It’s no surprise to anyone covering the story for a while, but the price tag for Georgia Power’s Vogtle two-unit, 2,000-MW new nuclear plant has now surpassed $30 billion. That’s more than double the original cost estimate for a plant planned to be in operation in 2016. It now looks very likely that neither unit… More $30 billion: More up, up, and away at troubled Vogtle

By Henry Sokolski America’s outdated system for classifying the nation’s secrets threatens to hinder our preparedness for the next generation of warfare. With Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Americans have had a ringside seat at one of the most unusual of presidential shows: President Joe Biden publicly divulging some of our nation’s most protected, secret insights… More Keeping Secrets

I have not posted to The Quad Report since March 26, due to foot surgery that kept me in the hospital for several days and largely immobile for several weeks. While not fully recovered, I am able to get back to following and sharing the energy stories that I find interesting. I will do so… More Note to readers, The Quad Report is back