Wanted: A Regulatory Framework for Commercial Fusion Energy

Fusion and fission are two very different ways to release nuclear energy. But how different could their regulation be? There are many possible answers to two central questions: Who will regulate commercial fusion (in the United States, that authority could reside with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State operating under NRC oversight), and what aspects of a fusion plant will they regulate?

With a crowd of start-ups hoping to commercialize fusion energy, two former NRC commissioners, Jeffrey Merrifield and Peter Lyons, weigh in on the best way to create a regulatory framework.

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