Proponents of nuclear power in the U.S. claim that current regulations that apply to the nuclear industry are getting in the way of constructing, licensing and operating nuclear power plant. Opponents of nuclear power say that the nuclear industry is not sufficiently regulated to insure the safety of the public and the environment.
I recently released a series of posts about the U.S. Department of Energy funding of new projects under its Advanced Research Projects Administration-Energy program. These ten projects are not the only grants from the DoE for energy research.