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David Garman Appears on E&ETV’s OnPoint with Monica Trauzzi

David Garman, a former Under Secretary of Energy during the George W. Bush administration and the lead author of a new joint report by the Clean Air Task Force and the Energy Innovation Reform Project, explains why he believes the Department of Energy needs reform and how to do it.

Vox Describes EIRP Decarbonization Study

Vox energy and climate writer David Roberts describes an EIRP literature review by MIT expert Jesse Jenkins and Samuel Thernstrom in the context of wider debates on energy and climate change.

Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapons

On October 17, 2017, EIRP and the Center for the National Interest organized a panel discussion of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century.

Thernstrom Discusses Advanced Nuclear Study

Executive director Samuel Thernstrom talked to R & D Magazine reporter Kenny Walter about a 2017 EIRP study of the costs of advanced nuclear power plants in an in-depth interview.

A Cost Assessment of Advanced Nuclear Power

On July 25, 2017, the Nuclear Energy Institute organized a panel discussion to review findings of an EIRP report assessing the costs of advanced nuclear power plants. EIRP prepared the report in cooperation with the Energy Options Network.

What Will Advanced Nuclear Power Plants Cost?

EIRP worked with the Energy Options Network to survey eight leading advanced nuclear power companies about their projected capital costs, operating costs, and electricity costs for advanced nuclear energy. What we found can help both policymakers and investors assessing the promise of advanced reactor designs.