Russian Nuclear-Powered Missile “Lost At Sea” – Recovery Efforts Underway, Says US Intelligence

Unnamed US officials made the astounding claim while citing a classified intelligence report detailing the Russian operation.

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Russian Nuclear Missile

A bombshell CNBC report says that Russia is seeking to recover an advanced nuclear-powered missile that was "lost at sea"after a failed flight test which occurred in late 2017. Unnamed US officials made the astounding claim while citing a classified intelligence report detailing the Russian operation. CNBC explains based on its intelligence

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The UK’s Wind Energy Experiment Is Paying Off In Big Ways

After the latest price drop, it appears that offshore wind is not only far cheaper than new nuclear but competitive with gas.

Joe Sandler Clarke
By Joe Sandler Clarke
Pictured is the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm near Suffolk, United Kingdom. (Photo/NHD-INFO via Flickr)

Energy from offshore wind just got a lot cheaper. The cost of subsidies for new offshore wind farms has halved to £57.50 per megawatt hour (MWh) since the last government auction in 2015, after two developers – Denmark’s Dong Energy and Spain’s EDP – bid aggressively for subsidy contracts to build new farms in 2022-23. The results of the auction

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South Korea To Phase Out All Coal & Nuclear Power

The step marks the first major new international commitment away from coal since Trump announced his decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement to limit global emissions.

Damian Kahya
By Damian Kahya
A man watches the Seoul skyline covered with a thick haze at Seoul Tower's observation deck in Seoul, South Korea. ( AP/Ahn Young-joon)

The new President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in has committed his country to phasing out all coal and nuclear power stations suggesting a major change in energy policy for the Asian state. The step marks the first major new international commitment away from coal since Trump announced his decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement to

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The Slow Death Of Nuclear Power

Six decades ago, the head of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission forecast an era of electricity that would be “too cheap to meter,” so what happened?

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh

The Chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Lewis Strauss noted in a 1954 speech to the National Association of Science Writers that the splitting of the atom and the dawn of the Atomic Age heralded, in his view, a coming era of electrical power that for consumers would be “too cheap to meter.” Soon, he said, “it would not be too much to

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Washington Leading The Way In The New Nuclear Arms Race

Plans call for five nuclear submarines, 72 bombers and 240 land-based missile systems.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
nuclear weapon ban

Despite more than 40 years of progress in disarmament talks, the U.S. has proposed a new wave of spending that threatens to restock and restart the nation’s nuclear arms program at a time that the Congress is considering renewing sanctions against Iran for its alleged nuclear development, and shortly after President Barack Obama announced his

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You Can Be Too Careful: Calculating The Risks Of Energy Resources

While there’s no risk-free utopia to be achieved, America’s current evaluation of the risks of various power sources tends toward the irrational.

John Nordin
By John Nordin

In early July of this year, a freight train loaded with crude oil left a small town in western North Dakota headed east. A day later it was being handled by a small railroad company in Quebec. Night came and the engineer, operating the train by himself, was ready to finish his shift. He left the train on the seldom-used main track, as was normal.

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