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Yucca Mountain licensing is a waste of time and money

By Robert Halstead, Las Vegas Sun | March 12, 2024 “Walking away from Yucca Mountain offers important advantages: • $2.4 billion or more will be saved. • Ending the program would allow agencies to search for an acceptable alternative using consent-based siting — the approach successfully used in Finland, France, Sweden and other countries. The… Continue reading Yucca Mountain licensing is a waste of time and money

Inside NuScale’s Alleged Phony Reactor Deal

Grace Phillips | October 30, 2023 devx.com Nuclear energy startup NuScale is being scrutinized by attorneys after being accused of selling 24 reactors to an alleged “phony client,” as noted in a short-seller report by Iceberg Research. Earlier in the month, NuScale agreed to provide blockchain company Standard Power with 1,848MW of energy from 24 small… Continue reading Inside NuScale’s Alleged Phony Reactor Deal

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