It is such a cool time to be alive. We have the opportunity to achieve incredible things. I hope I can help build an energy system that's powers these things cleanly and sustainably.

An excellent and important op-ed by @ArnabDatta321 — very glad to see it in The New York Times.

Things are changing.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o...

This is why I take issue with END OIL and everyone calling for stopping fossil fuels. Cheap dirty energy is better than no energy. We need to REPLACE cheap dirty energy with cheap (ideally cheaper than fossil) clean energy.

Yep, this is why I am so pro-nuclear. Lots of economists assume lots of CCS and natural gas. We need clean, firm energy, and even natural gas with CCS isn't as clean as nuclear. Or geothermal. Or hopefully long-term storage plus renewables.

I'd suggest a tweak to this. We must REPLACE fossil fuels. Ending leans into the anti-progress, anti-humanity crap the environmental movement has used as a crutch since The Population Bomb. The world needs more energy to pull people out of poverty. It just needs to be cleaner, more efficient energy

Something people dont understand about the policy process is that a huge deciding factor is who shows up and speaks up. At the Part 53 meeting this week, I probably provided half the comments, and I feel we made real inroads with the staff. NRC meetings happen all the time! www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg

Just finished a 2.5 NRC public meeting on Part 53. NRC has done a commendable job developing a technology-inclusive regulatory framework and they were collaborative addressing the remaining technical issues.

Anyone on #nukesky joining me for 3 days of NRC public meeting on Part 53 starting tomorrow? www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg?do=...

As someone who cares about climate policy at the federal level, it's really important we learn the right lessons from 2024. www.vox.com/politics/385...

I'd add to this list that inflation was a top concern for voters are the ARP made that worse. I will however defend the IRA forever

Why is no one talking about how we're about to land on the moon? www.cnn.com/us/live-news...

Thread for Energysky on what it takes to license a nuclear reactor. I'll start with the original Part 50 approach, and you can find the regulations here: www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/d.... Part 50 goes from 50.1 to 50.160, with Appendices A to S. 1st published in the Federal Registrar in 1956.

Why is licensing innovative nuclear reactors so hard in the US? Most folks don't read the CFR, but NRC put out a staff guidance document (DANU-ISG-2022-01) that is really helpful. Table 1 & 2 has a few dozen parts of the regulation that NRC agrees are not applicable.

Follow me if you are interested in knowing way too much about the 2 (hopefully 3 soon) Parts under the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for licensing nuclear reactors. Part 50, the OG, is 2 steps, first a construction permit then an operating license. Part 52 is attempt 1 at streamlining.

My career is risk informing nuclear design and licensing; first, for the operating fleet through Jensen Hughes and utilities like Exelon, then for the next generation at X-energy. Now I'm at NEI trying to get US nuclear regulations and regulatory guidance ready for advanced reactors.

Hello Bluesky! Twitter was getting too antisemetic / racist, and I was only there for the energy and climate nerds. Wishing Jigar Shah and more of the pro-nuclear folks were here, but I learn the most from the energy modelers.