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The assembly of Japan’s Niigata prefecture on Monday passed a vote of confidence in Governor Hanazumi Hideyo’s plan to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, which has been shut down ever since the earthquake that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.

In the states of Virginia, Ohio, and Illinois, everyday citizens are watching their electric bills explode due to the explosion of demand for electricity that comes with massive data centers.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud on Wednesday signed a joint declaration on civilian nuclear cooperation, taking a step toward fulfilling Saudi Arabia’s nuclear power ambitions.

President Donald Trump’s meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman leaves nuclear power and the Abraham Accords unresolved.

Work has begun to repair the damaged power supply to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said Saturday.

Robert Fico said Tuesday his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build an additional nuclear reactor.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy reported on Tuesday that a blackout at the infamous Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) was caused by Russian air attacks.

Prime Minister hailed £250 billion in mutual investment as President Trump spoke of the most “natural partnership in the world”. 

Australia will spend an initial $8 billion to upgrade shipyard facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, the government said Sunday.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and ENTRA1 Energy have signed a groundbreaking agreement to develop a 6-gigawatt nuclear portfolio, consisting of six small modular reactor power plants built by NuScale Power across TVA’s seven-state service region.

Russia accused Ukraine Sunday of launching drone attacks that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight, as Ukraine celebrated 34 years since its independence.

The Islamic theocracy of Iran stated on Wednesday that it would work to preserve its illicit nuclear program “under any circumstances,” denying that the American airstrikes on key uranium enrichment facilities had marked an end to its nuclear ambitions.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said Saturday President Donald Trump “made the right call” after the president revealed the United States made strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. 

Nvidia has joined a $650 million funding round for TerraPower LLC, a nuclear energy startup founded by creepy Bill Gates. The company plans to further develop its advanced reactor project in Wyoming, which could one day contribute to the insatiable power demands of AI datacenters full of Nvidia chips.

During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” President Donald Trump stated that there isn’t any need for Iran to have a civilian nuclear program and “nuclear’s fine for civil, if you have a

Spain is running its national power grid in “strengthened mode”, using more nuclear and natural gas in place of the renewables.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Secretary of State and acting White House National Security Adviser Marco Rubio stated that in order to get a deal to allow nuclear power, Iran would have to allow American inspectors,

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright stated that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates are all in agreement with the United States on “their strategic fear of a nuclear-powered Iran

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that the Trump administration has proposed a new version of a deal for developing Ukraine’s extensive mineral deposits to help repay its war debts, finance reconstruction, and enhance security.

Zelensky quick to rubbish Trump’s suggestion to take tension over nuclear plant possession off the table by simply making them American.

President offered making Ukraine’s nuclear power American-owned to ensure “best protection” of the nation’s power infrastructure in future.

President Donald Trump will be having Ukraine war peace talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday this week, he confirmed.

Amazon, Google, and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta have joined a growing list of energy-intensive companies calling for governments and utilities to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050, signaling a significant boost for the nuclear industry’s revival.

“If two (nuclear switchyards) are hit, we are out of supply for a minimum of 30 to 36 hours” said a Ukrainian energy industry expert.

Treasury nominee Scott Bessent opened his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee with powerful attacks on the radical left by defending the value of tariffs and nuclear energy. 

The rapid growth of AI and cloud computing is leading to a surge in the power consumption of data centers, with individual campuses potentially using far more electricity than some U.S. cities and states.

Ukraine has resources and expertise to make nuclear weapons if it was forced, a briefing meant for top government figures allegedly says.

The California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies published research this week that showed China has constructed a prototype nuclear reactor that could fit aboard a large surface vessel – a sign that China is making progress toward building a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Generators warned supply was expected to be insufficient for the first time in two years on Monday, just days after UK shut final coal plant.

Constellation Energy is pursuing a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee to help finance its plan to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania and sell the electricity exclusively to Microsoft to power the tech giant’s AI data centers.

The U.S. agreed to help Kenya and El Salvador develop peaceful nuclear power at the annual International Atomic Energy Agency conference.

A bombshell report has found that Germany could have been more effective at reducing its carbon footprint while saving hundreds of billions of euros if it had invested in nuclear power rather than green energy projects.

The State Department announced on Tuesday that a landmark nuclear cooperation agreement has gone into effect, allowing the U.S. to export peaceful nuclear technology to the Philippines.

Russian natural gas imports to the EU have overtaken those from the U.S. for the first time since sanctions over the Ukraine war took hold.

Political leaders in Saudi Arabia are pressing the administration of leftist President Joe Biden to help the country develop a nuclear program as part of a larger “security” deal that may ultimately include a pathway to normalizing ties with Israel, Reuters reported on Monday.