India considers allowing 49% foreign stakes in nuclear power plants

NEW DELHI - India could allow foreign companies to take a stake of up to 49% in its nuclear power plants, three government sources said, as New Delhi draws up plans to open up its most guarded sector to help achieve goals to cut carbon emissions. The …

Ninh Thuan asked to gain public support for nuclear power plant project

Ninh Thuan (VNA) - The south central province of Ninh Thuan has been urged to hold regular meetings and dialogues with local people to listen to their opinions and aspirations to create high consensus on and promptly address any arising issues related to …

Spain signals openness to keeping nuclear power plants open - Bloomberg

Terrifying report warns UK’s nuclear facilities face rising military threat

Britain’s nuclear infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to military attack as global tensions rise, a worrying new report has warned. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) study, published on Friday, highlights the growing risk of nuclear power …

Alberta has a big vision to build massive AI data centres, but do they have the power to handle it?

Rural Alberta has rarely been anybody’s first choice to put a data centre. In fact, the entire province has mostly been overshadowed by Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, places with cleaner electricity grids. So it was unusual when a provincial staffer …

In US-Russia ceasefire talks, Ukraine's nuclear power plants are a key issue

The mayor of Enerhodar, Dmytro Orlov, exiled in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on April 9, 2025. ADRIEN VAUTIER/LE PICTORIUM FOR LE MONDE When asked about Donald Trump's suggestion – made on March 30 and April 9 – that American protection of Ukraine be …

Bill to fast-track new power plants on coal sites heads to governor, despite local control debate

A bill to let utilities bypass some local laws to build new power plants on the site of old ones barely made it to the governor’s desk. Debates over local control are likely what led Senate Bill 425 to pass through the House on Thursday by only one vote. …

The Trump administration says it wants a ‘nuclear renaissance.’ These actions suggest otherwise.

In March, in a thunderous op-ed in Power Magazine, a trade publication covering the electricity industry, Republican senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee called for President Donald Trump to make some major institutional changes in the …

Nuclear Facilities as Targets of Military Attack

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has centred concerns on the threat that militaries pose to nuclear installations. While Ukraine’s situation is unique, the threat of military strikes on nuclear facilities predates the war in Ukraine …

A Thorium Reactor in the Middle of the Desert Has Rewritten the Rules of Nuclear Power

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of water to cool the fission reactor, which is reportedly …