President Kennedy switched the nation’s attention from nuclear to the space program but, beginning in the NixonAdministration and augmented following the 1973 oil embargo through the Three Mile Island incident in 1979, the U.S. authorized most of the 61 plants and 99 nuclear reactors still operating in 2017. As President Trump took office, the Aspen Institute issued a report stating, “Nuclear power in the U.S. is at a moment of existential crisis. If the present challenges are not addressed, the future of nuclear energy may be far less promising and superior U.S. nuclear expertise diminished.”
President Obama’sClean Energy Plan provided funding for nuclear energy, including creating the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN). In 2012, despite objections by the chairman, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) authorized Southern Company to build and operate two new reactors at its Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia, the first in the USA since 1979.
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Scientists part of resource mission to Moon
University of Adelaide researchers are part of a consortium which is sending nanosatellites and exploration sensors to the Moon to search for abundant, accessible water and resources.
SEVEN SISTERS is the Australian Lunar Exploration Mission which will go to the Moon in 2023, supporting NASA’s Artemis Program.
Unveiled today by satellite startup Fleet Space Technologies and led by a world-class consortium of space, industry and research leaders including scientists from the University of Adelaide, SEVEN SISTERS is a purpose-driven mission of discovery.
“Our research will help Australia achieve its aims in the nascent space industry, as well as supporting the existing domestic mining sector.”Professor Michael Goodsite
Nuclear energy policy represents a bipartisan path forward on climate for the Biden Administration
Joe Biden speaking with attendees at a 2019 fundraiser in Clear Lake, Iowa. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr/Wikimedia Creative Commons)
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With former Vice President Joe Biden now the President-elect of the United States, enthusiasm on the left is tempered by the likelihood that Republicans will keep the Senate. Climate policy is one of a few key areas in which Democrats hope to implement sweeping change by introducing federal policies to cut carbon emissions aggressively and invest significantly in infrastructure and technologies to speed decarbonization. However, while the full scope of Democratic policies may not be realized by the next Congress, legislation that encourages the rapid deployment of nuclear energy technology represents an area