Nuclear Power

Jeff Luse | 11.15.2024 3:58 PM

The Biden administration has an ambitious plan to triple America's nuclear power capacity by 2050 from 2020 levels. From private sector financing to favorable legislation, support for nuclear power is growing. But actually realizing the ambitious goal to triple nuclear energy is contingent on overcoming one major obstacle: regulations.

In addition to bringing another 200 gigawatts of nuclear power generation online—the U.S. currently has about 96 gigawatts in operation—the White House report sets an aggressive timeline of deploying 35 gigawatts of new capacity through 2035. The new generation will come from the construction of large and small advanced reactors, restarting closed reactors (such as Three Mile Island Unit 1), and........

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