The Breakthrough Blog

NuScale Cancellation Should Be Wake-Up Call For Advocates Read more →

Eight Months After Receiving Proposed Advanced Reactor Licensing Rule, Commission Has Not Acted Read more →

An assessment of the current state and future of cold fusion research Read more →

Thirty-three students in Jamaica went back to school this fall with a lot to talk about: a five-day “Jamaica Nuclear Engineering Pilot Bootcamp,” where they learned about fission, fusion,… Read more →

The first Part 50 license hearing in decades Read more →

A major selling point for solar and wind power installations is that they use very little water. But what about nuclear? Can nuclear be similarly thrifty with this limited resource? The… Read more →

By blocking funding for nuclear projects, the World Bank and others are closing off low-emissions economic development Read more →

Or, at least, in Canada Read more →

The Cottonwood Decision may saddle the United States with a deeply dysfunctional forest management process that costs tens of millions and fails to prevent fires. Read more →

Here are our top proposals to watch. Read more →

Last week, I wrote an opinion piece in The Free Press on perverse incentives in scientific publishing. I described the strong incentives researchers face to publish high-profile papers and… Read more →

What the research really says Read more →

How to incentive low-carbon production around the world Read more →

A step forward for replacing fossil fuels with dependable, clean energy Read more →

What ever happened to framing, nudging, and George Lakoff? Read more →

A genre of studies has emerged that purports to blame large portions of extreme weather impacts on climate change—but these studies make one big basic error. Read more →

A huge success for the future of advanced nuclear Read more →