Category: nuclear industry

Nuclear Industry Looking to New Reactors to Expand Output

The U.S. nuclear industry is now looking to almost double its output over the next 30 years as older reactors retire, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the industry’s trade association. Utility members of the institute estimate that they could add 90 gigawatts of nuclear power to the U.S. grid. The bulk of this…


In Tiny Wyoming Town, Bill Gates Bets Big on Nuclear Power

KEMMERER, Wyoming—In this sleepy Wyoming town that has relied on coal for over a century, a company founded by Bill Gates is launching an ambitious project to counter climate change: A nationwide reboot of nuclear energy technology. Until recently, Kemmerer was little-known for anything except J.C. Penney’s first store and some 55-million-year-old fish fossils in…