Biden Transition Announcements Largely Skirt Nuclear Power, Waste Issues

摘要

President-elect Joe Biden unveiled his transition team this week, and though the landing team bound for the Department of Energy was 20 deep and stacked with nuclear-savvy ex-DOEers, the announcement revealed little about the incoming chief-executive’s thinking on nuclear waste issues. On the website, President-elect Biden outlines plans to drive cost reductions in clean energy technologies. He mentions advanced nuclear as one technology to “rapidly commercialize” among a number of other options.