Kewaunee County leaders exploring ways to bring new life to nuclear power plant site

Kewaunee County is hopeful that the site of the Kewaunee nuclear power plant can once again become a massive economic fixture in the community. The site is in consideration to supply a different type of energy. auto640×360, 1164kbps854×480, 1714kbps1280×720, 3364kbps 0.25×0.5xnormal1.5x2x 00:00 03:12 Kewaunee County is hopeful that the site of the Kewaunee nuclear power plant can …

Some SMRs could bypass environmental review step under Arizona bill

SMRs in rural Arizona would be exempt from review if the units are colocated with certain large industrial loads or built at power plants that previously received environmental certification. Arizona utilities would be allowed to bypass a key state environmental review process to deploy small modular nuclear reactors on or near certain power plants and …

Design stage of small modular nuclear reactor completed: Jitendra Singh

Once the project is sanctioned, it will take 60-72 months for the reactor to be constructed, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh informs Lok Sabha The “concept design” stage of India’s proposed Bharat Small Modular Reactor (BSMR) has been completed and is in the process of being approved. Once the project …

Major Global Companies Pledge Historic Support to Triple Nuclear Energy

On the sidelines of CERAWeek 2025 in Houston, a global coalition of major companies join forces for the first time to launch a pioneering cross-sector pledge to emphasize nuclear energy’s essential role in enhancing energy security, resiliency and providing continuous clean energy. The group, which includes Google, Amazon, Meta, and Dow, join 14 major global banks and …

Premier signals Taiwan’s openness to global cooperation on new nuclear power trends

Premier Cho Jung-Tai (卓榮泰) said on Tuesday that the government is working to diversify green energy and is open to new developments in nuclear energy technology. He also affirmed American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene’s recent statements regarding the United States’ role as a reliable energy partner for Taiwan. Greene’s remarks triggered discussions …

Trump administration aims to cancel oil reserve sales, support small nuclear power

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Monday he was planning to work with Congress on cancelling previously mandated sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as one way to address low stockpiles. Congress has mandated some 100 million barrels in sales from the reserve, the world’s largest emergency stockpile of crude oil, with a 7 …

Next-Gen $4B Nuclear Power Plant in Wyo. Gets Key Approvals, Union Labor Agreement

The U.S. Dept. of Energy found no significant impacts in its final environmental review of infrastructure planned to support the estimated $4-billion next generation nuclear energy plant proposed by developer TerraPower at the site of a retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming. TerraPower’s Natrium plant is a proposed 345-MW sodium-cooled fast nuclear unit with a …

Tripling Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050: Maximizing a High-Energy Future for Data Centres, Refineries, Manufacturing, and Beyond

Global growth in final electricity demand by use in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) Stated Policies Scenario, 2023–2030. Courtesy: IEA, 2024 Next week, the world’s most influential energy conference, CERAWeek, will see more than 10,000 delegates assemble to hear from the industry’s leaders about the future of energy. The conference has traditionally been dominated by …

Kairos Power Joins Texas Nuclear Alliance as Founding Member

The Texas Nuclear Alliance (TNA) is proud to announce that Kairos Power, a nuclear energy engineering, design, manufacturing, integration, and operations company has joined as a Founding Member. The company is singularly focused on commercializing advanced reactor technology that can be deployed with robust safety at an affordable cost. The Texas Nuclear Alliance (TNA) is …

Canada Invests in the Next Generation of Canadian-Made, Clean, Affordable Nuclear Energy

Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Backgrounder On March 5, 2025, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced several investments that demonstrate Canada’s commitment to clean energy, innovation and energy security as it continues to move toward a low-carbon economy. Notably, Minister Wilkinson announced a key milestone in the future of the only …