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Spin to Win: Southwest Students Learn Nuclear Facts

CFACT Collegians are proving once again that meaningful conversations about energy don’t have to happen in lecture halls—they can start with something as simple as a spin of the wheel and a piece of candy. At the University of Arizona, campus representative Ashlee Mendola (pictured above) brought nuclear energy education straight to the heart of campus life. Setting up on the busy mall near the student union, Ashlee invited passing students to test their knowledge with a colorful prize wheel featuring nuclear energy trivia. The concept was simple: answer a question, win some candy—but the impact ran much deeper. Ashlee reported [...]

By Emma Arns |2026-06-10T16:30:18-04:00April 15th, 2026|Comments Off

Waxahachie might have been the fusion hub

The Superconducting Super Collider project was the world’s first attempt to use powerful superconducting magnets to create magnetic fields necessary for confining fusion plasma.

By Duggan Flanakin |2026-03-19T23:07:17-04:00March 20th, 2026|Comments Off

KS & SC Students “Bake” the Case for Nuclear Energy

Throughout the country, CFACT student “Campus Representatives” are finding creative ways to start conversations about one of the most misunderstood energy sources of our time: nuclear power. Recently, two students—one in Kansas and another in South Carolina—hosted “Nuclear Cookie Giveaway” events that proved a simple sweet treat can spark meaningful dialogue about reliable and clean energy. At Washburn University, CFACT Collegian McKrae Masters set up shop inside the campus Memorial Union to highlight the many advantages of nuclear energy. What started as a simple tabling event quickly turned into a lively hub of conversation as students and faculty stopped by to [...]

By Emma Arns |2026-06-10T12:27:49-04:00March 6th, 2026|Comments Off

Nuclear is the most reliable path to affordable electricity

Clean, affordable, abundant, safe.

By Ronald Stein, Olivia Vaughan, Steve Curtis |2026-02-04T21:53:42-05:00February 5th, 2026|Comments Off

How to add 300 gigawatts of nuclear energy by 2050

A nuclear renaissance is possible.

By Duggan Flanakin |2026-01-18T23:25:39-05:00January 18th, 2026|Comments Off

Survey Says: Texas Students Want Real Energy & Real Debate

For years, campus activists and administrators have tried to sell the public a fiction: college students are unanimously devoted to “green” energy mandates and climate alarmism, and anyone who questions the prevailing narrative is some kind of relic of the past. UT Austin student and CFACT Collegian intern Thien Nguyen decided to test that assumption the old-fashioned way—by asking students directly. Over the course of roughly a month, Thien conducted a seven-question survey alongside his three separate tabling events, handing out flyers with a QR code that took students straight to the online poll. Instead of relying on a single day’s [...]

By Emma Arns |2026-06-10T11:53:45-04:00January 2nd, 2026|Comments Off

Seizing the moment for U.S. nuclear energy dominance

As America’s electric grid faces an unprecedent strain, nuclear power has never been more promising — or more important.

By Sam Thernstrom, Paul Saunders, Todd Abrajano |2026-01-02T12:45:32-05:00January 2nd, 2026|Comments Off

Was MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro murdered for his pioneering work on nuclear fusion?

UPDATE: Suspect found dead. Also from Portugal. Was a physics grad student years ago. Appears responsible for both Brown and MIT shootings. Motive?

By CFACT Ed |2025-12-19T10:43:55-05:00December 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Time to build reactors fueled by nuclear waste

Had the NRC, the media, and the fearmongers realized in 1986 that recycling was not only possible but profitable, the U.S. might today have multitudes of fast reactors burning SUNF.

By Duggan Flanakin |2025-12-14T23:59:31-05:00December 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Nuclear-generated electricity overshadows government-subsidized wind and solar

Nuclear is fundamental to a secure energy future. It is by far the best electricity choice. The biggest detriment is government.

By Ronald Stein |2025-12-09T00:15:27-05:00December 6th, 2025|Comments Off

Electricity prices going up? Green policy is to blame

Rates are much higher in states that have closed nuclear and fossil-fuel generation plants.

By Steve Goreham |2025-12-13T17:11:26-05:00November 26th, 2025|Comments Off

A nuclear resurgence, but major obstacles remain

A nuclear energy resurgence is underway, driven by the artificial intelligence revolution and the Trump administration. Nuclear plants that were shut down are being restarted. Dozens of small reactors are being deployed.

By Steve Goreham |2025-11-20T21:52:33-05:00November 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

What the nuke bros can learn from the navy — and what they can’t

If the U.S. wants to lead the second nuclear era, it must allow multiple paths to success under one uncompromising standard of safety and excellence and ensure that merit — not politics — is what wins the day.

By CFACT Ed, Rabbi Yechezkel Moskowitz |2025-11-08T23:41:19-05:00November 8th, 2025|Comments Off

AI is driving up your power bill, Illinois can fix it by lifting its nuclear ban

Lawmakers should simply lift Illinois’ nearly 40-year moratorium on new, large-scale reactors.

By Micky Horstman |2025-11-01T23:02:37-04:00October 31st, 2025|Comments Off

Why does the world insanely ignore nuclear power?

Time to crank up the free enterprise innovation engine.

By Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers, Steve Curtis |2025-10-20T21:27:12-04:00October 21st, 2025|Comments Off