Publications: Nuclear Energy Security Monitor

The Paris-based Nuclear Energy Agency is monitoring 74 small modular reactors across the globe that are under active development and not merely paper projects, officials said Wednesday. The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), a branch of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), used an online webinar and press conference to show off its new […]

Ukraine has protested to the International Atomic Energy Agency about Russia’s building power lines from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Russia’s main power grid, a Kyiv official told a Ukrainian news agency. Yuri Vitrenko, the permanent representative of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna, told the news outlet Wednesday that Kyiv sent a […]

This is the pilot edition of Nuclear Energy Security Monitor.  More than our other Exchange Monitor Publications, NESM focuses on how North American nuclear power technologies are faring on the world stage. It will also hopefully, highlight new and inventive uses of commercial nuclear technology. Many of the articles here appeared in other Exchange Monitor Publications, […]

By United Coalition for Advanced Nuclear Power  On Aug. 2, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein, warning of a transformative technology being developed by a formidable adversary — one that could alter the course of history.  Roosevelt acted swiftly, establishing a government Advisory Committee on Uranium, ultimately resulting in the […]

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine offers a real-world example of military targeting of nuclear plants, and the issue requires more attention, a National Academies board heard last month in Washington, D.C. A war-gaming study to explore this threat was done recently by Henry Sokolski, who heads the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. He discussed the issue […]

Ontario Power Generation has awarded an AtkinsRéalis subsidiary company a $450 million ($325 million USAD) execution contract for its first small modular reactor for the Darlington New Nuclear Project. Candu Energy, an AtkinsRéalis subsidiary, is a Canadian nuclear technology company that specializes in reactor design and fuel cycle technology. AtkinsRéalis is providing OPG with expertise […]

With an eye toward growing nuclear energy dominance by Russia and China, a senate bill aimed at boosting U.S. leadership in exporting and financing civilian nuclear technology headed to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for a hearingJune 5. If eventually passed,the Nuclear Energy Act would create a new office under the National Energy Dominance Council […]

A recently introduced bill in the House of Representatives would require the U.S. representatives at the World Bank to advocate for increased funding for civilian nuclear energy projects, and encourage the creation of a fund at the global development banks dedicated to financing such projects.   The International Nuclear Energy Financing Act of 2025, introduced in […]

As expected, President Donald Trump May 23 signed a set of executive orders designed to speed licensing of nuclear power reactors, both commercially and on federal installations, limit review by an independent nuclear regulator and beef up  the industry’s U.S. industrial base. Here is a thumbnail overview of each of the May 23 orders.  Overhauling […]