Commission Meetings
Dartmouth Policy Research Shop Presentation
Nuclear Electricity Expansion in New Hampshire The Dartmouth Policy Research Shop report can be downloaded from:https://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/report/nuclear-electricity-expansion-new-hampshire Summary of the Video Conference: The meeting focused on the commission’s study of advanced […]
Regular Meeting – November 6, 2023
Ryan MacLeod, Laboratory Technologist at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; James Walker, CEO at NANO Nuclear Energy and Evan Cummings, Director of Business Development at Kairos Power. We will also entertain questions […]
Regular Meeting – October 2, 2023
Eric Johnson, Director of External Affairs for ISO New England; Tristan Jackson, Vice President of Corporate Development at Moltex Energy; and Donald Gustavson, Business Operations Manager for Ultra Safe Nuclear […]
Regular Meeting – September 18, 2023
We’ll hear presentations from Ryan Duncan, Director of Government Relations at SMR developer Last Energy, and Ryan Umstattd, VP of Product & Partnerships at fusion developer Zap Energy. We will also entertain questions and […]
Tour of Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant
Commission members and interested guests toured the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant on Tuesday, September 5, 2023. Seabrook Station nuclear power plant is located in Seabrook, New Hampshire. It’s approximately […]
Regular Meeting – August 7, 2023
We’ll hear presentations from Chris Lohse, Innovation and Technology Manager at Idaho National Laboratory, Julie Kozeracki, Senior Advisor at U.S. Department of Energy, and Dr. Billy Valderrama, Senior Advisor at U.S. […]
Regular Meeting – June 19, 2023
We’ll hear presentations from Seth Grae, President and CEO of Lightbridge and Matt Wald, writer for the American Nuclear Society, and the Breakthrough Institute. We will also entertain comments from members […]
Regular Meeting – May 12, 2023
We’ll hear presentations from Craig Piercy, Executive Director/CEO of the American Nuclear Society and Gareth Thomas, Senior Program Manager at Holtec. We will also entertain comments from members of the public […]
Regular Meeting – Apr 7, 2023
We’ll hear presentations from Joshua Parker, Director of Business Development at BWX Technologies and Carol Lane, Vice President, Government Relations for X-energy. We will also entertain comments from members of the […]
Regular Meeting – Mar 6, 2023
We’ll hear presentations from Jeff Navin, Director of External Affairs at TerraPower and Dan Leistikow, VP of Corporate Communications for Centrus Energy. We will also entertain comments from members of the public […]
Regular Meeting – Jan 23, 2023
We’ll hear presentations from Michael Wentzel, Branch Chief at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and David Durham, President, Energy Systems at Westinghouse Electric Company. We will also entertain comments from […]
Regular Meeting – Dec 12, 2022
We’ll hear presentations by Meredith Angwin, energy analyst, nuclear proponent, and author of “Shorting the Grid,” and by Jacqueline Siebens, Director of Policy and External Affairs at Oklo, Inc., a […]
Regular Meeting – Nov 21, 2022
Representatives of the Nuclear Energy Institution and NuScale Power, a small modular reactor (SMR) manufacturer, presented to the commission. We also took comments from members of the public and took […]
Organizational Meeting – Oct 11, 2022
This was the first meeting of the commission to organize its membership and anticipated our meeting schedule. We took comments from members of the public and addressed other business. Next […]
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The central component for the second-iteration test unit for @KairosPower’s Hermes reactor is the first reactor vessel to be fabricated in-house at the company’s Manufacturing Development Campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico #nuclear https://tinyurl.com/c5e4ws7d
The NRC revised its mission statement to include enabling civil nuclear technologies through efficient licensing for benefits to society and the environment. This update was mandated in the ADVANCE Act. Many said it was an unachievable goal.
Utah, Texas and Last Energy Inc. have filed suit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, arguing that NRC’s regulation of small and micro reactors exceeds its authority.
This could be a game-changer for nuclear power.
2024 is the year we went nuclear.
President Javier Milei announces the Argentine Nuclear Plan, alongside the Chief of the Council of Advisors, Demian Reidel, and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi.
Original in Spanish. Translated to English using AI.
Nuclear in the News
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Centrus, Oklo Set Out to Solidify HALEU Fuel Cycle, Trade Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel
Oklo has a partnership with Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative at the DOE Piketon Site for its second and third commercial plants. Courtesy: Oklo
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Vogtle 3 Reaches Initial Criticality, Marking Pivotal Nuclear Startup Milestone
Vogtle 3, one of two 1,117-MW Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors Southern Nuclear Operating Co. is building in Georgia, has reached initial criticality. The event marks a pivotal milestone for the […]
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Several universities to experiment with micro nuclear power
If your image of nuclear power is giant, cylindrical concrete cooling towers pouring out steam on a site that takes up hundreds of acres of land, soon there will be […]