Nuclear Energy News

Despite spending several days in detention facilities in the late 1970s and early 1980s because of my opposition to nuclear power and its consequent dangers and debris, I honestly never thought nuclear power would be gone by 2013.

Ever since last week's announcement of the closure of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station , we've been seeing a spate of stories in the press questioning whether or not nuclear energy has a future as part of the nation's energy mix.

The process of restoring the Palisades nuclear power plant to the power grid began yesterday.

Duane Pendergast has been made a Fellow of the Canadian Nuclear Society. Pendergast is currently chair, Alberta Branch of the Canadian Nuclear Society, and since his retirement from Atomic Energy of Canada in 2000 has been consulting and writing related to energy and greenhouse gas management.

"At no time was there any danger to the public, or even our workers at the plant.

Federal regulators say the utility that runs the Cooper nuclear power plant in southeast Nebraska needs to improve how workers respond to problems.

House appropriators revealed Monday that they plan to cut Energy Department spending on renewable energy in half next year as part of their plan to cope with automatic sequestration cuts in fiscal 2014.

Steam rises from the cooling towers of nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, in Waynesboro, Ga.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a western Pennsylvania power plant had to evacuate a turbine building for about 90 minutes due to excess carbon dioxide.

The New York Times has a piece with the title A Rebel Filmmaker Tilts Conservative .

Nuclear utilities thrust into the spotlight after the Fukushima meltdowns have ordered 20 reactors shut, the most in a three-year span since Chernobyl's aftermath, saddling the industry with a possible $26 billion in costs.

Sue Brigham s daughter, Jennifer Robinson, 36, is shown before and after treatment for a rare form of stomach cancer.

Three U.S. utilities are closing older nuclear reactors, but Xcel Energy is investing $1.8 billion to keep its two Minnesota plants operating for another two decades.

When it comes to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the only way is Essex . Bradwell-on-Sea has been identified as a possible site to dump radioactive waste .

Shock waves shot across Southern California on June 7, 2013, from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

Last week Exelon canceled plans to upgrade the Lasalle nuclear plant in Illinois and the Limerick plant in Pennsylvania.

Edison International's decision to abandon its San Onofre nuclear plant in California is the latest blow for an industry facing questions about its long-term survival.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets the leaders of four ex-communist European countries on Sunday at a regional summit in Warsaw, where he is expected to promote the country's nuclear technologies.

Despite the political fallout from the Fukushima crisis, the U.S. Department of Energy remains committed to commercializing small modular nuclear reactor technologies.

The U.S Department of Energy [DOE] has submitted its report to the WA State Dept.