Author: Fission Today

The latest Don’t Bank on the Bomb report reveals a staggering surge in global financing for the nuclear weapons industry, with 301 financial institutions providing more than $1 trillion in 2025 alone. This comprehensive analysis highlights a growing trend of investment in companies involved in the production, maintenance, and modernization of nuclear arsenals, raising urgent concerns about the ethical responsibilities of investors and the escalating risks of a renewed nuclear arms race. The report will load below, or download the PDF here. Source link

When will the new nuclear operators be required to put money aside for decommissioning? 4 May 26 New nuclear operators are required by law to set aside funds for decommissioning and waste disposal from the very first day of a plant’s operation . Under the legal framework established by the government, energy firms must have a robust, funded decommissioning plan (FDP) in place and approved by the Secretary of State before they are even granted permission to begin construction on a new power station  Key Funding Requirements The regulations are designed to ensure that the financial risk of cleaning up nuclear…

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Ontario took its most decisive step yet toward building Canada’s first large-scale nuclear station in more than three decades, directing the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to enter a cost-sharing and recovery agreement with Bruce Power to advance pre-construction work on the proposed Bruce C project. The agreement, announced on May 7 by Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce, unlocks roughly $300 million for First Nations and community engagement, workforce planning, site preparation, and pre-construction activities scheduled to be completed by 2030. If the full project proceeds through federal regulatory approvals, Bruce C would add up to 4,800 MW of…

NRIC Selects 4 Startups for Its Nuclear Energy Launch Pad NRIC Opens 2nd Round for Launch Pad Applications. DOME is also Available for Testing ARPA-E & DOE Offer $50 Million to Develop Transuranic Fuels for Advanced Reactors DOE Aims to Remover Roadblocks to Put Nuclear Reactors in Space Belgium in Talks to Take Over Nuclear Power Plants Grid connection Requested for Commonwealth Fusion Plant Israeli Companies Collaborate on Nuclear Fusion For Critical Water Infrastructure NRIC Selects 4 Startups for Its Nuclear Energy Launch Pad The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) at the…

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The states of the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are meeting at the UN in New York with tensions running high between its nuclear-armed members and with two of them, the US and Russia, involved in illegal wars of aggression against non-nuclear-armed members Iran and Ukraine. The conference ended its first week having heard accusations and counter accusations of bad faith and provocative, illegal acts between some members, including Iran and the US. There have also been constructive statements from members, particularly those who are also parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) calling for concrete…

If scientific facts are uncomfortable to us, well don’t worry. – they can be changed Some recent studies of adolescent heath find that depression and anxiety are becoming more common in teenagers. It’s attributed to personal factors like suffering loneliness and bullying. And I certainly don’t doubt the importance of those factors. But could it also be that the state of the world, little background situations like global heating, or imminent nuclear war, are causing some to worry about their future? There are many teenagers now who turn out to be having very different, unusual, thinking patterns. This reality is now…

Richland County Commissioner Darrell Banks emailed a GOP political consultant that he would “not be surprised if there is a cross burning in my future” shortly after voting last summer to ban wind and solar farms at a meeting packed with local residents who opposed the ban. Voters in the Ohio county will vote Tuesday on a referendum on the ban, which prohibits large new wind and solar farms in 11 of 18 of the townships located in the Ohio county. A “No” vote will overturn the ban, while a “Yes” vote will uphold the ban. Thousands of county residents…

A Houston startup aims to bring Japan’s high-temperature reactor legacy to Texas, betting a 950C HTGR can open new markets for industrial heat, hydrogen, and advanced nuclear deployment. A Houston-based nuclear technology startup is advancing a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) design that targets outlet temperatures of 950C (1,742F)—well beyond the range of most advanced reactor concepts under active U.S. development. ZettaJoule’s ZJ0 reactor—a very-high-temperature gas-cooled reactor derived from Japan’s High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) program—targets industrial processes that require high outlet temperatures, including refining, synthetic fuel production, hydrogen production, steelmaking, chemical manufacturing, desalination, and data centers, ZettaJoule Co-Founder, President,…