by Emily | Apr 9, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Fusion, Nuclear
Avalanche Energy employee prepares fusion plasma test on one of the company’s compact devices. (Avalanche Photo) Earlier this week, Avalanche Energy was awarded a $5.2 million contract from DARPA’s Rads to Watts program to develop new radiovoltaics. The Pentagon...
by Emily | Apr 2, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, POWER sent a freelance photographer and correspondent to the site in Ukraine to document the massive decommissioning effort still underway—and the new threats that have complicated it. At 1:23 a.m. local time on April...
by Emily | Mar 17, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
Idaho National Laboratory photo: rendering of the MARVEL microreactor Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho Operations Office approved a key safety document for the MARVEL microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The approved document, called a...
by Emily | Mar 12, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
Journalists from several media outlets toured the Nuclear Science Center in advance of the 65th anniversary of the reactor’s first activation, learning about WSU’s continuing commitment to research, training and America’s energy future (photo by Bob Hubner, WSU Photo...
by Emily | Feb 10, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
Nuclear power station with steaming cooling towers and blooming canola field. Late last week, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy awarded over $19 million to five U.S. companies to research and develop recycling technologies for used...
by Emily | Feb 3, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Photo The Hanford Site recently began immobilizing low-activity, radioactive waste by converting it into glass: a process known as vitrification. The successful start-up of Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant will...
