From the Minnesota Star Tribune, Nuclear and coal expand in Minnesota’s energy mix as renewables stagnate. The Star Tribune reports on a report put out by renewable energy advocates, based…
From ABC-6 (Philadelphia) New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill [D] signed legislation that lifts a 40-year nuclear moratorium in the Garden State. She signed the bill at the Salem Nuclear Power…
From KCCI-8 TV (CBS, Des Moines), Iowa considers new nuclear reactor project A six-word sentence that is illegal north of the border. The CBS outlet’s very brief report covers a…
From the Worchester (MA) Telegram & Gazette, Bipartisan New England governors form pact to grow nuclear energy. The Telegram reports, All New England governors issued a joint statement March 31…
Will progress be made on repealing the ban on new nuclear power plants? Fox-9 reported earlier this week, MN lawmakers look to expand nuclear power in push for carbon-free energy.…
At the state capitol, efforts to repeal the ban on new nuclear power plants appears to be picking up momentum. From the left-leaning news website Minnesota Reformer, With 2040 carbon-free…
Last week, the Pew Research Center issued a report on popular support for nuclear power: Support for expanding nuclear power is up in both parties since 2020 It’s not just…
Last week, the White House issued four executive orders designed to revitalize the U.S. nuclear industry. With Minnesota’s 1994 moratorium on new nuclear power plants, the state will be left…
HF 2002, which would lift Minnesota’s nuclear moratorium, cleared the House energy committee last week. The bill’s next stop is the House floor. Current state law prohibits the Minnesota Public…
Last month, the owner of the Palisades nuclear plant signed an agreement to build two small modular nuclear reactors by 2030. If this is successful, these would be the first…
Groundhog Day was officially last week, but it continues at the state capitol, day after day, as the House of Representatives conducts its “do-over” session. You will recall that back…
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) published a brief on January 30, 2025, showing that the U.S. imports nearly all of the uranium concentrate used to power commercial nuclear reactors. In…
This afternoon, the state senate Energy committee took up two bills to repeal the ban on new nuclear power plants. Today’s meeting was only possible because, under the current Senate…
HF 9, which would repeal the state’s ban on new nuclear power plants, advanced this afternoon out of the House of Representatives’ energy committee. In addition to legalizing new nuclear…
HF 9, a bill to, among other things, repeal the state’s ban on building new nuclear power plants, was introduced in the state House of Representatives today. The bill was…
Today, the Biden administration directed the Departments of Energy and Defense to lease public lands to data centers — so long as they’re powered with “clean energy.” The order did…
Yesterday, the Republican leadership of the Minnesota House of Representatives held a press conference to present their priorities for the 2025 legislative session. The video can be seen here, courtesy…
Is anyone paying attention? More importantly, are the correct people paying attention? As far as I can tell, our own Sarah Montalbano was the first to report locally on the…
The headline from CNBC should be eye-catching: Oklo targets 12 gigawatts of new nuclear power through agreement with data center operator Oklo, a start-up company looking to develop small-scale nuclear…
Earlier this week, Meta (parent company of Facebook) sent out a request for proposals for nuclear-generated electricity beginning next decade. Reuters reports: Meta said on Tuesday it is seeking proposals from…
I recently watched some early episodes of The Simpsons and came across a gem. In “Bart vs Thanksgiving,” Season 2, episode 7, Bart runs away from home after ruining Lisa’s…
Yes, a bee, the small-winged insect. I’ve been writing about the early stages of a nuclear power renaissance in America driven by the massive electrical demands of new computer data…
A flurry of recent announcements from America’s biggest high-tech companies: Amazon goes nuclear, plans to invest more than $500 million (NBC) Google Backs New Nuclear Plants to Power AI –…
Constellation Energy and Microsoft announced an agreement last Friday to restart Three Mile Island, a nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It’s a victory for reliable energy and shows the…