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.
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.
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.
Board member Steven Hayward described an EIRP cost assessment of advanced nuclear power for the conservative Powerline blog.
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.
Samuel Thernstrom offers his perspective on the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord in Scientific American.
Kennedy Maize of POWER magazine cites a 2017 review of scientific literature on deep decarbonization by MIT researcher Jesse Jenkins and EIRP’s Samuel Thernstrom.
MIT scholar Jesse Jenkins shares an EIRP study on decarbonization, co-authored with Samuel Thernstrom, in this GreenTech Media podcast.
Vox writer Brad Plumer cites an EIRP review of decarbonization literature in his article “Nuclear power is Dying. Can radical innovation save it?”
Vox writer Brad Plumer highlights an EIRP study on decarbonization in a report assessing global progress in reducing CO2 emissions.
Utility Dive, a power industry web site, reports extensively on a deep decarbonization literature review from MIT scholar Jesse Jenkins and EIRP executive director Samuel Thernstrom.