nuclear power

Environmental groups have started legal action against the European Union’s executive branch in a bid to block a move to include natural gas and nuclear power generation on a list of sustainable activities.

Nuclear energy is greener than renewables and safer than fossil fuels. But people seldom make decisions based on facts, writes freelance science journalist Tyler J. Kelley.

The federal government is banking on a new generation of nuclear technology to help us clean up power grids and reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. But will it work?

Canada’s forthcoming radioactive waste policy should include a ban on plutonium reprocessing, a national alliance of civil society organizations says.

The federal government has decided not to require a federal assessment for a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) proposed by New Brunswick Power at Point Lepreau, prompting criticism from experts opposed to the technology who fear the rejection sets an “unfortunate precedent.”

The most recent shutdown follows a week-long stoppage in August due to equipment issues and planned summer maintenance that went a month longer than expected.

Wedged between the southwestern town of Bridgwater and the Severn estuary is a 430-acre site where some of the U.K.'s future electricity hopes are pinned.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered preparations for all of the country's three remaining nuclear reactors to continue operating until mid-April. The move marks another hiccup in the country's long-running plan to end the use of atomic energy.

Germany remains committed to phasing out coal as a source of power by 2030 even as it reactivates coal-fired power plants, the country's climate envoy said on Monday, September 19, 2022. Germany says it took the step to get through the coming winter amid energy shortages as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Clean energy now provides more employment than the fossil fuel industry, reflecting the shift that efforts to tackle climate change are having on the global jobs market, according to a new report.

Divisive ideas such as keeping nuclear plants open and regulating the Autobahn are now gaining traction.

The pressing global need to slash emissions in the face of a growing climate crisis is driving renewed interest in nuclear power — and few places more so than in Canada's oilsands.

Germany’s vice chancellor on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, defended the government’s commitment to ending the use of nuclear power at the end of this year, arguing that keeping its few remaining reactors running would be complex and do little to address the problems caused by a possible natural gas shortfall.

Coming into operation in the 1980s, the station is one of four in Canada and the only nuclear power station outside of Ontario.

Point Lepreau’s current licence renewal is reaching a close, so the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is required to grant a new one. NB Power has asked for 25 years.