63 h. ago ‘Start their life over’: Alberta county divided after vote over planned nuclear plant

Amid the sprawling canola fields, white spruce and jack pine trees, fireweed and goldenrods of northern Alberta, Pat McNamara is having a case of nuclear deja vu. Two decades ago, he lived in Port Hope, Ont., northeast of Toronto, in a community dealing with decades of nuclear ground contamination, including at his own daughter’s schoolyard. […]

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1 week ago Japan resumes seafood exports to China 2 years after Fukushima wastewater release

TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Friday that its seafood exports have resumed for the first time since China imposed a ban over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant more than two years ago. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters that 6 metric tons (6.6 tons) of […]

Economics

1 week ago Ottawa plant ordered to detail its nuclear materials by watchdog or risk its licence

Best Theratronics must submit a detailed inventory of its depleted uranium and other equipment Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

Science

1 week ago Nuclear Startup Plans Indiana Plant Powered by Its Own Waste

Fission startup First American Nuclear Co. is developing a power plant, first using natural gas and then shifting to a reactor expected to run on fuel produced from its own nuclear waste.

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2 w. ago NextEra Plans for More Power in Iowa After Google Nuclear Deal

One day after NextEra Energy Inc. revealed it would reopen a nuclear plant in Iowa to feed Google data centers, the energy developer said it’s now planning for more power generation in the area for the AI boom.

Technology

3 w. ago Google to Buy Power From NextEra Nuclear Plant Being Revived

NextEra Energy Inc. plans to restart a nuclear power plant in Iowa, primarily to supply Google data centers.

Technology

3 w. ago What are small modular reactors? Why Carney and Ford just pledged $3B for a mini nuclear plant

According to the Ontario government, the first SMR in Ontario will cost $6.1 billion

Economics