"Two designs each get $400 million to prove that smaller, cheaper reactors can work, but the funds will cover only a fraction of the development costs."
"In landmark rulings last month, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ordered FirstEnergy’s three regulated companies to pay roughly $250 million for violations linked to the state’s largest-ever utility corruption scandal. More than $186 million of that will be refunded or credited to consumers."
"The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy."
"The Trump administration is issuing a $1 billion loan to help finance the restart of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant."
"The administration has yet to convince major utilities to commit to building large reactors again."
"For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic bomb to the arms race that fueled the Cold War. Now, after decades of planning and billions of dollars of investment, the site is turning liquid nuclear and chemical waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation into a much safer substance: glass."
"In recent years, Pennsylvania regulators have tried to clamp down on roadway spreading of tens of millions of gallons of oil and gas “brines,” high-salt liquids that can be laced with toxic metals and radioactive material. The industry is pushing back."
"Politicians who push small reactors raise false hopes that splitting atoms can make a real dent in the climate crisis."
"Hanford vitrification plant set to open but some fear Trump officials are pushing for a cheaper alternative"
"The U.S. and U.K. are expected to sign a deal to bolster nuclear energy as President Trump travels to Britain."
