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We know why nuclear build costs are soaring — and Australia faces the biggest increases
The history of nuclear power construction is the history of costs going up and up, and delays getting longer and longer — not just over the past decade but since the 1960s. And studies of what ...
Germany Needs Plan to Replace Nuclear and Coal, RWE CEO Says
RWE AG’s Chief Executive Officer Markus Krebber signaled Germany needs to move past discussions to revive atomic energy in ...
China is building a giant laser facility to master near-limitless clean energy, satellite images appear to show
The X-shaped building in southwestern China could help China pull ahead in the race to master a futuristic clean energy ...
PBS6d
Russian attacks near Ukrainian nuclear power sites bring scrutiny on Kyiv
Only in the fall, after Ukrainian intelligence agencies warned of potential strikes targeting nuclear transmission facilities, was action taken to begin building protection, the officials said — far ...
Russian attacks near Ukrainian nuclear infrastructure heighten scrutiny of Kyiv's preparedness
Despite more than a year of warnings that critical Ukrainian nuclear energy infrastructure sites are vulnerable to potential ...
UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit Moscow as fears for Ukraine's nuclear plants spike
The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog says he will visit Moscow in the coming days to speak with officials about Russia’s ...
Morningstar19d
Santee Cooper seeking proposals to acquire and finish V.C. Summer Nuclear Station expansion
MONCKS CORNER, S.C., Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to interest nationally in new nuclear power to help meet ... units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C. Santee ...
NDTV19d
'Minutes, Hours Away...': Nuclear Watchdog Chief Reveals Ukraine Close Calls To NDTV At Davos
Europe's largest and now Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in conflict-hit Ukraine had been minutes or hours away "a few times" from a nuclear catastrophe, the head of the ...
Daily Mail19d
Nuclear fusion breakthrough: China's 'artificial sun' reactor sets a new world record by generating a steady loop of plasma for 1,066 seconds - taking the world closer towards ...
If we want to rely on nuclear fusion to power the world's homes ... Both reactions release energy which, in a power plant, would be used to boil water to drive a steam generator, thus producing ...
scmp.com20d
Accepting a nuclear North Korea was never US policy … until Trump 2.0?
In a move that could redefine decades of US foreign policy, President Donald Trump casually referred to North Korea as a “nuclear power” during an impromptu Oval Office exchange with reporters ...
dw20d
Does Germany need wind power?
Germany's leading source of electric power generation got a big boost in 2024, according to latest industry figures. Regulators approved more than 2,400 new onshore wind turbines with a total ...
The New York Times20d
South Carolina Utility Seeks Buyers for Failed Nuclear Project
But delays and cost overruns have dogged nuclear power in recent decades in the United States. When Santee Cooper halted construction of the two reactors, at the V.C. Summer power plant ...