Tag Archives: Climate change

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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Reality Fractures the Next-Gen Nuclear Fairy Tale

The cratering  of the NuScale Power-UAMPS Carbon Free Power Project is not the end of the world for next-generation nuclear energy. But it is the end of the fairy tale phase. So much hot air was being blown into the next-gen nuclear narrative that it was inevitable the balloon would burst when it rubbed up…
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Nuclear Nexus Challenges for the Coming Year

The nexus between nuclear energy, climate change, and global security had a breakthrough year in 2022. But to be durable, the Nexus Agenda will require less celebration and more hard work in 2023. There are three broad areas that will require intensive attention in the coming year – international exports, next-generation market preparation, and technology…
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The Global Nexus Has Gone Mainstream

Seven years ago, the Partnership for Global Security and the Nuclear Energy Institute launched the Global Nexus Initiative as a first-of-its kind experiment in whether non-traditional partners could effectively collaborate at the intersection of nuclear energy, climate change, and global security. It gathered numerous international experts from diverse disciplines to work through these issues. Last…
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