Brett Rampal

We need federal action, but not a blank check, to counter the premature retirement of nuclear plants

Nuclear energy, which the Intergovernmental Program on Climate Change (IPCC) includes in all of its potential pathways to keeping global warming below 1.5 C, provides more than half the clean electricity generated in the U.S. It also offers the 28 states that have at least one commercial nuclear reactor a base of clean energy to build upon to achieve future…

Clean Air Task Force statement on EPW Passage of the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020

Clean Air Task Force supports today’s passage of the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020 by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.  Introduced in November by Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), this bipartisan legislation will revitalize the…

Modernizing US Licensing for Advanced Nuclear Energy: The NRC Takes an Important Step Forward

Numerous analyses from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the International Energy Agency to the Obama Administration’s mid-century climate report have suggested that expanding our low carbon options to include nuclear energy (today, the world’s second-largest source of zero-carbon electricity after large dams) could make a significant difference in…

The Rise of Commercial Fusion Startups: A Brief History of Fusion

Co-author: Richard Pearson – Expert Advisor, Fusion Energy Technology Nuclear fusion is what powers the stars and creates many of the elements that make up our universe.  A fusion reaction occurs when two elements overcome fundamental forces of nature to join together under high temperatures and pressures.  In the process,…

CATF Welcomes the First Non-Light Water Reactor License Application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Clean Air Task Force (CATF) welcomes the submission by Oklo of the first ever non-light water reactor combined operating license application (COLA) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).  This important milestone paves the way for future deployment, additional applications, and allows for years of preparatory work by the NRC to be…

Clean Air Task Force Welcomes Introduction of the Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act

Earlier this month, Representatives Conor Lamb (PA-17) and Dan Newhouse (WA-4) introduced H.R. 6097, the Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act (NERDA).  This bipartisan bill supports the role of existing and future nuclear technology to achieve national and international decarbonization goals and CATF welcomes its introduction.  CATF considers nuclear energy…

CATF Goes to Wilmington

CATF recently paid a visit to the GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) Headquarters in Wilmington, NC, after General Electric Hitachi was awarded a Versatile Test Reactor Subcontract

Testimony Regarding A5330 and S3560 Before the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee