Nuclear Energy

After months of resident opposition, Logan will now invest in a natural gas plant in Power County, Idaho.

Kerry Bringhurst and Holly Richardson cover big topics of this past legislative session, including nuclear energy promotion and domestic violence prevention funding.

A new bill, HB 249, could reshape Utah's energy landscape.

In other news, a bill outlining a framework for Utah to shift towards nuclear energy is headed to the House after a unanimous vote in committee.

A chemist explains radioactivity at Utah State University's Science Unwrapped.

The power and destructiveness of nuclear energy has been in the spotlight since the film "Oppenheimer" was released in July. It is in focus again this week with the anniversaries of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during World War II.

The U.S. Department of Energy has opened a short public comment window on an experimental nuclear technology in Idaho.

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes opposes the CDC, Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. endorses Sen. Mike Lee, talks of a nuclear power plant. And the Utah Jazz start their season.

As the U.S. aims to push past fossil fuel dependency, nuclear power is part of the conversation, but non-proliferation watchdogs hope a method for…

The film Downwinders and the Radioactive West has been airing on PBS Utah. Today we’re going to review a different part of America’s nuclear history.…