Rightsizing Regulation To Usher In Next-Generation Nuclear

By Hilary Jacobs ( May 8, 2026, 5:22 PM EDT) -- On May 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a proposed rule that would establish a new risk-informed, performance-based regulatory framework for the "rapid," high-volume licensing and deployment of first-of-a-kind and "nth-of-a-kind" microreactors and other reactors "with comparable risk profiles" generally considered to be lower than those of traditional light-water reactors.[1]...

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