"'The last thing we should do is encourage fiduciaries to make decisions with a lower rate of return for purely ideological reasons,' Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana, the Senate’s lead sponsor of the bill, said earlier this month."
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Dow and X-energy Advance Efforts to Deploy First Advanced Small Modular Nuclear Reactor at Industrial Site Under DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program
"X-energy was selected by DOE in 2020 to receive up to $1.2 billion under the ARDP in federal cost-shared funding to develop, license, build, and demonstrate an operational advanced reactor and fuel fabrication facility by the end of the decade. Since that award, X-energy has completed the engineering and basic design of the nuclear reactor, advanced development of a fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and is preparing to submit an application for licensure to the NRC."
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Building Green Infrastructure Requires More Efficient Permitting
NEPA’s outdated permitting process is doing more harm than good
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Seventh Generation Entrepreneurs Fighting Climate Change With Robots And A Giant Mechanical Stomach
"The digester offers the family an additional revenue stream to supplement the milk production and their other source of income—a farm store that the family opened back in 2008. The Barstow Farm Store sells fresh dairy, beef, and prepared food to local diners and to groups who come to the farm for by-appointment farm tours. In addition, the Farm composts manure from the heifer barn and sells that to local hobby farmers and suburban gardeners."
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America—and the World—Needs More Nuclear Power
"Policymakers must stay on offense in the 118th Congress. Rounding the edges on these policies will enable Team USA to out-compete Chinese and Russian enterprises with American innovation. The World Nuclear Association states that, at the end of October, China was operating 53 commercial power reactors, making it third in the world after France, which has 56 reactors. The U.S., leading with 92 operating reactors, but only has two units under construction, while China has 23 reactors under construction. The U.S. must deploy and export innovative American nuclear technologies to retain its global nuclear influence."
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NRC grants exemption for PG&E to operate Diablo Canyon nuclear plant during license renewal review
"The nuclear power plant supplies about 17% of California’s zero-carbon electricity and 9% of its total electricity, according to the California Energy Commission. On Tuesday it approved a resolution that 'the state’s electricity forecasts for the calendar years 2024 to 2030, inclusive, show potential for reliability deficiencies if the Diablo Canyon power plant operation is not extended beyond 2025.'"
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Lessons From Poland’s Nuclear Energy Renaissance
"Poland has decided that nuclear energy has a part to play in its future energy strategy, and has cleared the regulatory decks to deploy nuclear energy faster. It’s time for the U.S. to do the same."
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House GOP readies its first big agenda push: A massive energy bill
"'It’s a really good time to merge energy and climate policy with rational approaches to being cleaner,' said Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah), who chairs the nearly 80-member Conservative Climate Caucus. 'Before, maybe the whole conversation was on being clean. Now, it’s about being affordable, reliable, safe, and clean. That’s a good nexus for a lot of us.'"
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A new nuclear reactor in the U.S. starts up. It’s the first in nearly seven years
"However, because nuclear energy is generated without releasing carbon dioxide emissions, which cause global warming, the increased sense of urgency in responding to climate change has given nuclear energy a chance at a renaissance."
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Climate tech startups team up to decarbonize Arizona concrete plant
"Aside from installing solar arrays onto its facility, Block-Lite produces masonry products the traditional way today, emitting a ton of carbon dioxide via the curing process. Through the award, however, Block-Lite told TechCrunch that it will eventually start selling 'ultra-low carbon blocks to customers in Flagstaff and surrounding areas.'"
