Nuclear power

SECURITY GUARDSSecurity Guards at Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Demand Vote to Remove SPFPA Union Officials
The NLRB is the federal agency responsible for enforcing federal labor law, a task that includes administering votes to install (or “certify”) and remove (or “decertify”) unions in workplaces. Security guards at Vogtle have collected enough signatures to prompt the NLR to administer union removal vote.
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NUCLEAR POWERThe Significance of the Vogtle Nuclear Plant
Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia represents a rare successful completion of new reactors in the U.S. in the twenty-first century, showing that nuclear remains technically viable — albeit expensive and slow by modern infrastructure standards. For better or for worse, its experience has become a case study for future nuclear projects and underscores the challenges the industry faces in large-scale construction.
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NUCLEAR SAFETYHow Hollywood-Style “Break in” Rooms Are Securing the Future of Nuclear
By Sarah Lusk
Security is paramount for the nation’s current fleet of light water reactors, but the stakes for small modular reactors are especially high. Small modular reactors promise quicker build timelines and lower operating costs than light water reactors. They achieve these enhancements through better designs, higher levels of automation and smaller operating crews. But those same design choices could expand the opportunity for cyber and insider threats.
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NUCLEAR SAFETYProtecting Next-Gen Reactors
By Sarah Lusk
As the United States accelerates deployment of advanced and small modular reactors (A/SMRs), the nuclear energy sector is embracing a digital future. While digital systems provide operators with big benefits, they can also create vulnerabilities that enable criminals to access critical infrastructure.
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NUCLEAR WASTELANL Waste Containers Successfully Depressurized
Technicians successfully completed the depressurization of four flanged tritium waste containers and moved them to a waste staging location on site. The containers were placed in temporary storage in 2007. Over the years, pressure gradually built in the containers. Alleviating that pressure was necessary to safely prepare them for eventual shipment offsite.
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NUCLEAR POWERScientists Investigate 3D-printed Steels for Use in Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors
By Savannah Mitchem
X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy reveal how heat treatments can help 3D-printed steels shape up for nuclear service
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NUCLEAR POWERNuclear Waste Could Be a Source of Fuel in Future Reactors
In theory, nuclear fusion —a process that fuses atoms together, releasing heat to turn generators —could provide vast energy supplies with minimal emissions. But nuclear fusion is an expensive prospect because one of its main fuels is a rare version of hydrogen called tritium. Now, researchers are developing new systems to use nuclear waste to make tritium.
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ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURENuclear Energy and AI Companies Seek Solutions at Argonne Summit
Three U.S. Department of Energy labs host major forum dedicated to building the energy infrastructure needed to secure America’s digital competitiveness. Leaders in artificial intelligence and nuclear energy explored ideas for powering a digital future and streamlining nuclear technologies.
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NUCLEAR WASTEModel Predicts Long-Term Effects of Nuclear Waste on Underground Disposal Systems
By Zach Winn
The simulations matched results from an underground lab experiment in Switzerland, suggesting modeling could be used to validate the safety of nuclear disposal sites.
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NUCLEAR POWER Keeping the Lights on with Nuclear Waste: Radiochemistry Transforms Nuclear Waste into Strategic Materials
By John Domol
How UNLV radiochemistry is pioneering the future of energy in the Southwest by salvaging strategic materials from nuclear dumps –and making it safe.
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NUCLEAR POWERSmaller Nuclear Reactors Spark Renewed Interest in a Once-Shunned Energy Source
By David Montgomery
In the past two years, half the states have taken action to promote nuclear power, from creating nuclear task forces to integrating nuclear into long-term energy plans.
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NUCLEAR WASTE Technology to Reduce the Impact of Used Nuclear Fuel
By Marguerite Huber
Transmutation technologies can significantly reduce the mass, volume, activity and lifespan of commercial used nuclear fuel (UNF) by converting long-living hazardous isotopes into materials that decay more quickly.
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NUCLEAR POWERVirtual Models Paving the Way for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
By Marguerite Huber
Computer models predict how reactors will behave, helping operators make decisions in real time. The digital twin technology using graph-neural networks may boost nuclear reactor efficiency and reliability.
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NUCLEAR POWER‘The West Will Lead’: Utah, Idaho, Wyoming Team Up on Nuclear Energy Development
By Katie McKellar
Utah state leaders are taking the next steps in their efforts to make Utah a major nuclear energy development hub and a “national leader” in developing next-generation energy technology, reaching beyond state lines to do it.
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ENERGY SECURITYThe Trump Administration Says It Wants a “Nuclear Renaissance.” These Actions Suggest Otherwise.
By Gautama Mehta and Katie Myers
For nuclear advocates, it’s an open question whether the Trump administration’s energy officials recognize the scale of the effort that would be required to achieve their purported ambition for a nuclear revival. In fact, some of the actions the administration has taken, such as tariffs and a shake-up at the Tennessee Valley Authority, could be getting in the way of such revival.
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