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America's first nuclear power plant to use artificial intelligence is, ironically, the last operational one in California. 
Artificial Intelligence

California Nuclear Power Plant Deploys Generative AI Safety System

By Noor Al-Sibai

If Donald Trump makes good on his campaign promise to impose tariffs on Canadian energy imports, it will devastate the nuclear energy market.
Nuclear Fusion

Trump’s Tariffs Poised to Wreck Nuclear Power

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google is going all-in on nuclear to power its AI efforts, which have resulted in the tech giant missing important climate targets.
Nuclear Fusion

Yet Another Tech Giant Throws Its Weight Behind Nuclear As AI’s Monstrous Power Demands Spike

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Microsoft will buy all the power produced by the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant for twenty years as part of a deal to reopen it.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Working to Reopen Three Mile Island to Power Huge AI Datacenters

By Frank Landymore

After shutting it down in 2022, Michigan is making an abrupt u-turn and is now planning to reopen an old 1970s nuclear power.
Nuclear Fusion

Michigan Plotting to Re-Open Shuttered 1970s Nuclear Plant

By Sharon Adarlo

Energy prices in France turned negative following a surge in renewable output last week, causing a number of nuclear reactors to shut down.
Energy

Electricity Prices in France Just Turned Negative Because of Renewables

By Victor Tangermann

The report features six studies that thoroughly examined MIT's superconducting magnets design used in its breakthrough fusion test.
Energy

MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical

By Frank Landymore

Microsoft is looking to accelerate the regulatory approval process for setting up new nuclear power plants using AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Training AI to Do Paperwork to Build Nuclear Power Plants

By Victor Tangermann

Climate activist Ia Anstoot is gunning to challenge Greenpeace's court case against the EU classifying nuclear power as a green investment.
Nuclear Fusion

Teen Activist Lectures Greenpeace to Stop Railing Against Nuclear Power

By Frank Landymore

NASA has chosen Lockheed Martin to test a nuclear-powered rocket in space by 2027, in hopes of using the system to power Mars missions.
Nuclear Fusion

NASA Signs Deal for Nuclear-Powered Rocket That Will Eventually Power Mars Missions

By Frank Landymore

Dozens of France's nuclear reactors remain offline following a series of troubling outages believed to be caused by stress-induced pipe corrosion.
Nuclear Fusion

France Discovers Ominous Cracks in Dozens of Nuclear Reactors

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Germany has once again fired up its coal plants. But Greta Thunberg thinks the country should just use its already in place nuclear power plants instead.
Nuclear Fusion

Greta Thunberg Thinks Germany Shutting Down Its Nuclear Plants Is a Bad Idea

By Frank Landymore

The situation at the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant — the Ukrainian nuclear power plant at the war's front lines — is bad. Really bad.
Nuclear Fusion

Battle-Scarred Ukraine Nuclear Plant Cooling Systems Hanging by a Thread, Officials Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Russia warned that the nuclear power plant it is occupying in southern Ukraine could suffer damage and result in an accident if shelling continues.
Future Society

Russia Warns That Nuclear Plant It Captured May Leak Waste Over Europe

By Victor Tangermann

Officials are alarmed by Russia's decision to keep bombing a nuclear power plant in a Russian-occupied region in southeastern Ukraine.
Nuclear Fusion

Officials Beg Russia to Stop Bombing Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant

By Victor Tangermann

The UK government is planning to bury the world's largest stockpile of radioactive nuclear waste beneath the ocean floor, sparking concern among experts.
Nuclear Fusion

Experts Warn UK Government Not to Bury Nuclear Waste Under Ocean Floor

By Maggie Harrison Dupré