The Defense Innovation Unit has released a solicitation seeking Solution Briefs for full lifecycle micro-reactor power plant(s) that would start operations at an Army installation in the continental United States before the...more
The guidance will provide clarity and a compliance path to companies seeking permission to launch or reenter space-based nuclear technologies.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s newly released Advisory Circular AC...more
If accepted, the new Draft Regulatory Guide DG-4034, “General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations,” may facilitate the siting of both advanced and traditional reactors closer to population centers.
The...more
The Department of the Air Force has released a request for proposal for development of a pilot micro-reactor to provide power to Eielson AFB in Alaska.
The RFP is a critical step in the Department of Defense’s development...more
Several NRC Staff recommendations emphasize increased communication with stakeholders, including creating an NRC Federal Advisory Committee on Environmental Justice issues. However, it is unclear how this committee or other...more
In an important step furthering recent commitments to modernize its environmental review process, the NRC has requested input on its plan to update and expand the field of categorical exclusions in its regulations...more
A recent change in New York law requires local authorities to assess spent nuclear fuel storage facilities at permanently shutdown nuclear power plants as real property for ad valorem tax purposes.
The legislation raises...more
1/26/2021
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With advances in technology, the long sought-after development of fusion power, which promises a limitless, carbon-free source of energy for the future, finally appears within reach. Over two-dozen private companies are...more
On September 21, 2020, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it has approved the development of a generic environmental impact statement (GEIS) for the construction and operation of advanced nuclear reactors...more
On July 15, 2020, the White House Council on Environmental Quality implemented sweeping amendments to modernize and streamline NEPA environmental reviews.
These amendments stand to have a trickle-down effect on the nuclear...more
7/22/2020
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DOE issued an interpretive rule asserting the power to unilaterally reclassify high-level radioactive waste from Cold War-era reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel for nuclear weapons.
DOE issued an interpretive rule...more
What has happened since President Trump was inaugurated?
- In one of his first executive actions, President Trump has placed a freeze on new government hires (excepting the military). Based on information from Trump...more
2/1/2017
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A little over two weeks after the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, I wrote a column for The Hill, “Keep calm and carry on with nuclear power,” in which I stated:
Now is not the time...more