About Duggan Flanakin

Duggan Flanakin is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr. Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. A brief history of his multifaceted career appears in his book, "Infinite Galaxies: Poems from the Dugout."

Can the U.S. retake the lead in new nuclear energy?

U.S.-based nuclear energy companies are not the only ones to lament that the U.S. nuclear energy permitting system, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in particular, is the primary obstacle to faster deployment.

By |2025-01-16T09:39:25-05:00January 17th, 2025|Comments Off on Can the U.S. retake the lead in new nuclear energy?
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FERCing the nuclear-powered data center

The FERC decision, many fear, could cripple data centers’ ability to access sufficient electric power to operate the energy-sucking artificial intelligence platforms that have grown exponentially since the introduction of ChatGPT.

By |2024-11-13T00:43:27-05:00November 14th, 2024|Comments Off on FERCing the nuclear-powered data center
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