The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously Monday night to recommend approval of the NextEra Duane Arnold Energy Center’s rezoning to the Board of Supervisors. In October, NextEra announced a partnership with Google to restart the plant to power data center operations. The overwhelming majority of the output will go to power Google’s artificial intelligence and cloud …
AI boom, climate change measures increase demand as new mine investment lags The global trend toward restarting nuclear power plants — fueled by soaring electricity demand from the spread of artificial intelligence as well as climate change countermeasures — has prompted a rush on uranium, raising concerns about supply shortages. On Wednesday, the governor of …
Minister of State Jitendra Singh has tabled the bill proposing a new legal framework for India’s nuclear sector in the Indian parliament. The bill, approved by the Indian cabinet on 12 December, has been titled the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 – or SHANTI, for short. The proposed legislation …
US President Donald Trump invited Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit the US in mid-2026 to sign an agreement that could allow Westinghouse to participate in a €13-15 billion ($11-12.7 billion) nuclear power plant project. “Signing our Intergovernmental Agreement will open the door for Slovakia to select American technology to build a world-class nuclear reactor in your great country,” Trump …
Over 40% of people in Japan support restarting nuclear power plants nationwide, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday. The survey found that 44.7% of respondents were in favor of bringing nuclear plants back online, while 26.1% were opposed. The remaining 29.2% said they had no opinion on the matter or that they do not …
A state regulator is requiring California’s last nuclear power plant to conserve 4,000 acres of surrounding land to keep operating until 2030. California’s last nuclear power plant overcame a regulatory hurdle on Thursday when the California Coastal Commission voted to approve keeping the plant open for at least five years. It was one of the …
Two designs each get $400 million to prove that smaller, cheaper reactors can work, but the funds will cover only a fraction of the development costs In the race to build America’s first small modular reactors, the U.S. Department of Energy has picked its front-runners. On Tuesday, the agency awarded a total of $800 million in grants, originally allocated under …
A day after inking a $2.7 billion deal to lead South Carolina’s nuclear reboot, executives of a New York investment firm were in the Palmetto State to talk about what drew them to the multibillion-dollar undertaking. Hundreds gathered Tuesday on the floor of Colonial Life Arena in Columbia to hear from South Carolina utility executives, legislators and …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has achieved the highest generation of nuclear power of 56,681 million Units of electricity in FY 2024-25, avoiding about 49 million tons of CO2 emissions. Continuous Operation for more than a year has been recorded 53 times so far, with TAPS-3 exceeding its earlier record of 521 days …
Poland will begin building its first nuclear power plant later this month after the EU formally approved public funding for the project, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. Posting on X, the prime minister said: “We have it! Billions in public aid for the construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant. Europe has given its approval and the …
