By Peter Castagno (This article was originally published on the front page of the May/June 2026 print edition of the Capitol Hill Citizen newspaper. To get a copy of the print newspaper, go to capitol...

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.

Plus: The story of Lake Powell’s 26,000-ton pile of radioactive waste

Plus: Going down the Bears Ears mining claim wormhole ...

Plus: Going down the Bears Ears mining claim wormhole ...

The ruling dealt a setback to the Trump administration’s plans for hundreds of miles of barriers that have drawn local opposition.

Following yesterday's announcement that seven new members had been appointed to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), NATHPO, the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation O...

Legislation Would Dismantle Protections for Hundreds of Endangered Species to Speed Approvals for Corporate Polluters

YouTube video by Andrew Revkin

Contact: kayla@unbendablemedia.com, Climate Justice Alliance / ashley.sullivan@weact.org, WE ACT for Environmental Justice/ Edderdiazmartinez@greenlatinos.org, GreenLatinos/ sweeney@westernlaw.org, We...

"If it comes to pass, this deal would bulldoze America’s most important wildlife law," said one campaigner.

Center for Biological Diversity: Legislation Would Dismantle Protections for Hundreds of Endangered Species to Speed Approvals for Corporate Polluters

The Republican-controlled Senate will soon formally announce a legislative “permitting reform” deal to speed the development of AI data centers and energy infrastructure. We expect the Senate will the...

Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.

The agency seeks flexibility from Congress to form new disposal arrangements with states.

Unlike the US and UK, where start-ups and governments are betting heavily on small modular reactors, France’s state-led nuclear sector is prioritizing large-scale builds. With SMRs facing operational ...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) were first conceived for military use and deployed on polar bases. Seventy years on, their record remains dismal.

Please refer to our disclaimer at the bottom of the report. Main findings Nasdaq-listed Deep Fission (FISN) is developing a small modular reactor (SMR) with a capacity of 5MWe-15MWe. The company pl…

Nuclear regulator investigating issue at site in Michigan where restart plans are well under way

Three weeks ago, Palisades was the feel-good nuclear story of the year. On August 30, a crew at the shut-down plant on the Lake Michigan shore started

YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee

The U.S. nuclear power ​regulator's overhaul of rules, part of a push to cut approval times for new reactors to ‌18 months, will continue well into next year, its chairman told Reuters on Tuesday, as ...

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was preparing to leave my Washington, DC apartment for an appointment when the phone rang. It was just after 9 AM.   On the line was my boss at the time, Pau...

The initiatives were described as a new effort to strengthen and modernize the nation’s full nuclear fuel cycle.