Kernenergie

Utah Republicans, led by State Senator Derrin Owens, are advocating for the state to host a federal nuclear waste storage and recycling site in Millard County's salt deposit. The push follows a Trump administration call for volunteer states to develop 'nuclear lifecycle innovation campuses.' Governor Spencer Cox said the state is evaluating the proposal amid local divisions.

22. März 2026 Von KI berichtet

Ars Technica published an article detailing how Trump invited Silicon Valley into America’s nuclear power regulator. The piece features the quote: “Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do.” It was published on March 21, 2026.

The Pentagon and the Department of Energy flew an unfueled, 5-megawatt microreactor built by California startup Valar Atomics on a C-17 from March Air Reserve Base in California to Hill Air Force Base in Utah on Feb. 15, 2026, in what officials described as the first such airlift aimed at speeding deployment of portable nuclear power for military and civilian use.

13. Februar 2026 Von KI berichtet

Premierminister Sébastien Lecornu stellte das dritte mehrjährige Energieprogramm (PPE3) am Donnerstag, den 12. Februar, vor, das am nächsten Tag per Dekret veröffentlicht wurde. Dieses strategische Dokument, das über zwei Jahre durch politische Spannungen verzögert wurde, setzt auf eine Mehrheit nuklearer Stromerzeugung und erkennt zugleich die Bedeutung erneuerbarer Energien an. Die Ziele für Onshore-Wind und Photovoltaik wurden auf Druck von Rechten und Rechtsextremen reduziert.

Tokyo Electric Power Company restarted its No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture on Wednesday evening. This marks TEPCO's first reactor restart since the 2011 Fukushima accident, though local residents remain divided. Commercial operations are slated for February 26.

17. Januar 2026 Von KI berichtet

The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute has detected elevated levels of iodine-129, an isotope indicating nuclear activity, in seawater samples from the West Philippine Sea. These levels are higher than in any other part of the country, despite the Philippines lacking active nuclear power plants or weapons programs. The findings stem from analysis of 119 seawater samples across various sites.