6+ hour, 4+ min ago  (111+ words) The Breakthrough Institute Mapping America's Nuclear Potential Evaluating Deployment, Investment, and Impact in America's Clean Energy Future This interactive tool from The Breakthrough Institute brings together two distinct analyses of nuclear energy in the United States. The Map and Dashboard…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (230+ words) What almost all of that misses, though, is just how speculative and ungrounded the entire climate scenario enterprise is. Consider that the relationship between economic growth and declining fertility is among the most robust in the modernization literature. As societies…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1646+ words) The NRC's proposed new licensing framework, called Part 57, tests whether nuclear regulation can do something it often says it wants to do: match regulatory burden to actual risk. Part 57 would create a new licensing framework for a narrow class of…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (614+ words) A few years ago, I wrote about a particular class of clean energy advocates who I described as "not anti-nuclear but." The true face of the anti-nuclear movement, I argued, is not "hair-shirt wearing opponents of progress" but rather "a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1363+ words) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's final 10 CFR Part 53 rule is the most significant modernization of reactor licensing in decades. Part 53 is designed differently from existing frameworks to be risk-informed and performance-based. Part 53 provides a viable, technology-inclusive licensing pathway that reduces the…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (170+ words) The NRC has an important opportunity and a statutory obligation under the ADVANCE Act to Last week, the Breakthrough Institute submitted a letter to the commission requesting that the NRC treat this issue as a delayed action'rather than a new…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1572+ words) Nuclear regulation is often discussed as a problem of temperament. Critics argue that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is excessively cautious. Defenders reply that caution is precisely the point. Both sides miss what actually matters. The NRC's difficulties are not about…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (120+ words) The Breakthrough Institute The NRC Rulemaking Tracker was created to help the public, industry stakeholders, and policymakers stay informed as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission considers a large volume of active rulemakings. The tracker reflects the full list of NRC active…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (552+ words) The Breakthrough Institute Decay Fragments: A Health Physics History America's Radiation Protection Regulatory System and How it Came to Be Debates about radiation protection regulation in the United States often center on scientific risk models or how stringent exposure limits…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (89+ words) The Breakthrough Institute The Strategic Significance of an Emerging Seafloor Minerals Sector Testimony: Climate and Energy Director Seaver Wang to the U. S. -China Economic and Security Review Commission Written Testimony of Seaver Wang, Climate and Energy Director to the U. S. -China Economic…...