Leaders from around the world met recently in Brussels, Belgium—in the shadow of the Atomium, a soaring monument to the atomic age—to reaffirm that nuclear power is a “key component” of the global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The event was just the latest sign that nuclear energy is increasingly becoming part of the […]

With the closure of nearly a dozen coal-fired power plants in recent years—including three that were disconnected from the grid this month—Chile is getting less and less of its electricity from coal. The government wants to accelerate that trend, but first it is looking at how the country can best address the technical, regulatory, and […]