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A Hollywood Highlight Reel for the Nuclear Renaissance

A Hollywood Highlight Reel for the Nuclear Renaissance
A longer version of this article can be found here. The hoped-for American nuclear renaissance now has a spectacular highlight reel. It is a cinematic marriage of national security and nuclear flexing that features three C-17’s airlifting a Valar Atomics’ Ward 250 advanced nuclear reactor from California to Utah. But despite the undeniably priceless political and public relations value…
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A Nuclear Power Perspective for 2026

A Nuclear Power Perspective for 2026
A longer version of this article was published by The Center for the National Interest and it can be found here. The United States’ approach to nuclear energy in 2025 was characterized by typical Trumpian bravado. It offered expansive executive orders, a dose of new reactor rugged individualism, and a warm embrace of government-financed projects.…
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National Security Impact of Irrational Nuclear Energy Exuberance

National Security Impact of Irrational Nuclear Energy Exuberance
A longer version of this article was published by The Center for the National Interest and it can be found here. Nuclear energy evangelists becoming multi-millionaires and paper billionaires based on yet-to-be-proven projects represents the essence of the market’s power and the risk-taking that is required to resurrect America’s nuclear industry. But if this process leads to an irrationally exuberant…
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The Role of Nuclear Energy in the New Cold War

The Role of Nuclear Energy in the New Cold War
A longer version of this article was published by the Center for the National Interest and it can be found here. The United States is at the front end of a new Cold War, but this time the critical role of atom splitting has been transmuted. Rather than relying on nuclear fission to deliver security in the form…
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