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Energy Firms Try to Squeeze More Power Out of Old Nuclear Plants

It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U.S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.

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Constellation Energy, the nation’s largest nuclear power plant operator, said it would spend more than $4.3 billion to refurbish 11 reactors at six plants in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Energy Firms Try to Squeeze More Power Out of Old Nuclear Plants

It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U.S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.

Β© Scott Olson/Getty Images

Constellation Energy, the nation’s largest nuclear power plant operator, said it would spend more than $4.3 billion to refurbish 11 reactors at six plants in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

4 October 2026 at 05:00
The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.

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The moon and Earth were aligned in the same frame, each partly illuminated by the sun, as seen from behind the moon during the Artemis II flight in April.

Tennessee Valley Authority Gets Approval to Build Small Nuclear Reactor

29 September 2026 at 14:09
It’s only the second time that American regulators have approved a next-generation commercial reactor for construction. Big hurdles remain.

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The Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia cost $35 billion to build.

Chris Wright Sells Trump’s β€˜Energy Dominance’ Vision

23 September 2026 at 08:50
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is pitching a future of fossil fuel abundance. It’s not always an easy sell while war drags on and oil prices surge.

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Chris Wright, the Energy Secretary, speaking before the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Abundance in Houston last week.

U.S. to Lend $1.9 Billion to Restart a Shuttered Nuclear Plant in Iowa

9 September 2026 at 09:38
No company in the United States has ever restarted a reactor that was seemingly closed for good, but there are now three major efforts underway to do so.

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The Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa, in January 2025.
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