{"id":982,"date":"2023-11-15T10:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/?p=982"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:07:13","slug":"ahmed-abdulla-u-s-bets-on-small-nuclear-reactors-to-help-fix-a-huge-climate-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/2023\/ahmed-abdulla-u-s-bets-on-small-nuclear-reactors-to-help-fix-a-huge-climate-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmed Abdulla: U.S. Bets on Small Nuclear Reactors to Help Fix a Huge Climate Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Ahmed Abdulla: U.S. Bets on Small Nuclear Reactors to Help Fix a Huge Climate Problem\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>This article is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/11\/12\/climate\/nuclear-reactors-clean-energy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\">republished<\/a> from The New York Times under a Creative Commons license. All photos provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/\">The New York Times<\/a>&nbsp;from various sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, the article explores the renewed interest in nuclear power as a clean energy source in the United States, acknowledging the industry&#8217;s challenges, recent setbacks, and ongoing efforts to overcome obstacles through innovative reactor designs.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/profile\/ahmed-abdulla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ahmed Abdulla<\/a>, Assistant Professor in Carleton University\u2019s department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, weighed in on the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When speaking on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (N.R.C.):<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The agency has limited resources, and suddenly they\u2019re asked to build up technical capacity to look at all these different technologies in a short amount of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/11\/12\/climate\/nuclear-reactors-clean-energy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is&nbsp;republished from The New York Times under a Creative Commons license. 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