CATF Report on EO Actions to Reform the NRC ()

A Clean Air Task Force analysis outlines how Executive Order 14300 restructures NRC licensing timelines and fees, changes that expand the economic headroom available to advanced nuclear developers...

Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Advanced Nuclear Customers, Climate change, Department of Energy, Energy transition, Fission, Government support, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear R&D, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Private companies, REPORTS, US competitiveness, US technological leadership

December 2, 2025

America’s Nuclear Push Needs More Than AP1000s ()

The Wall Street Journal covers the administration’s $80 billion plan to scale AP1000 reactors, but the real opportunity is bigger than one design as advanced nuclear now spans microreactors, modular systems, and gigawatt-scale plants, a range that can serve data centers, industrial loads, military sites, and utilities alike...

Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, Data centers & Digital Infra, Fission, Government, Government support, LINKS, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear financing, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear R&D, Pro-nuclear campaign, Trump Administration, US competitiveness, US technological leadership

September 23, 2020

California will phase out sales of gas-powered cars by 2035

Governor Gavin Newsom, issued an executive order to require all new cars sold to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035 and threw his support behind a ban on the controversial use of hydraulic fracturing by oil companies. California will be the first state in the nation to limit new car sales to 100% zero-emission vehicles in 15 years, but just the 16th country to have done so, as 15 other countries have already have committed to phasing out gas-powered cars.

Newsome will not prohibit either the ownership, use or sales of used internal combustion engine cars, nor did he take executive action to ban the controversial oil extraction method known as fracking but instead he called on the state Legislature to do so, setting up what will be a contentious political fight when lawmakers reconvene in Sacramento next year. He further orders the Air Resources Board to immediately begin drafting regulations to achieve the ban by 2035, which is the "goal."

Read more at the Los Angeles Times: "Newsom orders 2035 phaseout of gas-powered vehicles, calls for fracking ban"

Published by Nucleation Capital in Carbon emissions, Climate change, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Future of Energy, Government support, History Timeline, History-making, LINKS, US technological leadership