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Recent Posts by Dr. Andrew C. Kadak

• Can Small Modular Reactors Save Nuclear Power?
• Three Mile Island: The End of an Era?
• Coordinating State and Federal Policy in Support of Nuclear Energy
• The Challenges of Innovation in the Nuclear Power Industry
• Nuclear Power’s Role in Responding to Climate Change
• Should Nuclear Power Receive Environmental Subsidies?
• “Conservative” Nuclear Safety Standards and Measurable Harm

Recent Comments by Dr. Andrew C. Kadak

• "It is not clear to me how Biden will break the political stalement to siting either an interim storage site for spent fuel or the siting of a high lev"
  Why Biden Should Designate a Nuclear Waste Negotiator
• "Question 1 Mandates on types of generation never work - the so-called "political policy" makers don't understand how to make a reliable electricity n"
  Texas’ Freeze, Energy Foresight, and Preparedness
• "There is no denying that climate change is real and occurring and has taken place since the earth was created. The alarmist claims currently being mad"
  Climate Perspectives and The Future of Energy
• "I would just like to reply to this response of Dr. Moniz with whom I have worked on several future of nuclear energy projects while I was at MIT. Wha"
  A Framework for The Green Real Deal
• "The Energy Futures Initiative’s “Green Real Deal”and the Ocasio-Cortez’s “New Green Deal” are essentially the same with the former, calling for consen"
  A Framework for The Green Real Deal
• "Just to start this conversation, it is quite clear that the Yucca Mountain project was killed not by lack of trust of the scientists, geologists, engi"
  Is less government the key to nuclear waste management?
• "Dan, I have no problem in eliminating all subsidies to level the playing field and applying a carbon price for emissions.  At present, unfortunatel"
  The Ineffectiveness of Renewable Portfolio Standards
• "Hershel, I completely agree - reliability is a major issue.  Building new transmission lines is as difficult, perhaps more so, since more people an"
  The Ineffectiveness of Renewable Portfolio Standards
• "What you fail to include in your cost comparison are the massive subsidies for renewables which distorts the market and the dispatching of power based"
  The Ineffectiveness of Renewable Portfolio Standards
• "Devin, Thanks for reading the comment.  Just a few comments to respond.  Glad we could clarify the "nationalization" issue.  Even your modest chang"
  Coal, Nuclear, and National Security