Nuclear Power Dying A Slow Death
Global nuclear power capacity could plunge by two-thirds over the next 20 years. Even as investment in solar and wind is surging, nuclear power has been the main source of Continue Reading
IEA rings alarm bell on phasing out nuclear energy
A steep decline in nuclear energy capacity will threaten climate goals and power supply security unless advanced economies find a way to extend the lifespan of their reactors, the International Continue Reading
IEA: steep decline in nuclear power would threaten energy security and climate goals
With nuclear power facing an uncertain future in many countries, the world risks a steep decline in its use in advanced economies that could result in billions of tonnes of Continue Reading
The Tricky Question About Nuclear Even Experts Can’t Answer
My wife and I have been watching the new HBO miniseries on the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. During the second episode, she asked me the question that is probably on Continue Reading
Nuclear retirements in Northeast expected to create gas demand
The retirement of several nuclear power plants in the Northeast over the next year and a half is expected to create an opportunity for natural gas-fired power generation. Receive daily Continue Reading
Scientists just got closer to making nuclear fusion work
Proponents of nuclear fusion see it is as a clean and virtually limitless energy source that could power the future. But while researchers are confident they can make it work, Continue Reading
The Fusion Reactor Next Door
On a Friday afternoon, a small group of scientists gathered in front of a bank of computer screens near a Ping-Pong table in a warehouse close to Britain’s Oxford University. Continue Reading
Exelon to close Pennsylvania Three Mile Island nuclear plant in September
U.S. energy company Exelon Corp said Wednesday it will shut the last reactor at the Three Mile Island power plant, site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, on Continue Reading
Will China Be Able To Meet Its Lofty Nuclear Power Goals?
Chinese representatives had a lot to say at this month’s 2019 Spring International Summit at China’s Nuclear Energy Sustainability Forum in Beijing. Yu Jianfeng, chairman of the China National Nuclear Continue Reading
France to delay cutbacks to nuclear power by a decade
France will delay by 10 years the shutdown of part of its nuclear power industry in order to fulfil President Emmanuel Macron’s aim of making the country carbon-neutral by 2 Continue Reading