Publications: Commentary

We’re not connecting the dots on nuclear energy, climate change and global security, and that will create significant challenges in this century. In the last month, two mainstream think tanks identified how the closure of U.S. nuclear plants will make cutting carbon emissions more difficult. In a worst-case scenario, retiring nuclear plants would set back clean energy goals…

Since 9/11, the focus of nuclear security has been on eliminating and protecting weapon usable materials to prevent nuclear terrorism. But, as former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell has noted, while “we were trying to protect the country from terrorists, we became blind to what was going on in the rest of the world.” This also…

The geopolitical importance of nuclear power is multifaceted and underappreciated. Influence of international reactor sales; maintenance of a strong, innovative industrial and employee base; and low carbon attributes of nuclear power are assets for U.S. global policy making. Nuclear supplier-recipient relationships can last 100 years. Critical U.S. naval force projection vessels are dependent on nuclear…

PGS President Kenneth Luongo provides his thoughts on why the U.S. and Saudi Arabia should engage in nuclear trade and how that would benefit both countries and the world. "The decision by Saudi Arabia to pursue nuclear power is an important step but it cannot lead to nuclear proliferation or an arms race in the…