
New Directions in Nuclear Energy
Innovation and Opportunities in Fission and Fusion for Global Decarbonization
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2025
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Andrew Foss, Nicolas Stauff
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 4 7 1 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 4 7 2 - 6
New Directions in Nuclear Energy: Innovation and Opportunities in Fission and Fusion for Global Carbonization presents up-to-date developments and outlooks for nuclear energy… Read more
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- Presents the big picture of fission and fusion developments alongside essential technical details
- Contains chapters focused on inclusion and diversity initiatives within the nuclear energy field
- Summarizes the role of nuclear energy in the advancement of UN SDGs
1. Acronyms
2. Introduction
3. Nuclear for UN Sustainable Development Goals and ESG Investment
4. Nuclear Value Proposition and New Deployment Pathways
5. Innovations in Nuclear Education for Diversity, Inclusion, and Impact
6. Investing in Nuclear
7. Nuclear energy's potential role in economic sectors
8. Nuclear for coal plant repowering
9. Nuclear for Energy Security in the Generation Mix in the Power Industry
10. Nuclear Demonstrations in North America
11. Advanced Nuclear Demonstrations Around the World
12. Nuclear for Industrial Decarbonization
13. Nuclear for Islands and Remote Communities
14. Nuclear for Net Zero Campuses
15. Transportable Nuclear Power Plants for Maritime Deployment
16. Nuclear for Space Propulsion and Surface Power
17. Moving Beyond High Costs: A Case Study for Hydrogen Production with Nuclear Microreactors
18. Open Architecture for Nuclear Cost Reduction
19. The Case for Waste
20. Fusion Approaches and Breakthroughs
21. Fusion Regulatory Roadmap
22. Conclusions and Acknowledgements
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 2025
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
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Andrew Foss
Andrew Foss is Technical Program Lead on Nuclear Markets, Economics, and Systems Analyses at Idaho National Laboratory. He is currently on detail assignment to the U.S. Department of Energy as Senior Advisor in the Office of Policy. He has contributed to numerous reports and articles on nuclear cost reduction strategies, commercialization pathways, investment cases, and policy planning. He has collaborated with national laboratory and government colleagues, university researchers, private developers, and entrepreneurs. He received a master’s in public policy with concentration in energy and natural resources from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a bachelor’s in physics from Amherst College.
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