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 up. That’s the overarching conclusion of a new report authored by the University of Pennsylvania’s […]
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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 company has become a part owner of a major fusion nuclear power project. Among much more, the investments mean the Trump family stands […]
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 with untenable energy costs for untold decades to come. The NuScale project, dubbed by its creators the “Carbon Free Power Project” […]
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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 over a year ago, Georgia completed building two new reactors at Plant Vogtle, making Georgia the first state […]
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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 paying the price, literally, as their utility bills have skyrocketed by over 40% – […]
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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 construction of eight large new reactors in the U.S. There is not enough in the way of actual details about […]
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Hochul and Trump’s Wild Nuclear Gamble
BlogBy 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 up. That’s the overarching conclusion of a new report authored by the University of Pennsylvania’s […]
Trump’s Nuclear Obsession
BlogThe 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 company has become a part owner of a major fusion nuclear power project. Among much more, the investments mean the Trump family stands […]
Utah Must Learn From Its Nuclear Mistakes
BlogBy 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 with untenable energy costs for untold decades to come. The NuScale project, dubbed by its creators the “Carbon Free Power Project” […]
What Georgia’s Plant Vogtle teaches us about New York’s nuclear ambitions
BlogImage 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 over a year ago, Georgia completed building two new reactors at Plant Vogtle, making Georgia the first state […]
Finally Some Accountability for Georgia’s Costly Nuclear Power Mistake
BlogBy 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 paying the price, literally, as their utility bills have skyrocketed by over 40% – […]
Trump’s Westinghouse Nuclear Fiasco: Wasting Money on a Corrupt Game of Hot Potato
BlogThis 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 construction of eight large new reactors in the U.S. There is not enough in the way of actual details about […]