18+ hour, 27+ min 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…...

8+ mon, 1+ 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…...

2+ mon, 3+ day 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…...

2+ week, 18+ hour 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…...

4+ week, 2+ day 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…...

1+ mon, 6+ day 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (752+ words) If these findings were true, the research would support the fringe idea that nuclear power is actively harmful to the general population even without a catastrophic failure, which has not been confirmed by past research. Anti-nuclear activists would no longer…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (609+ words) This bodes poorly for the prospects of fusion in the United States, a nation that misguidedly began to offshore industrial activity some 50 years ago and is now grappling with the consequences across the board. Far-off visions of a world powered…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (139+ words) USDA Biotech Regulations Have Improved in Key Ways USDA's biotechnology regulations, codified in 7 CFR Part 340, govern genetically engineered organisms that USDA believes could pose a plant pest risk. USDA has discretion to determine which products are regulated, but their decision-making…...