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Nuclear energy can deliver abundant, reliable, zero-carbon power. But the United States has lost the ability to build it quickly, repeatedly, and at scale. Now, rising electricity demand, g…

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  1. EnergyAnalysis

    Apr 21, 2014 · Reid Tanaka

    USS Reagan Sailors’ Lawsuit Found ‘Lacking’

    Nuclear Expert Questions Link Between Radiation Exposure and Health Woes

  2. EnergyAnalysis

    Feb 5, 2014 · Robert Hargraves

    The Passion of Alvin Weinberg

    The Humanitarian Behind China's Great Thorium Push

  3. EnergyAnalysis

    Oct 9, 2013 · Michael Conathan

    Fukushima Fallout Does Not Endanger US Seafood

    Radiation Levels in Fish No Higher Than Average Banana

  4. EnergyAnalysis

    Jul 24, 2013

    Mugged By Reality

    Nordhaus on the Smarter Environmental Agenda

  5. EnergyAnalysis

    Jul 19, 2013 · Mark Lynas

    Making the World Safe for Coal

    The History of the Antinuclear Movement

  6. EnergyAnalysis

    Feb 14, 2013 · James Conca

    ‘No Clinically Observable Effects’ From Fukushima Radiation: UN

    Report Offers Corrective to Japan’s Nuclear Freeze

  7. EnergyAnalysis

    Oct 9, 2012 · Barry Brook, Sanghyun Hong

    No Nukes? Then Say Yes to Global Warming

    How the Anti-Nuclear Movement Undermines Climate Efforts

  8. EnergyAnalysis

    Jul 19, 2012 · Mark Lynas

    Fukushima Death Toll Projections Based on Junk Science

    New Study Employs Scare Tactics

  9. EnergyAnalysis

    Feb 1, 2012 · Jesse Jenkins, Mark Caine

    Nuclear Down, Carbon Intensity Up in Japan

  10. EnergyAnalysis

    Jun 22, 2011 · Sara Mansur

    Freakonomics Features BTI on Future of Nuclear Power

  11. EnergyAnalysis

    May 12, 2011 · Jesse Jenkins, Sara Mansur

    UPDATED ANALYSIS: The Costs of Canceling Japan’s Plans for Nuclear Power

  12. EnergyAnalysis

    Oct 16, 2026 · Yue "Joy" Jiang

    NRC Modernization Should Pair Procedural Flexibility With Clear Guardrails

    BTI supports streamlining NRC procedures while maintaining meaningful public participation

  13. EnergyAnalysis

    Oct 16, 2026 · Yue "Joy" Jiang

    Security Requirements Should Fit the Reactor, Not the Existing Fleet

    Performance-based security is the right direction, but its conclusions need to hold up when the assumed threat changes.

  14. EnergyAnalysis

    Oct 16, 2026 · PJ Seel, Yue "Joy" Jiang, Spencer Toohill

    Making Practicability the Standard for Uranium Groundwater Restoration

    Codifying groundwater protection for uranium recovery is overdue, but the rule needs a clear point at which restoration is finished

  15. EnergyAnalysis

    Oct 2, 2026 · PJ Seel, Spencer Toohill, Adam Stein

    Radiation Protection Needs a Stopping Point

    Moving past ALARA requires a more substantial framework change than the NRC has proposed

  16. EnergyAnalysis

    Oct 2, 2026 · PJ Seel, Adam Stein

    Closing the Gap on Greater-Than-Class-C Waste

    A risk-informed disposal pathway is long overdue, but defense-in-depth needs a way to find that a barrier isn't doing any work

  17. EnergyAnalysis

    Oct 2, 2026 · Yue "Joy" Jiang, Spencer Toohill

    Building a More Coherent Regulatory Framework

    BTI comments on the NRC’s sweeping reforms to licensing, construction, safety oversight, and siting

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