Analysis
Part 57: Right-Sizing Nuclear Regulation for Low-Consequence Reactors
A first look at a potential new licensing pathway.
· Adam Stein
Energy Make clean energy cheap.
Affordable, reliable energy is essential for human development, and demand will grow for decades as developing nations emerge from poverty. Substantial innovation in clean energy technology is how emissions come down anyway.
Issues
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Nuclear
Latest: NRC Issues Construction Permit for X-energy's Advanced Reactor Project in Texas
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Data Centers
Latest: Don't Let Temporary Bans Become Infrastructure Policy
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Energy Demand
Latest: Software Won’t Expand the Grid
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Renewable Energy
Latest: The Faulty Logic at the Heart of Environmentalist Opposition to BAAJA
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Fossil Fuels
Latest: Caught Between Hormuz and a (Chinese) Hard Place
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Critical Minerals
Latest: Critical Mineral Policy Needs BAAJA
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Permitting Reform
Latest: Abundance Between 2026 and 2028
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Decarbonization
Latest: The Faulty Logic at the Heart of Environmentalist Opposition to BAAJA
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Artificial Intelligence
Latest: Abundance Between 2026 and 2028
Data and tools
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Nuclear Tool
NRC Rulemaking Tracker
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Nuclear Tool
Mapping America's Nuclear Potential
Evaluating Deployment, Investment, and Impact in America's Clean Energy Future
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Nuclear Tool
Guide to NRC Application Data Requirements for State Implementers
Energy work
Research, analysis and everything on the record across nuclear, data centers, energy demand and more.
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Analysis
Trump’s Reorganization Adds to Perfect Storm of Wildfire Risk
Diminished agency capacity and stalled legislation slow wildfire mitigation when it’s needed most
· Emily Bass
Report
The Critical Minerals Picture Book
Setting Specific Goals for Specific Minerals
· Seaver Wang, Peter Cook, Ryan Alimento
Regulatory comment
NRC Should Streamline Adjudications, not Shift the Burden
A Path towards a better contested hearing process
· Yue "Joy" Jiang
Regulatory comment
NRC Fee Reform Should Improve Performance, Not Impose Rigid Caps
The proposed fee caps are misaligned with licensing realities
· Spencer Toohill
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Who leads this work
Adam Stein
Director, Nuclear Energy Innovation Email
Latest: NRC Issues Construction Permit for X-energy's Advanced Reactor Project in Texas
Seaver Wang
Director, Climate and Energy Email
Latest: The Faulty Logic at the Heart of Environmentalist Opposition to BAAJA
Marc Levitt
Director, Environmental Regulatory Reform Email
Latest: The Unmistakable Need for BAAJA’s Clean Water Act 401 Reform
