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Appearances across major nuclear energy, policy, and clean energy forums.
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Financial Times
US Nuclear Reactor Company Westinghouse Files for IPO
2026
American Nuclear Society
What Does the Science Say? A Discussion on Radiation Studies and Living Near Nuclear Plants
2026
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Financial Times
Holtec Heads for IPO as Chief Declares 'World Has Become Rational' About Nuclear
2026
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Reuters
US Cost-Sharing Thrusts Next-Gen Nuclear Into Construction Phase
2026
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Reuters
NRC Rolls Out Reforms to Accelerate Small Reactor Licensing
2026
U.S. Senate EPW Committee
Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Innovation and Safety
2026
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Canary Media
Top US Nuclear Regulator Is Rewriting Its Rules for New Era of Reactors
2026
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E&E News
White House Offers TVA an Early Look at Nuclear Rules
2026
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Wall Street Journal
America's First Commercial Nuclear Power Projects in a Decade Just Broke Ground
2026
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Reuters Events
US Targets 5 GW More Nuclear Power Through Low-Cost Finance
2026
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The Washington Post
A Seismic Shift in Nuclear Energy Regulation
2026
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E&E News
NASA Space Launch Sets Stage for Nuclear Power on the Moon
2026
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ProPublica
DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America's Nuclear Power Regulator
2026
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Fox News
Nuclear Fusion Advances, But Challenges Remain for Power Grid
2026
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Robert Bryce (Substack)
More Oklo Insider Sales, TerraPower Gets Key Approval, & Rolls-Royce Keeps Rolling
2026
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E&E News
Microsoft, NVIDIA Team Up to Boost Nuclear Power with AI
2026
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Washington Examiner
Nuclear Energy Revival Fueled by Growing Embrace by the Left
2026
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NPR
The Trump Administration Exempts New Nuclear Reactors from Environmental Review
2026
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E&E News
Michigan Nuclear Plant Operator Delays Restart
2026
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E&E News
DOE Gives 3 Companies Billions for Nuclear Fuel Enrichment
2026
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Financial Times
The Cost of America's Nuclear Revival
2026
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The New York Times
Another Trump Financial Conflict, This Time With Nuclear Power
2025
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Wall Street Journal
Why Fusion Is Considered Energy's Elusive Holy Grail
2025
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Heatmap News
What Happened to NuScale?
2025
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Midwestern Governors Association
Nuclear Energy in the Midwest (siting)
2025
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The Washington Post
Kilowatts or Connections? Trump's Favored Nuclear Start-Ups Soar to Riches
2025
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Gizmodo
California Startup Claims Historic 'First' in Fission Reactor Milestone
2025
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S&P Global (Energy Evolution)
Nuclear Power Enjoys Growing Interest, But Can It Deliver?
2025
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Interesting Engineering
US Startup Achieves First Controlled Fission Reaction in Major Nuclear Milestone
2025
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WIRED
Valar Atomics Says It's the First Nuclear Startup to Achieve Criticality
2025
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Wall Street Journal
Rick Perry's Nuclear Ambitions Begin With Gas Power
2025
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ANS Winter Conference 2025 (Washington DC)
EO 14300
2025
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ANS Winter Conference 2025 (Washington DC)
Progress and Challenges Toward Deployment of Nuclear-Powered Datacenters
2025
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E&E News
Fermi America Nets Two Suppliers for Texas Nuclear Project
2025
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Financial Times
Google Agrees Deal to Reopen US Nuclear Plant with NextEra
2025
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Washington Examiner
Nearly 50-Year-Old Law Hamstrings Nuclear Energy in California
2025
Nasdaq Trade Talks
How Nuclear Solutions Can Solve Americaβs Surging Energy Demand
2025
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E&E News
Nuclear Fuel Recycling Gains Traction for Advanced Reactors
2025
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Bloomberg
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Market Emerging After US Sets First Delivery
2025
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E&E News
DOE Puts 11 Small Reactor Projects on a Faster Track
2025
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Politico (Morning Energy)
DOE's Nuclear Energy Gambit
2025
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E&E News
Startup Strikes Deal to Mass-Produce Microreactors for US Military Bases
2025
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Heatmap News
The Nuclear Power Dealmaking Boom Is Real
2025
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Politico (Morning Energy)
Into the Endangerment Zone
2025
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Axios Pro
NRC Overhaul and Departures Prompt Fears of Slowing Progress
2025
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Bloomberg Law
Annie Caputo to Resign From US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
2025
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Washington Examiner
Trump Administration Aims to Bolster Nuclear Energy Production, Starting in a Familiar If Surprising Place
2025
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E&E News
Mothballed Nuclear Plant on Brink of Revival
2025
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Reuters
Plans to Restart Construction of VC Summer Reactors Gain Traction
2025
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Politico
NRC Extends Duration of Reactor Design Certifications to 40 Years
2025
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Utility Dive
Trump's NRC Firing Raises Alarms at Pro-Nuclear and Watchdog Groups Alike
2025
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Financial Times
Tech-Backed Nuclear Groups Raise $1bn as Investors Bet on Power-Hungry AI
2025
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E&E News
Trump Firing of NRC Commissioner Jars Agency's Leadership
2025
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Financial Times
Westinghouse Targets $75bn US Nuclear Expansion After Trump Order
2025
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New Scientist
Fusion Power May Never Happen If We Don't Fix the Lithium Bottleneck
2025
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Bloomberg
Meta's Nuclear Deal Underscores the Looming Gap for AI's Power Needs
2025
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Latitude Media
The Self-Inflicted Hurdles Facing Trump's Nuclear Orders
2025
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E&E News (EnergyWire)
Trump Forces Showdown Over Nuclear Regulation
2025
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Reason
Will Trump's Regulatory Reforms Do Enough To Unleash Nuclear Energy?
2025
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Heatmap News
The Tennessee Valley Authority Is Taking a Big Swing on Small Nuclear
2025
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E&E News
White House Weighs NRC Overhaul
2025
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The New York Times
Draft Executive Orders Aim to Speed Construction of Nuclear Plants
2025
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E&E News
Google Commits Early Stage Capital for Three Nuclear Sites
2025
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WIRED
States and Startups Are Suing the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
2025
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Devex
Is This the Moment for Nuclear Energy at the World Bank?
2025
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Energy Intelligence
Federal Uncertainties Remain for US Nuclear Industry
2025
Energy Switch
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
2025
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Baltimore Banner
AI and Climate Goals Fuel a Nuclear Moment for Baltimore's Only Fortune 500 Company
2025
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E&E News
Google, Amazon and Meta Pledge to Triple Nuclear Power by 2050
2025
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Energy Intelligence
White House Threatens NRC's Independence
2025
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Reuters
New York Seeks to Lead in Advanced Reactor Deployment
2025
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Argus Media
AI May Boom on Gas Power, Then Turn to Nuclear
2025
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Energy Intelligence (Nuclear Energy Weekly)
Lawsuit Challenging US NRC Authority Faces Uphill Battle
2025
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E&E News (EnergyWire)
Startup Wants to Deploy Underground Nuclear Reactors for Data Centers
2025
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Reason
Next-Generation Nuclear Energy Developer Sues Federal Regulators
2025
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Financial Times
Sam Altman-Led Nuclear Start-Up Signs Major AI Power Supply Deal
2024
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Bloomberg
Meta Seeks New Nuclear Reactors to Run US Data Centers
2024
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E&E News
NRC Greenlights First Electricity-Generating Advanced Reactor
2024
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S&P Global Commodity Insights
Analysts, Industry See Ongoing Support for Nuclear Energy in Second Trump Term
2024
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POWER Magazine
Can Nuclear's Big Recent Wins Propel a True Global Revival?
2024
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Energy Intelligence
Generational Change Underpins US Bipartisan Support for Nuclear
2024
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BNN Bloomberg (The Close)
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Restart
2024
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Wall Street Journal
Shortfall in Young Engineers Threatens Nuclear Renaissance
2024
Inevitable Podcast
Reframing Nuclear Narratives
2024
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Bloomberg
Restart Closed US Nuclear Plants? Only a Few Would Work
2024
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NYC Climate Week (Pillsbury)
Streamlining Advanced Nuclear Regulation in the Post-Chevron Era
2024
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Reuters Events
Nuclear ADVANCE Act Grants US Regulator Mandate to Modernize
2024
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Discourse Magazine
AI Confounds Assumptions of a Clean Energy Future
2024
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Reuters Events
SMR Cost Concerns Challenge Industry Optimism
2024
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Heatmap News
Everyone Wants Nuclear Now
2024
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ANS Annual Conference 2024
Opening Plenary
2024
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The New York Times
Nuclear Power Is Hard. A Climate-Minded Billionaire Wants to Make It Easier
2024
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Faster, Please! (Substack)
Is Biden's Nuclear Dream Just a Fantasy?
2024
Titans of Nuclear
Nuclear Innovation, NRC Reform, and the Path Forward
2024
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Energy Intelligence
US Regulatory Reform Bill Advances on Capitol Hill
2024
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Politico Pro
DOE Official: Vogtle Start Up Could Open Door for New Large Nuclear Plants
2024
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Bloomberg
The Company Preaching America's Nuclear Revival
2024
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Reuters Events
SMR & Advanced Reactor Conference 2024
2024
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Wall Street Journal
A Massive U.S. Nuclear Plant Is Finally Complete. It Might Be the Last of Its Kind
2024
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MIT Technology Review
Want Less Mining? Switch to Clean Energy.
2024
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POWER Magazine
NRC Advances Rule to Streamline Advanced Nuclear Reviews
2024
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Energy Intelligence
Doctrine Shift Could Increase Challenges to US NRC
2024
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ASME CARD 2024
Regulatory Innovation Panel
2024
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Heatmap News
The Advanced Nuclear Industry Would Like to Power Your Data Center
2024
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Financial Times
Bill Gates' TerraPower Plans to Build First US Next-Generation Nuclear Plant
2024
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Washington Examiner
Question of Supply for Nuclear Power Looms Over Push to Ban Russian Uranium
2024
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Politico
Forget 'Oppenheimer' - Nuclear Power Is Having Its Moment in Washington
2024
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S&P Global
Inside NRC
2024
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ANS Nuclear Newswire
NRC to Issue Proposed Rule for Advanced Reactor Licensing
2024
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Reuters Events
Vogtle 4 Connects to the Grid; NRC Votes on Part 53
2024
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Reason TV
The Political Sabotage of Nuclear Power
2024
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POWER Magazine
NRC Sets Stage for Advanced Nuclear with New Part 53 Rule
2024
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Heatmap News
Congress Might Be on the Verge of Passing the Year's First Climate Law
2024
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Bipartisan Policy Center
Licensing and Permitting Reforms to Accelerate Nuclear Energy Deployment
2024
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The National Interest
Future Nuclear Success Requires Regulation Modernization
2024
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Los Angeles Times
Boiling Point: A Setback for Nuclear Power
2024
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City Journal
Where Now for Nuclear Power?
2024
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E&E News
NRC Greenlights First Nonwater Nuclear Reactor in 56 Years
2023
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Financial Times
Advanced Reactors Finance
2023
Veriten Gener8
Nuclear Energy Challenges: From NRC Reform to Fukushima Lessons
2023
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The New York Times
Advanced Reactors in Trouble (Renewable Energy, Inflation, COP28)
2023
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TIME
Nuclear for Climate
2023
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Axios Pro
Advanced Nuclear's Tough Road
2023
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The New York Times
Nuclear Energy in Transition
2023
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S&P Global Financing US Power Conference
Nuclear Energy Investment Outlook
2023
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Fire2Fission
Ep. 037: Dr. Adam Stein, Director of Nuclear Energy Innovation at the Breakthrough Institute
2023
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HuffPost
NRC Uncontested Hearings and Nuclear Construction Final Approval
2023
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Heatmap News
Where Nuclear Reactors Get Built Small (Cost)
2023
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Worth
7 Technologies for Fighting Climate Change
2023
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World Nuclear News
US Regulator OKs SMR Emergency Preparedness Rule
2023
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NucNet
New Rule Will Help Licensing of Advanced Reactors, Says Regulator
2023
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E&E News
NRC Will Permit Smaller Safety Zones for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
2023
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Reason
Biden's New Grand Canyon Monument Will Hamper Clean Energy Production
2023
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World Nuclear News
Groups Call on US Regulator to Finalise Advanced Reactor EP Rule
2023
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Energy Intelligence
Safety: US Industry Proposes Reigning in Independent NRC Advisor
2023
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ANS NPIC&HMIT / PSA 2023
10 CFR Part 53: Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors
2023
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The Washington Times
Editorial: New Nominee Needed to Lead Nuclear Regulator
2023
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Washington Examiner
Daily on Energy: Biden's Electric Vehicle Goldilocks Problem
2023
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S&P Global Market Intelligence
Pro-Nuclear Group Pushes for Changes in Regulation to Enable New Technologies
2023
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Idaho National Laboratory
INL Paper on Nuclear Costs
2023
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ANS Annual Meeting 2023
Tuesday Plenary: To Promote the Common Defense and Security
2023
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Bloomberg
Pentagon Funds DoD Nuclear Contractor to Build Small Modular Reactors
2023
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KCUR (Seeking a Scientist)
Seeking a Scientist: Electricity Grid, Green Energy, Nuclear Fusion
2023
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E&E News (Politico Pro)
Microsoft Inks Deal to Buy Fusion Power for First Time
2023
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MIT Technology Review
This Startup Says Its First Fusion Plant Is Five Years Away. Experts Doubt It.
2023
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Reuters SMR Conference (Atlanta)
Recommissioning Sites, Reinvigorating Communities, and Reducing Environmental and Health Impacts
2023
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Heatmap News
The Nuclear Hydrogen Conundrum
2023
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IEEE Spectrum
Small Modular Reactors and the ADVANCE Act
2023
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Politico Pro
Permitting Tops GOP's Debt Limit Wish List (NRC decision)
2023
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U.S. Department of Energy
Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Advanced Nuclear
2023
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HuffPost
Biden Cuts Nuclear Energy Budget
2023
NRC RIC Conference
NRC Regulatory Information Conference: Perspectives on Risk-Informed Licensing
2023
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Utility Dive
NRC Nuclear Rulemaking: Part 53 and Advanced Reactors
2023
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Utility Dive
Diablo Canyon NRC Exemption Decision
2023
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Bloomberg
Fusion Power Path: Lasers Versus Magnets
2023
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National Review
New Red Tape Makes New Nuclear Reactors Impossible
2023
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POWER Magazine
Being Pro-Nuclear Won't Be Enough. Here's Why
2023
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Bloomberg
Nuclear Fusion Energy Breakthrough Tests World's Largest Laser
2022
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ANS Nuclear Newswire
Breakthrough Institute Tells NRC to Go Back to the Drawing Board with Part 53 Rule
2022
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The Washington Post / Bloomberg Opinion
More Nuclear Power Is What Both Parties Want
2022
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Politico Pro
Scientists Hail Nuclear Fusion Milestone, But It May Take Decades to See Its Benefits
2022
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Canary Media
A Small Nuclear Reactor with Off-the-Shelf Parts: Can It Work?
2022
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The Breakthrough Institute
Consent-Based Siting: U.S. Department of Energy Climate Action & Spent Nuclear Fuel Management
2022
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S&P Global
Financing US Power Conference
2022
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POWER Magazine
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Gets Legislative Approval for Operation to 2030
2022
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Bloomberg Law
Nuclear's $6 Billion Bailout Likely to Help Only Diablo Canyon
2022
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Wall Street Journal
California's Last Nuclear Plant Gets Extension in Last-Minute Vote
2022
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CNBC
What the Climate Bill Does for the Nuclear Industry
2022
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Axios Pro
Building a New US Nuclear Workforce, Supply Chain
2022
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Canary Media
Should California Keep Its Last Nuclear Plant Open? The Battle Is Back
2022
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Bloomberg Law
Mini Nuclear Reactors Land in Scientific Spat Over Waste Output
2022
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The Well News
Advanced Nuclear Reactors to Play Key Role in National Decarbonization, Experts Say
2022
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World Nuclear News
Advanced Nuclear Key to Cost-Effective US Decarbonisation
2022
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Utility Dive
Emerging Small Nuclear Reactors and Grid Decarbonization
2022
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AP News
Press Release (Globe Newswire)
2022
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ANS Nuclear Newswire
Study: Advanced Reactors Could Play Major Role in US Clean Energy Future
2022
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ANS Annual Meeting 2022
QHO Whitepaper Presentation
2022
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ANS Annual Meeting 2022
The NRC Part 53 Rulemaking: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities in 2022 and Beyond
2022
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ANS Annual Meeting 2022
Breaking Through: Assessing the Current State and Prospects of Nuclear Innovation in the Race to Decarbonize (CEO Session)
2022
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Reuters Events
Regulatory, cost innovations seen key for next-gen nuclear
2022
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The Well News
California Considering Extending Life of Last Nuclear Plant
2022
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City Journal
Biden's Nuclear Bailout: A Messy Necessity
2022
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The Washington Post
How Fear of Nuclear Power Supports Putin and Global Warming
2022
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Grist
As Russia Attacks Ukraine, Experts Weigh European Nuclear Renaissance
2022
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Jacobin
New Deal TVA: Electricity, Public Utilities, Renewables
2022
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U.S. NRC
Part 53 Quantitative Health Objectives
2022
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E&E News (Energywire)
'Hostage': Ukraine Nuclear Operators Face New Challenges
2022
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Atlantic Council
The Nuclear Energy Innovation Ecosystem and US Civil Nuclear Leadership
2022
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Bloomberg Law
Russian Uranium Dominance Leaves U.S. Scrambling to Catch Up
2022
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MIT Technology Review
How Ukraine Could Keep the Lights On as Russia Attacks Its Power Supplies
2022
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POWER Magazine
NRC Dramatically Reconsiders SLR Approvals, Sets New Conditions for Nuclear Life Extensions
2022
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The Well News
Advocates Urge International Energy Agency to Remove Paywalls, Open Access to Data
2022
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IEEE Spectrum
Is Europe's Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?
2022
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U.S. NRC
NRC Part 53 NGO Meeting
2022
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Inside Climate News
Activists Urge the International Energy Agency to Remove Paywalls Around Its Data
2022
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BBC Radio
EU Taxonomy Discussion
2022
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Bloomberg
Manchin Offers Path for Biden Green Goals: 'I'm Big on Nuclear'
2022
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Grist
Save the Nukes?
2022
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Slate / Future Tense
How Much of Our Future Is Nuclear?
2022
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New York Magazine (Intelligencer)
Nuclear Power, Climate Change and Renewables
2022
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The White House (CEQ)
What They Are Saying: EO on Catalyzing America's Clean Energy Industries
2021
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Wall Street Journal
Nuclear Fusion Startup Lands $1.8 Billion as Investors Chase Star Power
2021
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Third Way
Forging a Path for Advanced Reactor Licensing
2021
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Slow Boring
The Nuclear Policy America Needs
2021
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The Well News
Analysts Ask Congress to Expand Clean Energy Tax Cuts to Nuclear Energy
2021
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Politico (Morning Energy)
How to Cut a Reconciliation Bill
2021
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Washington Examiner
Carbon-free fusion power shows new viability but has a long way to go
2021
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U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee
Keeping Us Safe and Secure: Oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (House E&C hearing; Rep. Palmer cited BTI)
2021