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Embracing Risk to Position Next Generation Nuclear Energy

Embracing Risk to Position Next Generation Nuclear Energy
The 1960’s space race to the Moon was an extremely focused, ambitious, and risky national objective. That same level of national motivation and risk taking now needs to be applied to the clean energy technologies that will power the future. This is particularly important for underappreciated, emerging technologies that can complement renewable energy sources like…
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Advancing Nuclear Innovation: Responding to Climate and Security Challenges

Advancing Nuclear Innovation: Responding to Climate and Security Challenges
The Global Nexus Initiative (GNI) published an important and groundbreaking new analysis of the implications of advanced nuclear reactor technologies for responding to climate change and strengthening global security. Its findings are significant for U.S. and international policy makers because as the Washington Post pointed out on the day of the report’s release, “nuclear remains a critical source of low-carbon emissions…
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FAILING ON CLIMATE AND LOSING ON GEOPOLITICS

FAILING ON CLIMATE AND LOSING ON GEOPOLITICS
It has been a long time since anyone believed that Washington D.C. was America’s hub of innovation and public policy creativity, but it has remained a place where national security matters. Unfortunately, as the parameters of American national security continue to cycle through a rapid evolution, our political leaders are too divided to clearly focus…
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NUCLEAR SECURITY 3.0

NUCLEAR SECURITY 3.0
There is no nuclear infrastructure now in Sri Lanka, but that nation will have a significant impact on the future of nuclear security. That is because, in the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks on its churches and hotels, former Admiral James Stavridis has declared that the world is now facing Terrorism 3.0. That means…
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