Argentina Plans New Nuclear Reactors Amidst Budget Cuts
Argentinian President Javier Milei announced plans to build new nuclear reactors to meet the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence, prioritizing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) despite an almost-complete existing SMR project, CAREM, being halted due to budget cuts, impacting the national a...
Argentina Plans New Nuclear Reactors Amidst Budget Cuts
Argentinian President Javier Milei announced plans to build new nuclear reactors to meet the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence, prioritizing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) despite an almost-complete existing SMR project, CAREM, being halted due to budget cuts, impacting the national a...
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44% Bias Score
Australia's Opposition Nuclear Plan: Unprecedented Waste Management Challenge
Australia's opposition proposes a 14-gigawatt nuclear energy plan by 2050, generating 880 barrels of highly radioactive spent fuel annually, requiring long-term storage and posing significant environmental and security challenges.
Australia's Opposition Nuclear Plan: Unprecedented Waste Management Challenge
Australia's opposition proposes a 14-gigawatt nuclear energy plan by 2050, generating 880 barrels of highly radioactive spent fuel annually, requiring long-term storage and posing significant environmental and security challenges.
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52% Bias Score
Gelderland's Ambitious Small Nuclear Reactor Plan Faces Uncertainty
The Dutch province of Gelderland plans to build two small modular nuclear reactors by 2035 to meet its CO2 reduction targets, despite concerns about the technology's readiness and potential costs, with other provinces also exploring this option.
Gelderland's Ambitious Small Nuclear Reactor Plan Faces Uncertainty
The Dutch province of Gelderland plans to build two small modular nuclear reactors by 2035 to meet its CO2 reduction targets, despite concerns about the technology's readiness and potential costs, with other provinces also exploring this option.
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44% Bias Score
Oklo and Switch Partner to Deploy 12 Gigawatts of Nuclear Power by 2044
Oklo and Switch announced a non-binding framework agreement to deploy 12 gigawatts of power from approximately 240 small nuclear reactors by 2044, aiming to provide carbon-free electricity for Switch's data centers and marking a significant step in the adoption of microreactor technology.
Oklo and Switch Partner to Deploy 12 Gigawatts of Nuclear Power by 2044
Oklo and Switch announced a non-binding framework agreement to deploy 12 gigawatts of power from approximately 240 small nuclear reactors by 2044, aiming to provide carbon-free electricity for Switch's data centers and marking a significant step in the adoption of microreactor technology.
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40% Bias Score
Almaraz Mayors Protest Planned Nuclear Plant Closure
Mayors and councilors from Almaraz, Spain, protested the planned 2027-2028 closure of the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant, citing its contribution of 7% to Spain's electricity demand, €15 million yearly to local budgets, and nearly 2,900 jobs, emphasizing the economic devastation the closure would cause...
Almaraz Mayors Protest Planned Nuclear Plant Closure
Mayors and councilors from Almaraz, Spain, protested the planned 2027-2028 closure of the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant, citing its contribution of 7% to Spain's electricity demand, €15 million yearly to local budgets, and nearly 2,900 jobs, emphasizing the economic devastation the closure would cause...
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56% Bias Score
France's Nuclear Expertise Exported to Japan Amidst Domestic Policy Inconsistency
Framatome partnered with Japan to develop a sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor demonstrator, reviving a technology abandoned in France due to cost and ideology, highlighting inconsistent French energy policies and the potential for foreign acquisition of French expertise.
France's Nuclear Expertise Exported to Japan Amidst Domestic Policy Inconsistency
Framatome partnered with Japan to develop a sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor demonstrator, reviving a technology abandoned in France due to cost and ideology, highlighting inconsistent French energy policies and the potential for foreign acquisition of French expertise.
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52% Bias Score
EU's Renewable Energy Target Sparks Nuclear Backlash
EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen's proposed 2040 renewable energy target sparked immediate opposition from twelve pro-nuclear EU countries, led by France, who argue it neglects nuclear power's role in decarbonization and threatens the sector's revival amid energy security concerns following the ...
EU's Renewable Energy Target Sparks Nuclear Backlash
EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen's proposed 2040 renewable energy target sparked immediate opposition from twelve pro-nuclear EU countries, led by France, who argue it neglects nuclear power's role in decarbonization and threatens the sector's revival amid energy security concerns following the ...
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48% Bias Score
Gelderland's Ambitious Plan for Small Modular Reactors Faces Challenges
The province of Gelderland in the Netherlands is pursuing the construction of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) by 2035 to meet its CO2 reduction targets, despite technological and logistical challenges and skepticism from experts who point to the unproven technology and lengthy development proc...
Gelderland's Ambitious Plan for Small Modular Reactors Faces Challenges
The province of Gelderland in the Netherlands is pursuing the construction of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) by 2035 to meet its CO2 reduction targets, despite technological and logistical challenges and skepticism from experts who point to the unproven technology and lengthy development proc...
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48% Bias Score
Flamanville EPR Reactor to Connect to French Power Grid After 12-Year Delay
The Flamanville EPR nuclear reactor in France is scheduled to connect to the power grid on December 20, 2024, marking the end of a 12-year delay and a cost increase to 13.2 billion euros, four times the initial budget; it is expected to power around two million homes.
Flamanville EPR Reactor to Connect to French Power Grid After 12-Year Delay
The Flamanville EPR nuclear reactor in France is scheduled to connect to the power grid on December 20, 2024, marking the end of a 12-year delay and a cost increase to 13.2 billion euros, four times the initial budget; it is expected to power around two million homes.
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48% Bias Score
Flamanville EPR Reactor to Connect to Power Grid on December 20
The Flamanville EPR nuclear reactor in Normandy, France, is expected to connect to the power grid on December 20, 2024, after a 12-year delay and significant cost overruns, ultimately supplying power to approximately two million homes.
Flamanville EPR Reactor to Connect to Power Grid on December 20
The Flamanville EPR nuclear reactor in Normandy, France, is expected to connect to the power grid on December 20, 2024, after a 12-year delay and significant cost overruns, ultimately supplying power to approximately two million homes.
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40% Bias Score
French Nuclear Expertise Fuels Japanese Fast Reactor Project
Framatome partnered with Japanese entities to develop a sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor, similar to France's abandoned Superphénix, highlighting France's past inconsistencies and reliance on foreign collaborations in nuclear technology.
French Nuclear Expertise Fuels Japanese Fast Reactor Project
Framatome partnered with Japanese entities to develop a sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor, similar to France's abandoned Superphénix, highlighting France's past inconsistencies and reliance on foreign collaborations in nuclear technology.
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40% Bias Score
Dutton's \$Tens of Billions Nuclear Plan Contradicts Coalition's Free Market Stance
On Friday the 13th, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced a plan to spend tens of billions of dollars on nuclear energy, halting \$40 billion in private renewable energy investment, despite lacking evidence it will lower power bills; this contradicts the Coalition's traditional free-market stance...
Dutton's \$Tens of Billions Nuclear Plan Contradicts Coalition's Free Market Stance
On Friday the 13th, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced a plan to spend tens of billions of dollars on nuclear energy, halting \$40 billion in private renewable energy investment, despite lacking evidence it will lower power bills; this contradicts the Coalition's traditional free-market stance...
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56% Bias Score