The U.S.’s last big nuclear-power project came in more than $16 billion over budget and seven years behind schedule. Now, the U.S. government wants to give the AP1000 another shot. President Trump is ...

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The US DOE is exploring alternatives to the AP1000 reactor as slow-moving talks with Westinghouse push officials to consider ...

Energy demand in the United States is entering a period of dramatic growth after years of comparatively flat electricity load. A key driver is the explosion in hyperscale computing and ...

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 ...

In May, President Trump sat in the Oval Office flanked by executives from America's nuclear power industry. "It's a hot industry. It's a brilliant industry," the president said from behind the ...

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...

These methods are how the nuclear industry safely manages the 10,000 metric tons of spent fuel waste that reactors produce as they churn out 10% of the world’s electricity every ...

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