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Nuclear regulators signal shift to vigorous licensing
Chair David Wright says NRC downsizing is on the table as staffing changes will aim for speedier permitting of reactors.
CERAweek: Small nuclear power struggles at cusp of US electricity demand boom
Everyone from the U.S. energy secretary to Big Tech touts small modular nuclear reactors as a potential answer to booming ...
Supreme Court wrestles with US agency's nuclear waste storage licensing power
The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday over whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license ...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas
VIDED. Sep 04 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024. Sep 04 2024 Reply of petitioners United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. filed. (Distributed) Oct 04 2024 Petition GRANTED. The ...
US Supreme Court to consider nuclear waste storage dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to consider whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license ...
Texas lawmaker proposes $2 billion effort to jump start the state’s nuclear power industry
The $2 billion proposal is a priority bill in the Texas House. The fund would support grant and incentive programs to build a ...
US Supreme Court to determine future of nuclear waste storage
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case that could determine the future of nuclear waste storage in the United States ...
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Chris Barnard says the US regulatory regime is stifling nuclear energy innovation
American Conservation Coalition President Chris Barnard says over regulation of the nuclear industry is why the United States has only built two nuclear plants over the last thirty years. “We have a ...
Nobody wants to live near nuclear waste. The Supreme Court mulls where to put it
Texas is taking a fight over the country's nuclear waste to the Supreme Court. The issue, a Not In My Backyard dilemma involving toxic radioactive nuclear waste, has been swirling for decades. The ...