Energy News Beat — September 18, 2026 A drone struck a cooling tower at Russia’s Kursk Nuclear Power Plant early Thursday, September 17, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, in the most serious confirmed hit on an operating Russian nuclear unit since the war began. The incident landed three days after President Donald Trump […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on America Outloud by Ronald Stein, Olivia Vaugh and Steve Curtis, and we recommend following all of them. The recent shift in the national conversation around nuclear-generated electricity is encouraging. After decades of political hesitation, federal and state leaders are once again speaking positively about nuclear power’s role […]
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The state is considering extending the life of its last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, and allowing construction of new reactors to help meet its clean energy goals. California spent decades treating nuclear power as a political pariah. It shuttered every plant except Diablo Canyon, enacted a 1976-era moratorium on new reactors until a federal […]
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America needs every reliable megawatt it can get. Restarting a proven nuclear plant is one of the fastest ways to put firm, around-the-clock power back on the grid. The U.S. Department of Energy has closed a loan of up to $1.9 billion to NextEra Energy to restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Linn County, […]
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Australia’s official grid planner has rewritten the script. The Australian Energy Market Operator’s 2026 Integrated System Plan still describes renewables, storage, transmission and gas backup as the “least-cost” path to 2050. The same documents show coal staying until 2049, wind delivery falling well short of earlier ambition, transmission scaled back after cost blowouts of up […]
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Dr. Tammy Nemeth leads the fun discussion with David Blackmon and Stu Turley In this episode of the Energy Realities Podcast, host Dr. Tammy Nemeth brings together energy industry veterans David Blackmon and Stu Turley for an in-depth roundtable discussion on the seismic shifts reshaping global energy markets. From a landmark Venezuelan oil deal that […]
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Energy News Beat — The question is no longer whether Winter Storm Uri was a one-off. The question is whether the United States is still pricing electricity as if kilowatt-hours were interchangeable, when what grids actually sell is energy that shows up when people need it. A widely circulated Electroverse post this weekend put the […]
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The United States has pulled ahead of China in building natural gas plants to feed AI data centers. That is a real, measurable shift. It is also not the whole race. Global Energy Monitor’s mid-2026 update, reported by the Washington Examiner, shows U.S. gas projects under construction at 52 GW after a 76% jump in […]
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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) aims to finish Governor Greg Abbott’s comprehensive verification and audit of data center and large-load projects by December 2026. The review, ordered on August 3, pauses advancement of new data center interconnections until projects demonstrate compliance with state law, Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) rules, and ERCOT […]
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NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) and Quadrant Nuclear Industries, Inc. (QNI) announced on August 18, 2026, that they have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the future supply of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel. The agreement aims to support advanced reactor deployments, strengthen the U.S. nuclear fuel supply chain, […]
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