mind-blowing breakthrough for storing energy: 'Very efficient and a good source of power'

New technology offers mind-blowing breakthrough for storing energy: 'Very efficient and a good source of power'

China tests 9,320-mile massive nuclear ICBM in open after 44 years

China tests 9,320-mile massive nuclear ICBM in open after 44 years

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

A Rising Mass Of Support Could Lead To A U.S. Nuclear Renaissance

A Rising Mass Of Support Could Lead To A U.S. Nuclear Renaissance

US nuclear plants won't power up Big Tech's AI ambitions right away | Reuters

US nuclear plants won't power up Big Tech's AI ambitions right away | Reuters

EDF drops biomass plan for coal plant - may host EPR2 prefabrication plant instead - World Nuclear News

EDF drops biomass plan for coal plant - may host EPR2 prefabrication plant instead - World Nuclear News

Third cycle of accident-tolerant nuclear fuel pilot under way - World Nuclear News

Third cycle of accident-tolerant nuclear fuel pilot under way - World Nuclear News

Podcast: Financiers back idea of nuclear expansion, but what are the challenges? - World Nuclear News

Podcast: Financiers back idea of nuclear expansion, but what are the challenges? - World Nuclear News

Bechtel, Westinghouse welcome Polish funding announcement - World Nuclear News

Bechtel, Westinghouse welcome Polish funding announcement - World Nuclear News

Electricity That Costs Nothing—or Even Less? It’s Happening More and More - WSJ

Electricity That Costs Nothing—or Even Less? It’s Happening More and More - WSJ

World Bank urged to finance nuclear projects once more - The Manufacturer

World Bank urged to finance nuclear projects once more - The Manufacturer

For Now, There’s Only One Good Way to Power AI - The Atlantic

For Now, There’s Only One Good Way to Power AI - The Atlantic

International banks express support for nuclear expansion - World Nuclear News

International banks express support for nuclear expansion - World Nuclear News

A Rising Mass Of Support Could Lead To A U.S. Nuclear Renaissance

A Rising Mass Of Support Could Lead To A U.S. Nuclear Renaissance

Report: World's largest banks to pledge support for nuclear power

Report: World's largest banks to pledge support for nuclear power

How Big Tech embraced nuclear power | TechCrunch

How Big Tech embraced nuclear power | TechCrunch

A fast-track PJM interconnection review could speed Three Mile Island restart: Constellation CFO | Utility Dive

A fast-track PJM interconnection review could speed Three Mile Island restart: Constellation CFO | Utility Dive

Microsoft Goes Nuclear. Here Are the Biggest Beneficiaries of Its Massive Power Grab.

Microsoft Goes Nuclear. Here Are the Biggest Beneficiaries of Its Massive Power Grab.

Microsoft Nuclear Deal Should Be ‘Fast-Tracked’: Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro - Barron's

Microsoft Nuclear Deal Should Be ‘Fast-Tracked’: Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro - Barron's

Nuclear plant revival “extremely positive,” Granholm tells Axios

Nuclear plant revival “extremely positive,” Granholm tells Axios

Is this nuclear power's moment in Maryland? - Maryland Matters

Is this nuclear power's moment in Maryland? - Maryland Matters

Uranium Energy to buy Rio Tinto's Wyoming assets - MINING.COM

Uranium Energy to buy Rio Tinto's Wyoming assets - MINING.COM

Minnesota Public Utilities Commission orders Xcel Energy to pay refund for Prairie Island nuclear plant cord-cutting outage

Minnesota Public Utilities Commission orders Xcel Energy to pay refund for Prairie Island nuclear plant cord-cutting outage

Xcel Energy plan for Minnesota gas plants opposed by clean energy groups, Attorney General Keith Ellison

Xcel Energy plan for Minnesota gas plants opposed by clean energy groups, Attorney General Keith Ellison

A fast-track PJM interconnection review could speed Three Mile Island restart: Constellation CFO | Utility Dive

A fast-track PJM interconnection review could speed Three Mile Island restart: Constellation CFO | Utility Dive

World’s top banks back boosting nuclear energy - Washington Examiner

World’s top banks back boosting nuclear energy - Washington Examiner

Westinghouse completes front-end design for eVinci microreactor test -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Westinghouse completes front-end design for eVinci microreactor test -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Monday, September 23, 2024

Report: World's largest banks to pledge support for nuclear power

Report: World's largest banks to pledge support for nuclear power

A Rising Mass Of Support Could Lead To A U.S. Nuclear Renaissance

A Rising Mass Of Support Could Lead To A U.S. Nuclear Renaissance

Molten Salt Reactor at ACU Gets NRC Construction Permit | Energy Central

Molten Salt Reactor at ACU Gets NRC Construction Permit | Energy Central

Battery sector gets $3B from Biden administration | Utility Dive

Battery sector gets $3B from Biden administration | Utility Dive

14 Major Global Banks and Financial Institutions Express Their Support for Effort to Triple Nuclear Energy by 2050

14 Major Global Banks and Financial Institutions Express Their Support for Effort to Triple Nuclear Energy by 2050

Report touts lessons from era of nuclear waste negotiator -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Report touts lessons from era of nuclear waste negotiator -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

World’s Top Banks Back Nuclear Energy | OilPrice.com

World’s Top Banks Back Nuclear Energy | OilPrice.com

Constellation announces TMI-1 restart, power purchase agreement with Microsoft -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Constellation announces TMI-1 restart, power purchase agreement with Microsoft -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Microsoft's AI power needs lead to Three Mile Island reopening

Microsoft's AI power needs lead to Three Mile Island reopening

A Rising Mass Of Support Could Lead To A U.S. Nuclear Renaissance

A Rising Mass Of Support Could Lead To A U.S. Nuclear Renaissance

Viewpoint: Building the industrial foundations for new nuclear growth - World Nuclear News

Viewpoint: Building the industrial foundations for new nuclear growth - World Nuclear News

For Now, There’s Only One Good Way to Power AI - The Atlantic

For Now, There’s Only One Good Way to Power AI - The Atlantic

Constellation Energy to restart Three Mile Island and sell the power to Microsoft

Constellation Energy to restart Three Mile Island and sell the power to Microsoft

Semiconductor Manufacturing: The Industry's Biggest Players

Semiconductor Manufacturing: The Industry's Biggest Players

Advantages and Challenges of Nuclear Energy | Department of Energy

Advantages and Challenges of Nuclear Energy | Department of Energy

Will a new climate-conscious generation embrace advances in nuclear technology?  | Aspen Global Change Institute

Will a new climate-conscious generation embrace advances in nuclear technology?  | Aspen Global Change Institute

Inside China’s race to lead the world in nuclear fusion

Inside China’s race to lead the world in nuclear fusion

Three Mile Island to be restarted to power Microsoft data centers

Three Mile Island to be restarted to power Microsoft data centers

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Putin Ally Warns Russia's Nuclear Weapons in 'Full Combat Readiness' - Newsweek

Putin Ally Warns Russia's Nuclear Weapons in 'Full Combat Readiness' - Newsweek

Nuclear fusion: ORNL's method to identify new alloys for reactors

Nuclear fusion: ORNL's method to identify new alloys for reactors

With a million home batteries, we could build far fewer power lines. We just need the right incentives

With a million home batteries, we could build far fewer power lines. We just need the right incentives

Solar surge strains national grid

Solar surge strains national grid

Microsoft’s Mega Deal Is a Massive Victory for Nuclear Power - Heatmap News

Microsoft’s Mega Deal Is a Massive Victory for Nuclear Power - Heatmap News

China restricts mineral exports to US defense companies - Militarnyi

China restricts mineral exports to US defense companies - Militarnyi

Shortfall in Young Engineers Threatens Nuclear Renaissance - WSJ

Shortfall in Young Engineers Threatens Nuclear Renaissance - WSJ

How Saudi Aramco plans to win the oil endgame

How Saudi Aramco plans to win the oil endgame

AI Powerhouses Choose The Nuclear Option

AI Powerhouses Choose The Nuclear Option

IAEA Outlook for Nuclear Power Increases for Fourth Straight Year, Adding to Global Momentum for Nuclear Expansion | IAEA

IAEA Outlook for Nuclear Power Increases for Fourth Straight Year, Adding to Global Momentum for Nuclear Expansion | IAEA

Constellation and Microsoft Sign Deal to Bring Three Mile Island Back Online | Cryptoglobe

Constellation and Microsoft Sign Deal to Bring Three Mile Island Back Online | Cryptoglobe

Where Will NuScale Power Be in 1 Year? | Nasdaq

Where Will NuScale Power Be in 1 Year? | Nasdaq

Molten Salt Reactor at ACU Gets NRC Construction Permit | Neutron Bytes

Molten Salt Reactor at ACU Gets NRC Construction Permit | Neutron Bytes

Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI - The Washington Post

Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI - The Washington Post

Batteries Become A Big Deal - Climate Crisis 247

Batteries Become A Big Deal - Climate Crisis 247

Nuclear battery efficiency boosted 8000 times for decades-long power

Nuclear battery efficiency boosted 8000 times for decades-long power

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Will Reopen to Fuel Microsoft's AI Operations

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Will Reopen to Fuel Microsoft's AI Operations

Construction giant announces release of world's first electric backhoe loader: 'We looked at every aspect'

Construction giant announces release of world's first electric backhoe loader: 'We looked at every aspect'

Three Mile Island Still Feared By Americans - Climate Crisis 247

Three Mile Island Still Feared By Americans - Climate Crisis 247

Federal plans to open up the desert for massive solar farms has angered environmentalists | Salon.com

Federal plans to open up the desert for massive solar farms has angered environmentalists | Salon.com

Biden Administration Awards $3 Billion To Develop Domestic Battery Production | IBTimes

Biden Administration Awards $3 Billion To Develop Domestic Battery Production | IBTimes

Global nuclear energy capacity is 5 times less than solar: Report

Global nuclear energy capacity is 5 times less than solar: Report

Three Mile Island: Major update on doomed power plant closed for 40 years after horror accident - Mirror Online

Three Mile Island: Major update on doomed power plant closed for 40 years after horror accident - Mirror Online

US scientists teleport energy, store it using quantum computers

US scientists teleport energy, store it using quantum computers

The US Military Dug Secret Tunnels Beneath Greenland to Launch Missiles at the Soviet Union | War History Online

The US Military Dug Secret Tunnels Beneath Greenland to Launch Missiles at the Soviet Union | War History Online

Nuclear fusion: ORNL's method to identify new alloys for reactors

Nuclear fusion: ORNL's method to identify new alloys for reactors

Radioactive Cesium-137 found near Russia, hints at nuclear testing

Radioactive Cesium-137 found near Russia, hints at nuclear testing

Tally Of US Wind & Solar Rejections Hits 735 - Robert Bryce

Tally Of US Wind & Solar Rejections Hits 735 - Robert Bryce

Market-Washing - by Meredith Angwin - The Electric Grandma

Market-Washing - by Meredith Angwin - The Electric Grandma

US: 2,200 MW floating plant with 114 turbines to power 770,000 homes

US: 2,200 MW floating plant with 114 turbines to power 770,000 homes

US awards $3bn for electric car battery production as it seeks to counter China - Mirror Online

US awards $3bn for electric car battery production as it seeks to counter China - Mirror Online

Microsoft Deal Is A Game Changer For U.S. Nuclear | HuffPost Impact

Microsoft Deal Is A Game Changer For U.S. Nuclear | HuffPost Impact