READER POLL: Do you support expanding nuclear energy to meet rising power demand and reduce carbon emissions?

Small modular reactors are gaining steam globally. Will any get built?

The nuclear energy industry is seeing a resurgence in global interest as governments, utilities, and tech giants seek to meet soaring electricity demand with around-the-clock, carbon-free power. That’s true for not only conventional nuclear power plants but also a suite of alternative technologies known as “ small…

Ships Could Start Going Nuclear Again

As countries around the world try to tamp down emissions (well, some of them, anyway), a major target for improvement is the shipping industry.

READER POLL: Do you support expanding nuclear energy to meet rising power demand and reduce carbon emissions?

Increased power demand from new data centers and other users in the mid-Atlantic, combined with a constrained transmission grid, has driven up consumer energy prices. Now, advocates increasingly see nuclear energy as a key, cost-effective climate solution to add power to the grid. Leading the push in Maryland is Democratic Gov. Wes Moore, who is backing policies to support new technologies touted as safer, more efficient, and more versatile than…