Nuclear Regulatory Commission
also referred to as: nrc
5 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 16, 2024 by Jigar Shah · said 33 times in 8 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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brought up most by Lara Pierpoint (8), Katherine Hamilton (6), Shayle Kann (4), Jake Jurowicz (4), Rick Needham (3), Mike Laufer (3), Jigar Shah (3), Stephen Lacey (1)
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2026 4 mentions in 1 episode
2025 12 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode
2024 11 mentions in 3 episodes 4 per episode
2023 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
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Jul 16, 2024 positive
Shah: NRC is not currently the primary bottleneck for nuclear
“I would say that having done this nuclear stuff for the better part of three years, I don't know of a single project that was hurt in any material way by the NRC. Right? So I do see the NRC being a bottleneck where we're building 10 reactors a year, but we're …”
Jul 16, 2024
Shah: Vogtle is first reactor fully built under NRC regulation
“This is the first reactor ever to get a construction permit and be completed under the NRC. Every other reactor started under the Atomic Energy Commission, and so the first time the NRC has ever started and finished a reactor is the Vogel nuclear plant.”
Jun 18, 2025 bullish
Needham: Fusion plants can be licensed in 18 months for under $10M
“That means we can actually license a fusion power plant in like less than 18 months and less than ten million, as opposed to a fission plant Under 10 CFR, 50, 52, or 53, which is like five hundred million to a billion in 10 years, five to 10 years.”
Jun 18, 2025 positive
Needham: Fusion is regulated as a materials framework, not a reactor
“We work with them to make sure the licensing regime for fusion falls under 10 CFR 30 for those who are interested, but it's basically a materials framework where we just have to be responsible stewards of the materials that are on site, which include tritium a…”
Aug 12, 2026 neutral
Jurowicz: The NRC's only manufacturing license was issued in 1982
“There was a joint venture between Westinghouse and Newport News Shipbuilding called Offshore Power Systems during the 19 seventies to build eight
Four loop PWRs in a shipyard down in Jacksonville, Florida, and float them up to New Jersey for PSAG, and they a…”