Nuclear Energy
General
Articles
‘Artificial Sun’ Lasts 48 Seconds at 100,000,000°, for New Nuclear Fusion Record 0424
Scientists Just Set Another Nuclear Fusion Record 0224
Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round 0823 - 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
Mini Reactor Cost Surge Threatens Nuclear’s Next Big Thing 0623
The Pathway to 90% Clean Electricity Is Mostly Clear. The Last 10%, Not So Much 0922
Nuclear Power Could Be the Future of Expedition Cruises 0622
Mini Nuclear Reactors Have an Outsized Waste Problem 0522
U.K. Startup’s ‘Big Friendly Gun’ Achieves Fusion Breakthrough 0422
Eye-Watering Energy Prices Spark a Nuclear Power Rethink 0322
US Lab Hits Milestone on Long Road to Fusion Power 0122
The Dubious Track Record of ‘New’ Nuclear Technology 1121
Nuclear Power Won’t Save The World. It Won’t Even Help. 1121 - 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
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to Build New Kind of Nuclear Reactor in Wyoming 0621 - sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten salt-based energy storage
Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work’ 0920 - 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
Nuclear Is Getting Hammered by Green Power and the Pandemic 0520
When It Comes to Nuclear Power, Could Smaller Be Better? 0220
How Going Small May Fuel Nuclear Power's Comeback 0619
Decline in Nuclear Power Threatens Global Climate Goals, IEA Says 0519
High Temperature Superconductors Bring Nuclear Fusion to Grid in 15 Years? 0318
Articles
Failing Nuclear Power Is Good For Coal, Bad For Earth 0817
Zero-Carbon Energy, except Biomass, Boosts Human and Ecological Health 0317 - quick summary of below
“100% Renewable Energy” Will Require Nukes, CCS and/or Seasonal Storage 0317 - more in-depth than above
Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors Stalled by Costly Delays 0217
Amid Climate Concerns, Nuclear Plants Feel the Heat of Warming Water 0916
Molten Sodium Reactors Can Stop Nuclear Meltdowns 0516
This Nuclear Reactor Eats Nuclear Waste 0515
Why the Nuclear Energy World Is Thinking Small 0315
Atomic Balm - Prominent Environmentalists Back Nuclear 0215
Nuclear Power Needs to Double to Meet Warming Goal 0115
Nuclear Power Is the Greenest Option, Say Top Scientists 0115
Advanced Nuclear Energy and the Battle against Climate Change 1214
more detail than above on history and the (mostly the same) “new” designs
Lockheed Says It Makes Breakthrough on Fusion Energy Project 1014 - probably low-energy nuclear reactions: cold fusion
Nuclear Power’s Unlikely Allies 0514
Carbon Conundrum Prompts Some Greens to Think Nuclear 1113
Top Climate Scientists Ask Environmentalists to Support Nuclear Power 1113
Betting on the Need, Scientists Work on Lighter, Cleaner Nuclear Energy 1214 - 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
Articles
After Vogtle, What’s Next for Nuclear? 0424 - much of the outlook is for Small Modular Reactors.
U.S. Approves $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant 0324
Greens Win Indian Point Nuclear Plant Closure, but Raise New York Emissions 0324
1st Small-Scale US Nuclear Plant Died Before It Could Live 1123
Recent Advances in Geothermal and Nuclear Power Support Net-Zero 0723
US Scientists Reach Long-Awaited Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough 1222
A $30 Billion Reminder of the Risks of New Nuclear Investment 1022
California Gives PG&E $1.4-Billion Loan to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Open 0922
Climate Worries Galvanize a New Pro-Nuclear Movement in the U.S. 0522
Looming Palisades Nuclear Plant Closure May Put Michigan Climate Goals Out of Reach 0522
Biden Administration Launches $6 Billion Nuclear Plant Bailout 0422
War Scrambles U.S. Energy, from Oil to Nuclear 0322
Vogtle’s 2 New Reactors Are 6 Years Late and $16 Billion over Budget 0122
Majority of US States Pursue Nuclear Power for Emission Cuts 0122
Replacing Nuclear with Renewables, Storage Could Cost Illinois $80 Billion 0521 - says owner of 2 nuclear power plants there
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant’s Shutdown Means More Fossil Fuel 0421
US Gives 1st-Ever OK for Small Commercial Nuclear Reactor 0920 - Modular reactors are 60 MW each, with self-cooling and automatic shutdown. 12 of them will be installed at Idaho, at Idaho National Lab.
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Curtain Lowers on Nuke Plant Just North of from New York City 0420
3 Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Close 0519
Nuclear Power Is Odd Bedfellow in 2020 Dems, as Voters Seek Climate Change Solutions 0419
Fearing Climate Change, Experts Warn U.S. Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse 0718
Georgia Power Says Vogtle Is Worth It, Despite Updated $22 Billion Price Tag 1117
U.S. Offers Vogtle Nuclear Plant $3.7 Billion in Loan Guarantees 0917
3 Mile Island Nuke to Close 40 Years after Accident 0517
Energy Efficiency Could Offset Indian Point Shutdown 0217
Shutdown of Michigan Nuclear Plant Not Sounding Climate Alarms 0117
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, near NYC, to Close by 2021 - 0117
US Keeps Replacing Nuclear Power Plants with Coal or Gas 1116
Nuclear Subsidies Are Key Part of New York’s Clean-Energy Plan 0716
California Is about to Close Its Last Nuclear Plant. Is That Really a Good Idea? 0616 - 14 closures from 2013 thru 2025
Pacific G&E Says Clean Energy Will Replace Power from Its Last Nuclear Plant 0616
Court Upholds On-Site Storage of Nuclear Waste at Power Plants 0616
Exelon to Shut Nuclear Plants, as Legislation Hopes Fade 0616
Nuclear Plants Seek and Gain Support as Clean Energy Sources 0516
Exelon Presses for Help with Nukes at State, Federal Levels 0516
Troubled Indian Point Reactor Will Reopen in Summer 0516
U.S. Acts to Spur Development of High-Tech Reactors 0116
Entergy to Close FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant on Lake Ontario 1115
Entergy Plans to Shut Down Pilgrim Nuclear Plant by June 2019 - 1015
Prefab Nuclear Plants Prove Just as Expensive 0715
Long-Delayed Nuclear Plant in Tennessee Nears Completion 0515
New Era for Nuclear Power? 0415
Sen. Reid's Retirement Removes Obstacle to Yucca Nuclear Waste Site 0415
Senator Alexander - U.S. Must Avoid Losing All Nuclear Power Generation 0215
Cost Pressure Intensifies for Southern Co. Nuclear Plant 0115
New Life for Nuclear Repository 1114
Power Plants Seek to Extend Life of Nuclear Reactors for Decades 1014
Yucca Mountain as a Nuclear Waste Site Is Now Deemed Safe 1014
Millstone Nuclear to Use and Discharge Warmer Water than Allowed Before 1014
Carbon Tax & Nuclear Power - Hansen 1014 - PDF
TVA Makes $4.5 Billion Bet on Nuclear Resurgence 0914
Nuclear Waste Is Allowed Above Ground Indefinitely 0814
Missouri’s Ameren Still Interested in Nuclear, Despite Natural Gas's Ascendance 0814
Brash Startup Hits Accelerator in Market for Small Nuclear Reactors 0514
Nuclear Startups Reimagine Atomic Energy 0514
Luminant to End License Work for New North Texas Reactors 1113
South’s New Power Push - Natural Gas and Tiny Nukes 1013
US Nuclear Power in Decline 0913
Vermont Nuclear Plant Shutdown Shows Changing Energy Market 0813
Duke Energy Cancels Proposed Levy County Nuke 0813
Nuclear Energy Too Expensive to Compete 0713
US Moves to Abandon Costly Reactor Fuel Plant 0613
US Nuclear Plant Shutdowns with Cheap Natural Gas 0613
Fracked Off - Nuke Renaissance On Hold 0613
As Price of Nuclear Energy Drops, a Wisconsin Plant Retires 0513
Nuclear Energy in US Loses Momentum Amid Economic Head Winds 0313
Southeast US Leaders Souring on Nuclear Power Costs 0313
US Nuclear Waste Storage Gets New Life 0213
Elsewhere
Articles
Britain Outlines Nuclear Strategy. NuScale to Lay Off 28% of Workforce 0124.rtf
World’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant Being Planned in Canada 0723
Europe’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Kicks Off in Finland 0423
Japan Adopts Plan to Maximize Nuclear Energy, in Major Shift 1222
India’s Power Giant Will Turn to Nuclear in Climate Goal Chase 1222
Europe’s Energy Risks Go Beyond Gas 1122
Germany Extends Lifetime of Remaining Nuclear Plants 1022
Japan Turns Back to Nuclear Power as Fuel Prices Soar 0822
South Korea Looks to Nuclear Expansion, in Bid to Meet Climate Targets 0622
Japan to Use Nuclear Reactors, Renewables to Cut Reliance on Russian Energy 0522
Japan Leader Says to Reconsider Nuclear Power, as Energy Costs Soar 0422
South Korea’s President-Elect Seeks Nuclear Power for Green Goals 0422
Belgium to Extend Life of Nuclear Reactors by Another Decade 0322
What a Power Cutoff Could Mean for Chernobyl’s Nuclear Waste 0322
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India’s Nuclear Industry Pours Its Wastes into a River of Death and Disease 1215
Japan to Consider Ocean Disposal of Nuclear Waste 1215
The World Really Could Go Nuclear 0915
World Nuclear Capacity Set to Grow 45% by 2035 - 0915
New Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station May Be Further Delayed 0915
Here's How Many of Japan's Idle Nuclear Plants Are Likely to Reopen 0915
Japan’s Nuclear Revival Won’t Lower Carbon Emissions Enough 0815
Japan Restarts 1st Nuclear Reactor since Fukushima Disaster 0815
Why the French Are Losing Enthusiasm for Nuclear 0615
Japan Pushes Ahead with Plans to Reopen Nuclear Reactors 0315
Wind Power Beats Nuclear Again in China & Hydro in the U.S. for the 1st Time 0315
Rise in Wildfires May Resurrect Chernobyl's Radiation 0215
Modi’s Clean-Energy Goals Face Funding, Political Hurdles 0115
Obama, India’s Modi Claim Breakthrough on Nuclear Liability Issue 0115
No Prospect of Relief from Constant UK Nuclear Headache 0115
Nuclear Power Could Lead China to Self-Sufficiency and Near-Zero Emissions 0115
China Renews Atomic Ambition With 5 Reactors Planned in 2015 0115
5 Old Japanese Reactors Head for Decommissioning Scrap Heap 0115
Ukraine Turns Off Reactor at Its Most Powerful Nuclear Plant after 'Accident' 1214
OK Given to Restart Nuclear Plant in Japan 1114
UK Cleared to Heavily Subsidize $39B Nuclear Plant 1014
India Turns to Nuclear, as Energy Crisis Deepens 0914
China Fast-Tracks Uranium-Free Thorium Nuclear Plants, to Combat Smog 0314
Nuclear Power Is Cheapest Way for Poland to Cut Emissions 1113
Russia Floats Plan for Nuclear Power Plants at Sea 1013
Expensive Hinkley Point C Is Pivotal for UK Nuclear Industry’s Future 1013
Impasse Over Liability Clause in Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal 1013
Tens of Thousands of Protesters Attend Anti-Nuclear Events in Tokyo 1013
South Korea Charges 100 with Corruption Over Nuclear Scandal 1013
Without Nuclear Power, Japan CO2 Emissions Rise 1013
Japan on Gas, Coal Power Building Spree to Fill Nuclear Void 1013
China’s Nuclear Plants See Powerful Growth 0913
Brazil Cools on Nuclear Power Plans, Favors Wind 0913
UK’s Liberal Democrats Vote Backs Nuclear Power Plants 0913
Japan Disaster, Economic Crisis Prompt IAEA to Cut Nuclear Growth Projection 0913
Public Opposition Defuses China's Nuclear Plans 0813
In North Asia, a Growing Crisis of Confidence in Nuclear Power 0813
India Depends on a Nuclear Future 0613
UK Nuclear Plans Come Unstuck 0213
Japan to Phase Out Nuclear Power 0912
Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power 0512
Promethean Perils of Nuclear Power in China 1214
Germany Shuts Down Half of Its 6 Remaining Nuclear Plants 1221
China is Home to World's 1st Small Modular Nuclear Reactor 1221
Europe Revisits Nuclear Power as Climate Deadlines Loom 1121
France to Invest in Small Nuclear Reactors and Green Energy Projects 1021
Czech Researchers Develop Nuclear Heating Plant Using Spent Fuel 0421
Climate Could Pay the Price as Europe's Nuclear Plants Age 1220
China to Dominate Nuclear, as Beijing Bets on Homegrown Reactors 0620
Spain Plans to Close All Nuclear Plants by 2035 - 0219
China’s Losing Its Taste for Nuclear Power. That’s Bad News. 1218
Abandoning UK Nuclear Power Plans ‘Would Push Up Carbon Emissions' 0918
Cheaper Green Power in Britain Could Put Nuclear in the Shade 0718
UK Nuclear Power Stations Could Be Forced to Close after Brexit 0217
Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Radiation at Highest Level since 2011 Meltdown 0217
Japan Cancels Failed $9 Billion Monju Nuclear Reactor 1216
French Nuclear Power in ‘Worst Situation Ever', Says Former EDF Director 1116
Vietnam Abandons Plan for 1st Nuclear Power Plants 1116
Hinkley Point C Faces £7.2 Billion Cleanup Bill at End of Nuclear Plant's Life 0916
Mini-Nuclear Reactors Could Be Operating in the UK by 2030 - 0916
Hinkley Point C Nuclear Plant Not Essential - Think Tank 0816
If Wind & Solar Power Are Cheaper & Quicker, Do We Really Need Hinkley Point? 0816
China Halts Work on $15 Billion Nuclear Waste Project after Protests 0816
Hinkley Nuclear Plant Faces UK Delay 0716
Nuclear New-Build Not Fast Enough to Curb Global Warming 0616
Sweden, in Turnaround, Agrees to Continue Nuclear Power 0616
China to Develop Floating Nuclear Power Plants 0416
Britain to Ship Record Amount of Nuclear Waste to U.S. 0316
Westinghouse Expects to Sign India Reactor Deal in June 0316
China's Debut Westinghouse Reactor Delayed until June 2017 - 0316
Japan Court Clears Way to Restart Kansai Electric Nuclear Plants 1215
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