Pentagon awards contracts to design mobile nuclear reactor

Pentagon awards contracts to design mobile nuclear reactor: The Department of Defense has two parallel nuclear reactor programs underway, one for domestic use, one for use abroad.

Not signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has cost India dear - The Hindu BusinessLine

Not signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has cost India dear - The Hindu BusinessLine: Apart from losing out on much larger access to clean and cheap nuclear power, it has forced Pakistan to build its own nukes and, thereby, render our conventional military superiority irrelevant

What is plan for clean energy when Pickering nuclear plant closes? | The Star

What is plan for clean energy when Pickering nuclear plant closes? | The Star: There is an opportunity to keep our electricity clean, while also saving consumers money. To get there, Ontario’s energy policy, market and regulatory...

Angry US landowners are killing off renewable energy projects

Angry US landowners are killing off renewable energy projects: There’s an old saw in the trash business that says, “everybody wants their trash picked up but nobody wants it put down.”
That’s not a perfect analogy...

Exelon's Peach Bottom becomes second US nuclear plant to get license approval to 80 years

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Utilities on high alert as phishing attempts, cyber probing spike related to Coronavirus

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Democratic Senators push to include FERC reform in comprehensive Senate energy bill

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PG&E and Climate Changes | Energy Central

PG&E and Climate Changes | Energy Central

What Was Russia Thinking In Refusing To Cut Oil Production? | The Energy Collective Daily

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When Did the Church’s Moral Teaching Cease Being Relevant to You?

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Coronavirus continues its rapid spread, confounding efforts by global leaders - The Boston Globe

Coronavirus continues its rapid spread, confounding efforts by global leaders - The Boston Globe: Efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak showed signs of faltering Saturday as Florida reported the United States’ first deaths outside the West Coast, Washington, D.C., confirmed its first case, and Italian leaders were scrambling on a plan that could lock down an entire region including Venice and Milan after reporting 1,000 new cases in 24 hours.

Vocational schools become the latest front in the battle for educational equity - The Boston Globe

Vocational schools become the latest front in the battle for educational equity - The Boston Globe: Many of the state’s 37 vocational schools have come under fire recently for using their admissions criteria to screen out struggling students. Over the past two decades, the schools have been transformed from their blue collar roots into high-tech training centers that prepare students equally for college or for well-paying jobs in the trades. Today, some are better funded than nearby public schools — and they have become increasingly selective in who they admit.

The traveler’s coronavirus question: Should I stay or should I go? - The Boston Globe

The traveler’s coronavirus question: Should I stay or should I go? - The Boston Globe: Some travelers are looking for bargains while others are flat out canceling. What happens when you have travel plans in the middle of a pandemic?

Coronavirus cases in Mass. reach 13, most are tied to Biogen - The Boston Globe

Coronavirus cases in Mass. reach 13, most are tied to Biogen - The Boston Globe: The additional cases follow a large group of tests administered yesterday to employees of the biotech giant Biogen.

Iran Stops Flights to Europe as Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs | Asharq AL-awsat

Iran Stops Flights to Europe as Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs | Asharq AL-awsat: Middle-East Arab News and Opinion - Asharq Al-Awsat is the world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, printed simultaneously each day on four continents in 14 cities

Joint Chiefs Chair Retires, Immediately Becomes Paid F-35 Cheerleader | The American Conservative

Joint Chiefs Chair Retires, Immediately Becomes Paid F-35 Cheerleader | The American Conservative: The Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford defended the troubled f-35 fighter and was rewarded with a Lockheed position within months of leaving the Pentagon in September.

Coronavirus testing might have stopped it early. Now it's too late. - The Washington Post

Coronavirus testing might have stopped it early. Now it's too late. - The Washington Post: The disease spread unchecked in the United States because we didn’t look for it.

Why a Rising China Isn't as Dangerous As Experts Make It Out to Be | The National Interest

Why a Rising China Isn't as Dangerous As Experts Make It Out to Be | The National Interest: There is no question that China has vastly increased its military power over the last decade but the details are often overblown. Each item that China alarmists raise deserves a second look.

How Donald Trump Should Handle China's Growing Power | The National Interest

How Donald Trump Should Handle China's Growing Power | The National Interest: Ultimately, China is not the threat claimed, and inflators’ prescriptions are a recipe for overstretching and needless risk. It is not too late for the U.S. to soberly address China’s rise.

Kevin Eckery, Sacramento diocese spokesman, survives cancer | The Sacramento Bee

Kevin Eckery, Sacramento diocese spokesman, survives cancer | The Sacramento Bee: Kevin Eckery thought 2020 was either going to be the year he died or the year he finished preparing for his death in 2021.