Creating nuclear reactors that provide clean affordable energy has been a goal that many nuclear developers strive for. Nuclear reactors are what many believe are the future of clean energy and how we use it. However, erecting these reactors is extremely costly and...
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The Nuclear Renaissance: Japan’s Bold Move to Restart and Expand its Reactor Fleet
When the Meiji Restoration ended the power of Japan’s shogunate and samurai in 1868, Emperor Meiji moved the capital to Tokyo, literally the “Eastern Capital.” Tokyo’s Chiyoda ward may as well be the true capital, containing the Imperial Palace, Prime Minister’s...
Nuclear Energy in India: Modi’s Bold Plan to Tackle Energy Needs and Climate Change
Narendra Modi, head of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and prime minister since 2014, has an infrastructure plan. Dozens of them. One of his first, announced just three months after his inauguration, was toilets. A lot of toilets. In 2014 over half a billion...
The Battle for Power: Can Nuclear Energy Replace Coal and Reshape Communities?
1951 was a seminal year for energy and geopolitics, but Americans at the time could be forgiven for not realizing it. A few months after the United Nations headquarters opened in Manhattan, six nations signed a treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel...
EV Charging Crisis: Can America Keep Up with the Surge in Electric Vehicle Ownership?
December 1975 was a rough month. On the second day of the month terrorists seized a train in the Netherlands, taking scores of hostages. The next day thieves took bank customers hostage in Paris. The following week militias took over hotels in Beirut. Two weeks later...