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March 2024

Turning Points: Key Takeaways from the First Nuclear Energy Summit
“Better Late than Never” The first nuclear summit at the level of world leaders took place last week in the heart of Europe. But is the atomic world…
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Angelica Oung
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Cancelled US Offshore Wind Farms Back at a Higher Price
Pricier than Vogtle? Brand new auctions in New York sees projects resurrected at a higher PPA.
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Angelica Oung
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February 2024

Rethinking Gigawatt Scale: Is Bigger Still Better in the USA?
Google needs Gigawatts! So does Microsoft, Facebook and others. Is new load promoting new thinking in the homeland of commercial nuclear?
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Angelica Oung
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Can Energy Security Trump Politics in Taiwan?
If all goes according to plan for the ruling DPP, Taiwan’s last nuclear reactor will shut down in 2025. But there are signs that a historic U-turn could…
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Atomic Pancake Theory
The UK’s first SMR project looks to be a four-pack of AP300s. Why build four small reactors over one big AP1000? Let’s explain with a delicious metaphor
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Angelica Oung
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Is EDF about to score a coup in Czechia?
The wounded giant has been dismissed as a basket case, but can EDF still come out on top?
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Angelica Oung
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December 2023

Turning of the Tide: Nuclear Energy’s Moment at COP28
“No Net Zero Without Nuclear!” From a marginalized outsider, nuclear energy has been given a seat at the table. But is it too much or not enough?
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Angelica Oung
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November 2023

NuScale Power: Setback or Curtain Call?
Some irresponsible and speculative thoughts on the future of the SMR pioneer…and the impact it might have on the wider SMR concept.
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Angelica Oung
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October 2023

January 2023

Belgium’s Nuclear Reprieve
Even as reactors close, Belgium activists take heart that at least two will be saved
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