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Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data centre thwarted by rare bees

Environmental issue disrupts search for energy deals amid a Big Tech race over artificial intelligence

Business - Financial Times - November 4

UK says it voted against UN nuclear war panel because consequences already known

Foreign Office argues scientific study into modern effects of nuclear war not needed . The UK was one of three countries to vote against creating a UN scientific panel on the effects of nuclear war ...

World - The Guardian - November 4

Nuclear power is coming back — and that could be a win for older workers

The revival of nuclear power — and the push for clean energy — may depend on keeping older workers online for longer.

Business - MarketWatch - November 4

US regulator rejects bid to boost nuclear power to Amazon data center

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected an effort Friday to allow an Amazon data center to tap into additional power from a nearby Pennsylvania nuclear plant. The decision could ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

North Korea tells UN it is speeding up nuclear weapons programme

Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’. North Korea’s UN envoy has said Pyongyang will accelerate a buildup of its nuclear ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

Nuclear-Power Companies Hit by U.S. Regulator's Rejection of Amazon-Talen Deal

Talen said it believed FERC had erred and was evaluating its options. The company can still restructure its expanded deal with Amazon, according to Oppenheimer analysts.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 4

When you combine AI and nuclear power, the results can be catastrophic

Big tech needs to find more energy-efficient ways to run AI data centers, and direct their major energy investments, along with the government, to clean renewable energy that doesn’t make our world ...

Politics - The Hill - November 10

World Without End — hit graphic novel making case for nuclear power

Bestselling French comic book argues we should forget renewables — our only option to address global warming lies in splitting the atom

Business - Financial Times - November 11

China building prototype nuclear reactor for new aircraft carrier, AP says

"Operating a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is an exclusive club, one that China looks set to join," says a researcher behind the analysis of satellite images and government documents.

Inside the Audacious Plan to Reopen Three Mile Island's Nuclear Plant

AI’s thirst for energy sealed the deal between Microsoft and Constellation on the plant, where memories of a partial meltdown in 1979 still resonate.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 10

Nuclear fusion start-up claims milestone with unconventional reactor

Design by New Zealand’s OpenStar levitates a giant magnet inside a cloud of superheated plasma

Business - Financial Times - November 12

Biden administration sets out plan to triple nuclear power capacity

The Biden administration on Tuesday released a roadmap for plans to triple U.S. nuclear capacity by the middle of the century. The plan sets a goal of 200 gigawatts of new capacity by 2050, more ...

Politics - The Hill - November 12

IAEA's Grossi calls a German return to nuclear power 'logical'

World - Yahoo News - November 14

Head of UN's nuclear watchdog visits Iran as Trump's return raise worries

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is warning that the “space for negotiation and diplomacy

World - ABC News - November 14

Western groups step up efforts to win nuclear contracts in eastern Europe

Senior executive at engineer AtkinsRéalis says region ripe for business as it struggles to hit EU net zero targets

World - Financial Times - November 15

Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.

Growing worldwide energy demand and other factors have shifted the calculus, but hurdles still lie ahead.

World - The New York Times - November 15

Here's a look inside the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant

The tech sector's growing power needs are breathing new life into the nuclear power industry. Restarting a reactor at Three Mile Island is part of the plan.

Business - CNBC - November 16

Xi says China is ‘ready to work’ with Trump in final meeting with Biden

The two leaders also agreed humans, not artificial intelligence, should maintain control over nuclear weapons use in last meeting before Trump assumes US presidency. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ...

World - The Guardian - November 17

Restart of Three Mile Island tests US appetite for nuclear revival

Legal threats, skills shortages and regulatory challenges complicate reopening of plant at site of nuclear accident

Business - Financial Times - November 17

Chinese, U.S. Leaders Agree AI Cannot Control Nuclear Arms

Human beings need to make decisions over the use of nuclear weapons, Biden and Xi suggest.

Business - Inc. - 6 days ago

Meet us before it's too late, nuclear test veterans urge PM

The last of 22,000 personnel who witnessed the UK’s nuclear bomb tests want answers from the PM.

Israeli strikes hit ‘specific component’ in Iran’s nuclear programme in October

PM Netanyahu revealed details in parliament despite US pressure to avoid targeting nuclear sites

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Ukraine conducts first Russia attack with U.S. missiles; Putin lowers bar for nuclear strike

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for his country's use of nuclear weapons Tuesday, after the U.S. allowed Ukraine to strike inside Russia using American missiles.

Russia claims it shot down US-made ATACMS missiles and issues nuclear threat

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that Russia's new nuclear weapons doctrine means Ukraine's use of Western rockets "can prompt a nuclear response."

Treasury yields end at lowest in over a week after Putin signs new nuclear doctrine

Treasury yields fell to their lowest closing levels in more than a week on Tuesday, after the Kremlin revised its nuclear doctrine in response to missile strikes by Ukraine and reduced Russia’s ...

Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago

How Trump’s second presidency could fuel nuclear energy and uranium demand

If Donald Trump’s first term as president of the United States provided a good representation of how he views the nuclear market, his second term is likely to support further growth in the sector ...