After World War II, nuclear power was heralded as the future of energy. Then the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in ...

Judges cited the Supreme Court’s decision to upend Chevron deference and reversed a decision in favor of EPA. Federal judges have ordered EPA to revisit its decision to flunk the area around a ...

is an independent agency responsible for setting safety standards and regulating commercial nuclear plants. All commercial nuclear power plants in the U.S. require NRC licenses and adhere to its ...

a nuclear power safety expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists. There are more than 90,000 tonnes of nuclear waste stored at nuclear plants across the country and lawmakers from both major ...

announced at a November 2024 parliamentary meeting that Kenya is on schedule to begin construction of its first nuclear power plant by 2027. Importance of Strong Stakeholder Engagement Uyombo, in ...

With the Russia-Ukraine war indicating that nuclear power plants are far from off-limits, China’s PLA has warned that reactors close to the coast could come under attack in the event of a conflict.

U.S.-Saudi cooperation in building reactors for nuclear power plants in the kingdom could shut the Chinese and Russians out of what could be a high-dollar partnership for the American nuclear industry ...

Four draft executive orders circulating in the administration would streamline approvals for new nuclear power plants. The White House contends the current process at the Nuclear Regulatory ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has raised fresh concerns over the ongoing vulnerability of Ukraine’s nuclear infrastructure after the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost ...

Trump administration officials are crafting executive orders to expedite the approval and construction of nuclear power plants across the US, a bid to meet surging electricity demand. The effort ...

a California think tank that advocates for the development of new nuclear power. Nordhaus testified before Congress in 2023 about reforming the NRC, and last year Congress passed a bipartisan law ...

By comparison, the most recently completed nuclear power plant in the U.S., Vogtle Unit 4 in Georgia, generates over 1.1 gigawatts of electricity, nearly four times the size of a large SMR.