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We must continue to see the support demonstrated by initiatives like DOE’s Advanced Reactor Development Program. Innovation, supported by robust policy and government action, is the only way we can reduce carbon emissions fast enough to protect the climate.

Nuclear energy will play a major role in the transition to a carbon-free world. The U.S. industry must be able to compete quickly, in order to ensure our national security and regain leadership from Russia and China.

We should follow California’s lead to do everything we can to help stabilize the climate, but we must do it smartly. That means building an energy grid that is both carbon-free and resilient to meet demand 24/7.

With the lessons learned from operating during a pandemic and with the industry’s culture of preparedness, nuclear energy is ready for the next set of refueling outages in the fall.

If you care about reducing carbon emissions, new capacity auction rules in PJM are important to understand.

In a step forward for carbon-free energy innovation, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission moved closer to licensing a small modular reactor (SMR) on Friday, by issuing a final safety evaluation report for NuScale's power plant.

Many new reports and headlines point to hydrogen’s potential for revolutionizing many industries. But what many of these stories miss—and what a new study from the Energy Options Network shows—is how nuclear energy might be the best way to make green hydrogen without carbon emissions. This is just another reason nuclear energy is important for any climate solution.

This year’s hurricane season is expected to be extremely active. For years, nuclear plants have safely operated during hurricanes and other extreme weather events, but how will the next generation of reactors reliably power areas through natural disasters?

Demand is growing for electricity and for water, and the world needs a solution that preserves the climate. A new reactor will cut the cooling water used by more than 90 percent.

The global transition to a low-carbon economy will involve trillions of dollars. For some it will be an expense; for others, revenue. And U.S. exporters of nuclear energy hardware and expertise could see well over $1 trillion in business by mid-century.

Although the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published their special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 ºC nearly two years ago, the climate crisis is gaining increasingly more bipartisan attention in Washington, D.C. Mitigation strategies that support all forms of carbon-free energy generation, including nuclear, have gained notable popularity across the political spectrum

Stories of innovation in the nuclear industry often focus on the advanced reactors under development, but there’s a thriving culture of innovation and excellence across all plants in the U.S. fleet. NEI’s annual Top Innovative Practice (TIP) Awards recognize those employees whose new ideas and approaches make the sector more efficient, cost competitive and even safer.