Deal for Nuclear Reactors Raises Safety Concerns October 31, 2025 By Tim McLaughlin and Timothy Gardner A huge nuclear deal announced by the Trump administration earlier this week provides a multi-billion-dollar incentive for the U.S. government...
Fermi Orders Four Big Nuclear Reactors in Texas October 29, 2025 Fermi Inc. has signed deals to begin production of four big nuclear-power reactors that would be used for a private...
US Releases $57M in Financing to Help Reopen Michigan Reactor March 18, 2025 By Timothy Gardner The U.S. Department of Energy said on Monday it has disbursed $57 million of an up to $1.52 billion loan...
Entergy Agrees to Review Fire Safety at Reactors After Federal Probe April 8, 2016 By Jonathan Crawford Entergy Corp. agreed to review fire safety measures across its nuclear reactors after an investigation by federal regulators found that...
Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture-Kyodo September 20, 2013 An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck Fukushima Prefecture in Japan early Friday morning, Kyodo reported, quoting the...
Nuclear Accidents Pose Little Risk to U.S. Health, Say Regulators February 2, 2012 By Scott DiSavino The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is “very small” because...
Tokyo Electric May Need $112B: Panel October 4, 2011 By Taiga Uranaka A government panel reviewing Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s restructuring efforts said the troubled utility will need to raise as much...
Japan Nuclear Crisis to Trigger Huge Civil Damage Claims April 4, 2011 By Rachel Armstrong Japan’s nuclear crisis is likely to lead to one of the country’s largest and most complex ever set of claims...
GE Unlikely to Face Liability in Japanese Nuclear Crisis April 1, 2011 By Andrew Longstreth The Japanese nuclear crisis has created a public-relations headache for General Electric, but the company so far has escaped any...
Report: Engineers Knew Tsunami Could Overwhelm Fukushima Plant March 30, 2011 By Kevin Krolicki, Scott DiSavino and Taro Fuse