Nuclear Power in the United States

Russia controls around 44 percent of the world's uranium enrichment capacity—meaning America should shore up its own nuclear fuel supply.

Can you believe we're fighting this shit all over again?

Figure 1. Alexander cheating. If I were Alexander Since I am running out of things to say about nuclear power, it is time to play king-of-the-world. Suppose I were given the omnipotent capabilities to change the rules currently reserved for the NRC, what would I do to resurrect nuclear power in the United States and show humanity a solution to the Gordian knot of energy poverty and global warming?

The new technology comes at a time when nuclear's contribution to the overall energy sector is fading.

Nuclear power proponents say their technology is 'green.' But the history of nuclear power is one of broken promises of safety and profitability.

The Biden administration gets it. Local Democrats, not so much.

About a dozen U.S. reactors have closed since 2013, due to competition from natural gas fired power and increases in safety costs.

After a decade in limbo, Nevada is pressing U.S. nuclear regulators to finally kill a mothballed proposal to entomb the nation's most radioactive waste beneath a windswept volcanic ridge north of Las Vegas.

Gov. Newsom says Diablo Canyon needs to keep operating to meet California's renewable energy goals. That's wrong and dangerous.

Company wants to close its coal plants by 2030, extend the life of its Monticello reactor by 10 years and add new solar and wind farms.

A manufacturing plant in Texas plans to power its production with an advanced nuclear reactor instead of natural gas, advancing the Trump administration's push to unleash commercial nuclear power in the U.S.

Google, Microsoft and Amazon are among the technology companies looking to nuclear power to produce energy with a smaller carbon footprint. Environmental organizations remain skeptical.

Small modular reactors could help expand nuclear power in the U.S., but commercializing them has proven challenging.

A majority of Americans (57%) say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity in the country, up from 43% who said this in 2020.

The agency that governs nuclear power in the United States issued a permit Tuesday to build a facility to store nuclear waste in New Mexico.

The planned closures had been extended multiple times to mitigate expensive energy prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Public opinion about nuclear power should be based on fact, not made-for-TV contrived drama.

The governors of Michigan and California have signaled their support for President Joe Biden's nuclear agenda.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is touting nuclear energy as a means for the U.S. to win the artificial intelligence race.

Microsoft's plan to restart Three Mile Island points to the way forward.