Goodbye, Yucca. It’s Now Time for Consent for Nuclear Waste.
Yesterday, former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, President Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Energy, answered questions about the Department of ...
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NRDC Analysis: Nuclear Energy and a Safer Climate Future
This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to a Safer Climate Future” NRDC’s report America’s Clean...
Retirement of Three Mile Island Announced—What Now PA?
What vision (or lack thereof) do states with nuclear power plants have for a truly clean energy future?...
Closing Indian Point Reduces Risk of Nuclear Accidents
New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that the two reactors at Indian Point Energy Center would close in the coming years, in large part due to...
2016: A Year of Major Developments for U.S. Nuclear Energy
Just weeks before the start of the Trump administration, there is much uncertainty about which nuclear energy policies will be pursued, and what the policy...
NRDC Testifies at Senate Hearing on Nuclear Power's Future
With many nuclear plants reaching the end of their licenses in the coming decades and few new reactors under construction, nuclear power in the United States...