Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Policy: Stable Energy vs. Security Risks

By Debra Decker

Debra Decker is a Senior Advisor with the nonpartisan Stimson Center. She has written and advised the public and private sectors on strategy and risk, with a focus on managing WMDs and critical infrastructure risks.

While Iran and North Korea nuclear challenges capture the news, another nuclear front is unfolding – in nuclear energy. President Donald Trump, speaking last Thursday at the Department of Energy, called for several initiatives to propel “American energy dominance,” and heading his list was the revival and expansion of the U.S. nuclear energy sector. The details are yet to be revealed as he has called for a complete review of U.S. nuclear energy policy. Such a review is overdue.

Domestic nuclear energy issues run abound.

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