After the U.S. joined the conflict between Israel and Iran, striking three nuclear enrichment sites in Iran in June 2025, ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the New York Power Authority will build a nuclear power plant in upstate NY to supply electricity for ...

In the west, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming are heavily marked on the map, with operational nuclear power ...

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, nuclear power plants ran at full capacity over 93% of the time in 2023. They are designed to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a ...

The state producing the most nuclear power was Illinois, which produced 7,654 MWh. This is expected, as Illinois has more nuclear power plants than any other state in the U.S., with 11 reactors.

In her announcement, Gov. Kathy Hochul gave few details about where the plant would be built, how much the project would cost ...

Trump considers weakening nuclear agency in bid for more power plants The draft orders accuse the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of unnecessary “risk aversion.” May 9, 2025 ...

The only two nuclear plants built in the United States this century—the Vogte reactors in Georgia—suffered construction delays that ballooned the cost to a staggering $35 billion, Romm notes.

An image of Three Mile Island, the notorious Pennsylvania nuclear power plant that suffered a partial meltdown in 1979 forever staining America’s nuclear power industry. But a new nuclear age is ...

President Donald Trump on Friday signed orders meant to accelerate the construction of nuclear power plants, including small, untested designs that offer the promise of rapid deployment but haven ...

But supporters of allowing new, large reactors to be constructed in Illinois, including labor and manufacturing advocates, argue that building more nuclear power plants is needed to help answer ...