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Nuclear plant closures show why, when it comes to energy, small is expensive

August 2, 2018

“If all of the announced nuclear closures go forward, the total number of operating nuclear reactors in the United States will decline precipitously — from 99 to 89 — by 2025. The amount of clean electricity lost from those 10 reactors would be 23 percent more than all of the solar electricity generated in the…

As heatwave tests the limits of renewables, anti-nuclear governments return to nuclear

August 2, 2018

Sarina Soor

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“Even anti-nuclear governments are turning to nuclear power to deal with a record-breaking heatwave, which has increased demand for electricity to power air conditioning around the world.” Click here to read more from Forbes.

Future of U.S nuclear power fleet depends mostly on natural gas prices, carbon policies

May 10, 2018

Sarina Soor

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“Existing U.S. nuclear power generating plants operate under increasingly competitive market conditions brought on by relatively low natural gas prices, increasing electricity generation from renewable energy sources, and limited growth in electric power demand. Several sensitivity cases prepared for EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) show the potential effects on the U.S. nuclear power fleet…