Nuclear Reactions

Nuclear Fallout at the Georgia Public Service Commission 2.0

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 […]

February 27, 2026

Dow Chemical Wants to Build an Experimental Nuclear Reactor on San Antonio Bay, What Could Go Wrong?

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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…

Regarding Nuclear Moratoria Repeals:

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“FIRST GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT; THEN YOU CAN DISTORT THEM AS MUCH AS YOU WANT,” – Mark Twain By David Kraft, Director Nuclear Energy Information Service, Chicago As a critical component of advancing the nuclear power juggernaut…

Hochul and Trump’s Wild Nuclear Gamble

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By The Nuclear Skeptic New York Governor Kathy Hochul's desire to build 5GW of new nuclear power in order to keep New York’s electric bills affordable and meet future energy demand has one pesky problem: the numbers simply don’t add…

Trump’s Nuclear Obsession

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The full article by Karl Grossman and Harvey Wasserman, originally published on December 24, 2025 in CounterPunch, is available here. The Trump family is now directly investing in atomic energy. Its money-losing Truth Social…

Utah Must Learn From Its Nuclear Mistakes

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By Lexi Tuddenham, Executive Director at HEAL Utah In November 2023, the NuScale/Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) project collapsed due to cost overruns that would have saddled subscribers…

What Georgia’s Plant Vogtle teaches us about New York’s nuclear ambitions

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Image of Plant Vogtle courtesy of High & Low Flyer (c) 2024 This opinion editorial by former Plant Vogtle Construction Monitor Don Grace was originally published on November 13, 2025 in Crain's New York, available here. Just…

Finally Some Accountability for Georgia’s Costly Nuclear Power Mistake

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By Kim Scott The story of Plant Vogtle's two new nuclear reactors in Georgia is not a triumph of a "nuclear renaissance"; it's a cautionary tale written in soaring electric bills and a growing political fallout. The people of Georgia are…

Trump’s Westinghouse Nuclear Fiasco: Wasting Money on a Corrupt Game of Hot Potato

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This blog was originally published by Nuclear Information Resource Service (NIRS) on October 30, 2025. View it in full here. Shared with permission. On Tuesday, the White House announced an $80 billion deal with Westinghouse to finance…

New nuclear push brings old dangers back — and bigger than ever

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This opinion editorial by Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps was first published in The Hill on October 6, 2025. Access the article here. When President Trump and Keir Starmer, prime minister of the United Kingdom, signed a deal to rapidly…

The Next Nuclear Renaissance? Will a new wave of nuclear power projects deliver the safe and economical electricity that proponents have long predicted?

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The following is an excerpt from an extensive article published recently by the CATO Institute and written by Steve Thomas, Emeritus Professor, Energy Policy, Business School, University of Greenwich and editor-in-chief of Energy Policy. Despite…

The Next Nuclear Renaissance? Will a new wave of nuclear power projects deliver the safe and economical electricity that proponents have long predicted?

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