Tag: Energy
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Standards at Sea: A Strategy for U.S. and Allied Leadership in Civil Maritime Nuclear Energy
The United States cannot win the maritime nuclear competition on construction volume, where China holds a structural advantage and Russia already operates commercial systems. In the near term, America’s more durable advantage lies in shaping the standards, licensing, and certification that will govern reactors, fuels, and port access in this market—and in doing so on
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U.S. Nuclear Cooperation in an Era of Strategic Competition
As geopolitical competition reshapes global energy, security, and economic relationships, international nuclear cooperation is taking on renewed strategic importance. Several U.S. civil nuclear cooperation agreements under Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act are currently pending or are expected to come before Congress. On July 22, 2026, the United States and Saudi Arabia announced a
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Turning Up the Dial on America’s Nuclear Restart (w/ Ho K. Nieh)
Three Questions After decades defined by survival and preservation, the U.S. nuclear industry has entered a new era of growth. Bolstered by a 2025 presidential executive order and bipartisan acts of Congress, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is undergoing its most comprehensive transformation in fifty years. The stakes are considerable: surging electricity demand from AI
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Nuclear Power’s Big Leap Forward (w/ Roger Martella)
Nuclear Power’s Big Leap Forward (w/ Roger Martella) One year ago, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders aimed at accelerating the deployment of nuclear energy in the United States. The impact has been dramatic, pulling forward the construction of small modular reactors by roughly five years and reshaping how industry, government, and
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Rethinking Nuclear Waste: The Case for Recycling Used Fuel (w/ Christina Leggett)
Rethinking Nuclear Waste: The Case for Recycling Used Fuel (w/ Christina Leggett) Long dismissed in the U.S. as uneconomic and proliferation-prone, the recycling of used nuclear fuel is becoming a strategic imperative the country can no longer afford to ignore. The U.S. is sitting on roughly 96,000 metric tons of used nuclear fuel, the vast
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