Menu of Nuclear Options Begins to Grow
Ontario Power Generation and partners signed a commercial contract to build a GE Hitachi-designed BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR). Several other groups are also looking at the BWRX-300, which...
View ArticleNuclear wins inclusion as “green” source for hydrogen
French energy minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher France appears to wins another round against Germany in the fight to have nuclear included as a clean energy source within EU Commission rules. TheContinue...
View ArticleIndustry decarbonization moves ahead with Dow Chemical / X-energy partnership
Dow Chemical has signed a development agreement with X-energy Reactor Company to build its DOE-funded demonstration 4-pack Xe-100 advanced nuclear plant at a Dow Chemical Gulf Coast site. Dow’s...
View ArticleEl Salvador Explores Nuclear Entry with Gen IV
El Salvador has just taken a small but meaningful step towards building an advanced climate-resilient economy and accelerating next-generation nuclear. The government has decided to explore becoming a...
View ArticleEunice Newton Foote
Eunice Newton Foote, a descendant of Sir Isaac Newton through her father, is believed to be the first scientist to study and conclude that rising carbon dioxide gas levels couldContinue readingEunice...
View ArticleNucleation Presents at ARPA-E Fission Summit
Valerie Gardner, founder and managing partner of Nucleation Capital, and Dr. Rachel Slaybaugh, a partner at DCVC, presented remarks on the topic of “Procuring Investments for Commercialization” in the...
View ArticleDow Chemical CEO Gives Wall Street Lesson on New Nuclear
Dow Chemical CEO, Jim Fitterling appeared in a CEO interview segment with Sara Eisen on CNBC on May 12 and proceeded to discuss Dow’s plan to build X-energy’s advanced nuclearContinue readingDow...
View ArticleA New Oppenheimer Moment
We’ve had a resurgence of interest in and conversation about nuclear energy since the release at the end of April of Oliver Stone’s exceptional documentary, Nuclear Now. But Stone’s historicContinue...
View ArticleADVANCE Act Clears Senate
The ADVANCE Act, included in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by the Senate, was passed by the Senate in an 86-11 bipartisan vote. The NDAA now must beContinue readingADVANCE Act...
View ArticleMontana Judge rules in favor of having a livable future
Montana Judge Kathy Seely invalidated as unconstitutional the so-called “limitation” to the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), which was amended by the legislature this year, in House Bill 971...
View ArticleA First-Ever Commercial Plant Extracting Carbon from Air
Heirloom Carbon Technologies has opened the first commercial carbon capture plant in the U.S. This key moment presages the start of what is widely expected to be an important newContinue readingA...
View ArticleInternational Conference Agrees to “Transition Away” from Fossil Fuels
For the first time ever, and despite being hosted the United Arab Emirates, the COP agrees to “transition away” from fossil fuels. This is the first time in over 35Continue readingInternational...
View ArticleSweden appoints world’s first “National Nuclear Power Coordinator”
Sweden is continuing to demonstrate exceptionally smart and effective management towards climate goals by appointing the world’s first “National Nuclear Power Coordinator,” to manage the growth of...
View ArticleFirst private British nuclear power plant
The first fully privately-fund nuclear power plant is in development in the U.K., with the goal of providing power to up to two million homes. The project is being developedContinue readingFirst...
View ArticleEU Declares Nuclear to be one of 17 Strategic Decarbonization Technologies
The Council of EU member states and the European Parliament agreed to label nuclear power as a strategic technology together with 16 other technologies declared strategic for the EU’s...
View ArticleThe Atomic Energy Advancement Act Clears the House
The Atomic Energy Advancement Act, which aims to accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy technologies, such as advanced nuclear reactors, was passed by the otherwise highly polarized House of...
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