/tags/nuclear Nuclear en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 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 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 /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/2017-03-06/ut-professor-argues-for-aggressive-response-to-north-korean-missile-strikes From Texas Standard:Early Monday morning, in the country’s latest display of aggression toward the West, North Korea fired four intermediate rangeâ€� Tue, 07 Mar 2017 03:04:47 GMT /texas/2017-03-06/ut-professor-argues-for-aggressive-response-to-north-korean-missile-strikes Rhonda Fanning /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 /energy-environment/2015-12-04/usgs-texas-uranium-deposits-could-provide-us-nuclear-energy-for-years Natural gas, coal, wind are the resources that usually come to mind when we think about power generation in Texas. But a new study by the U.S. Geologicalâ€� Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:15:45 GMT /energy-environment/2015-12-04/usgs-texas-uranium-deposits-could-provide-us-nuclear-energy-for-years Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2015-12-02/hold-the-salt-longtime-nuclear-disposal-method-called-into-question In some part of the world, including a site near the Texas-New Mexico border, nuclear waste is kept in rock salt deposits deep underground. It’s long beenâ€� Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:30:33 GMT /energy-environment/2015-12-02/hold-the-salt-longtime-nuclear-disposal-method-called-into-question Mose Buchele /texas/2015-08-06/why-padre-island-was-almost-an-atomic-bomb-site From Texas Standard:Seventy years ago this week, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mike Cox is anâ€� Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:05:35 GMT /texas/2015-08-06/why-padre-island-was-almost-an-atomic-bomb-site Laura Rice /politics/2014-07-28/u-s-accuses-russia-of-violating-nuclear-treaty Calling the matter "very serious," an Obama administration official says Russia violated the pact by testing a ground-launched cruise missile. Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:00:13 GMT /politics/2014-07-28/u-s-accuses-russia-of-violating-nuclear-treaty Stephanie Federico /energy-environment/2013-04-23/texas-nuclear-reactor-resumes-operation Austin Energy is getting some of its power again from the South Texas Project. STP is a nuclear power source in the Bay City area where one of fourâ€� Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:52:50 GMT /energy-environment/2013-04-23/texas-nuclear-reactor-resumes-operation Trey Shaar /austin/2013-03-29/time-to-start-hoarding-the-breakfast-tacos-north-korea-wants-to-strike-austin Update: UT Politics and East Asia expert Patricia Maclachlan says nuclear weapons are North Korea’s only way to get the U.S. to the negotiating table.“Itâ€� Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:48:50 GMT /austin/2013-03-29/time-to-start-hoarding-the-breakfast-tacos-north-korea-wants-to-strike-austin Bobby Blanchard, Texas Tribune