Engineering and construction giant Bechtel Corp. is warning of up to 200 layoffs at its Reston headquarters after an apparent falling-out with the developer of a nuclear power project in Wyoming.

It seems the Trumpian recession in US green energy fails to apply to one of the more Trumpian areas of the country: Texas. Solar power and batteries are taking large bites out of America’s biggest state power grid in the US, and helping to suppress electricity prices in the process.

Does the “innovation” pitch match the radioactive reality? By Leigh Ford, Snake River Alliance The Department of Energy (DOE) has a problem. They have a nuclear addiction and a growing mountain of tox...

Oklo asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order the PJM Interconnection to reinstate its 750-MW, mixed-technology project. PJM reportedly told Oklo that it never showed the project could ...

NuScale Power is still trying to ink its first official sale, but even after it does, it still has a lot to prove as a business.

Public interest groups have filed a formal complaint against advertising by the state of Utah promoting nuclear energy development. They argue it amounts to propaganda.

Oversight agencies suddenly face pressure to rapidly assess a range of relatively untested reactor designs.

Not too many bulls to run with when it comes to startup reactor schemes

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The sci-fi-worthy machine soaring 120 feet tall in the hills outside Lynchburg had been all but left for dead - a $400 million experiment that collapsed as the energy economy shifted ...

Unproven technology won investment from power-hungry AI hyperscalers but has yet to deliver consistent revenues

Read Plant Vogtle’s three-year anniversary: Time for an apology by Patty Durand for SaportaReport here.

Data centers didn't break the grid—A regulatory model that rewards building over optimizing did.

A Star Is Born, as Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Enters Service

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Pike County has one of Ohio’s highest rates of unemployment and of cancer. Some residents can’t justify the 2,000 incoming nuclear jobs. “They want to brin…

Tennessee, Utah and three other US states are offering to take atomic waste in exchange for federal government help in spurring development of the long-dormant dome…

In some cases, no direct line can be drawn from the president’s domestic nuclear agenda to his family or close allies. But they have overlapping business ties that could position them for gains.

President Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia to partner on developing the Kingdom's civil nuclear energy program, according to two U.S. officials.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed a major rewrite of its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules, opening yet another front in

The reactors at Europe’s oldest nuclear plant were shut down Friday, its Swiss operator said, after the heatwave roasting Europe sent temperatures soaring in the river used for cooling.

A program initiated by the Trump administration has allowed small companies to rush their testing of several new nuclear reactor designs. Some worry that safety is being compromised.

By The Nuclear Skeptic The artificial intelligence bubble is starving for electricity so big tech is teaming up with the administration to “Make America Nuclear Again” – an unaffordable, dangerous all...

The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.

Technology companies are investing in solutions to bring green power to the grid to fund their artificial intelligence endeavors.

New reactors could come to Central New York, but who bears the risk of cost overruns?

The Republican-backed House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act, which could rein in some data center costs but extend the life of costly old coal plants.

Are private reactor startups about to be given the passport to the bomb?

The billionaire philanthropist was once ranked the world’s most admired man—but the revelations of his Jeffrey Epstein ties are eroding efforts to burnish his reputation.

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...

Countries around the world are racing to deploy nuclear technology — and potentially making themselves targets

As states consider a new wave of reactors, the fallout of the most expensive power project in U.S. history offers a cautionary tale.

The so-called “Rubber-Stamp Rule”, an effort by the Trump administration to “Make America Nuclear Again”, violates key components of the Atomic Energy Act