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This aerial view on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, shows the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in the Philippines, which has never produced a single watt of energy. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)
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Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asia’s only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital...

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Column-Nuclear revival puts uranium back in the critical spotlight: Andy Home

Uranium's inclusion on the U.S. critical mineral list would open up federal funds and fast-track permitting for domestic uranium projects.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk shake hands after taking part in a joint press conference at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Trudeau, Polish PM sign nuclear energy cooperation agreement

The two leaders also signed the Canada-Poland Nuclear Energy Co-operation Agreement on Tuesday.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Power-generating windmill turbines are seen at an offshore wind farm, Kriegers Flak, in the Baltic Sea between Denmark, Sweden and Germany, September 6, 2021. Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson/via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo
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Wind, not nuclear, is the best way to meet Sweden’s climate goals, leading think tank says

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The cheapest way for Sweden to meet its expected rise in demand for electricity and goal of net zero emissions...

The skeletons of an abandoned nuclear site are seen at Enel's power plant in Montalto di Castro, central italy, April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Max Rossi   (ITALY - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)
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Italy’s plan for return to nuclear power ready by end-2027, minister says

Italy aims to finalise by the end of 2027 a plan allowing the use of nuclear power again after it was banned almost...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Westinghouse Electric Corp. is pictured at the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE), the trade fair event for the global nuclear community in Villepinte near Paris, France, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
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South Korean nuclear power plant operator agrees with US Westinghouse to end dispute, utility says

South Korea's KEPCO and Westinghouse resolve IP dispute, agree to enhance collaboration in global nuclear markets.

FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines and an electrical power line are shown in Palm Springs, California, U.S., October 12, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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US announces nearly $23 billion in loans to energy utilities across 12 states

The financing will come through the energy infrastructure reinvestment program at the department's Loan Programs Office.

Stephen Lecce delivers remarks in Toronto on August 31, 2023. Ontario is taking some preliminary steps toward potentially building a new nuclear generating station near Port Hope, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Ontario eyes large, new nuclear plant near Port Hope

Ontario is taking some preliminary steps toward potentially building a new nuclear generating station near Port Hope, Ont.

Chris Wright, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of energy, testifies during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
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Trump’s energy department pick calls for more LNG and nuclear power

Trump's Energy Department pick, Chris Wright, prioritizes expanding U.S. energy production.

Sizewell B, the last nuclear power station completed in Britain (Chris Radburn/PA)
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Sizewell C nuclear plant costs ‘could double to nearly £40bn’

Nuclear plants are becoming vital for electricity in Britain as the government aims to decarbonize the grid by 2030.

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