/tags/nuclear-power Nuclear Power en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 16 May 2023 16:54:02 GMT /regional-news/2023-05-16/amid-nuclear-energy-advances-in-the-mountain-west-support-is-growing-nationally As ambitious plans to deploy new nuclear technologies take shape around the Mountain West, a new poll shows Americans' support for nuclear energy is growing. Tue, 16 May 2023 16:54:02 GMT /regional-news/2023-05-16/amid-nuclear-energy-advances-in-the-mountain-west-support-is-growing-nationally Emma VandenEinde /regional-news/2022-11-05/major-nuclear-expansion-is-being-explored-in-the-mountain-west Five nuclear power plants could be built in the Mountain West by 2035 through a partnership between the nuclear technology company TerraPower and regional utility PacifiCorp. Sat, 05 Nov 2022 15:04:00 GMT /regional-news/2022-11-05/major-nuclear-expansion-is-being-explored-in-the-mountain-west Will Walkey /2022-04-16/the-pentagon-is-sending-a-new-nuclear-design-to-idaho The Pentagon has announced that a new nuclear design is going to be assembled in our region. It’s called Project Pele, and it aims to produce a mobile nuclear microreactor. Sat, 16 Apr 2022 12:00:11 GMT /2022-04-16/the-pentagon-is-sending-a-new-nuclear-design-to-idaho Madelyn Beck /science/2021-12-26/idaho-experiment-that-showed-nuclear-power-was-more-than-a-weapon-turns-70-years-old 70 years ago, experimenters first proved that nuclear power could be used as more than just a weapon. Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:00:00 GMT /science/2021-12-26/idaho-experiment-that-showed-nuclear-power-was-more-than-a-weapon-turns-70-years-old Madelyn Beck /show/kuncs-colorado-edition/2021-11-19/colorado-edition-police-reform-in-aurora-a-new-kind-of-nuclear-plant-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells Today on Colorado Edition, we hear about upcoming changes to the police and fire departments in Aurora. We also learn about the first nuclear plant that will use Natrium technology, and hear what happens to oil and gas wells when their producers go bankrupt. Fri, 19 Nov 2021 21:42:30 GMT /show/kuncs-colorado-edition/2021-11-19/colorado-edition-police-reform-in-aurora-a-new-kind-of-nuclear-plant-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells Colorado Edition /2021-11-18/wyoming-city-hopes-new-nuclear-plant-can-ease-transition-from-coal Bill Gates' company TerraPower and the utility Rocky Mountain Power have picked the Wyoming coal town of Kemmerer as the location for a $4 billion, electricity-generating nuclear reactor. Optimism is high but the technology's unproven. Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:30:07 GMT /2021-11-18/wyoming-city-hopes-new-nuclear-plant-can-ease-transition-from-coal Judy Fahys, Inside Climate °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ /politics/2019-07-18/with-coal-revenue-down-wyoming-eyes-another-opportunity-storing-spent-nuclear-fuel Wyoming lawmakers are exploring the possibility of storing spent nuclear fuel rods to bolster the state budget as coal revenue becomes less reliable. Such… Thu, 18 Jul 2019 22:44:47 GMT /politics/2019-07-18/with-coal-revenue-down-wyoming-eyes-another-opportunity-storing-spent-nuclear-fuel Rae Ellen Bichell /2019-05-24/long-running-yucca-mountain-debate-still-center-of-nuclear-waste-fight It's been more than thirty years since Yucca Mountain in Nevada was picked as the nation's nuclear waste site, and the state has been fighting the... Fri, 24 May 2019 16:50:14 GMT /2019-05-24/long-running-yucca-mountain-debate-still-center-of-nuclear-waste-fight Noah Glick /npr-news/2019-05-08/this-company-says-the-future-of-nuclear-energy-is-smaller-cheaper-and-safer An Oregon company plans a new kind of nuclear power plant that many consider the future of the industry. It's smaller and cheaper and could work well with renewable energy. Wed, 08 May 2019 10:02:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-05-08/this-company-says-the-future-of-nuclear-energy-is-smaller-cheaper-and-safer Jeff Brady