The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) antiquated export controls are constraining U.S. exporters and undermining American influence on global nuclear safety, security, and nonproliferation, according to recent DOE testimony from the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) VP of Suppliers, New Reactors, and International Programs Dan Lipman.
The export control in question, titled 10 CFR Part 810, was originally established during the Cold War as a means of preventing commercial nuclear technology from being obtained by non-U.S. allies. However, light water reactor technology has become more widely available through a number of international suppliers in recent decades, which has led to a weakening of U.S. influence on global nuclear energy policy.
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