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Trump’s NATO Warning Sounds More Like a Threat 17 March 2026 AIMN EditorialBy Peter Brown, When Donald Trump warned that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization could face a “very bad future” after a lukewarm response from allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, the remark sounded less like diplomacy and more like a threat. NATO was not created to serve as a backup force for American military adventures. It was created for collective defence. The alliance’s core principle – Article 5 – obliges members to assist one another only if a member state is attacked. That principle has been invoked exactly once: after the…

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For much of the 21st century, the North American power sector drifted along on near-zero demand growth. Utilities retired aging coal plants, developers filled interconnection queues with wind and solar, and investors looked elsewhere for excitement. Then came the data center boom—and seemingly overnight, the industry found itself in a full-blown supply crisis. In a wide-ranging conversation on The POWER Podcast, S&P Global Energy’s Hill Vaden and Doug Giuffre laid out the forces reshaping electricity markets and why the next year and a half may be the most consequential period for energy investment in decades. Their message was clear: the…

Tokyo, Japan – Today, 15 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which devastated the northeast region of Japan. Greenpeace Japan extends heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families who are still suffering the aftermath of this catastrophe. Sam Annesley, Executive Director of Greenpeace Japan, said:  Today marks 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. We honor the memory of those who lost their lives and offer our deepest sympathies to the survivors. Our hearts remain with the families…

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NRC Issues  Construction Permit For TerraPower Reactor in Wyoming TerraPower’s Statement on NRC’s Decision TerraPower’s Natrium Reactor Enters UK GDA Process INL’s NRIC Opens a Launch Pad for Advanced Nuclear Technologies Inertia Raises $450 Million To Build a Fusion Laser Shine Raises $240 Million in New Funding for Fusion Technologies Proxima Fusion To Develop Fusion Power in Bavaria NRC Begins Rulemaking To Establish Fusion Regulatory Framework NRC Issues First Commercial Reactor Construction Approval in 10 Years For TerraPower in Wyoming The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized the staff to issue TerraPower a construction permit for the company’s Kemmerer Power Station…

The city of Kyoto was the only great city of Japan to be spared serious bombing during World War II, despite being among the top targets preferred for the atomic bomb, thanks to the unprecedented and extraordinary efforts by the Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, to protect it. I have written at length on this, and why I have come to think that the issue of Kyoto is actually the key to understanding quite a lot about Truman and the bomb, both prior to and after its use. Whenever the issue of Kyoto comes up in popular discussions, however,…

Households and businesses served by investor-owned utilities pay billions of dollars in profits to utility investors each year. Until now, no one has put a precise number on how much of an electric bill is made up of that profit. Using publicly reported financial data, this report provides the first systematic look at how much of each dollar spent on electricity ultimately goes to investors. EPI analyzed financial data from 110 investor-owned operating electric utilities nationwide between 2021 and 2024, including several utilities that bill customers jointly for electric and gas service. We also incorporated 2025 filings for 79 investor-owned…

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing. Conversely, the steam engine was a practical breakthrough, but it took fundamental research in thermodynamics to fully harness its power. Today, artificial intelligence and science find themselves at a similar inflection point. The current AI revolution has been fueled by decades of research in the mathematical and physical sciences (MPS), which provided the challenging problems, datasets, and insights that made modern AI possible. The 2024 Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry, recognizing foundational AI…

2025 marked 80 years since the first detonation and use of nuclear weapons. Geo-political tensions were on the rise, with pro-nuclear weapons countries increasingly trying to legitimise nuclear weapons and expand their scope in security strategies. It also was the year that the global majority of nations committed to the ultimate rejection of these bombs- the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Source link