New Bill Aids Nuclear Power
August 23, 2022
The new Inflation Reduction Act, intended in part to combat climate change, includes significant help for the US nuclear energy industry. Among its provisions, the act makes some nuclear power plants eligible for new tax credits and supports R&D on a type of uranium fuel needed for planned next-generation reactors. Still, the nuclear industry faces larger challenges, Jessica Lovering and Suzanne Hobbs Baker argue in Issues. To gain broad public support, the authors write, the industry must significantly change how it operates, embracing “not just new technological pathways, but also a more democratic, inclusive approach to how it does business.”