SMRs represent more than power generation, they’re platforms for industrial development. A national SMR program involves the construction and operation of units for domestic markets and export, alongside the development…
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Connecting nuclear reactors across Africa
Africa must take the wisdom of its accumulated ages and combine it with a new vision of the future, looking towards nuclear power.
The Rise of the First SMR in the US: A New Chapter in Pragmatic Energy Innovation
In the final analysis, this is a project to celebrate—not because it checks some ideological box, but because it works. It’s funded privately, regulated rationally, and constructed in a community…
The Golden Age of Nuclear Energy Is Here
Fortunately, America has an opportunity to turn the page on this anti-energy agenda and fully embrace a new era of nuclear power. In President Donald J. Trump’s first term, he…
Unshackling Nuclear Energy: The Case Against the NRC’s Overreach
Federal courts should simply require the NRC to follow federal law. Reactors that could affect the nation’s public health and safety should be subject to rigorous federal oversight. But state…
How the Trump Administration Can Make Nuclear Energy Popular With Women
When people think about the incoming Trump-Vance administration’s plans to unleash domestic energy production, they likely start with oil and gas drilling, and policies governing fracking and clean coal. Yet…
The Better Path In Energy
It has been assumed that reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is expensive, more expensive than mining uranium at a yellowcake price up to perhaps $250/lb. But what SpaceX has shown private…
Nuclear power stations can be a beautiful part of the environment.
Since nuclear is completely clean and green, emitting no gasses, liquids, or anything else, during normal operations, there is no reason why nuclear power stations must be viewed as ugly…
Rolls-Royce One Step Closer To SMRs
On Tuesday, the FTSE 100 engineering giant became the first developer to advance a small modular reactor (SMR) design to the final stage of examination by UK regulators.
Italy’s Strategic Embrace of Nuclear Power: A Calculated Move Towards Energy Security
Whether one believes Climate Change is even an issue worth considering, these moves would fit into a positive no regrets strategy regardless of whether or not CO2 emissions are an…
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