Subject: Request for Information on Transforming Industry: Strategies for Decarbonization (DE-FOA-0003363)

Advanced nuclear energy may be a critical solution to meet industrial energy demands while mitigating climate impacts The first applications of advanced nuclear energy for industrial decarbonization are already underway. [...] To fully harness nuclear energy’s decarbonization potential in the "hard-to-reach" industrial sector, it is essential to explore a wide array of industrial use cases, project needs, and financing mechanisms, and to develop strategies to accelerate the adoption of advanced nuclear technologies by industrial users. [...] Modernization at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is critical to enabling deployment of advanced nuclear energy for industrial decarbonization and more broadly. [...] The NRC’s current regulatory framework has been optimized for the regulation of existing nuclear reactors and presents obstacles to the timely licensing and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors. [...] 1A.7 What are the differences in workforces across industries/across the country related to the availability of skillsets, staff, training, etc.? Many of the jobs needed at a nuclear power plant are ones that are seen across the energy sector, in particular fossil fuel sites.