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News Articles: nuclear power

The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant was scheduled to be shuttered in 2025. But California Governor Gavin Newsom now wants to expand its lifespan.

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  • Energy

Why even environmentalists are supporting nuclear power today

Environmentalists advocating for nuclear power have led a push to extend the operating life of Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant. Japan and Germany consider similar extensions.

August 30, 2022
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By:
  • Uri Berliner
A Russian serviceman patrols Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station on May 1. A series of exchanges in recent weeks has made conditions at the plant more dangerous.

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  • World

Here's just how close the war in Ukraine has come to Europe's largest nuclear plant

Satellite images and social media analyzed by NPR show attacks have hit structures around the plant, coming dangerously close to causing a nuclear disaster.

August 11, 2022
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Julian Hayda,
  • and 1 more
Front end loaders are dwarfed by the coal field at Georgia Power's Plant Scherer.

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  • News

Georgia nuclear plant gets OK to load fuel at new reactor

Federal regulators say a nuclear power plant being built in Georgia can begin loading radioactive fuel into one of its two new reactors. It's a key step toward generating electricity at the first new nuclear reactor built in decades in the United States.

August 03, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant shut down in 2019. Exelon Generation blamed the closure on a lack of state subsidies. Such subsidies are growing amid concerns that such closures abet climate change.

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  • Energy

Nuclear power is gaining support after years of decline. But old hurdles remain

Investment from the government and private sector are changing the trajectory of the aging U.S. nuclear fleet and spurring development of new nuclear technology.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Benshoff
For one day in March, wind generated electricity surpassed coal and nuclear, and became second only to natural gas.

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  • Energy

For the first time, wind power eclipsed both coal and nuclear in the U.S.

For a single day at the end of March, wind was the second-largest source of electricity generation, the Energy Information Administration says. Natural gas is still the nation's largest power source.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram

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  • Science

Video analysis reveals Russian attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant veered near disaster

An NPR analysis of security footage and photos following the attack on Europe's largest nuclear power plant shows that many of the plant's critical safety systems were in the field of Russian fire.

March 11, 2022
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Meredith Rizzo,
  • and 2 more
Video footage showed a fire — later extinguished — at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after it came under Russian shelling early Friday.

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  • Europe

Russian forces in Ukraine attack and seize Europe's largest nuclear power plant

The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog says there was no release of radioactive material after a projectile hit a building at the plant facility.

March 04, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Following the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl plant in 1986, a protective dome was built over the destroyed fourth reactor.

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  • Europe

Why Russia's capture of Chernobyl might not be the biggest nuclear concern in Ukraine

Russia's capture of the Chernobyl nuclear plant raised alarms across the international community, with many world leaders wondering if Russia chose to seize the area for a specific reason.

February 26, 2022
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By:
  • Wynne Davis
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice gives his State of the State speech in the House Chambers in January.

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  • National

Coal-dependent West Virginia eliminates ban on nuclear power

The state's ban on nuclear plants was enacted in 1996, but nuclear power has gained support as a tool to keep climate change under control and other states are transitioning away from fossil fuels.

February 08, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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  • Energy

The U.S. is divided over whether nuclear power is part of the green energy future

Nuclear power is emerging as an answer as states transition away from coal, oil and natural gas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stave off climate change.

January 18, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. Iran's sole nuclear power plant has undergone a temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

In A First, Iran's Sole Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes Emergency Shutdown

An official from the state electric company Tavanir said over the weekend that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last "for three to four days."

June 21, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Plant Vogtle

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  • News

Plant Vogtle Monitors Predict More Nuclear Plant Expansion Delays

Plant Vogtle’s first new nuclear reactor may not start producing energy for Georgia consumers until at least next June, which would be a longer delay than Georgia Power predicted just last month.

June 09, 2021
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
The Georgia Public Service Commission approved a total of $188 million in credits as part of its order to continue construction of Vogtle 3 and 4 at the Augusta plant.

Georgia Power Customers Will Receive $25 Plant Vogtle Bill Credit In July

Georgia Power customers will receive another $25 credit on their July power bill, the utility said in a news release. This is the second of three...

July 09, 2019
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By:
  • Spencer McGuire

Plant Vogtle Secures Two Key Votes In Decision On Construction

Two key players in the construction of Plant Vogtle have decided to continue on with the project. Georgia Power and the Municipal Electric Authority of...

July 09, 2019
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By:
  • Ross Terrell

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