Nuclear Energy /tags/nuclear-energy Nuclear Energy en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:20:20 GMT More than 80% of electricity on the Texas grid was carbon-free at one point Sunday /energy-environment/2024-02-26/more-than-80-of-electricity-on-the-texas-grid-was-carbon-free-at-one-point-sunday The massive share of renewable energy on the grid is a positive sign for efforts to combat climate change. It will become ever-more common as solar, wind and battery-storage facilities are added. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:20:20 GMT /energy-environment/2024-02-26/more-than-80-of-electricity-on-the-texas-grid-was-carbon-free-at-one-point-sunday Mose Buchele Federal appeals court blocks plan to ship nuclear waste to West Texas /energy-environment/2023-08-30/federal-appeals-court-blocks-plan-to-ship-nuclear-waste-to-west-texas The company has for years pursued the idea of using an existing site in Andrews County, on the Texas border with New Mexico, as a long-term home for much of the nation’s “high-levelâ€� nuclear waste. Wed, 30 Aug 2023 22:13:53 GMT /energy-environment/2023-08-30/federal-appeals-court-blocks-plan-to-ship-nuclear-waste-to-west-texas AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ Bubenik What Would Trump's Coal Bailout Look Like In Texas? /energy-environment/2018-06-07/what-would-trumps-coal-bailout-look-like-in-texas Energy Secretary Rick Perry said this week that the Department of Energy is working on a plan to subsidize coal and nuclear power in the name of nationalâ€� Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:09:00 GMT /energy-environment/2018-06-07/what-would-trumps-coal-bailout-look-like-in-texas Mose Buchele In Austin, Energy Secretary Perry Pushes For Coal And Nuclear Bailout /energy-environment/2018-06-04/in-austin-energy-secretary-perry-pushes-for-coal-and-nuclear-bailout Energy Secretary Rick Perry spoke in Austin today about a new Department of Energy plan to bail out failing coal and nuclear power plants in the name ofâ€� Mon, 04 Jun 2018 20:22:49 GMT /energy-environment/2018-06-04/in-austin-energy-secretary-perry-pushes-for-coal-and-nuclear-bailout Mose Buchele At A Texas Nuclear Plant, Contractors Promised To Show Billions In Savings. They Haven't. /texas/2018-02-05/at-a-texas-nuclear-plant-contractors-promised-to-show-billions-in-savings-they-havent From Texas Standard.As President Donald Trump touts America’s nuclear arsenal, two nuclear weapons plants in the U.S. are running into some financialâ€� Mon, 05 Feb 2018 19:51:27 GMT /texas/2018-02-05/at-a-texas-nuclear-plant-contractors-promised-to-show-billions-in-savings-they-havent Jill Ament Texas' Lawsuit Over Radioactive Waste Could Bring That Same Waste to Texas /energy-environment/2017-03-16/texas-lawsuit-over-radioactive-waste-could-bring-that-same-waste-to-texas Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the federal government over the way it regulates nuclear waste storage.If you read that a few months ago, itâ€� Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:58:51 GMT /energy-environment/2017-03-16/texas-lawsuit-over-radioactive-waste-could-bring-that-same-waste-to-texas Mose Buchele Why a West Texas Nuclear Dump May Be a Short-Term Fix /energy-environment/2016-06-28/why-a-west-texas-nuclear-dump-may-be-a-short-term-fix A West Texas site wants to get its hands on the nation’s spent nuclear fuel. And if a National Academy of Sciences report is to be believed, this may beâ€� Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:04:44 GMT /energy-environment/2016-06-28/why-a-west-texas-nuclear-dump-may-be-a-short-term-fix Michael O'Brien