Pathways for New Nuclear Development: Proceedings of a Workshop (2025)
Chapter: Appendix A: Workshop Statement of Task
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"Appendix A: Workshop Statement of Task." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Pathways for New Nuclear Development: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/29142.
Appendix A
Workshop Statement of Task
An ad hoc planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and host a 2-day workshop to explore the real and perceived barriers to new nuclear development and strategies that might motivate owner/operators to plan and build new nuclear projects. Participants will focus on three main themes:
- Technology Choices. If nuclear power is being considered for a project, how does technology choice affect financial risk (i.e., pursuing advanced reactor designs over existing light water reactor designs)? What are the costs and benefits of pursuing nuclear power in non-traditional (off-grid) deployment scenarios, such as co-locating a reactor with a secondary facility (e.g., providing power to a data center, or for industrial uses)?
- Willingness and Community Support. What approaches are needed to obtain support for new nuclear deployment and to stimulate “first-movers”? What are the key financial constraints and risks? How could future owner/operators and community-led stakeholder organizations work together to support new nuclear projects?
- Regulatory Reform. What is the status of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Part 53 framework? What would comprise regulatory certainty for potential future owner/operators?
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