One of Wyoming’s four coal plants will be closed and the site repurposed for a 345-MW advanced nuclear reactor, officials said Wednesday.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told NEI that the Biden administration considers nuclear power a key element of its decarbonization strategy.

The U.S. could save $35 billion by 2031 by immediately eliminating fossil fuel tax preferences, according to a line item in President Biden’s 2022 budget.

A designer of small modular reactors has linked with a venture to build four small reactors at Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington.

The New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel appealed the state BPU’s recent award of $300 million in subsidies to three nuclear plants.

Exelon’s Byron and Dresden nuclear plants depend on the Illinois legislature passing a comprehensive energy package, CEO Chris Crane said.

PSEG announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its 467-MW Solar Source portfolio of 25 solar plants to Quattro Solar, an affiliate of LS Power.

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities awarded annual subsidies totaling $300 million a year to the state’s three nuclear power plants.

Columnist Steve Huntoon lauded the U.S. power sector for practically halving its carbon emissions since 2005 and suggested methods to further decarbonize.

The Brookings Institute's Samantha Gross says controversial energy sources, such as nuclear, are needed to meet climate goals.