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From Capitol Hill: Nuclear is back, critical for America’s energy future
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy convened its first hearing of the year, “American Energy Dominance: Dawn of the New Nuclear Era,” on January 7, where lawmakers and industry leaders discussed how nuclear energy can help meet surging electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence, data centers, advanced manufacturing, and national security needs.
Chihiro Kikuchi, James J. Duderstadt
Nuclear Technology | Volume 27 | Number 1 | September 1975 | Pages 57-59
Technical Paper | Education | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15936
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Both solid-state physics and laser applications have played important roles in the research and educational activities of many nuclear engineering programs. There are a number of ways in which nuclear engineering programs have contributed to these fields over the past two decades. The field of applied physics has evolved within the nuclear engineering discipline, and it might be expected to have an impact on nuclear engineering in the future.