Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of ...

The energy industry in the U.S. is undergoing rapid change, and the needs of “hyperscalers” and others have led to a ...

And studies of what has caused such rampant inflation show Australia is in the worst position to enter the complex and eye-wateringly expensive business of building nuclear power plants.

As a leader in renewable energy resources, Minnesota could have an outsized impact from the climate change-fighting provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. The bill, signed into law by ...

The owners of a shuttered nuclear plant on the shores of Lake Michigan are still banking on its historic reopening later this year, despite the confusion of President Donald Trump’s first days.

Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant is seen from Wakonade Drive in Prairie Island Indian Community in Welch, Minnesota, on July 28, 2022.

Unlike solar and wind, which are weather-dependent, nuclear plants operate at near-full capacity, making them indispensable for critical sectors like hospitals, data centers and energy-intensive ...

“Those types of nuclear plants won’t be built, at least here in Colorado.” He points to new technologies like small modular reactors that have relatively small footprints and molten salt ...

A project map has yet to be released ... One resident suggested that the Allen S. King plant should be retrofitted with nuclear power. Minnesota currently has a moratorium on nuclear power ...

Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant pictured in 2017. GLEN STUBBE • [email protected] (Glen Stubbe/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Long-running technical problems at Chevron’s giant carbon sequestration plant off the coast of Western Australia, the world’s biggest CCS operation, have added to doubts about the technology ...