In a significant breakthrough, The New York Times and The Boston Globe acknowledged the role of nuclear power in addressing climate change in separate editorials this week. The Times editorial noted that while “many environmentalists have serious qualms about nuclear energy, retaining this capacity is smart from a climate perspective.” Examining the role of nuclear power in combating climate…
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THE CONVERGENCE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, CLEAN AIR AND GLOBAL SECURITY
This was an important week that brought significant attention to the nexus of nuclear power, carbon reduction, and global security - an issue integration pioneered by PGS through the Global Nexus Initiative. At the Copenhagen 9th Clean Energy Ministerial, nuclear power was highlighted as a major decarbonization technology when the U.S., Canada, and Japan announced the creation of the Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy (NICE)…
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REGAINING AMERICA’S PLACE IN A THRIVING GLOBAL NUCLEAR MARKET
On May 23, PGS President Ken Luongo moderated NEI's 2018 Nuclear Energy Assembly "Regaining America's Place in a Thriving Global Nuclear Market" session in Atlanta, Georgia. Ambassador Laura S. H. Holgate, Vice President for Materials Risk Management at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and Robert F. Ichord, Jr., Nonresident Senior Fellow for the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center, formed part of…
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FAILING TO CONNECT THE DOTS
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…
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