Nuclear Energy & American Leadership: A Blueprint for the Future

The Council on Strategic Risks outlines a phased implementation plan—spanning 'Day One', the 'First 100 Days', and 'Year One'—to strengthen US nuclear infrastructure and leadership. Key proposals include tripling nuclear energy capacity by 2050, deploying at least ten small and micro reactors for military base resilience, and establishing domestic uranium enrichment to end dependence on foreign state-owned materials. The blueprint also calls for the US to lead efforts to ensure multilateral development banks provide financial support for nuclear projects to meet the COP28 tripling pledge.

• The document recommends that the US government endorse and promote a global goal of tripling nuclear energy capacity by 2050.
• To ensure national security and energy independence, the US should implement the Nuclear Fuel Security Act and build a domestic uranium enrichment facility to remove reliance on foreign state-owned minerals and materials.
• The US military should deploy at least ten small and micro nuclear reactors to improve the resilience of military bases against energy supply disruptions caused by adversaries.
• The US Treasury should work to reverse the opposition of the World Bank and other multilateral development banks toward financing nuclear projects to help achieve the COP28 tripling pledge.
• The blueprint proposes expanding the nuclear energy workforce by increasing funding beyond the $100 million appropriated for safety training and education to support at least 500,000 workers.

APA

The Council on Strategic Risks (2024). Nuclear Energy & American Leadership: A Blueprint for the Future. https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CNEAL-Recommendations.pdf

Chicago

The Council on Strategic Risks. Nuclear Energy & American Leadership: A Blueprint for the Future. 2024. https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CNEAL-Recommendations.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{thecouncilonstrategicrisks2024nuclear, author = {{The Council on Strategic Risks}}, title = {{Nuclear Energy \& American Leadership: A Blueprint for the Future}}, institution = {The Council on Strategic Risks}, year = {2024}, month = dec, url = {https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CNEAL-Recommendations.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }