CERAweek: Small nuclear power struggles at cusp of US electricity demand boom
Everyone from the U.S. energy secretary to Big Tech touts small modular nuclear reactors as a potential answer to booming ...
U.S. Nuclear Agency Runs Disaster Drills Across Multiple States
These kinds of drills emerged in the 1970s as a way to train for the unthinkable. The U.S. was experiencing a rash of nuclear ...
How DOGE detonated a crisis at a highly sensitive nuclear weapons agency
A DOGE-driven mass firing of critical nuclear workers sparks alarm and leaves scars, as cost-cutting missteps throughout ...
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Trump Administration Fires, Then Rescinds Firing of Nuclear Weapons Workers
Three U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press said up to 350 employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration were abruptly laid off late Thursday, with some losing access to email ...
Sweeping US energy department layoffs hit offices of loans, nuclear security, sources say
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has laid off about 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy, ...
Chaos in US nuclear security: Trump administration's mass firings lead to rehiring frenzy
The Trump administration’s abrupt firing of nuclear security personnel under Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ...
Trump administration fires and then tries to rehire nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
The Trump administration has halted DOGE's firings of hundreds of federal employees working on the nation's nuclear weapons programs.
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The Trump administration picks a U.S. CTO; Judge says the DOGE will likely have to turn over its records sooner rather than later
The White House’s CTO nominee earned a PhD from MIT and spent time at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National ...
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State police, other agencies to train for nuclear power plant accident
State police and other local and federal agencies are participating in a drill intended to hone skills in the event of a nuclear power plant accident. The drill, called Cobalt Magnet 2025, will run ...
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Trump Fired, Then Unfired, National Nuclear Security Administration Employees. What Were Their Jobs?
The move also shined a spotlight on the agency, the National Nuclear Security Administration, which few Americans likely think of often, if ever, but has a monumental responsibility. Here’s a ...
Trump administration reverses on plan to close nuclear waste site management office, Democratic senator says
The Trump administration appears to be reversing a plan to end the lease for an office that manages radioactive waste as the Trump administration seeks to cancel leases for hundreds of federal ...