Statement
The NRC Approves Construction Permit for TVA’s Clinch River Small Modular Reactor
14-month review marks second major new-reactor construction approval in 2026
· 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
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NRC Rulemaking Tracker
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Mapping America's Nuclear Potential
Evaluating Deployment, Investment, and Impact in America's Clean Energy Future
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Guide to NRC Application Data Requirements for State Implementers
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Research, analysis and everything on the record across nuclear, data centers, energy demand and more.
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Analysis
Don't Let Temporary Bans Become Infrastructure Policy
Pausing New Development Has Real Costs
· Deric Tilson
Analysis
The Glyphosate Panic Comes for America’s Forests
Glyphosate is used on a tiny fraction of federal land. Eliminating it would be an ecological mistake.
· Emily Bass
Analysis
America Chose Its Nuclear Waste Site on a Guess About Cost, not Safety
The U.S. Shouldn’t Make the Same Mistake Twice
· Adam Stein
Analysis
California Punts on a Needed Wildfire Reform
It’s time to stop forcing ratepayers to subsidize homeowners’ wildfire risk
· Lauren Teixeira
Analysis
Software Won’t Expand the Grid
A practical take on grid-enhancing technologies
· Ryan Alimento
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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
