Press Releases and Statements

PRESS STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNING THE PRO-NUCLEAR “ADVANCE ACT”, S.870
In a move paralleling his decision to remain a candidate for President, on Wednesday July 10th President Joe Biden signed the “ADVANCE Act,” which stands for “Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy.”…

PRESS STATEMENT: Senate Nuclear Fetishists Take Lid Off of Pandora’s Box
CHICAGO—In a lopsided 88-2 vote (with 10 not voting, including Sen. Richard Durbin), the Senate passed S.870 – the so-called ADVANCE Act, a bill which quite literally takes the lid off of the nuclear safety box, both domestically and internationally.
So…

PRESS RELEASE: Small modular reactors are still too expensive, too slow, and too risky
As a courtesy to our colleagues at the INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (IEEAFA) , we provide the recent press release regarding a new study showing that renewable energy is far and away superior to new nuclear power as…

PRESS RELEASE: GWU REPORT: NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS GROW WITH NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY
CHICAGO-- April 26, 2024 -- We note today is the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl (Chornobyl in Ukrainian) nuclear disaster – an event that reminds us that, in the words of one Soviet scientist after the event, any fool-proof system can…