A Review of Recent DOE Updates to Its Reactor Authorization Process
Background
On June 18, 2025, the U.S.
Impressions from the Europe Nuclear Energy & SMR Conference (ENES 2025) in Prague
NIA Senior Fellow Jessica Lovering recently attended the Europe Nuclear Energy & SMR Conference in Prague. She shared her insights and impressions in the following dispatch.
Innovating for Nuclear Energy 2050 (and the Relation to Zombies)
Washington D.C. In this blog, Todd Allen (NIA Board Chair and Chair of the University of Michigan Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences) and NIA Senior Fellow Jessica Lovering argue for the importance of continued federal investment in nuclear research and development to complement demonstration and deployment efforts. While the President recently signed Executive Orders on nuclear energy that set ambitious goals for new projects, the history of defunding nuclear R&D in the 1990s serves as a cautionary tale for policymakers today: short-term budget cuts can have long-term impacts. It took the U.S.
Updating the NRC Mission Statement – January 2025 Edition
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is one step closer to having a new mission statement. On January 24, 2025, the NRC Commission voted to update the NRC mission statement. The new NRC mission statement approved by the Commission now reads:1
Opinion Piece Published in Utility Dive featuring NIA Executive Director Judi Greenwald, Good Energy Collective Co-founder Jessica Lovering and ClearPath CEO Jeremy Harrell
WASHINGTON D.C. This article was published on February 6, 2024 on Utility Dive. To read this article, click here: Lessons from NuScale’s terminated project will help pave the way for advanced nuclear energy | Utility Dive. The first two paragraphs of the article can be seen below.