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Mar 11, 2022

Slavin joins Voice of America to discuss the status of Iran nuclear talks and Russia’s role in recent drawbacks

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Feb 11, 2022

Building on US advanced reactor demonstration momentum: Federal power purchase agreements

By Matt Bowen

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s recent announcement regarding the Clinch River site adds momentum to the US effort to demonstrate advanced reactors. There is, however, another policy lever at the federal level that could help to support some of these projects and still has not been utilized: federal power purchase agreements.

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Feb 8, 2022

Slavin quoted in Le Point on challenges of US-Iran nuclear negotiations in Vienna

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Feb 8, 2022

Slavin quoted in Al Jazeera on US-Iran nuclear talks in Vienna and future negotiations

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Feb 7, 2022

Slavin quoted in USA Today on US-Iran negotiations amidst Ukraine crisis

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Slavin quoted by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) on Biden’s Middle East Policy

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Nia quoted in DawnMENA on the fate of the Iranian nuclear deal

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