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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Regulatory Information Conference this year highlighted a new initiative to bring sweeping transformational change to the way the agency pursues its mission.
The progress being made in the development and eventual deployment of advanced nuclear reactors continues with the passage of several legislative measures in Congress and in statehouses.
The nuclear energy industry this week marked Nuclear Innovation Week with a wide and varied range of voices weighing in on the current state of innovation in advanced nuclear technology.
The U.S. Senate on March 7 passed the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act (S 97), a bill designed to speed advanced reactors to market.
The U.S. civil nuclear industry is encouraged by the Trump administration’s recognition of the strategic value of U.S. nuclear technology exports and by its efforts to advocate for U.S. industry and to promote exports, NEI's Dan Lipman said this week.
A new study from the Nuclear Innovation Alliance is calling for changes to the rules governing U.S. exports of commercial nuclear technology.
NEI has called for swift legislative action in New Jersey to properly compensate nuclear power plants for their carbon-free generation and support for grid reliability.
The Nuclear Energy Institute is warning that preparations should begin now to develop a national fuel cycle infrastructure to support the operation of advanced reactors that are expected to begin deployment in the 2020s and 2030s.
President Trump has signed into law a budget bill that extends the nuclear production tax credit.
Argonne National Laboratory’s Jeffrey Binder’s perspective on the roles the U.S. national laboratories play in keeping nuclear energy competitive technologically and economically.
Accident tolerant nuclear reactor fuels are a potential game changer for the industry.
Forbes’ James Conca writes about how a tiny nuclear reactor developed by NASA could power potential colonies on Mars and the moon.