Author: Fission Today

In the quiet scrubland of Waynesboro, Georgia, two enormous concrete domes rise from the landscape. Vogtle Units 3 and 4, the first new nuclear reactors built in the US in more than 30 years, were once touted as the rebirth of US American nuclear ambition. Instead, they have become a monument to mismanagement and cost overruns – conclusive evidence that nuclear power is a nonstarter. Paul Hockenos reports. Credits Denton Rumsey | Shutterstock, all rights reserved. The story of Vogtle is a cautionary tale illustrating that nuclear power cannot be delivered cheaply, quickly and reliably in democratic societies with up-to-scratch…

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How industrial middleware unlocks the full value of operational data AI and why most AI programs fail without it   Power companies are being asked to deliver higher reliability while their operating environment becomes more dynamic. Conventional power generation: must run with greater flexibility, grid assets must absorb new load patterns, renewable portfolios must operate as dependable capacity, and storage systems must be monitored as mission-critical infrastructure. The primary challenge is not a lack of data, but the challenge of data fragmentation. Enter industrial middleware that can better connect OT and IT systems and data, replacing fragmentation with normalized data…

Three Republican candidates fighting for two open District 1 and District 5 seats on the Louisiana Public Service Commission this year received substantial support from PSC-regulated entities or organizations, PACs or businesses with ties to those enterprises, according to an Energy and Policy Institute review of campaign finance filings for candidates participating in the Louisiana primary elections from January 1, 2025 to April 16, 2026. Republican candidate Stephanie Hilferty, D-1, received 50 percent of her contributions from PSC regulated entities or people or entities associated with them, primarily lawyers associated with utilities and lobbying firms whose clients include oil and…

Policy and Research Newsletter no. 25 NPT Review Conference kicks off amidst proliferation threats, new research on nuclear investments   TREATY STATUS 74 States Parties25 signatories RECENT NEWS 11th NPT Review Conference is underway The 11th NPT Review Conference to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is currently underway, with diplomats working towards agreeing on an outcome document. The first week of the conference, which took place from 27 April to 1 May, was dedicated to the general debate, including statements from civil society organizations. For a full overview of the proceedings, see Reaching Critical Will’s excellent reporting. The majority of states…

The death of professional journalism? 11 May 2026 Noel Wauchope, As a person who’s always been fascinated with Journalism, although myself pretty much an amateur, I have admired those writers who bring us the facts – “Just the facts, ma’am”. But in reality, even the facts can be used in a biased way. That is often done by the omission technique, by leaving out some of the facts. So for me, all journalism has a bias, and I like it when a writer acknowledges that bias, and makes it clear. However, news and important events don’t happen in a vacuum, but in…

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After decades of stagnation, nuclear power is firmly back in the energy discussion. Surging electricity demand, hyperscale data centers hunting for firm round-the-clock power, and growing pressure to decarbonize industrial heat have converged to revive interest in both new reactor construction and lifetime extensions of the existing fleet. The resurgence is broader than a single technology or scale: gigawatt-class plants, small modular reactors (SMRs), and Generation IV designs are all advancing in parallel, and aging plants are being modernized—or, in some cases, brought back from retirement. Dagmar Thien, who manages conventional island equipment for nuclear power plants at Siemens Energy,…

Brookfield Adds The Nuclear Company for V C Summer Japan Ships 1.7 Tonnes of HALEU Nuclear Fuel to U.S. Hadron Energy Raises $214 Million for Its 10 MWe LWR Hadron Energy Inks Uranium Conversion Deal with ConverDyn Riot Platforms MOU Terrestrial Energy SMRs to Power Its Data Centers US Launchs Nuclear Shipping RFI British-US Consortium to Build a UK Fusion Plant DOE Announces 10-Year Agreement on Stellarators With Max Planck Institute Brookfield Adds The Nuclear Company for V C Summer Is the V C Summer project now on a path to completion? Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to form a…

Pepco’s latest rate hike in Maryland is drawing scrutiny from regulators and consumer advocates – not only over the size of the increase, but over the company’s profits, its parent company’s projected earnings growth, and questions about how the public process has unfolded. In recent weeks, the case has come into focus through a series of virtual public hearings followed by days of evidentiary testimony. At issue are questions including: whether customers should fund new infrastructure like the White Flint substation, whether Pepco’s requested return on equity (ROE) is justified, and whether rising bills are aligned with the company’s financial…