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  1. New Nuclear

    Proposed Bipartisan “Fission for the Future” Bill would Support Commercial Deployment of Advanced Nuclear in Communities with Retiring Fossil Fuel Sites

    By Amy Roma, Rob Matsick

    On December 16, 2021, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)—the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, respectively—introduced a bill entitled “Fission…

  2. New Nuclear

    Advanced Nuclear Included in Biden’s American Jobs Plan

    By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai, Juliya Grigoryan, Rob Matsick

    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…

  3. New Nuclear

    Developments in Advanced Reactor Licensing and Nuclear Export Controls

    By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai

    Over the past month, there have been major developments related to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) advanced reactor licensing reform and nuclear-related export controls. Kicking Off New Advanced Reactor Rulemaking…

  4. New Nuclear

    Oklo Advanced Reactor Application Published by NRC

    By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai

    Even in these extremely challenging times, advanced reactor innovators are working hard to make the next generation of clean, safe nuclear reactors a reality.  To this end, Oklo Inc. (Oklo)…

  5. New Nuclear

    NRC Issues its “Advanced Reactors Program Status” for non-LWRs

    By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai

    Since 2016, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has been developing a strategy to review future non-light water reactor (non-LWR) technologies.  That year, the NRC published the NRC Vision…

  6. New Nuclear

    Thanksgiving Reading – Fall Advanced Reactor Developments

    By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai

    In time for the Thanksgiving long weekend, we want to draw your attention to a number of interesting reports on advanced reactor developments that have come out over the past…

  7. New Nuclear

    NRC Considers GEIS for Advanced Reactors – Your Input Needed!

    By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held two public meetings on November 15th and 20th to solicit feedback as to whether to compile a Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for the…

  8. New Nuclear

    Nuclear Legislation Moves One Step Closer to Becoming a Law

    By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai, Brittainy Cavender

    On Tuesday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee passed a slew of energy related-legislation, including the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA), on a largely bipartisan basis. NELA supports the…

  9. New Nuclear

    NELA Introduced in the House; Recent NRC Papers on Advanced Reactors

    By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai, Brittainy Cavender

    On June 18, 2019, U.S. Representatives Elaine Luria (D-VA) and Denver Riggleman (R-VA), along with Reps. Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Conor Lamb (D-PA), introduced in the House the Nuclear Energy…

  10. New Nuclear

    NRC Publishes Draft Guidance on Advanced Reactor Licensing Basis Development

    By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai

    The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in early May issued a notice seeking comments on a new draft regulatory guide impacting advanced reactor licensing. Draft Regulatory Guide (DG) 1353 (DG-1353)…