Author: Fission Today

New York Doubles Down for Big Iron and SMRs Antares Achieve First Criticality at INL Duke Energy Asks Data Centers to Share Risks for New Reactors X-energy Submits Xe-100 HTGR for UK Generic Design Assessment Urenco USA Plans Significant Expanded Enrichment Capacity Japan to Replace 14 Older Nuclear Reactors By 2050s Helion Books $4540M in Series G Funding Can Helion Meet Its Self-imposed 2028 Deadline? New York Doubles Down for Big Iron and SMRs The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is pursuing advanced large-scale reactors at 1,000 MW and small modular reactors in the range of 300 MW based Generation…

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a coalition of non-governmental organisations in more than one hundred countries promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.This website was made possible thanks to the generous support of New Zealand and Swiss Loterie Romande. Place de Cornavin 2, 1201 Genève, SwitzerlandEmail: [email protected]General inquiries: +41 22 788 20 63 (Geneva) Privacy Policy Source link

The costs of nuclear wastes from “in service” nuclear submarines. Richard Marles weasels his way out of this problem 3 June 2026 Noel Wauchope AIM Extra ,  It is a rather nauseating entertainment, watching Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles wriggling around to con the public into believing that it will be cheaper for Australia to buy used nuclear submarines, than to buy new ones. I’m not quite sure who invented the new term to replace “used” – but “in service:” is a lovely euphemism, worthy of Marles. Australia’s not buying “used” nuclear submarines – oh no – we’re getting “in service” nuclear…

Hydrogen was the future once. But while the UK was quick off the mark in investigating the potential of H2 for heating homes, much of the original plans have been abandoned in favour of solar, wind and electrification, writes Ros Taylor. Credits Scharfsinn | Shutterstock, all rights reserved. Methane gas heats more than three-quarters of British homes, making it one of the main sources of CO2 emissions. In 2017 the UK launched a programme called Hy4Heat to investigate whether it was feasible to move British households over from methane gas to hydrogen. There would be trials of home hydrogen boilers,…

Another U.S.-based energy company said its technology has achieved key performance metrics that advance its goal of commercial fusion by the mid 2030s. California-headquartered Pacific Fusion on June 2 said its core pulsed power technology is on track to achieve net facility gain by 2030. That’s the state where the “entire fusion machine produces more fusion energy than the energy initially stored in the system used to run it,” according to Keith LeChien, co-founder and CTO of Pacific Fusion. The company, founded in 2023, said it has raised more than $1 billion in funding led by Massachusetts-based venture capital firm…

DOE Opens Talks with Oklo About Plutonium Fuels Three Reasons Why DOE’s Plutonium Plan Has Deal Breakers Advanced Nuclear Startup Newcleo To Go Public Through Blank-Cheque Deal BLSK Energy to Produce Advanced Reactor Fuel Curio Begins NRC Application Process for a Used Nuclear Fuel Recycling Production Facility Green River, UT. Nuclear Energy Plan Revived Focused Energy Fusion Gains $240 Million for Series A Funding Thea Energy Fusion Raises $100 Million Series B Funding DOE Opens Talks with Oklo About Plutonium Fuels Oklo Selected by U.S. Department of Energy for Advanced Negotiations Under Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program Selection supports the use…

Raul Claros, a candidate for Los Angeles City Council, is the founder of several local organizations that collectively have received more than $150,000 in contributions and sponsorships from Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) over the past decade. Claros, a longtime nonprofit executive and former Executive Director at the Los Angeles chapter of the American Red Cross, is running to unseat incumbent Eunisses Hernandez in the Los Angeles City Council District 1 race. SoCalGas, a gas utility company based in Los Angeles and a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, provides methane (or natural) gas distribution to Central and Southern California, including the City…

In the coming days, the Finnish parliament will vote on the government’s proposal to repeal the law that bans nuclear weapons from the country. The law currently prohibits the importation of nuclear warheads, as well as their transport, delivery or possession on the country’s territory. The law dates back to 1987 when Finland was neutral and managing a wary relationship with its neighbour the Soviet Union with which it had fought during the Second World War. Finland had been part of the Russian empire until 1918 when the country gained its independence following the empire’s collapse and the Bolshevik revolution.…

An Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz – for peace in Ukraine – Jeffrey Sachs. Economist and diplomat Jeffrey Sachs is calling on German Chancellor Merz to begin immediate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about peace in Europe. Jeffrey D. Sachs   |   May 27, 2026   |   Berliner Zeitung When I wrote an open letter to you a half year ago, I urged Germany to pursue diplomacy with Russia rather than the normalization of war. Six months later, the situation in Europe is dramatically worse. Europe and Russia are slipping into open war. And in that drift, Chancellor, your responsibility is…

CenterPoint’s two political action committees (PACs) contributed $2 million to Texas PACs and politicians between 2021 and 2026, with Republican candidates and PACs associated with Republican priorities receiving the lion’s share of funds, according to a review of political contribution filings by the Energy and Policy Institute. The bulk of the political donations, totaling $1.35 million, went to three Republican PACs: Associated Republicans of Texas, #PROJECTREDTX and the Judicial Fairness PAC.  Two of the PACs focus on judicial political campaigns and support Republican candidates in the traditionally blue-leaning local elections of Texas communities near the Mexican border, which is outside…