A longer version of this article was published by the Center for the National Interest and it can be found here. Donald Trump made his fortune by driving construction pilings in the ground, not pondering the physics of how that happens. This focus on building things needs to be applied to U.S. nuclear energy deployment…
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Newest 123 Agreements
During the past year, the United States has expanded its range of civil nuclear cooperation agreements to three important Asian nations, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. Known as 123 agreements, in reference to a section of the Atomic Energy Act, these agreements are necessary for the U.S. to be able to export nuclear reactors and…
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Pumping Up America’s Nuclear Power Politics
A longer version of this article was published by the Center for the National Interest and it can be found here. President Trump dove into his new duties by declaring a national energy emergency and asserting that the United States will pursue energy dominance, including in nuclear power. But global nuclear power politics do not…
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Resurrection of U.S. Nuclear Plants
The proposed restart of three currently shut-down U.S. nuclear power plants at Palisades in Michigan, Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, and Duane Arnold in Iowa reflects a remarkable shift in energy policy driven by increasing electricity demand in the United States. This resurrection extends to the partially constructed V.C. Summer nuclear plant in South Carolina…
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