20 May 2021
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As multiple advanced reactor vendors enter the licensing process to build first-of-a-kind demonstration projects, issues with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission s (NRC) current user fee cost recovery model could slow innovation and raise regulatory costs, according to a report published yesterday by the Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA). Reliance on applicant fees limits the ability of the NRC to hire and train staff ahead of expected applications, reducing regulatory efficiency, the report says.
Clockwise: Judi Greenwald, Alex Gilbert, Stephen Burns, Caroline Cochran and Peter Hastings.
The NIA describes itself as a non-profit think-and-do-tank working to enable nuclear power as a global solution to mitigate climate change. Its new report -
As multiple advanced reactor vendors enter the licensing process to build first-of-a-kind demonstration projects, issues with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's current user fee cost recovery model could slow innovation and raise regulatory costs, according to a report published yesterday by the Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA). Reliance on applicant fees limits the ability of the NRC to hire and train staff ahead of expected applications, reducing regulatory efficiency, the report says.
12 April 2021
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Policymakers who ignore nuclear energy are not serious about meeting climate goals, delegates said at an Atlantic Council webinar last week. The first in the
Raising Ambitions series, the event highlighted the attributes of this clean source of electricity and heat ahead of the
Leaders’ Climate Summit, which the US Administration is hosting on 22-23 April.
Jennifer Gordon, managing editor and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, moderated the webinar s panel discussion, which included Sama Bilbao y Léon, director general of World Nuclear Association; William Magwood, director general of the OECD-Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA); John Wagner, director of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL); and Arun Khuttan, the Next Gen Nuclear Industry Council s project lead for COP26.
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Streamlining permitting paves way for advanced reactor innovation
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By Kelsey Adkisson, PNNL
Whether it is electric cars or coffeemakers, the electrons in the electric must come from somewhere. Roughly 20% of U.S. energy comes from nuclear power. This number is expected to rise to meet carbon-free power demands, particularly in fossil-fuel-dependent areas where alternatives like hydropower, wind, or solar aren t an option or need a boost because they tend to be intermittent.
Companies are developing smaller and safer reactor technology to meet rising energy demands. Long before an excavator breaks ground to construct a new nuclear reactor, however, there s a multi-million-dollar licensing process to evaluate new designs. This process can take nearly half a decade to navigate.