By Linda Pentz Gunter The Trump administration is once again doing what it does best – demonstrating a complete disregard for the law, and we’re not even talking end runs around the IRS here, or slush funds with which to reward family members and violent insurrectionists. This time, it’s about nuclear power and the latest […]
By Patty Durand On April 30, 2024, Georgia Power finally completed the first new nuclear reactors in the U.S. in 30 years. But for Georgia Power customers, the project did not come with a celebration. It came with a 25% rate increase the day after the two reactors entered commercial service, the largest rate increase […]
Why New Reactors are the Wrong Tools for Decarbonization, a webinar featuring David Schlissel, hosted by Applied Economics Clinic for their Energy, Environment, and Equity Forum on April 22, 2026. Please find the slides here.
By The Nuclear Skeptic Earlier this week, ProPublica published a damning exposé detailing how the Trump administration is aggressively overhauling the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to rapidly expand nuclear power, ostensibly to meet the immediate energy demands of artificial intelligence. Starting with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), coined and implemented by Elon Musk, […]
Hank Green explaining why there’s an incentive for power companies to build the most expensive plants they can get away with.
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) represents a comprehensive, independent assessment of international nuclear power developments. Find the annual reports here.
By The Nuclear Skeptic Diane Wilson, a 78-year old, fourth-generation Texas shrimper, and leader of the San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper (SABEW) is approaching her third week of a hunger strike outside Dow Chemical’s Seadrift manufacturing facility along the Texas gulf coast. On March 2nd, Wilson began protesting two simultaneous environmental threats posed by the […]
In Georgia, the political fallout from nuclear power is no longer theoretical—it is electoral. On May 19, 2024, state officials enjoyed cake in the shape of nuclear reactors at the Plant Vogtle ribbon cutting in Waynesboro to celebrate the completion of the first two nuclear reactors built in the United States in 30 years. Just […]
Friederike Friess, Maha Siddiqui, M. V. Ramana, February 2026. Small modular nuclear reactors for developing countries: Expectations and evidence. PNAS Nexus, Volume 5, Issue 2, February 2026
By The Nuclear Skeptic In a significant win for local opposition, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has granted a petition to intervene in the licensing process for Dow/X-energy’s proposed small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) project, the first of its kind to apply for a construction permit. The decision marks a […]
