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Source: Reuters

US unveils clean hydrogen plan, nuclear power role uncertain

Nasdaq


WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. proposed rules on Friday for how energy companies can access billions of dollars in tax credits for producing low-carbon hydrogen using new clean energy sources but left thorny issues, such as how nuclear power …

Source: Reuters

California’s only nuclear plant gets state approval for 5-year extension

Nasdaq


California’s utilities regulator on Thursday granted a five-year extension to operate Pacific Gas and Electric’s PCG.N Diablo Canyon power plant, the state’s only nuclear facility, to avoid electricity shortages during extreme weather events.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) …

December 15, 2023 - 2:30 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: Reuters

ANALYSIS-Nuclear sector must overcome decades of stagnation to meet COP28 tripling goal

Nasdaq


DUBAI – The global nuclear industry got a morale boost at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai after more than 20 nations vowed to triple capacity by 2050. But reaching that goal will require the industry to overcome regulatory …

Source: Oil Price

The first new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 begins splitting atoms

Oil Price


The Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear power reactor has safely reached initial criticality, a milestone toward full commercial operations expected later this year in what would be the first new nuclear reactor in the United States starting activity since …

March 7, 2023 - 3:30 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: Oil Price

Biden offers $1.2 billion to nuclear power plants at risk of closure

Oil Price


As part of a program to support nuclear power generation and the goal of zero-carbon electricity by 2035, the Biden Administration on Thursday offered funding of $1.2 billion to nuclear power reactors that are at risk of retiring …

March 2, 2023 - 12:30 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: Reuters

Dow and X-energy to build U.S. Gulf Coast nuclear demonstration plant

Yahoo Finance


WASHINGTON – Dow Inc and private company X-energy said on Wednesday they have agreed to develop and demonstrate the first grid-scale next-generation nuclear reactor for an industrial site in North America.

The X-energy Xe-100 plant featuring four high-temperature, …

March 1, 2023 - 12:30 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: Reuters

U.S. to announce scientific breakthrough on fusion energy -sources

Yahoo News


Washington — The U.S. Department of Energy said Sunday it would announce a “major scientific breakthrough” this week, after media reported a federal laboratory had recently achieved a major milestone in nuclear fusion research.

 

The Financial Times …

December 12, 2022 - 10:30 am Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: Reuters

U.S. grants $1.1 bln to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open

Reuters


The Biden administration said on Monday it has approved conditional funding of up to $1.1 billion to prevent the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant near Santa Barbara as part of the national effort to fight climate …

November 21, 2022 - 2:30 pm Climate Change, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: Reuters

U.S. funds projects to explore nuclear waste reprocessing

Investing


WASHINGTON – The U.S. Energy Department on Thursday announced $36 million for projects addressing toxic waste expected to come from a new generation of nuclear reactors, plants the Biden administration sees as a crucial to fight climate change.

 …

October 21, 2022 - 2:30 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: Mining.com

America’s new nuclear power industry has a Russian problem

Mining.com


U.S. firms developing a new generation of small nuclear power plants to help cut carbon emissions have a big problem: only one company sells the fuel they need, and it’s Russian.

 

 

That’s why the U.S. government is …

October 20, 2022 - 10:30 am Energy News, Nuclear
Source: CNBC

Europe is still quietly importing Russian nuclear energy

CNBC


Russia’s nuclear fuel industry remains conspicuously untouched by European sanctions more than seven months into the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine — much to the dismay of Kyiv officials and environmental campaigners.

Despite eight rounds of sanctions, targeted measures against …

October 14, 2022 - 10:30 am Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: Reuters

California lawmakers extend the life of the state’s last nuclear power plant

NPR


Citing searing summer temperatures and expected energy shortages, California lawmakers approved legislation aimed at extending the life of the state’s last-operating nuclear power plant.

The Diablo Canyon plant – the state’s largest single source of electricity – had been …

September 1, 2022 - 12:30 pm Crude Oil News, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: Reuters

Russian-held nuclear plant disconnects from Ukraine grid for first time – Energoatom

US News


KYIV  -Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was completely disconnected from the Ukrainian grid for the first time ever on Thursday after nearby fires interfered with power lines, state nuclear company Energoatom said.

 

It said that fires

August 25, 2022 - 12:30 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Nuclear, Russia
Source: Reuters

Israel: Nuclear deal would give Iran $100 billion to destabilise region

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JERUSALEM – A new nuclear deal between world powers and Iran would allow other nations to avoid sanctions and give Teheran $100 billion a year to destabilise the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Wednesday.…

Source: Reuters

Oil falls on economic data, awaits news of Iran nuclear deal

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KUALA LUMPUR – Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as traders eyed the latest progress in last-ditch talks to revive the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, which would clear the way to boost its crude exports in a tight market.…

Source: CNBC

Google and Chevron invest in nuclear fusion startup that’s raised $1.2 billion

CNBC


Google and Chevron are part of a $250 million funding raise announced Tuesday for TAE Technologies, a nuclear fusion startup with an unconventional strategy that has now raised a total of $1.2 billion.

Nuclear fusion is often referred …

Source: CNBC

Nuclear power plant lowers output to protect fish as Europe grapples with heatwave

CNBC


A nuclear power plant in Switzerland is lowering its output in order to prevent the river that cools it from hitting temperature levels dangerous to marine life, in the latest example of how Europe’s current heatwave is having wide-reaching …

Source: Reuters

Ukraine signs deal with Westinghouse to end Russian nuclear fuel needs

Reuters


Ukraine has signed a deal for the U.S. nuclear power company Westinghouse to supply fuel to all of its atomic power stations in an effort to end the country’s reliance on Russian supplies, Ukraine’s state nuclear company said on …

Source: CNBC

EU considers energy sanctions on Russia after nuclear power plant attack

CNBC


The European Union is debating new sanctions against Russia — and this time they could hit the energy sector.

Three European officials, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the talks, told CNBC that …

Source: Reuters

Germany, Austria blast EU’s “greenwashing” of natural gas projects

World Oil


(Bloomberg) –Germany and Austria came out strongly against the European Union proposal to classify some natural-gas and nuclear projects as sustainable investments, with both countries accusing the bloc of “greenwashing.”

In Berlin, the Greens — who joined Germany’s …

Source: World Oil

U.S. says Iran “dragging its feet” on return to nuclear deal

World Oil


(Bloomberg) –Talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal that have resumed in Vienna show some progress but it’s “far too slow,” a U.S. official said Tuesday.

“Iran has at best been dragging its feet in the talks while …

Source: CNBC

The feds have collected more than $44 billion for a permanent nuclear waste dump — here’s why we still don’t have one

CNBC


The federal government has a fund of $44.3 billion earmarked for spending on a permanent nuclear waste disposal facility in the United States.

It began collecting money from energy customers for the fund in the 1980s, and the money

December 20, 2021 - 2:30 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: CNBC

Bill Gates’ TerraPower will build its first advanced nuclear reactor in a coal town in Wyoming

CNBC


TerraPower, a start-up co-founded by Bill Gates to revolutionize designs for nuclear reactors, has picked Kemmerer, Wyoming, as the preferred location for its first demonstration reactor. It aims to build the plant in the frontier-era coal town by …

Source: Reuters

Impact of nuclear energy needs more study before getting green label, EU told

Reuters


BRUSSELS – The European Union should do more research on the potential harm caused by nuclear power before deciding whether to label it as a sustainable investment, one of the two expert committees tasked with assessing the fuel’s green …

Source: The TAE Technologies fusion machine, Norman, in the company’s lab in Foothill Ranch, California. Norman was built from the middle of 2016 to mid-2017 and cost $150 million to build. It is 22 feet high, 80 feet long and weighs 60,000 pounds.Photo courtesy TAE Technologies

Look inside this lab where scientists are recreating the energy of the sun to produce nearly unlimited clean energy

CNBC


Recreating in a lab the nuclear reaction that powers the sun and other stars — which is called nuclear fusion — is a feat as complex as it sounds.

Fusion has the potential to create massive amounts of carbon-free …

April 30, 2021 - 1:30 pm Climate Change, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Nuclear
Source: Reuters

Analysis-Climate could pay the price as Europe’s nuclear plants age

Reuters


LONDON – Nuclear power capacity able to supply roughly 60 million homes is scheduled to close this decade as utilities struggle to replace northwest Europe’s ageing reactors, raising the risk of higher carbon emissions as fossil fuels plug the …

California was the largest net electricity importer of any state in 2019

California was the largest net electricity importer of any state in 2019

EIA

Electricity routinely flows between the Lower 48 states and, to a lesser extent, between the United States and Canada and Mexico. Electricity generation exceeds electricity consumption in 25 states, and excess electricity is transmitted across state lines—almost 10% of …

December 7, 2020 - 6:51 am EIA News That Matters, Hydroelectric, Nuclear, Power Generation
China’s first domestically made nuclear reactor, the Hualong One, goes online

China’s first domestically made nuclear reactor, the Hualong One, goes online

EnergyWorld

The reactor, which was connected to the national grid on Friday, can generate 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year and cut carbon emissions by 8.16 million tons

BEIJING: China has powered up its first domestically developed nuclear reactor

November 28, 2020 - 8:20 pm International, Nuclear, Popular 2, Renewable/Green/Eco Energy
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License Transfer Request for Indian Point Approved by NRC

License Transfer Request for Indian Point Approved by NRC Transfer of Indian Po…

November 23, 2020 - 3:51 pm Nuclear, Press Releases
Canada, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation One Step Closer to Constructing World’s First Micro Modular Reactor with Signing of Project Host Agreement

Canada, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation One Step Closer to Constructing World’s First Micro Modular Reactor with Signing of Project Host Agreement

Canada, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation One Step Closer to Constructing World’s First Micr…

November 21, 2020 - 5:41 am Net Zero, Nuclear, Press Releases, Renewable/Green/Eco Energy