Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

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

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Trump stuns: Top Iranians 'do not want...a nuclear weapon' | Responsible Statecraft

Trump stuns: Top Iranians 'do not want...a nuclear weapon' | Responsible Statecraft

Gene Nelson Interview

Gene Nelson Interview

Arizona utilities team up for new nuclear deployment, including at retired coal plants - Power Engineering

Arizona utilities team up for new nuclear deployment, including at retired coal plants - Power Engineering

Four SMR developers aim to build reactors at Texas A&M University site - World Nuclear News

Four SMR developers aim to build reactors at Texas A&M University site - World Nuclear News

States, Advanced Reactor Developer Challenge NRC’s Authority to License Advanced Reactors - Lexology

States, Advanced Reactor Developer Challenge NRC’s Authority to License Advanced Reactors - Lexology

Arizona Utilities Announce Effort to Add More In-State Nuclear Power

Arizona Utilities Announce Effort to Add More In-State Nuclear Power

Electricity is the next energy crisis | Utility Dive

Electricity is the next energy crisis | Utility Dive

New Belgian government considers building new nuclear plants, report says

New Belgian government considers building new nuclear plants, report says

Starmer unveils plans to make it easier to build nuclear reactors

Starmer unveils plans to make it easier to build nuclear reactors

Arizona's 3 big power utilities looking to build a new nuclear plant

Arizona's 3 big power utilities looking to build a new nuclear plant

Arizona Utilities Announce Effort to Add More In-State Nuclear Power

Arizona Utilities Announce Effort to Add More In-State Nuclear Power

Trump Mulls Cancelling Loans Issued From $400 Billion Clean-Energy Program - Bloomberg

Trump Mulls Cancelling Loans Issued From $400 Billion Clean-Energy Program - Bloomberg

NANO Nuclear opens N.Y. site to demonstrate microreactor technology -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

NANO Nuclear opens N.Y. site to demonstrate microreactor technology -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

India Pushes Ahead With Plans To Open Up Nuclear Sector, Deploy More Reactors

India Pushes Ahead With Plans To Open Up Nuclear Sector, Deploy More Reactors

China on track to dominate nuclear energy - Cipher News

China on track to dominate nuclear energy - Cipher News

Trump to help nuclear energy renaissance: Tema ETFs' Khodjamirian

Trump to help nuclear energy renaissance: Tema ETFs' Khodjamirian

Achieving Critical Mass: Trump Administration Policies that Would Strengthen Nuclear Energy - The National Interest

Achieving Critical Mass: Trump Administration Policies that Would Strengthen Nuclear Energy - The National Interest

2025 US power sector outlook | Utility Dive

2025 US power sector outlook | Utility Dive

Going Nuclear: Why AI Will Lead the Next Energy Transition

Going Nuclear: Why AI Will Lead the Next Energy Transition

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Toward a Settlement of the Russia-Ukraine War | Council on Foreign Relations

Toward a Settlement of the Russia-Ukraine War | Council on Foreign Relations

Trump Has a Rare and Short Window to Solve the Iran Problem — Here’s How - War on the Rocks

Trump Has a Rare and Short Window to Solve the Iran Problem — Here’s How - War on the Rocks

Achieving Critical Mass: Trump Administration Policies that Would Strengthen Nuclear Energy - The National Interest

Achieving Critical Mass: Trump Administration Policies that Would Strengthen Nuclear Energy - The National Interest

Affordability Is Key to Nuclear Power’s Big Future | Bechtel

Affordability Is Key to Nuclear Power’s Big Future | Bechtel

This is Not the Deep Seek AI You Are Looking For | Neutron Bytes

This is Not the Deep Seek AI You Are Looking For | Neutron Bytes

Arizona's 3 big power utilities looking to build a new nuclear plant

Arizona's 3 big power utilities looking to build a new nuclear plant

Largest fusion reactor ever built set to transform global energy production - The Brighter Side of News

Largest fusion reactor ever built set to transform global energy production - The Brighter Side of News

A One-on-One with NRC Commissioner Bradley Crowell -- ANS / Webinars

A One-on-One with NRC Commissioner Bradley Crowell -- ANS / Webinars

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Michigan to restart decommissioned nuclear power plant | Grist

Michigan to restart decommissioned nuclear power plant | Grist

Georgia Power plans additional nuclear capacity - World Nuclear News

Georgia Power plans additional nuclear capacity - World Nuclear News

Briefing: The SMR Regulators’ Forum - World Nuclear News

Briefing: The SMR Regulators’ Forum - World Nuclear News

Indian budget launches Nuclear Energy Mission - World Nuclear News

Indian budget launches Nuclear Energy Mission - World Nuclear News

Podcast: The international forum helping make advanced reactors a reality - World Nuclear News

Podcast: The international forum helping make advanced reactors a reality - World Nuclear News

CORE POWER Hires Engineering Firm to Support Floating Nuclear Power Plants

CORE POWER Hires Engineering Firm to Support Floating Nuclear Power Plants

Iran building nuclear missiles capable of hitting Europe: report

Iran building nuclear missiles capable of hitting Europe: report

San Diego company at the forefront of nuclear fusion | KPBS Public Media

San Diego company at the forefront of nuclear fusion | KPBS Public Media

Let it RAIN: A new approach to radiation communication -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Let it RAIN: A new approach to radiation communication -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Industry Update—February 2025 -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Industry Update—February 2025 -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Achieving Critical Mass: Trump Administration Policies that Would Strengthen Nuclear Energy - The National Interest

Achieving Critical Mass: Trump Administration Policies that Would Strengthen Nuclear Energy - The National Interest

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Names Alexandra Bell Its New President - The New York Times

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Names Alexandra Bell Its New President - The New York Times

Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is no easy task

Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is no easy task

Iran Is Developing Plans for Faster, Cruder Weapon, U.S. Concludes - The New York Times

Iran Is Developing Plans for Faster, Cruder Weapon, U.S. Concludes - The New York Times

Monday, February 3, 2025

General Atomics sees an end to the long road toward nuclear fusion | KPBS Public Media

General Atomics sees an end to the long road toward nuclear fusion | KPBS Public Media

White House backtracks on spending freeze, but pause on energy programs remains

White House backtracks on spending freeze, but pause on energy programs remains

Indonesia plans new nuclear power plants with 4.3 GW capacity in bid for cleaner energy | Reuters

Indonesia plans new nuclear power plants with 4.3 GW capacity in bid for cleaner energy | Reuters

UAE launches bid to become global nuclear power | Semafor

UAE launches bid to become global nuclear power | Semafor

U.S. Energy Independence—Let's Recycle Our Nuclear Waste

U.S. Energy Independence—Let's Recycle Our Nuclear Waste

Affordability Is Key to Nuclear Power’s Big Future | Bechtel

Affordability Is Key to Nuclear Power’s Big Future | Bechtel

The federal government steps up support for nuclear power | Wood Mackenzie

The federal government steps up support for nuclear power | Wood Mackenzie

Tripling global nuclear energy capacity is in reach—if the world seizes the moment - Atlantic Council

Tripling global nuclear energy capacity is in reach—if the world seizes the moment - Atlantic Council

Trump’s high stakes nuclear agenda - Nuclear Engineering International

Trump’s high stakes nuclear agenda - Nuclear Engineering International

2025 US power sector outlook | Utility Dive

2025 US power sector outlook | Utility Dive

Affordability Is Key to Nuclear Power’s Big Future | Bechtel

Affordability Is Key to Nuclear Power’s Big Future | Bechtel

This is Not the Deep Seek AI You Are Looking For | Neutron Bytes

This is Not the Deep Seek AI You Are Looking For | Neutron Bytes

Will California Revive Nuclear Power to Feed AI Energy Demands? | KQED

Will California Revive Nuclear Power to Feed AI Energy Demands? | KQED

Company takes major step on quest for nuclear-powered transportation vessels — here's how it could transform an entire industry

Company takes major step on quest for nuclear-powered transportation vessels — here's how it could transform an entire industry

Aging reactors: For the first time, researchers verify the effect of radiation on concrete expansion

Aging reactors: For the first time, researchers verify the effect of radiation on concrete expansion

Transmission is the key to American energy dominance | Utility Dive

Transmission is the key to American energy dominance | Utility Dive

Michigan to restart decommissioned nuclear power plant | Grist

Michigan to restart decommissioned nuclear power plant | Grist

Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition | The Hill

Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition | The Hill

AI’s Energy Demands Threaten a Nuclear Waste Nightmare | Scientific American

AI’s Energy Demands Threaten a Nuclear Waste Nightmare | Scientific American

Don't fall for the Big Lie of nuclear energy

Don't fall for the Big Lie of nuclear energy

Energy Fuels–Navajo Nation agreement to restart uranium transport -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Energy Fuels–Navajo Nation agreement to restart uranium transport -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Lightbridge and Oklo Partner on Fuel Fabrication | Neutron Bytes

Lightbridge and Oklo Partner on Fuel Fabrication | Neutron Bytes

N. M. DOJ Filed Amicus Brief to Prevent Storage of Nuclear Waste in Permian Basin - NewsBreak

N. M. DOJ Filed Amicus Brief to Prevent Storage of Nuclear Waste in Permian Basin - NewsBreak

Mistrust bubbles up as nuclear waste storage talks come to rural Colorado | Rocky Mountain PBS

Mistrust bubbles up as nuclear waste storage talks come to rural Colorado | Rocky Mountain PBS

OPINION: Project 2025: increasing energy use awakening the ghost of Yucca Mountain - The Nevada Independent

OPINION: Project 2025: increasing energy use awakening the ghost of Yucca Mountain - The Nevada Independent

Battery breakthrough: Liquid to solid electrolyte to boost cell output

Battery breakthrough: Liquid to solid electrolyte to boost cell output

US firms plan 175 GWh floating nuclear plant to rival Russia

US firms plan 175 GWh floating nuclear plant to rival Russia

Why China’s recent nuclear fusion breakthrough is significant | Explained News - The Indian Express

Why China’s recent nuclear fusion breakthrough is significant | Explained News - The Indian Express

US to turn wastewater into freshwater with nuclear power

US to turn wastewater into freshwater with nuclear power

US firms plan 175 GWh floating nuclear plant to rival Russia

US firms plan 175 GWh floating nuclear plant to rival Russia

28,000 Years of Power : Diamond Batteries That Generate Energy from Nuclear Waste Could Revive the Entire Industry - Jason Deegan

28,000 Years of Power : Diamond Batteries That Generate Energy from Nuclear Waste Could Revive the Entire Industry - Jason Deegan

Scientists achieve 'significant breakthrough' on quest to transform common waste into futuristic energy — here's how they did it

Scientists achieve 'significant breakthrough' on quest to transform common waste into futuristic energy — here's how they did it

Work is underway to desalinate water using nuclear energy

Work is underway to desalinate water using nuclear energy

AI could help overcome the hurdles to making nuclear fusion a practical energy source

AI could help overcome the hurdles to making nuclear fusion a practical energy source