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U.S. Energy Law: Nuclear

The focus of this guide is the U.S. federal regulation of nuclear energy.

Using JACOB+ & JACOB

JACOB is the Law Library's catalog, which includes books and journals. Search JACOB to find books and journals -- not articles -- in the collection of the Jacob Burns Law Library.

JACOB+ includes the GW Law Library's catalog as well as other materials and selected articles to which the Library has access. Please note that JACOB+ does not include all content from every database to which the Library subscribes, nor does it include articles that law students have access through GW's Gelman or Himmelfarb libraries. We recommend that you also search directly in the relevant research databases (for example, HeinOnline, Westlaw, Lexis) and consult our research guides.

Review our Tips for Searching to efficiently locate materials, including how to use the "Advanced Search" feature.

If you cannot find what you're looking for in JACOB, you may borrow items from the WRLC (Washington Research Library Consortium), place an Interlibrary Loan request, or suggest a purchase for the Law Library.

And be sure to Ask Us or visit us at the reference desk. We're here to help you succeed!

Search by Keyword or Subject

Keywords
Descriptive words used for searching library catalogs, databases, and websites on U.S. nuclear energy law topics include:

  • "american assured fuel supply" / AAFS
  • "atomic energy" / "nuclear energy" / "nuclear power" / "nuclear fuel"
  • "boiling water reactors (BWRs)" / "fusion reactors" / "light water reactors"
  • "civilian nuclear waste"
  • "combined license" / COL
  • "commercial nuclear waste" / "commercial spent nuclear fuel" / "orphan waste"
  • "enriched uranium" / uranium / plutonium / "radioactive materials"
  • "high level waste (HLW)" / "low-level radioactive waste" / "mixed waste" / "transuranic (TRU) waste"
  • "interim storage facilities" / "private interim storage" / "nuclear waste repository"
  • "nuclear reactors" / "nuclear power plants" / "nuclear facilities" / "mobile nuclear power plants"
  • "nuclear regulation" / licensing / permitting
  • "nuclear safety" / "nuclear security"
  • "nuclear waste disposal"
  • "pressurized water reactors" / PWRs / "boiling water reactors / BWRs
  • "priority waste" / "nonpriority waste"
  • "small modular reactors" / SMRs / "advanced nuclear reactors" / "advanced nuclear technology" / microreactors
  • "spent nuclear fuel" / "used nuclear fuel" / "storage pools" / "dry cask storage"
  • "uranium mill tailings"
  • "Yucca Mountain" / "radioactive waste disposal"

Subjects
Subject links below retrieve print and online materials in the Library collection: