NEWS RELEASE

Vice President Cheney to Speak at Nuclear Energy Assembly at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday in D.C.

WASHINGTON—Vice President Richard Cheney will speak at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 22, at the Nuclear Energy Institute's annual conference in Washington, D.C. The conference is being held at the Washington Monarch Hotel, 2401 M St. NW.

The appearance by the Vice President at the nuclear energy industry's annual conference comes just days after the release of President George W. Bush's energy policy report.

• Credentialed press only. Please call NEI at 202/739-8073 to pre-register.
• Press call/sweep of broadcast equipment will take place at 8:45 a.m. in Imperial 2, the conference press room, on the lower level of the Monarch.
• Off-load broadcast equipment at the hotel's M St. entrance.
  

NEI contact: Steve Kerekes 202/739-8073; pager 800/513-3314.

Conference press room phone numbers: 202/659-5868 and 659-5869.


The Nuclear Energy Institute is the nuclear energy industry’s policy organization. This news release and additional information about nuclear energy are available on NEI’s Internet site at http://www.nei.org .