Full Title: The U.S. Nuclear Energy Enterprise: A Key National Security Enabler
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Publication Date: August 1, 2017
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This report discusses the underpinnings for policies that would internalize the national security benefits of a robust nuclear enterprise, including generation from existing and new nuclear power plants and the associated and extensive supply chain. Both elements are under considerable stress and call for Federal response.
Specifically, this report analyzes the key role played by the U.S. nuclear energy enterprise in meeting three national security imperatives:
- maintaining U.S. leadership in ensuring nuclear non-proliferation;
- supporting the U.S. nuclear Navy; and
- supporting the global strategic stability and deterrence value of nuclear weapons.
The report’s focus is the role of the nuclear energy enterprise as a key enabler of these objectives; it is not about the nuclear enterprise per se. The report includes an appendix that details the current state of the domestic nuclear energy enterprise for readers who want more information on this topic.