White House Orders NRC Overhaul: Deja Vu or a New Dawn for Nuclear?
A recent Executive Order signals a profound recalibration of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s mandate, aiming to accelerate U.S. nuclear energy deployment…
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Here are 39 Reasons from the Past 18 Months to Be Excited About Nuclear Power’s Big, Growing Momentum
Multiple economic, political, and international factors have combined to give nuclear power the breakout it needed…
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Oppenheimer: A Tale of Strauss
Did you know that a subtitle was omitted from the biggest film of 1959? I think that’s also the case for the Number 3 film…
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Moving one step closer to a potential restart, closed Palisades Nuclear Plant secures important agreement
The 800-megawatt unit appears to have found a dedicated power buyer for multiple decades.
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Vogtle Unit 3 Enters Commercial Operation
As of July 31, 2023, the unit will produce 1,100 megawatts of electricity that will power approximately 500,000 homes and businesses for the next…
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Vogtle Unit 3 Synced to Grid at 25% Power for First Time
Georgia Power made the announcement on April 1, 2023…
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Vogtle Unit 4 Begins Hot Functional Testing
Testing began approximately two weeks after Unit 3 achieved criticality for the first time…
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Making Progress in Advanced Nuclear – Molten Chloride Test System Installed
The latest milestone in a Southern Company-TerraPower partnership that began in 2015, the test system supports the molten chloride reactor experiment at Idaho National…
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