A 2015 report, Expert Consensus on the Economics of Climate Change; A 2014 report, Omitted Damages; and 2019 report, A Lower Bound.
Compiles a suite of resources and literature on the evolving effort to properly value the cost of carbon pollution, and highlights efforts and opportunities at the state and federal level to incorporate those costs into policy.
A 2016 Assessment of Approach to Updating the Social Cost of Carbon, and a 2017 follow-up, Valuing Climate Damages: Updating Estimation of the Social Cost of Carbon Dioxide.
Recommended certain modifications to the current regulatory framework that could improve the efficiency of licensing reviews.
Reviewing the state of advanced small modular nuclear technology and citing to several staff reports assessing how siting criteria may change with the development of small, advanced nuclear technology.
Highlights the criteria for assessment of nuclear sites, including health, safety, security, engineering, and socioeconomic factors.
Among other historical nuclear standards, EPRI-URD has produced a 2014 technical design standard for small modular light water reactors.
World Nuclear Association also convenes a working group to promote a worldwide nuclear regulatory environment where internationally accepted standardized reactor designs can be widely deployed.
Multiple domestic advanced nuclear technology projects funded by DOE, totaling $195 million.
In 2017, DOE announced nearly $67 million in grants awarded towards advanced nuclear energy research from a series of funding programs.