Voting season is upon us! The Wall Street Journal has an online poll underway:
Vote: Should the World Increase its Reliance on Nuclear Energy?
Voting is very quick and easy. And... comments can be very educational for others. See Meredith Angwin's ANS Nuclear Cafe post: Pro-Nuclear Activism: Something for Everyone for more comments about comments. Thanks for your support!
Fusion is prioritized in net-zero R&D initiative and IRA funds, but fission factors in too
Just days before COP27 and the U.S. midterm elections, the White House announced $1.55 billion in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding for national laboratories and the launch of a Net-Zero...
GAIN’s Rachel Taow recognized as first C3E awardee from the nuclear field
Rachel Taow, who is the process modernization lead for the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) at Idaho National Laboratory, received an award in the category of law and...
New CNC draft guidance out as first-round decision nears
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GAO finds nuclear demo best practices could set new standard for clean energy projects
The Department of Energy’s management of its commercial-scale reactor demonstration projects has “generally been consistent with requirements to address risk,” according to a Government...
NREL sees path to triple nuclear capacity by 2035, but there’s more to the story
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ANS welcomes WISE interns back to Washington, D.C.
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Report sizes up nuclear new-build financing from five top exporters
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Public support for nuclear energy is highest among plant neighbors
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Small and Advanced Reactors with Diverse Fuel Cycles Can Deliver Energy Security
Nuclear energy offers a pairing of high capacity factors and low carbon emissions unrivaled by other power sources, and advanced reactors and small modular reactors (SMRs) hold promise to...
Bisconti survey finds record high U.S. public support for nuclear energy
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