We Are in An Energy Race with China, and It's About A Lot More Than Just Coal or Renewables

...the average age of the 92 U.S. operational nuclear reactors, the world’s third oldest fleet, was 41.6 years. -Duggan Flanakin at CFact.

• Meanwhile, China has been increasing its nuclear reactor fleet from 55 to 80, with more in the planning stages. 
• India, too, is adding 11 new reactors to its existing fleet of 23. 
• France, Russia, and South Korea are building more new reactors than the U.S., as are several smaller nations. 

But U.S. nuclear energy development is hamstrung by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s archaic rules that slow permitting and drive up development costs...

• ...Nuclear Regulatory Commission in particular, is the primary obstacle to faster deployment of both SMR and microreactor technologies today just as the system has thwarted development of large-scale (traditional) reactors, none of which emit hydrocarbons and none of which run only intermittently...