On March 31st, President Biden unveiled a massive $2 trillion infrastructure and clean energy plan called the American Jobs Plan that aims, in part, to tackle what the White House calls two of the greatest challenges of our time: the
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Legal and Policy Advancements for Advanced Reactors
The New Nuclear blog, published by Hogan Lovells, focuses on legal and regulatory developments affecting the nuclear energy sector, particularly advanced and existing nuclear reactor technologies. It covers topics such as Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing and environmental reviews, supply chain challenges for nuclear fuel and components, government programs supporting nuclear energy including the Civil Nuclear Credit Program, and issues related to high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel production. The blog also addresses policy and legislative matters impacting nuclear energy deployment, workforce development, and the intersection of nuclear energy with clean energy goals and climate change initiatives.
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Biden Administration Reinvigorates the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases
By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai & Rob Matsick
On Friday, February 26, the Biden Administration’s newly-resurrected Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (IWG) announced new values for three specific metrics that seek to monetize the environmental impacts of greenhouse gases: the Social Cost of Carbon,…
Reports Envision a Leading Role for Nuclear in this Administration
By Amy Roma & Sachin Desai
On February 16, the Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) and the Partnership for Global Security (PGS) issued a report to help guide the Biden Administration in its support of nuclear amidst the President’s ambitious climate agenda. The report, U.S. Advanced Nuclear…
President Biden takes Executive Actions with Impact on Advanced Nuclear
By Amy Roma & Sachin Desai
President Biden ran on an energy and environmental platform calling for a carbon-free power sector by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. In pursuit of this clean energy plan, he also called for a modernized energy infrastructure that supports…
NRC Seeks Comment on Proposed Policy Statement on Use of Evidence in Regulatory Activities
By Amy Roma & Sachin Desai
On December 7, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a Proposed Evaluation Policy Statement (the “Proposed Policy Statement”) that seeks public comment regarding the NRC’s use of evidence for many non-adjudicatory agency actions such as licensing, oversight, rulemaking, and others.…
American Nuclear Infrastructure Act 2020 Safeguards the Future of Nuclear
By Amy Roma & Sachin Desai
Today U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act (ANIA) 2020. The provisions of ANIA are intended to help ensure that the U.S. is competitive with…
Nuclear Propulsion for Space and Sea
By Amy Roma & Sachin Desai
While we often speak of nuclear power in terms of electricity production for our homes and businesses, it also has a number of other uses, including nuclear power and propulsion for space and maritime use, and there are a number…
Substantive Development of “Part 53” Kicks Off
By Amy Roma & Sachin Desai
The NRC staff is moving forward with development of the 10 CFR Part 53 rulemaking, which will establish a new framework for licensing and regulating advanced nuclear reactors (and potentially also extending to fusion systems). The agency is taking a…
DOE Re-Opens Arctic Energy Office with Emphasis on Advanced Nuclear
By Amy Roma & Sachin Desai
On September 17, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the re-opening of its Arctic Energy Office (AEO), which was originally established in 2001, but failed to take off due to insufficient funding. Senator Murkowski (R-AK) pushed for the re-establishment of…
DCF Opens Door to Fund Nuclear Power Projects Abroad
By Amy Roma & Sachin Desai
On July 23, 2020, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DCF) announced its intention to open the door to funding opportunities for nuclear projects abroad.
In a summary of its decision following a voluntary 30-day comment period, DCF announced that…