Nuclear power plants can provide a continuous and reliable supply of energy because they operate at full capacity nearly uninterrupted. This contrasts with variable renewable energy sources, such as ...
The United States runs the largest nuclear power fleet on the planet, but even basic questions about how many plants are actually operating can produce different answers. Some counts focus on plant ...
Nuclear energy plays a big role in US power generation. But how many nuclear plants are there? We look at the scale of ...
A nuclear power plant in Brunswick County has operated for a half-century. Duke Energy’s Brunswick Nuclear Plant is celebrating 50 years of commercial power generation, Duke Energy announced in a news ...
The Department of Energy will announce an initiative to build out the nation's nuclear fuel supply chain as interest in the ...
Ms. Tuhus-Dubrow is the author of “Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy.” She wrote from Irvine, Calif. At the annual United Nations climate conference in ...
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 ...