Welcome to the New Year! This episode of RadioNuclear, we take a look at a lot of the exciting legislative and policy for advanced nuclear. This includes the recent passages of the NEIMA and NEICA bills, and what the Idaho National Laboratory may look like in the coming years. We also discuss the NRC’s recent decision on post Fukushima regulation. Lastly, we look on how you can adopt a dog from the Chernobyl exclusion zone. No, I am not making that up! Our interview this week is with ANS member Wesley Deason, who is a Nuclear Systems Engineer at Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation. He tells us a little bit more about nuclear in space applications, and about an upcoming topical conference, the Nuclear and Emerging Technology for Space (NETS) conference at Discovery Hall in Richland, WA.

Links to this week’s stories:

• INL could soon host major reactor center (PostRegister)
• President Signs Pro-Nuclear Legislation (Forbes)
• NRC’s new Fukushima-driven safety rules not designed for the ‘real world,’ critics say (UtilityDive)
• NRC Letter on this decision (NRC)
• NRC Short and Long Term Response to Fukashima (NRC)
• Puppies From Radioactive Chernobyl Are Starting New Lives In North America (Buzzfeed.News)
• Dogs Of Chernobyl (CFF)

Welcome back for another great episode of RadioNuclear! Today, I want to take some time to discuss the events happening at Hanford, including the history and what the DOE is trying to do with its nuclear waste policy, and talk about some cool things NASA is doing with nuclear technology! Our guest this week is Dr. Christopher Morrison, an Astro-Nuclear Engineer with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation. He shares his story, as well as some fascinating insights into how nuclear could shape the future of nuclear in space!

Thank you for sticking around with the show for so long. Here’s to a great 2019 with even more episodes!

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• Despite all of the rumors, I am not, in fact, dead. Just working full time. But this week I am happy to bring you another episode of RadioNuclear. This week we discuss how fear-mongering stories about nuclear power plants in the path of a hurricane are irrelevant, the Oyster Creek Shutdown, how nuclear power should be used geopolitically, and lastly we have an interesting interview with ANS past president Dr. Eric Loewen and ANS Executive Director Bob Fine regarding the Society’s new K-12 education program Navigating Nuclear. For questions, comments, or concerns regarding Navigating Nuclear, please email Bob Fine.

Links to this week’s stories:

• Brunswick restarts post Hurricane Florence
• Oyster Creek closure
• Using nuclear power geopolitically