Welcoming new members of the nuclear family
Belarus and the UAE both started producing nuclear energy for their citizens for the first time in 2021. Belarus’ Ostrovets station saw its first reactor enter service, with a second
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China launches national carbon market ahead of the U.S.
According to Bloomberg Green, China’s national carbon market opened with a “flurry of trades that sent prices surging.” This is exceptionally exciting news, yet Bloomberg’s annonymous report went on to
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Wyoming explores replacing coal with advanced nuclear
Wyoming Governor, Mark Gordon, together with a broad coalition of high-ranking federal, state and industry partners, announced that Bill Gates’ advanced nuclear venture, TerraPower, selected Wyoming to be the state
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Biden won’t remove carbon capture and nuclear power from climate plans
President Biden won’t accede to left-wing environmentalist requests to exclude carbon capture and nuclear power from his green infrastructure plans, Gina McCarthy, the top White House climate official, said during
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Investments in nuclear energy could help solve the economic and climate crises
Biden can solve multiple problems facing the U.S. by investing in clean energy climate solutions, according to Todd Allen and Suzy Hobbs Baker—and he appears on track to do so.
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Stimulus deal provides $11 billion in new funding for nuclear
Congress has moved to fund clean energy—including $11 billion for nuclear energy and $6 billion for CCUS—and phase out a class of potent planet-warming chemicals and provide billions of dollars
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San Jose bans natural gas in historic move to limit emissions
San Jose approved a ban on the use of natural gas in nearly all new construction, making history as the largest US city to do so. The ban takes effect
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Boris Johnson’s green plan puts advanced nuclear in top three
Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, penned an oped in the Financial Times calling for a 12 billion-pount, 10-point plan to effect Britain’s green recovery. Johnson wants to create 250,000
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DOE announces funding for three advanced reactor builds
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two teams—one led by TerraPower in partnership with GE Hitachi, building a 345 MWe sodium fast reactor with a molten salt energy
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California will phase out sales of gas-powered cars by 2035
Governor Gavin Newsom, issued an executive order to require all new cars sold to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035 and threw his support behind a ban on the controversial use
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