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
Bill Gates discusses what he calls the Green Premium, which is the extra costs that it takes for us to transition all the way to clean energy, from dirty energy
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
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
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
Continue readingDOE announces funding for three advanced reactor builds
Kärnfull Energi is a new, hip and very climate-focused Swedish utility that recently launched offering Swedes a 100% nuclear energy option. They are neither building nor generating new nuclear power,
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
Wired Magazine dives deep on TRISO pebble fuel, which consists of particles of an alien-looking fuel with built-in safety features that will safely power a new generation of high-temperature reactors.
Continue readingNuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past
Oklo’s combined license application, the first ever (non-light water) advanced fission technology, was accepted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The application was submitted to the NRC in March
Christine King, a member of the Nucleation Capital team, was selected to serve as the director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative, effective Feb. 17. As
Continue readingChristine King named Director of Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear