Nuclear Notes

Nuclear Notes is a weekly newsletter from the Breakthrough Institute, covering the policy, regulation, technology, and business of advanced nuclear energy in the United States and beyond.

Every Thursday, we track what’s actually happening in the field: the new rules moving through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the advanced reactors moving from design to deployment, the companies going public and the utilities merging, and the executive orders and acts of Congress reshaping how the country builds. We explain not just what happened, but why it matters and how the pieces fit together.

We write for readers who want substance: policymakers, industry professionals, investors, researchers, and anyone trying to follow nuclear energy as it takes on a larger role in the world.

The Breakthrough Institute is a research center that advances technological solutions to environmental and human-development challenges. Our work on nuclear energy focuses on a regulatory system that protects public health and safety in a way that is credible, predictable, timely, and proportionate to actual risk—because we believe nuclear power has a critical part to play in a prosperous, low-carbon future.

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Nuclear Notes is written by Matthew L. Wald with assistance from Spencer Toohill.