Newsroom Archive

Melanie Nakagawa, head of climate initiative at investment firm Princeville Capital, joins Monica Trauzzi at Shilling Canning Company in D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood in this episode of “Off the Menu.”

If the world is going to reach net zero, nuclear power reactors must be in the picture. Clean, reliable, affordable nuclear makes an excellent partner to wind turbines, solar panels, and energy storage.

Nuclear energy companies that export their technology abroad just achieved a major win with the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank for seven years. Congress approved the authorization as part of H.R. 1865, the Consolidated Domestic and International Assistance Bill of 2020.

Congress voted to approve appropriations for fiscal year 2020 that includes $1.5 billion for nuclear energy programs, a 12.5 percent increase from the previous year.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a decision that hampers the ability of states in the PJM region to protect carbon-free power generation within their borders.

There’s a dispute going on now in the energy sector where it seems like the parties have no names, only letters. Ditto for the thing they’re fighting over: FERC can’t figure out how to handle PJM’s beef over ZECs.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved staff recommendations for emergency planning for advanced reactors that embrace modernization.

Last month, the Los Alamos National Laboratory became the first national lab to join Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy, seeking to break down barriers in nuclear policy.

The Senate has voted today to confirm Dan Brouillette as the U.S. Secretary of Energy and this is a statement from Maria Korsnick, president and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute.

The U.S. nuclear industry prides itself on having safety in its DNA. That means that safety is the highest priority and that every decision, step and precaution is grounded in that approach. In fact, the U.S. industry continues to be recognized as one of the safest industrial working environments in the nation.

Nuclear plants produce waste—which is a debatable term—while generating electricity, but what it is exactly and how it’s handled are different than you might think.

Today, nuclear reactors produce electricity and are the largest tool to decarbonize the power grid. But soon, they may be producing carbon-free hydrogen that will clean up other industries, including steel, agriculture and even the gasoline-powered car in your driveway.