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As we honor service members this Veterans Day, it’s important to remember that for some the hardest part of serving is adjusting to life outside the military. The commercial nuclear industry has historically provided a pathway to employment for those who have served, specifically veterans of the U.S. Navy. In fact, veterans make up 21 percent of the nuclear utility workforce.

The Natrium system shows the kind of new thinking that will be needed for the transformation that we urgently need in the next couple of decades. It will take more than just adding carbon-free sources; it will also take adding equipment that can knit the system together. TerraPower’s and GE Hitachi’s design is ensuring that our carbon-free future is also one with reliable electricity.

Investors are pushing major financial institutions to consider the impacts of a changing climate on long-term strategy. On the latest episode of Off the Menu, Monica talks to Emilie Mazzacurati, founder and chief executive officer of Four Twenty-Seven, an affiliate of Moody’s Investors Service Inc. that measures climate risks.

There is now more widespread recognition for the carbon-free applications new reactors bring to electricity generation and beyond. Recent developments will lead to a diverse portfolio of advanced reactors that are positioned to meet needs: for new customers, new markets and the climate.

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.

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected two nuclear projects for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP).

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.