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The Atomic Energy Advancement Act: Preparing the Way for Advanced Nuclear Power Plants  

Cresforum

Introduction One of the main messages coming out of the recent COP28 meetings in the UAE concerns the role that nuclear power can play in the future of clean energy development around the world. The hope is that this encourages international financial institutions to include nuclear energy in loans for energy projects.

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Regulating the Impossible Dream: NRC decision streamlines efforts to commercialize fusion

Law and Environment

On April 13, 2023, the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve a proposal that will accelerate the commercialization of fusion energy in the United States. All of the commercial nuclear reactors in service today are fission reactors, which are heavily regulated under 10 C.F.R.

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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Germany agrees on EU regulation to make cars carbon neutral by 2035 (either zero emissions or net-zero). Germany has dragged its feet on EVs because of its powerful car industry.

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The Stream, March 1, 2023: Okefenokee Swamp, Among World’s Largest Freshwater Wetlands, Threatened by Proposed Mine

Circle of Blue

Local authorities in Cameroon do not strictly enforce environmental regulations for mining companies, and nationwide legislation on the matter has not yet been completed. Today the waters cool the nearby Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. According to Mongabay, “today, about 20 remain compared to over 100 ten years ago.”

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Regulating the Impossible Dream: NRC Decision Streamlines Efforts to Commercialize Fusion

Acoel

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Adam Kahn On April 13, 2023, the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve a proposal that will accelerate the commercialization of fusion energy in the United States. The NRC’s April 13, 2023 decision chose the second option.

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US DOE, Treasury Release Proposed Regulations Implementing Clean Hydrogen Production Credit Setting A Sliding Scale For Credits

PA Environment Daily

Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations on the Clean Hydrogen Production Credit established by the federal Inflation Reduction Act. The proposed regulations advance those goals and will support the development of a robust U.S. On December 22, the U.S. clean hydrogen industry.

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Proposed Regulations for Direct Pay Under the Inflation Reduction Act: Guidelines for Cities

Law Columbia

On June 14, 2023, the U.S. Direct pay – which is already in effect as of January 1, 2023 – allows tax-exempt entities, including local governments, to claim the value of certain clean energy and other tax credits as a cash payment, rather than as an offset to tax liability that they do not have.