About NEI

Activities

NEI, with member participation, develops policy on key legislative and regulatory issues affecting the industry. NEI then serves as a unified industry voice before the U.S. Congress, executive branch agencies and federal regulators, as well as international organizations and venues. NEI also provides a forum to resolve technical and business issues for the industry. Finally, NEI provides accurate and timely information on the nuclear industry to members, policymakers, the news media and the public.

Industry Scope

The nuclear energy industry that NEI represents and serves includes:

Commercial electricity generation
Nuclear medicine including diagnostics and therapy
Food processing and agricultural applications
Industrial and manufacturing applications
Uranium mining and processing
Nuclear fuel and radioactive materials manufacturing
Transportation of radioactive materials
Nuclear waste management

Key Public Policy Issues

Issues of importance to NEI include:

Ensuring a national energy policy that provides a diverse and reliable energy supply
Increasing the strong public and policymaker support for nuclear energy
Maintaining excellence in safe and reliable nuclear power plant operations worldwide
Achieving a safety-focused, performance-based regulatory framework
Capitalizing on nuclear energy’s intrinsic economic value
Maximizing the value of nuclear generating assets in a competitive electricity market
Attaining an integrated used fuel disposal program and a flexible low-level waste management approach
Facilitating the relicensing of existing nuclear energy plants
Building the next generation of nuclear power plants and technologies
Supporting the disposition of surplus weapons fissile material

Leadership

Biographies of NEI's chairman, vice-chairman, CEO and executive staff.

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