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Alternative Energy / Nuclear Power

How Fusion Energy Could One Day Disrupt Energy Markets

Oct 17, 2014 at 09:04 | Editorial Dept

Fusion is thirty years away…and always will be. That is an oft-repeated cliché concerning one of the world’s most coveted – and so far unreachable – sources of energy. However,…

Is Fusion Power Closer Than We Thought?

Oct 10, 2014 at 18:02 | Andy Tully

The promise of generating energy with nuclear fusion is tantalizing because it would be free of toxic emissions and nuclear waste, and would have a virtually infinite fuel supply. On…

New Nuclear Fuel Rod Could Increase Output Of Existing Plants

Oct 07, 2014 at 17:56 | Andy Tully

A U.S. nuclear engineering company is preparing to hold the first safety tests of new nuclear fuel rods designed to significantly increase the generating output of existing nuclear power plants.

Three Things To Know About The India-Australia Uranium Deal

Sep 30, 2014 at 17:03 | Global Risk Insights

On Friday August 5, India and Australia concluded an important energy deal that will seek to address looming issues…

Could Iran Be Trading Oil With Russia For Nuclear Support?

Sep 25, 2014 at 17:01 | Joe Parson

With the help of a few former Soviet neighbors, Iran is set to revitalize their crude oil exports after the profound effect of past sanctions.Not only has Russia…

Saudi Arabia Aims For Nuclear Power Within 20 Years

Sep 19, 2014 at 15:18 | Breakthrough Institute

To help address its energy needs, last week Saudi Arabia…

Shuttered Nuclear Plants Means U.S. Will Miss Climate Targets

Aug 26, 2014 at 16:44 | Nick Cunningham

The floundering U.S. nuclear industry just got a bit of good news: Utah is considering building two new nuclear reactors. Blue Castle Holdings Inc. has signed a…

As Radioactive Water Accumulates, TEPCO Eyes Pacific Ocean As Dumping Ground

Aug 14, 2014 at 17:38 | Nick Cunningham

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the embattled owner of Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors, has said it is running out of space to store water contaminated with radioactive materials and…

Nuclear Waste Not Want Not

Jul 21, 2014 at 17:02 | Amy Gleich

This article started out as a piece about the 10 countries that generate the most nuclear waste annually. Unfortunately, the most recent data is from 1997 (Ukraine, United Kingdom,…

Will Floating Power Plants Tame The Nuclear NIMBYs?

Jul 04, 2014 at 15:35 | Andrew Topf

Three years ago, the safety of nuclear reactors, a staple and stable source of base load power for many industrialized countries, was suddenly thrown into question, after a 15-metre wall…

Why France Isn't Intimidated By Nuclear Waste

Jun 30, 2014 at 16:39 | Llewellyn King

In decades to come, scholars may well puzzle on America’s attitude to nuclear energy. We love our nuclear defense capacity: its weapons, its submarines, and its aircraft carriers. But we…

Environmentalists And Nuclear: Not Such Strange Bedfellows

May 30, 2014 at 17:42 | Nick Cunningham

U.S. President Barack Obama is set to deliver a landmark speech on the regulation of greenhouse gases from existing power plants on June 2 that has the potential to completely…

Azerbaijan’s Plans for Nuclear Power Raise Concerns

May 30, 2014 at 17:25 | Eurasianet

At first glance, it doesn’t add up; why is Azerbaijan, a country brimming with oil and gas, interested in developing nuclear power capacity?It’s a question befuddling local experts…

The Future of Nuclear – SMRs?

May 19, 2014 at 11:09 | Editorial Dept

Nuclear power is not an industry that experiences huge growth rates, and it is infinitely more difficult for investors to find a hidden gem in nuclear energy than it is…

China National Nuclear Power Co. Plans $2.6B IPO

May 14, 2014 at 17:04 | John Daly

China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC), a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Power Co., (CNNP) one of China’s three state-owned nuclear power developers, is planning its first IPO, intended to raise…

Nigeria Planning Country’s First Nuclear Power Plant

Apr 11, 2014 at 16:24 | John Daly

Nigeria is the largest oil producer in Africa and is currently the world’s 12th largest oil producer, pumping 2.25 million barrels per day. Nigeria in 2012 was also the world's…

Abe Government Moves Towards Upgrading Japan’s Nuclear Facilities

Apr 09, 2014 at 17:08 | John Daly

Three years after the nuclear catastrophe that struck TEPCO's Fukushima complex, the Japanese government of Prime Minister Shinzuo Abe is slowly sidling back towards restarting Japan’s idled NPPs. On 25…

Obama Administration Committed to U.S. Nuclear Energy Exports

Apr 05, 2014 at 09:49 | John Daly

Despite the March 2011 destruction by a tsunami of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s six reactor Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power and its ongoing pollution problems, the nuclear energy in the U.S.…

Breakthrough in Fusion Research Brings New Nuclear Power Source Closer

Mar 28, 2014 at 16:01 | John Daly

Nuclear fusion has similarities to conventionally produced nuclear power in that it produces zero carbon electric power, but its big advantage over fission nuclear power is that it generates no…

How Will Crimea Influence Iran Talks?

Mar 18, 2014 at 17:38 | Nick Cunningham

Talks are resuming in Vienna over Iran’s nuclear program between Iran and the P5+1 – China, France, Russia, the U.K., the U.S. and Germany. The interim deal agreed…

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