On May 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 1—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Bill) — by a vote of 215-214. The House-passed version of the bill, slated to be considered by the Senate...more
SaskPower has created a nuclear subsidiary called SaskNuclear to advance the province’s small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear project from a business and regulatory standpoint. SaskPower is planning the development of its first...more
It has been a defining month for nuclear power's role in a net zero world. On the second day of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates, the International Atomic Energy Agency...more
The UK government has enacted the Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022 (the “Nuclear Act”) on 31 March 2022. This note sets out a summary of the Nuclear Act and looks into the question whether it is an adequate measure towards...more
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...more
The Government has issued a consultation paper to assess whether the Regulated Asset Base (“RAB”) model for funding nuclear projects would incentivise investment by the private sector into new nuclear projects. New nuclear...more