Alternative Energy / Nuclear Power

Jan 22, 2020 at 13:17 | Haley Zaremba

Nuclear waste is a huge issue and it’s not going away any time soon--in fact, it’s not going away for millions of years. While most types of nuclear waste remain…

Jan 17, 2020 at 15:44 | Haley Zaremba

It’s nearly impossible to discuss climate change and the future of the energy industry without discussing nuclear energy. Nuclear energy produces zero carbon emissions, it’s ultra-efficient, it’s already in widespread…

Jan 14, 2020 at 11:43 | Irina Slav

Germany, the poster child for renewable energy, sourcing close to half of its electricity from renewable sources, plans to close all of its nuclear power plants by…

Dec 30, 2019 at 09:29 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Germany is going forward with its plan to phase out nuclear reactors by 2022 as another nuclear power plant is going offline on December 31. Power company EnBW…

Dec 09, 2019 at 13:01 | Haley Zaremba

The need for efficient, affordable, and scalable alternatives to traditional fossil fuels is more pressing than ever. While clean energy alternatives are already existent and abundant, however, there has been…

Oct 29, 2019 at 13:58 | Haley Zaremba

Ah, nuclear fusion. That holy grail of clean energy. For decades, its potential as a near-limitless source of totally green, emissions-free, radioactive nuclear waste-free power has been touted as the…

Oct 25, 2019 at 10:56 | Robert Rapier

Last month the Akademik Lomonosov, a first-of-its-kind floating nuclear plant built by Russian state nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, arrived at Pevek, a port town on the remote…

Oct 04, 2019 at 16:20 | Ag Metal Miner

Nuclear energy is, for now, playing a minuscule role in India’s energy story, contributing to about 2 percent of the country’s electricity needs. But nuclear power generation in India is…

Sep 06, 2019 at 16:34 | Haley Zaremba

Last month the United States made the controversial decision to blacklist one of China’s most significant state-owned nuclear power companies. According to an announcement on the United States Federal Register,…

Aug 16, 2019 at 15:10 | Haley Zaremba

Australia has been historically opposed to nuclear energy--on their own land, that is. While the nuclear option has long been dismissed in the land down under and was officially banned…

Jul 26, 2019 at 16:59 | Haley Zaremba

In order to keep globally rising temperatures from increasing more than 1.5 degrees Celsius this century, the international community will have to cut carbon emissions by 45 percent by…

Jul 19, 2019 at 17:45 | Robert Rapier

This is the final article in a series based on BP’s recently-released Statistical Review of World Energy 2019. Previous articles in this series covered carbon dioxide emissions, petroleum supply and demand, the production and consumption of coal, global natural gas…

Jul 18, 2019 at 11:52 | Haley Zaremba

In the United States, the common sentiment about the nuclear industry is that it is doomed. As cheap natural gas prices out nuclear, more and more plants are going offline,…

Jul 11, 2019 at 13:08 | Global Risk Insights

Japan has adopted a peaceful approach towards nuclear technology, limiting it to the use of supplying electricity. This is despite being the only nation to have suffered devastating effects of 

Jun 25, 2019 at 14:02 | Haley Zaremba

Nuclear is struggling in the United States. While the U.S. retains its position as the largest nuclear energy producer in the world, representing a whopping 30 percent of all nuclear…

Jun 19, 2019 at 12:43 | Haley Zaremba

“The Maine Yankee nuclear power plant hasn’t produced a single watt of energy in more than two decades, but it cost U.S. taxpayers about $35 million this year.” So begins…

May 28, 2019 at 15:41 | Nick Cunningham

Global nuclear power capacity could plunge by two-thirds over the next 20 years. Even as investment in solar and wind is surging, nuclear power has been the main source of…

May 24, 2019 at 17:50 | Robert Rapier

My wife and I have been watching the new HBO miniseries on the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. During the second episode, she asked me the question that is probably on…

May 23, 2019 at 16:56 | Tsvetana Paraskova

While nuclear power plants in the U.S. are retiring as they face stiff cost competition from cheap and abundant natural gas, America has also been struggling to keep its leadership…

May 23, 2019 at 13:13 | Haley Zaremba

Canada’s oil sands produce some of the dirtiest oil on the planet. Their abnormally high carbon emissions have earned Albertan oil a soiled reputation not just among…