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‘Artificial Sun’ Lasts 48 Seconds at 100,000,000°, for New Nuclear Fusion Record 0424.rtf
Scientists Just Set Another Nuclear Fusion Record 0224.rtf
Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round 0823.rtf - One effect is less cooling for nuclear power plants (Rhone River example in France). Power plant efficiency of heat conversion falls as the temperature of the heat sink (here, a river) rises. Also, sometimes cooling water bodies are placed under restriction, to prevent the worst tempoerature effects on river life.
U.S. Lab Says It Repeated Fusion Energy Feat — with Higher Yield 0823.rtf
Mini Reactor Cost Surge Threatens Nuclear’s Next Big Thing 0623.rtf
The Pathway to 90% Clean Electricity Is Mostly Clear. The Last 10%, Not So Much 0922.rtf
Nuclear Power Could Be the Future of Expedition Cruises 0622.rtf
Mini Nuclear Reactors Have an Outsized Waste Problem 0522.rtf
U.K. Startup’s ‘Big Friendly Gun’ Achieves Fusion Breakthrough 0422.rtf
Eye-Watering Energy Prices Spark a Nuclear Power Rethink 0322.rtf
Lab Hits Milestone on Long Road to Fusion Power 0122.rtf
The Dubious Track Record of ‘New’ Nuclear Technology 1121.rtf
Nuclear Power Won’t Save The World. It Won’t Even Help. 1121.rtf - Solar + storage is SO much cheaper than nuclear, even new versions. So is wind + storage. Old issues too - nuclear waste storage, etc.
Nuclear Fusion Edges toward the Mainstream 1021.rtf
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to Build New Kind of Nuclear Reactor in Wyoming 0621.rtf - sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten salt-based energy storage
Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work’ 0920.rtf - Tight tokamak, using high-temperature superconductors, makes it the size of a tennis court, instead of a soccer field.
Some Cities Snub Plan to Save Nuclear Power with Mini Reactors 0920.rtf
Nuclear Is Getting Hammered by Green Power and the Pandemic 0520.rtf
When It Comes to Nuclear Power, Could Smaller Be Better? 0220.rtf
How Going Small May Fuel Nuclear Power's Comeback 0619.rtf
Decline in Nuclear Power Threatens Global Climate Goals, IEA Says 0519.rtf
High Temperature Superconductors Bring Nuclear Fusion to Grid in 15 Years? 0318.rtf
This Nuclear Reactor Eats Nuclear Waste 0515.rtf
Failing Nuclear Power Is Good For Coal, Bad For Earth 0817.rtf
Zero-Carbon Energy, except Biomass, Boosts Human and Ecological Health 0317.rtf - quick summary of below
“100% Renewable Energy” Will Require Nukes, CCS and:or Seasonal Storage 0317.rtf - more in-depth than above
Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors Stalled by Costly Delays 0217.rtf
Amid Climate Concerns, Nuclear Plants Feel the Heat of Warming Water 0916.rtf
Nuclear New-Build Not Fast Enough to Curb Global Warming 0616.rtf
Molten Sodium Reactors Can Stop Nuclear Meltdowns 0516.rtf
The World Really Could Go Nuclear 0915.rtf
Why the Nuclear Energy World Is Thinking Small 0315.rtf
Atomic Balm - Prominent Environmentalists Back Nuclear 0215.rtf
Nuclear Power Needs to Double to Meet Warming Goal 0115.rtf
Nuclear Power Is the Greenest Option, Say Top Scientists 0115.rtf
Betting on the Need, Scientists Work on Lighter, Cleaner Nuclear Energy 1214.rtf
Advanced Nuclear Energy and the Battle against Climate Change 1214.rtf - more detail than above on history and the (mostly the same) “new” designs
Can We Solve Climate & Energy Problem without Nuclear? - Lester 0214.pdf
Lockheed Says It Makes Breakthrough on Fusion Energy Project 1014.rtf - probably low-energy nuclear reactions: cold fusion
Nuclear Power’s Unlikely Allies 0514.rtf
Carbon Conundrum Prompts Some Greens to Think Nuclear 1113.rtf
Top Climate Scientists Ask Environmentalists to Support Nuclear Power 1113.rtf
Climate Change Will Disrupt Energy Supplies, DOE Warns 0713.rtf
Betting on the Need, Scientists Work on Lighter, Cleaner Nuclear Energy 1214.rtf - emphasis on “new” more efficient and safer designs. Molten salt ractors are highlighted. They contain uranium (or thorium) fuel dissolved in liquid salt - at far lower pressures than traditional Light Water Reactors. This makes it possible to use almost all of the fuel’s energy, instead of only 5% in traditional LWRs. The resulting nuclear waste is only 2.5% as much as a LWR. A molten salt reactor can “burn” current spent fuel, most of it now stored in casks on-site, in the US awaiting geological storage. Several designs, including molten salt are “walk-away safe.” If a leak happens, they stop the chain reaction and cool off - with no external intervention.
US
US
Articles
Articles
3 Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Restart, Power Microsoft Data Centers 0924.rtf
After Vogtle, What’s Next for Nuclear? 0424.rtf - much of the outlook is for Small Modular Reactors.
U.S. Approves $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant 0324.rtf
Greens Win Indian Point Nuclear Plant Closure, but Raise New York Emissions 0324.rtf
1st Small-Scale US Nuclear Plant Died Before It Could Live 1123.rtf
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Recent Advances in Geothermal and Nuclear Power Support Net-Zero 0723.rtf
US Scientists Reach Long-Awaited Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough 1222.rtf
A $30 Billion Reminder of the Risks of New Nuclear Investment 1022.rtf
California Gives PG&E $1.4-Billion Loan to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Open 0922.rtf
Climate Worries Galvanize a New Pro-Nuclear Movement in the U.S. 0522.rtf
Looming Palisades Nuclear Plant Closure May Put Michigan Climate Goals Out of Reach 0522.rtf
Biden Administration Launches $6 Billion Nuclear Plant Bailout 0422.rtf
War Scrambles U.S. Energy, from Oil to Nuclear 0322.rtf
Vogtle’s 2 New Reactors Are 6 Years Late and $16 Billion over Budget 0122.rtf
Majority of US States Pursue Nuclear Power for Emission Cuts 0122.rtf
Replacing Nuclear with Renewables, Storage Could Cost Illinois $80 Billion 0521.rtf - says owner of 2 nuclear power plants there
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant’s Shutdown Means More Fossil Fuel 0421.rtf
US Gives 1st-Ever OK for Small Commercial Nuclear Reactor 0920.rtf - Modular reactors are 60 MW each, with self-cooling and automatic shutdown. 12 of them will be installed at Idaho, at Idaho National Lab.
Curtain Lowers on Nuke Plant Just North of from New York City 0420.rtf
3 Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Close 0519.rtf
Nuclear Power Is Odd Bedfellow in 2020 Dems, as Voters Seek Climate Change Solutions 0419.rtf
Fearing Climate Change, Experts Warn U.S. Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse 0718.rtf
To Slow Climate Change, US Must Address Nuclear Power’s Dismal Economics 0318.rtf
Georgia Power Says Vogtle Is Worth It, Despite Updated $22 Billion Price Tag 1117.rtf
U.S. Offers Vogtle Nuclear Plant $3.7 Billion in Loan Guarantees 0917.rtf
3 Mile Island Nuke to Close 40 Years after Accident 0517.rtf
Energy Efficiency Could Offset Indian Point Shutdown 0217.rtf
Shutdown of Michigan Nuclear Plant Not Sounding Climate Alarms 0117.rtf
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant to Close by 2021 - 0117.rtf
US Keeps Replacing Nuclear Power Plants with Coal or Gas 1116.rtf
Nuclear Subsidies Are Key Part of New York’s Clean-Energy Plan 0716.rtf
California Is about to Close Its Last Nuclear Plant. Is That Really a Good Idea? 0616.rtf - 14 closures from 2013 thru 2025
Pacific G&E Says Clean Energy Will Replace Power from Its Last Nuclear Plant 0616.rtf
Court Upholds On-Site Storage of Nuclear Waste at Power Plants 0616.rtf
Exelon to Shut Nuclear Plants, as Legislation Hopes Fade 0616.rtf
Nuclear Plants Seek and Gain Support as Clean Energy Sources 0516.rtf
Exelon Presses for Help with Nukes at State, Federal Levels 0516.rtf
Troubled Indian Point Reactor Will Reopen in Summer 0516.rtf
U.S. Acts to Spur Development of High-Tech Reactors 0116.rtf
Entergy to Close FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant on Lake Ontario 1115.rtf
Entergy Plans to Shut Down Pilgrim Nuclear Plant by June 2019 - 1015.rtf
Prefab Nuclear Plants Prove Just as Expensive 0715.rtf
Long-Delayed Nuclear Plant in Tennessee Nears Completion 0515.rtf
New Era for Nuclear Power? 0415.rtf
Sen. Reid's Retirement Removes Obstacle to Yucca Nuclear Waste Site 0415.rtf
Senator Alexander - U.S. Must Avoid Losing All Nuclear Power Generation 0215.rtf
Cost Pressure Intensifies for Southern Co. Nuclear Plant 0115.rtf
New Life for Nuclear Repository 1114.rtf
Power Plants Seek to Extend Life of Nuclear Reactors for Decades 1014.rtf
Yucca Mountain as a Nuclear Waste Site Is Now Deemed Safe 1014.rtf
Millstone Nuclear to Use and Discharge Warmer Water than Allowed Before 1014.rtf
Nuclear Waste Is Allowed Above Ground Indefinitely 0814.rtf
TVA Makes $4.5 Billion Bet on Nuclear Resurgence 0914.rtf
Missouri’s Ameren Still Interested in Nuclear, Despite Natural Gas's Ascendance 0814.rtf
Brash Startup Hits Accelerator in Market for Small Nuclear Reactors 0514.rtf
Nuclear Startups Reimagine Atomic Energy 0514.rtf
Luminant to End Work on License for New North Texas Reactors 1113.rtf
South’s New Power Push- Natural Gas and Tiny Nukes 1013.rtf
1st US Nuclear Power Closures in 15 Years Signal Wider Nuke Problems 0913.rtf
Vermont Nuclear Plant Shutdown Shows Changing Energy Market 0813.rtf
US Nuclear Power in Decline 0913.rtf
Duke Energy Cancels Proposed Levy County Nuke 0813.rtf
Nuclear Energy Too Expensive to Compete 0713.rtf
US Moves to Abandon Costly Reactor Fuel Plant 0613.rtf
US Nuclear Plant Shutdowns with Cheap Natural Gas 0613.rtf
As Price of Nuclear Energy Drops, a Wisconsin Plant Retires 0513.rtf
Nuclear Energy in US Loses Momentum Amid Economic Head Winds 0313.rtf
SE US Leaders Souring on Nuclear Power Costs 0313.rtf
US Nuclear Waste Storage Gets New Life 0213.rtf
Duke Plans to Shut Reactor in Favor of Gas 0213.rtf
Elsewhere
Elsewhere
Europe
Europe
Britain Outlines Nuclear Strategy. NuScale to Lay Off 28% of Workforce 0124.rtf
Europe’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Kicks Off in Finland 0423.rtf
Europe’s Energy Risks Go Beyond Gas 1122.rtf
Germany Extends Lifetime of Remaining Nuclear Plants 1022.rtf
Belgium to Extend Life of Nuclear Reactors by Another Decade 0322.rtf
What a Power Cutoff Could Mean for Chernobyl’s Nuclear Waste 0322.rtf
Germany Shuts Down Half of Its 6 Remaining Nuclear Plants 1221.rtf
Europe Revisits Nuclear Power as Climate Deadlines Loom 1121.rtf
France to Invest in Small Nuclear Reactors and Green Energy Projects 1021.rtf
Czech Researchers Develop Nuclear Heating Plant Using Spent Fuel 0421.rtf
Climate Could Pay the Price as Europe's Nuclear Plants Age 1220.rtf
Spain Plans to Close All Nuclear Plants by 2035 - 0219.rtf
Abandoning UK Nuclear Power Plans ‘Would Push Up Carbon Emissions' 0918.rtf
Cheaper Green Power in Britain Could Put Nuclear in the Shade 0718.rtf
UK Nuclear Power Stations Could Be Forced to Close after Brexit 0217.rtf
French Nuclear Power in ‘Worst Situation Ever', Says Former EDF Director 1116.rtf
Hinkley Point C Faces £7.2 Billion Cleanup Bill at End of Nuclear Plant's Life 0916.rtf
Mini-Nuclear Reactors Could Be Operating in the UK by 2030 - 0916.rtf
Hinkley Point C Nuclear Plant Not Essential - Think Tank 0816.rtf
If Wind & Solar Power Are Cheaper & Quicker, Do We Really Need Hinkley Point? 0816.rtf
Hinkley Nuclear Plant Faces UK Delay 0716.rtf
Sweden, in Turnaround, Agrees to Continue Nuclear Power 0616.rtf
Britain to Ship Record Amount of Nuclear Waste to U.S. 0316.rtf
New Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station May Be Further Delayed 0915.rtf
Why the French Are Losing Enthusiasm for Nuclear 0615.rtf
No Prospect of Relief from Constant UK Nuclear Headache 0115.rtf
UK Cleared to Heavily Subsidize $39B Nuclear Plant 1014.rtf
Nuclear Power Is Cheapest Way for Poland to Cut Emissions 1113.rtf
Expensive Hinkley Point C Is Pivotal for UK Nuclear Industry’s Future 1013.rtf
UK’s Liberal Democrats Vote Backs Nuclear Power Plants 0913.rtf
India
India
India’s Power Giant Will Turn to Nuclear in Climate Goal Chase 1222.rtf
Westinghouse Expects to Sign India Reactor Deal in June 0316.rtf
India’s Nuclear Industry Pours Its Wastes into a River of Death and Disease 1215.rtf
Modi’s Clean-Energy Goals Face Funding, Political Hurdles 0115.rtf
Obama, India’s Modi Claim Breakthrough on Nuclear Liability Issue 0115.rtf
India Turns to Nuclear, as Energy Crisis Deepens 0914.rtf
Impasse Over Liability Clause in Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal 1013.rtf
Japan
Japan
Japan to Maximize Nuclear Power 14 Years after Fukushima Disaster 0225.rtf
Japan Adopts Plan to Maximize Nuclear Energy, in Major Shift 1222.rtf
Japan Turns Back to Nuclear Power as Fuel Prices Soar 0822.rtf
Japan to Use Nuclear Reactors, Renewables to Cut Reliance on Russian Energy 0522.rtf
Japan Leader Says to Reconsider Nuclear Power, as Energy Costs Soar 0422.rtf
Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Radiation at Highest Level since 2011 Meltdown 0217.rtf
Japan Cancels Failed $9 Billion Monju Nuclear Reactor 1216.rtf
Japan Court Clears Way to Restart Kansai Electric Nuclear Plants 1215.rtf
Japan to Consider Ocean Disposal of Nuclear Waste 1215.rtf
Here's How Many of Japan's Idle Nuclear Plants Are Likely to Reopen 0915.rtf
Japan Restarts 1st Nuclear Reactor since Fukushima Disaster 0815.rtf
Japan’s Nuclear Revival Won’t Lower Carbon Emissions Enough 0815.rtf
Japan Pushes Ahead with Plans to Reopen Nuclear Reactors 0315.rtf
5 Old Japanese Reactors Head for Decommissioning Scrap Heap 0115.rtf
OK Given to Restart Nuclear Plant in Japan 1114.rtf
Tens of Thousands of Protesters Attend Anti-Nuclear Events in Tokyo 1013.rtf
Without Nuclear Power, Japan CO2 Emissions Rise 1013.rtf
Japan Disaster, Economic Crisis Prompt IAEA to Cut Nuclear Growth Projection 0913.rtf
China
China
China is Home to World's 1st Small Modular Nuclear Reactor 1221.rtf
China to Dominate Nuclear, as Beijing Bets on Homegrown Reactors 0620.rtf
China’s Losing Its Taste for Nuclear Power. That’s Bad News. 1218.rtf
China Halts Work on $15 Billion Nuclear Waste Project after Protests 0816.rtf
China to Develop Floating Nuclear Power Plants 0416.rtf
China's Debut Westinghouse Reactor Delayed until June 2017 - 0316.rtf
Wind Power Beats Nuclear Again in China & Hydro in the U.S. for the 1st Time 0315.rtf
China Renews Atomic Ambition With 5 Reactors Planned in 2015 0115.rtf
Promethean Perils of Nuclear Power in China 1214.rtf
China Fast-Tracks Uranium-Free Thorium Nuclear Plants, to Combat Smog 0314.rtf
More
More
World’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant Being Planned in Canada 0723.rtf
Europe’s Energy Risks Go Beyond Gas 1122.rtf
South Korea Looks to Nuclear Expansion, in Bid to Meet Climate Targets 0622.rtf
South Korea’s President-Elect Seeks Nuclear Power for Green Goals 0422.rtf
Vietnam Abandons Plan for 1st Nuclear Power Plants 1116.rtf
Rise in Wildfires May Resurrect Chernobyl's Radiation 0215.rtf
Ukraine Turns Off Reactor at Its Most Powerful Nuclear Plant after 'Accident' 1214.rtf
Russia Floats Plan for Nuclear Power Plants at Sea 1013.rtf
South Korea Charges 100 with Corruption Over Nuclear Scandal 1013.rtf
Brazil Cools on Nuclear Power Plans, Favors Wind 0913.rtf
In North Asia, a Growing Crisis of Confidence in Nuclear Power 0813.rtf
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