What’s NEXT? Coal to Nuclear transition
John Kerry, working on the sidelines of US Climate Action, announced the winners of Project Phoenix and a new US initiative called NEXT, short for Nuclear Expediting the Energy Transition
Category: International support for nuclear
Pronuclear Advocates & Allies
Pronuclear advocacy has been growing worldwide. The number of groups working to save existing nuclear, reform clean energy policies to be “nuclear-inclusive,” and to educate the public about the benefits
Sweden adopts “100% fossil-free” target
Sweden has done something very few countries or jurisdictions have done with respect to energy: they have kept their eye on the goal. The Swedish Parliament adopted an energy target
El Salvador Explores Nuclear Entry with Gen IV
El Salvador has just taken a small but meaningful step towards building an advanced climate-resilient economy and accelerating next-generation nuclear. The government has decided to explore becoming a nuclear nation
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Nuclear wins inclusion as “green” source for hydrogen
French energy minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher France appears to wins another round against Germany in the fight to have nuclear included as a clean energy source within EU Commission rules. The
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Dire warnings from Dr. Hansen and team
Those who receive Dr. James Hansen’s occasional newsletter from his Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions team, will have seen some dire reports before. Still, nothing we have seen is quite
Japan plans to maximize nuclear energy again
Japan—the site of one of the worst nuclear accidents ever to occur—has reversed the decision to end use of nuclear. In a policy vote, Japan has adopted a plan to
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Giving Thanks & Getting
anksgiving isn’t typically a time for making investment decisions . . . but it should be. Americans give thanks in many ways, notably through the national holiday we call “Thanksgiving.”
Deep Isolation stepping up to help nuclear solve “waste”
Deep Isolation provides a very promising approach to handling nuclear waste globally, which, in itself, serves to enable the expansion of nuclear energy as a means of addressing climate change.
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DOE to Study Low Energy Nucelar Reactions
The U.S. Department of Energy Announces Up to $10 Million to Study Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions ARPA-E will apply scientific and rigorous approach to a new exploratory topic focused on a