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Italy's parliament has approved a law paving the way for the country's return to nuclear power, decades after Italy abandoned it following referendums influenced by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. The move would allow new nuclear technology to be developed or adopted, reversing a long-standing ban. Supporters frame it as key to energy security and climate goals, while critics recall Italy's anti-nuclear history.
- 2Trump predicts quick U.S. victory and falling oil prices●Trump says the U.S. will “win this war very soon” and expects oil prices to fall sharply afterward. He says the key obje
President Trump said the United States will "win this war very soon" and that oil prices should fall sharply once the conflict ends. He framed the key objective as preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The remarks come amid ongoing fighting and continued attention to energy markets, with analysts watching how quickly oil prices might react to any resolution.
- 3Trump administration advances plan to turn weapons plutonium into reactor fuel●The # Trump admin is moving forward with a plan to provide Cold War-era # plutonium from dismantled # nuclear warheads t
The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to supply plutonium harvested from dismantled Cold War-era nuclear warheads to companies that would convert the material into fuel for nuclear power plants. The proposal has generated debate and unease among experts and observers, who are weighing the potential energy benefits against concerns about handling such dangerous material.
- 4Startup applies SpaceX playbook to nuclear power▼The startup bringing the SpaceX playbook to nuclear power
Politico reports on a nuclear power startup taking a page from SpaceX: moving fast, iterating on hardware, and pursuing rapid test cycles in an industry long defined by slow regulation and massive upfront costs. The piece highlights how Silicon Valley-style engineering culture is being imported into nuclear energy as demand for clean, always-on power surges.
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Politico examines whether the fast-iteration, failure-tolerant development model that propelled SpaceX's rise in the space industry could be applied to nuclear power, a sector long weighed down by regulation, high costs and slow construction timelines. The piece reflects a broader debate about whether entrepreneurial speed and private capital can accelerate the next generation of reactors while maintaining safety standards.
- 6Polish Institute NCBJ Leads Neutrino Scattering Study At LHC▼NCBJ Leads Study Of Neutrino Scattering At The Large Hadron Collider
Poland's National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) is leading a study of neutrino scattering at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The work aims to measure how neutrinos interact with matter at the highest energies ever achieved, a poorly tested area of particle physics. The findings could sharpen understanding of the weak nuclear force and improve measurements of other LHC results.
- 7Particle Accelerators Could Cut Nuclear Waste Danger to Centuries▼Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Energy Lasts for 100,000 Years but Particle Accelerators Could Slash That Timeline to a Few Centuries
Scientists are highlighting a proposal to use particle accelerators to transmute long-lived radioactive waste from nuclear energy, potentially reducing its hazardous lifespan from around 100,000 years to just a few centuries. The idea, known as accelerator-driven transmutation, is being discussed as a way to ease one of nuclear power's biggest drawbacks: the need to store spent fuel safely for many millennia.