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Nov 13, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephanie Fishman |Amy C. Roma
The White House issued the Framework as a follow up to a COP28 announcement, where the U.S. and a number of other countries committed to triple the use of nuclear energy by 2025 (which we wrote about here). The Framework calls for tripling U.S. nuclear capacity by 2050 to meet U.S. energy needs, including for reliable and clean energy, and to support U.S. economic opportunity and national security interests.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
hoganlovells.com | Amy C. Roma |Stephanie Fishman
The White House issued the Framework as a follow up to a COP28 announcement, where the U.S. and a number of other countries committed to triple the use of nuclear energy by 2025 (which we wrote about here). The Framework calls for tripling U.S. nuclear capacity by 2050 to meet U.S. energy needs, including for reliable and clean energy, and to support U.S. economic opportunity and national security interests.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephanie Fishman |Amy C. Roma
Data Centers and Energy UseEnergy demand in the United States is projected to rise massively over the next decade due to growth in data centers, industrialization and electrification. Of the three, data centers are the leading contributor to this projected demand increase—with their growth predominately driven by the emergence of generative AI, which needs major data processing capabilities and—as a result—consumes a large amount of electricity.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephanie Fishman |Amy C. Roma
The seven announcements include three U.S.-based private-sector orders for nuclear energy; three announcements from DOE to support high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) and new Generation III+ reactors; and one project to replace a former coal plant in Wales with nuclear energy.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephanie Fishman |Amy C. Roma
The cases, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission et al. v. State of Texas et al. and Interim Storage Partners LLC v. Texas et al., (collectively, NRC v. Texas), are both appeals from an August 2023 Fifth Circuit decision.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephanie Fishman |Amy C. Roma
[co-author: Cameron Tarry Hughes]On Monday, September 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) published an updated version of its Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Advanced Nuclear report. The updated report builds off of the initial report, incorporating AI and data center growth and other changes in the industry from the past year, and provides an up-to-date fact base for private sector capital allocators.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephanie Fishman |Amy C. Roma
In its July 18, 2024 memorandum (SRM-SECY-24-0032), the Commission issued a decision that would change the process for conducting mandatory hearings and which is expected to shorten the total timeline for conducting such hearings from 4 months to about 8 weeks. The Commission would remain the presiding officer for all mandatory hearings except those for licenses for uranium enrichment facilities, which will be delegated to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (“ASLBP”).
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephanie Fishman |Amy C. Roma
The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act”—or ADVANCE Act—passed Congress in June. With President Biden’s signature, this comprehensive legislation has become law. The Act’s advancement into law reflects an overwhelming bipartisan support for nuclear energy across the branches of government. We have covered this bill for a while now as it has moved through Congress in various iterations.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephanie Fishman |Amy C. Roma
The biggest impact is anticipated to come from the Supreme Court overturning the Chevron deference doctrine. Under Chevron, which has been in place for 40 years, if a statute is unclear or ambiguous, courts would typically defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation rather than substituting their own judgment. This type of deference is no more. Instead, courts must apply their independent judgement in determining whether an agency acted within its statutory authority.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephanie Fishman |Amy C. Roma
Russia and U.S. nuclear fuelIn mid-May, the President signed into law a Russian uranium ban, which also unlocks funding for $2.72 billion to rebuild the U.S. nuclear fuel supply chain, and there is pending legislation on the Hill that would put in place a comprehensive ban on activities involving ROSATOM, Russia's state nuclear energy corporation. Russia plays a dominant role in nuclear fuel.
