Oklo is designing an advanced form of nuclear power generator called a fast reactor which is expected to be more efficient than traditional nuclear, allowing it to get energy out
Continue readingAdvanced nuclear makes primetime with Oklo on CNBC
Jennifter Granholm, the Secretary of Energy, gave a keynote speech at the start of the Annual ANS meeting this week. Her words to an audience of tens of thousand were
Continue readingSec. Granholm affirms critical need for nuclear
Bill Gates’ advanced nuclear venture, TerraPower, will build the Natrium™ reactor, an advanced nuclear plant on the site of a retiring coal plant in Wyoming, the company announced alongside Wyoming
Continue readingWyoming tests replacing coal with advanced nuclear
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
Continue readingBiden won’t remove carbon capture and nuclear power from climate plans
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.
Continue readingInvestments in nuclear energy could help solve the economic and climate crises
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
Continue readingStimulus deal provides $11 billion in new funding for nuclear
Automotive News Europe reported on the conversation held in Germany with Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, and the publisher, Alex Springer, on the future of electric cars. Musk opined that
Continue readingElon Musk supports nuclear for clean reliable grid energy
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
Continue readingBoris Johnson’s green plan puts advanced nuclear in top three
NuScale Power achieved a major milestone with far-reaching implications, by being the first private company to receive approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an advanced reactor design. As NuScale’s
Continue readingFirst Advanced Nuclear Design Approved by the NRC
The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA, S.903) which had 22 bipartisan co-sponsors, was introduced as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA, S.4049) by
Continue readingUS Senate passes Nuclear Energy Leadership Act but reconciliation remains