Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental ...

The Trump administration aims to quadruple the current nuclear energy output over the next 25 years through construction of conventional reactors and next-gen small modular reactors, but a clear ...

For much of the past half-century, nuclear energy in the United States has occupied an uneasy space between a technology of ...

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As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...

Governments and investors are revisiting nuclear power as a clean energy solution, but high upfront costs and project delays remain major challenges. Tech companies are striking deals with nuclear ...

Nuclear power seems to be having a moment. As the Trump administration methodically throws up roadblocks to slow, if not stop, carbon-free renewable solar and wind power, carbon-free nuclear appears ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about green energy tech that will change your life. After a long nuclear lull, money and policy are moving. During Climate ...

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Nuclear energy will undoubtedly play a key role in Africa’s future, and China and Russia are beating the United States to the punch. Energy is not only a national security concern given the leverage ...

How Rwanda and other developing countries are rethinking nuclear power—not for climate goals, but to deliver reliable energy, ...