Google and CFS aren’t alone in their ambitions. Microsoft inked a deal in 2023 to purchase electricity from a nuclear fusion ...

Expanding the technology is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize the economy. By Joshua S. GoldsteinStaffan A. Qvist and Steven Pinker Drs. Goldstein and Qvist are the ...

Over the full lifetime of a nuclear power plant, that means greenhouse gas emissions of roughly 12 grams of CO2-equivalent per kilowatt-hour of electricity produced, the same as wind turbines ...

Nuclear power could prevent from 420,000 to 7 million additional deaths by mid-century, and prevent emission of 80-240 billion tons of the greenhouse gases linked to global warming, the study found.

During operation, nuclear power plants produce almost no greenhouse gas emissions. According to the IEA, the use of nuclear power has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by more than 60 gigatonnes over ...

Oil and gas companies are under pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Using clean energy sources like nuclear power to run oil and gas operations can significantly reduce emissions. Small ...

This article examines the economic rationale behind the adoption of nuclear power for electricity, with a focus on the Pebble ...

What role does nuclear power play in the U.S. effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Kathryn Huff, an official at the Department of Energy, about the future of ...

Al Gore and the climate change environmental groups should be all in on nuclear power as a clean energy source with minimal greenhouse gases. If we double our nuclear power capacity over the next ...

The U.S. contribution to global greenhouse-gas emissions is substantial but falling. By 2025, it could be 14% to 18% below 2005 levels. The U.S. should not put on a self-destructive show for the ...

Nuclear power doesn’t release greenhouse gasses, ... Xcel Energy will close the plant by the start of 2031 as part of its efforts to meet state goals for cutting greenhouse-gas emissions.

The nuclear power plant is expected to operate as a baseload plant (the production facility used to meet some or all of an area's continuous energy demand), with a capacity factor of about 92%.