Tag Archives: nuclear security

Trends In Nuclear Energy Expansion

The enthusiasm for the expansion of nuclear energy has been significantly elevated since 25 nations at the COP28 climate meeting endorsed tripling the clean energy contribution of this technology by 2050. The question is whether this support can be sustained and turned into actual reactor deployments.  There are recent bright spots. These include the start-up of the…
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Where The U.S. Government Is Funding Nuclear Export

Four years ago, the Trump administration issued an analysis of the importance of restoring America’s civil nuclear competitiveness. One of its major recommendations was for the creation of “a whole-of-government approach to supporting the U.S. nuclear energy industry in exporting civil nuclear technology in competition with state-owned enterprises.” It has largely fallen to the Biden…
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Nuclear Nexus Challenges for the Coming Year

The decision by 25 nations at the COP28 international climate conference to support the tripling of nuclear energy by 2050 was a major milestone in the recognition of reality about how global zero-carbon energy will be achieved. This is a big aspiration and probably an unattainable objective. One analysis notes that this goal will require building “the equivalent of about…
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Moving Nuclear Expansion from Aspiration to Action After COP28

The yearly U.N. climate agreement conference of the parties long ago devolved into a cacophonous circus. But this year in Dubai, it at least added a dedicated ring for the clean energy attributes of nuclear power. The IAEA’s Atoms 4 Climate pavilion alone hosted over 40 events. The issue now is whether the “aspirational goal”…
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