nuclear power

Anniversary Of Nuclear Disaster At Three Mile Island Marked Near The Site

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers

1:40pm September 20, 2024

Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania power plant that was the scene of the worst commercial nuclear accident in American history, will reopen and sell power to Microsoft.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, on June 27, 2023.

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Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant increase accident risk, IAEA head says

11:23am April 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency on Sunday condemned a Ukrainian drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

A section of aluminium coils from one of Helion's fusion machines. The company hopes its next-generation Polaris system will produce more electricity than it consumes.

Companies say they're closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work?

2:33pm December 04, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

For decades, government scientists have toiled away trying to make nuclear fusion work. Will commercial companies sprint to the finish?

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Storage tanks for contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are near capacity.

5 things to know about Japan's Fukushima water release in the Pacific

1:38pm August 24, 2023

The water comes from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Although most scientists agree it does not pose an immediate environmental threat, some are worried about the long-term consequences.

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This aerial picture shows tanks used for storing treated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japan began releasing wastewater from the plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday despite angry opposition from China and local fishermen.

Worries over seafood safety mount as Japan releases Fukushima water into the Pacific

12:16pm August 24, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

Local fishermen and the government of neighboring China are among the critics of Japan's decision to release water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.

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The interior of the Savannah remains a time capsule of the mid-century era in which it operated. The main lobby of the cruise ship welcomed paying passengers from 1962 to 1965.

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Step inside the world's only nuclear-powered passenger ship — built in 1959

4:16pm June 23, 2023

The Nuclear Ship Savannah offers a snapshot of a nuclear future that never quite came to pass.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir. Water levels in the reservoir have been falling rapidly after a critical dam collapsed.

A Ukrainian nuclear plant is facing a water shortage

5:01am June 10, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant used a large reservoir for cooling water. Now that reservoir is rapidly draining.

Water vapor rises from the nuclear power plant Isar II in Essenbach, Germany, on March 3, 2022.

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Germany begins powering down its last three nuclear plants

12:43pm April 15, 2023

by The Associated Press

Public pressure, stoked by disasters at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, put pressure on successive German governments to end their use. Germany began winding down the plants Saturday.

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, pictured here in October, has operated with emergency power sources six times since Russia's offensive started.

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Ukraine's top nuclear plant lost power for the sixth time. Is disaster imminent?

1:37pm March 09, 2023

by Emily Olson

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station was among the Ukrainian structures damaged by a barrage of Russian missiles on Wednesday. Though power has been restored, the threat of nuclear meltdown remains.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen on March 17. Japan on Thursday adopted a new policy promoting greater use of nuclear energy to ensure a stable power supply amid global fuel shortages and reduce carbon emissions — a major reversal of its phaseout plan since the Fukushima crisis.

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After the Fukushima disaster, Japan swore to phase out nuclear power. But not anymore

3:29pm December 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

Japan adopted a plan to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build new ones, a major shift in a country scarred by the Fukushima disaster.