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TerraPower founder Bill Gates speaks in a recorded video message during a June 2 news conference at the Wyoming state Capitol in Cheyenne, announcing efforts to advance a Natrium reactor demonstration project. “We think Natrium will be a game-changer for the energy industry,” Gates said. “Wyoming has been a leader in energy for over the century and we hope our investment in Natrium will help Wyoming to stay in the lead for many decades to come.” Credit: Michael Cummo/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Bill Gates’ Vision for Next-Generation Nuclear Power in Wyoming Coal Country

By Hal Bernton, Seattle Times, and Judy Fahys, Inside Climate News
This rendering shows a proposed nuclear power plant by X-energy that would produce electricity from four helium gas-cooled reactors. Courtesy of X-energy

This Next-Generation Nuclear Power Plant Is Pitched for Washington State. Can it ‘Change the World’?

By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times

Nuclear Energy Industry Angles for Bigger Role in Washington State and US as Climate Change Accelerates

By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times
Pete Southerton (left) and Tom Bradshaw, of solar energy contractor Certasun, install solar panels on a Chicago home on May 17, 2021. Credit: Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times

How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law

By Dan Gearino, Brett Chase
The Indian Point nuclear power plant is seen March 18, 2011 in Buchanan, New York. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Reaches a Contentious End

By Dan Gearino

After Fukushima, a Fundamental Renewable Energy Shift in Japan Never Happened. Could Global Climate Concerns Bring it Today?

By James Simms
Japanese Police wearing protective suits search for tsunami victims about 12 miles away from Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant on April 7, 2011 in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Credit: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: 10 Years After Fukushima, Safety Is Not the Biggest Problem for the US Nuclear Industry

By Dan Gearino
A NuScale Power small modular nuclear reactor plant is seen in an artist rendering. Credit: Oregon State University

Small Nuclear Reactors Would Provide Carbon-Free Energy, but Would They Be Safe?

By Jonathan Moens
Steam billows from the cooling towers at Exelon's nuclear power generating station in Byron, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Illinois Faces (Another) Nuclear Power Standoff

By Dan Gearino
Participants in the Fridays For Future movement protest during a nationwide climate change action day in front of the Brandenburg Gate on September 20, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. Credit: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

How Dying Forests and a Swedish Teenager Helped Revive Germany's Clean Energy Revolution

By Dan Gearino
Grand Canyon rafters often make a stop at the confluence of the Little Colorado and Colorado’s rivers. Credit: Judy Fahys/InsideClimate News

New Trump Nuclear Plan Favors Uranium Mining Bordering the Grand Canyon

By Judy Fahys
Coronavirus in New York. Credit: Eduardo Munoz/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Coronavirus May Mean Halt to Global Solar Gains—For Now

By Dan Gearino
An early morning vote in Congress on a temporary spending bill ended a brief government shutdown. The bill also included tax credit extensions from some renewable energy technologies. Credit: Zach Gibson/Getty Images

Congress Extends Tax Breaks for Clean Energy — and Carbon Capture

By Georgina Gustin
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

Exclusive: Leak Exposes Culture of Fear at San Onofre

By Elizabeth Douglass
Representatives from Friends of the Earth and local community groups announced t

Will the Public Get a Say on San Onofre?

By Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate News
The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant at Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County,

U.S. Nuclear Safety Post-Fukushima

By Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate News
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

A Public Watchdog for San Onofre?

By Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate News
Protester rallies outside the idled San Onofre nuclear plant earlier this year.

Group Aims to Expose San Onofre Design Flaws

By Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate News

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