Category: Nuclear
Ontario taking $300M step toward building new reactors at Bruce Nuclear plant
Energy Minister Stephen Lecce announced a $300 million cost sharing agreement to get the Bruce C project moving ahead.
Marples: Legacy of Chernobyl disaster still resonates 40 years later
The explosion at the nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986, changed the lives of thousands of Soviet citizens
Small Modular Reactors and the Big Questions of Cost & Waste
The publication of Kim and Macfarlane’s 2026 study on small modular reactors is a moment worth pausing over. Nuclear energy sits at the margins of most serious decarbonization pathways today, but SMRs have been marketed as the technology that could change that. They are advertised as cheaper, safer, faster to … [continued]
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From Carbon Capture to ESG: The Seven Deadly Sins of Clean Energy
Recently I sat down virtually with Laurent Segalen and Gerard Reid, investors, bon vivants, and hosts of Redefining Energy, the main channel to my nerdcast side channel Redefining Energy—Tech. The reason? A fun episode of their podcast where we talked about sin, energy, and investment. Laurent Segalen [LS]: Today on … [continued]
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Indonesia Bets On Thorcon’s Molten Salt Reactor, But History Suggests Trouble Ahead
Indonesia has taken a bold and likely problematic step with the announcement of its first, early stage regulatory approval for a nuclear power project. Thorcon International, a Singapore-based developer of molten salt reactors, has received permission from Indonesia’s regulator to evaluate a site for a demonstration plant on Kelasa Island. … [continued]
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