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Government confirms it is pursuing plans for a third large scale nuclear plant to follow Hinkley Point and Sizewell projects

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Statement by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi on the occasion of the International Conference on Nuclear Security 2024 (ICONS 2024)

Https://www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/welsh-nflas-welcome-traws-abandonment-from-new-nuclear-plans/ The Welsh Nuclear Free Local Authorities Forum hope that the decision made by Great British Nuclear to temporarily postpone plans for new nuclear at Trawsfynydd at this time might become a permanent one. In March, responding to the UK Government consultation on the siting of new nuclear plants after 2025, the Welsh NFLAs said…

The primary for Montana’s 2nd Congressional District seat is the most crowded of all of this year’s June 4 primaries, featuring eight Republicans and four Democrats after Republican Rep. Matt

Updated approach to managing nuclear waste for quicker, safe decommissioning.

When evaluated on the basis of cost per unit of power capacity, small modular reactors will actually be more expensive than large reactors. 

Wind and solar aren't guaranteed sources of energy. Could nuclear power fill the reliability gap? An ANU expert explains.

The governments of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the development of nuclear power generation in support of both provinces' need for affordable, reliable and sustainable electricity grids by 2050.

According to nuclear expert Lindsay Krall, in conjunction with research conducted by former NRC Chair Allison Macfarlane, SMRs could create thirty times more radioactive wastes per kilowatt-hour than the original light water reactors now reaching oblivion.  Like them, the SMRs would emit radioactive carbon while generating planetary heat and threatening major disasters that remain uninsured. Nuclear Power’s Lethal, Larcenous…