Nuclear power

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin governor signs bills to bolster nuclear power

Governor Tony Evers has signed two bipartisan bills to boost nuclear power in Wisconsin. One bill signed Wednesday allocates $2 million for a study to identify the best site for a nuclear fusion power plant.
 
The Unit 2 reactor at Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, N.Y., is seen, April 26, 2021, almost one year after it was shut down. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New York governor seeks to build the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades

 
This June 2, 2016 file photo shows the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Clinton, Ill. (John Dixon/The News-Gazette via AP, File)

Meta becomes the latest big tech company turning to nuclear power for AI needs

 
In this photo provided by Tennessee Valley Authority, Scott Hunnewell, vice president of the utility’s New Nuclear Program, signs the construction permit application to build a small modular reactor, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Tennessee Valley Authority via AP)

First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor

 
The Asco I nuclear power station, center, is seen near houses in the small town of Asco, Spain in Tuesday, April 15, 2008. (AP Photo/David Ramos, File)

After Spain’s blackout, questions about renewable energy are back

 

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Dow wants to power its Texas manufacturing complex with new nuclear reactors instead of natural gas

 
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New wave of smaller, cheaper nuclear reactors sends US states racing to attract the industry

 

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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright talks with reporters at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History before a tour of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

US energy secretary touts nuclear power as tech sector’s thirst for electricity grows

 

Russian drone struck Chernobyl reactor shell, but radiation levels normal, Zelenskyy says

 
A temple stands in the foreground of the Madras Atomic Power Station located at Kalpakkam in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/R. Parthibhan)

India wants to embrace nuclear power. To do it, it’ll need a lot of time and money

 
This aerial view on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, shows the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in the Philippines, which has never produced a single watt of energy. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition

 

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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party To Lam shake hands in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Giang Huy)

Vietnam and Russia sign an agreement to expand cooperation on nuclear energy

 
This photo shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant, operated by Tohoku Electric Power Company, Inc., in Onagawa, northeastern Japan, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again

 

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