For the first time, a shuttered nuclear power plant in the US could reopen thanks to federal support. The Department of ...

If successful, Palisades would become the first successfully restarted nuclear power plant in American history.

A shuttered nuclear power plant in West Michigan is getting a financial boost to get back online. The Palisades Nuclear Plant ...

As Microsoft strikes a deal to restart a reactor at the notorious power station, Nature talks to nuclear specialists about ...

The funding is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, which focuses on private sector investments in domestic manufacturing sectors.

Age of oldest reactor on site based on date operating license issued.

At the time, it was the world’s largest fossil-fueled power plant. A decade later, in 1965, the TVA announced plans for its first nuclear power plant. “Nuclear Roars at King Coal” read a ...

If approved to reopen, Palisades would become the first nuclear energy plant in U.S. history to be recommissioned.

The plant was the site of the worst commercial nuclear power accident in US history in 1979. The relaunch initiative is part of a 20-year electricity supply contract with Microsoft. Last October ...

All of them face unresolved questions around nuclear waste. But the low-carbon electricity provided by existing nuclear power plants is increasingly valuable in the fight against climate change.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the United Nations on Wednesday that Moscow was making plans to attack his nation’s nuclear power plants – as Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Nuclear energy has been on shaky ground across the United States for the last decade, but recent federal and state policies have come to its rescue. Nuclear power plants have been reliable ...