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An infographic about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Spent nuclear fuel is the radioactive by-product of electricity generation at commercial nuclear power plants, and high-level radioactive waste is the by-product of reprocessing spent fuel to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons. [19]
Arizona electricity production by type. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Arizona, sorted by type and name.In 2021, Arizona had a net summer capacity of 27,596 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 109,305 GWh. [2]
US nuclear power plants, highlighting recently and soon-to-be retired plants, as of 2013 (US EIA). Nuclear power plant locations and nameplate capacity of the top 10 states. Power plants map August 2016. This article lists the largest nuclear power stations in the United States, in terms of Nameplate capacity.
In broad outlines, the nuclear fuel supply chain works like this: First, someone like Cameco (NYSE: CCJ) mines natural uranium, which contains about 0.7% of the isotope U-235 that is necessary for ...
The project would require a 1 million-square-foot nuclear fuel cycle facility and directly employ 1,000 workers. Union sounds off on plans for $4.5 billion advanced nuclear fuel plant near ...
Until last year, when a Georgia nuclear plant commenced operations, there had not been a nuclear power plant built from scratch in the U.S. in over 30 years. It was the first nuclear reactor start ...
Without a long-term solution to store nuclear waste, a nuclear renaissance in the U.S. remains unlikely. Nine states have "explicit moratoria on new nuclear power until a storage solution emerges". [3] [4] In a Presidential Memorandum dated January 29, 2010, President Obama established the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future. [7]
Nuclear stocks are glowing green.. Uranium mining companies such as Cameco, Denison Mines, and Uranium Energy have marched higher in lockstep over the past 52 weeks, rising 26%, 28%, and 30% ...