Obama stresses expansion of clean energy
By BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Prodding Republicans, President Barack Obama on Tuesday championed nuclear energy expansion as the latest way that feuding parties can move...
View ArticleNuclear power plant measure fizzles
By Paul Snyder Nuclear power plant construction in Wisconsin likely will be just as difficult to accomplish after the legislative session as it was before. “It’s definitely disappointing,” said state...
View ArticleUS nuke plants safer after Japan crisis
Two years after the nuclear crisis in Japan, the top U.S. regulator said American nuclear power plants are safer than ever, although not trouble-free. A watchdog group calls that assessment overly rosy.
View ArticleKewaunee nuclear plant to close in May
Owners of the Kewaunee Power Station in eastern Wisconsin say the nuclear plant will be closed in May.
View ArticleNRC issues report cards on Wis. nuke plants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its annual report cards on the nation's 100 commercial nuclear power plants, and it found room for improvement at two reactors in Minnesota and one in...
View ArticleNuclear plants dip into dismantling funds to pay for waste
With a federal promise to take highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear plants still unfulfilled, closed reactors are dipping into funds set aside for their eventual dismantling to build waste...
View ArticleState moves toward eliminating nuclear power limits
Wisconsin legislators are moving toward getting rid of restrictions on nuclear power in the state.
View ArticleView from around the state: Keep nuclear in America’s energy plan
Despite the need to confront climate change, the United States is perilously close to letting the largest producers of carbon-free electricity fade away. Nearly half of the nation's aging nuclear...
View ArticleTowns left with slashed budgets after nuclear plant closings
Living in the shadows of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant's cooling tower, which soars above Lake Erie in Ohio like an oversized lighthouse, brings with it some give-and-take.
View ArticleObama stresses expansion of clean energy
By BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Prodding Republicans, President Barack Obama on Tuesday championed nuclear energy expansion as the latest way that feuding parties can move...
View ArticleNuclear power plant measure fizzles
By Paul Snyder Nuclear power plant construction in Wisconsin likely will be just as difficult to accomplish after the legislative session as it was before. “It’s definitely disappointing,” said state...
View ArticleUS nuke plants safer after Japan crisis
Two years after the nuclear crisis in Japan, the top U.S. regulator said American nuclear power plants are safer than ever, although not trouble-free. A watchdog group calls that assessment overly rosy.
View ArticleKewaunee nuclear plant to close in May
Owners of the Kewaunee Power Station in eastern Wisconsin say the nuclear plant will be closed in May.
View ArticleNRC issues report cards on Wis. nuke plants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its annual report cards on the nation's 100 commercial nuclear power plants, and it found room for improvement at two reactors in Minnesota and one in...
View ArticleNuclear plants dip into dismantling funds to pay for waste
With a federal promise to take highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear plants still unfulfilled, closed reactors are dipping into funds set aside for their eventual dismantling to build waste...
View ArticleState moves toward eliminating nuclear power limits
Wisconsin legislators are moving toward getting rid of restrictions on nuclear power in the state.
View ArticleView from around the state: Keep nuclear in America’s energy plan
Despite the need to confront climate change, the United States is perilously close to letting the largest producers of carbon-free electricity fade away. Nearly half of the nation's aging nuclear...
View ArticleTowns left with slashed budgets after nuclear plant closings
Living in the shadows of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant's cooling tower, which soars above Lake Erie in Ohio like an oversized lighthouse, brings with it some give-and-take.
View ArticleWisconsin’s nuclear power plant operator seeks 30 more years
The operator of Wisconsin's only remaining nuclear power plant wants to keep the 50-year-old plant running through 2050.
View ArticleBiden launches $6B effort to save distressed nuclear plants
The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to rescue nuclear power plants at risk of closing, citing the need to continue nuclear energy as a carbon-free source of power that helps to...
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