A major economic bill headed to the president has "game-changing" incentives for the nuclear energy industry, experts say, and those tax credits are even more substantial if a facility is sited in a community where a coal plant is closing.
Billions of federal bailout dollars, a climate crisis and experimental new technologies have prompted a political resurgence. But experts say it may be too late to save Michigan’s shuttered Palisades plant.
The merits and pitfalls of pursuing nuclear power in Montana were recently debated by experts on both sides of the spectrum, with some telling a committee it is too costly and renewable energy should be pursued.