Curio, a pioneer in nuclear waste recycling solutions, is pleased to announce it has recently established a memorandum of understanding with Sargent & Lundy, a global engineering and design firm with expertise in nuclear energy, to transform nuclear fuel recycling practices. This agreement sets the stage for exploring endeavors focused on the commercial deployment of […]
Nuclear power is an underutilized form of energy production that is safe, reliable, and provides emissions-free electricity. It has potential to help provide much-needed affordable electricity to people all over the world. Unfortunately, it is also deeply misunderstood, and scare tactics and myths are prevalent. In this latest edition of the Center for Energy, Climate, […]
A growing number of experts are convinced that the transition to net zero carbon needs to involve greater use of nuclear power. But one of the problems with nuclear is what to do with the additional nuclear waste. Ed McGinnis, who heads startup CURIO™, has called the need to find acceptable solutions to nuclear waste […]
Thorium energy experts at the Thorium Energy Alliance Conference told The Epoch Times what they believe has limited the use of the mildly radioactive element, long touted as a potential alternative or complement to plutonium and enriched uranium in nuclear reactors. Unlike uranium-235, the isotope in enriched uranium that sustains a nuclear chain reaction, thorium […]
Nuclear power can potentially help reduce the emissions associated with power generation. However, there are well known issues with nuclear – primarily its cost, the time to develop a nuclear power plant, and the highly radioactive waste it generates.CURIO™ is a hugely ambitious company working to tackle two of these three problems.I invited Ed McGinnis, […]
Ed McGinnis knows a lot about the nuclear waste problem in the United States. He worked in U.S. Department of Energy from 1991 to 2021 and dealt directly with the U.S. government’s failed effort to build a nuclear waste repository in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. “I certainly have the tire tracks on my back” from trying […]
Former Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy Ed McGinnis spoke with Joe ‘Pags’ Pagliarulo Wednesday to discuss the safety, efficiency, and affordability of nuclear energy as an alternative to fossil fuels. “A lot of people are talking about the positivity of nuclear energy. It sounds evil, until we talk about the energy side […]
Ed McGinnis is CEO of CURIO™ – a nuclear innovation and technology development company. A 30-year veteran of the Department of Energy, Ed previously served as Assistant Secretary of the Office of Nuclear Energy (Acting) and Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Read More…
The United States is at its best when it leads, setting the standard for the rest of the world while doing so. Whether it be independence in thinking, independence in manufacturing bases, independence in energy production, or independence in agriculture, these attributes (and more) established the U.S. as a stabilizer in the rules-based global community. […]
ABC News’ Trevor Ault speaks with former acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Edward McGinnis about the dangers in Ukraine as nuclear facilities fall under control of Russia. Read More…
Ed McGinnis, CURIO™ CEO and former Department of Energy acting assistant secretary for nuclear energy, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss Russia’s strikes against a Russian nuclear plant, the importance of nuclear power and more. Read More…
Text conte It’s Time for a Homegrown U.S. Nuclear Manufacturing Base On January 16, 2019, acting as assistant secretary for nuclear energy, I testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the state of U.S. nuclear technology development. I indicated that American nuclear was declining faster than anticipated. I explained that “sustaining the current fleet of […]