Resources & Stats
Reports
Title |
Description | Issues |
Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| AOPA Testimony, June 5, 2002 | Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Commissioned Report, Nuclear Security: General Aviation Is Not A Threat, Submitted into Congressional Record, U.S. Senate, Committee on Environment and Public Works | Safety and Security | May 18, 2007 |
| American Council on Science and Health, News Release, Science Panel Finds Low-Level Radiation Unlikely to Harm Health, September 23, 2005 | The American Council on Science and Health finds in its recently released report, “The Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation,” that low-level radiation from natural or manmade sources is unlikely to harm human health. For the full text of the report, see "American Council on Science and Health, The Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation, September 2005 ". |
Safety and Security | May 18, 2007 |
| American Council on Science and Health, The Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation, September 2005 | Full text of the study which finds that low-level radiation from natural or manmade sources is unlikely to harm human health. | Safety and Security | May 18, 2007 |
| Background Information on Position Statement | Health Physics Society, "Background Information on the Position Statement, Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Needs a Complete and Coordinated Overhaul". This document provides detailed explanations for each issue addressed in the HPS position statement. | Nuclear Waste Disposal | May 18, 2007 |
| Consumer Energy Council of America, Fueling the Future: Better Ways to Use America's Fuel Options, May 2006 | “Over the next 20 years, the need will increase for affordable and reliable power that does not emit criteria pollutants and greenhouse gases. Nuclear energy is the only proven resource that can accomplish this goal on a large scale.” (p. ES-10) | How It Works | May 18, 2007 |
| Consumer Energy Council of America, Fueling the Future: Better Ways to Use America's Fuel Options, May 2006 | “Over the next 20 years, the need will increase for affordable and reliable power that does not emit criteria pollutants and greenhouse gases. Nuclear energy is the only proven resource that can accomplish this goal on a large scale.” (p. ES-10) | Reliable and Affordable Energy | May 18, 2007 |
| Deterring Terrorism: Aircraft Crash Impact Analyses Demonstrate Nuclear Power Plant's Structural Strength (EPRI Study) | This independent study demonstrates through state-of-the-art computer modeling techniques that structures housing reactor fuel at U.S. nuclear power plants would protect against a release of radiation even if struck by a large commercial jetliner. The study was conducted by EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute). | Safety and Security | May 18, 2007 |
| EPRI, News Release, Yucca Radiation Standard Should Use Different Approach, April 18, 2005 | EPRI's news release summarizes the results of its study, Yucca Mountain Licensing Standard Options for Very Long Time Frames
. "The radiation protection standard for the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, spent nuclear fuel repository should be fundamentally different for the periods exceeding 10,000 years, according to a new study just published by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The recommendations in the report recognize that detailed information about processes and events taking place many tens of thousands of years in the future will not be available and that different requirements are necessary to explicitly acknowledge that uncertainties increase with time." |
Nuclear Waste Disposal | May 18, 2007 |
| French National Academy of Medicine (Academie nationale de medecine), Energy Choices and Health (Choix energetiques et sante, recommendations) | "Nuclear generating stations appear to have the lesser impact on health by kWh produced, compared to power generated by fossil fuels or even, as shown, notably, in the European Commission's ExternE Report and considering the high level of security of nuclear installations, by wind, photovoltaic cells or biomass." | Safety and Security | May 18, 2007 |
| IAEA-OECD, International Ministerial Conference, “Nuclear Power for the 21st Century,” Paris, March 21-22, 2005, Final Statement | This conference of 74 nations sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development affirmed nuclear energy's contribution to environmental protection and sustainable development. "A vast majority of participants affirmed that nuclear power can make a major contribution to meeting energy needs and sustaining the world's development in the 21st century, for a large number of both developed and developing countries," because "nuclear power does not generate air pollution or greenhouse gas emissions," it "provides competitively priced electricity, ...contributes to security of supply and to the stability of energy prices," and can produce "potable water and hydrogen." | Protecting the Environment | May 18, 2007 |
| Industry Expands Programs for Managing Nuclear Plant Materials | "The industry is taking a proactive approach to identify and resolve emerging issues more effectively. An assessment is being conducted of all materials programs by an executive task force that will identify management improvements to ensure these programs are effective, and that there are no safety issues. The goal is to identify materials performance problems well in advance of a significant impact on plant operation." | Safety and Security | May 18, 2007 |
| NEI Status Report, Nuclear Energy Industry Initiative to the President's Climate VISION National Greenhouse Gas Intensity Reduction Program, December 13, 2004 | With 5,595 megawatts of prospective, new, emission-free capacity from uprates, plant restarts, and improved capacity factors, the nuclear energy industry is already halfway to achieving its 2012 commitment to President Bush's Climate VISION voluntary national greenhouse gas intensity reduction program. | Protecting the Environment | May 18, 2007 |
| NEI Status Report: State Legislation and Regulations Supporting Nuclear Plant Construction | A summary of state legislation and regulations that support nuclear plant construction in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. | New Plants | Nov 16, 2007 |
| Nuclear Power Plant Regulation | "Sustained improvements in reliability and economic performance over the past decade demonstrate that most U.S. nuclear power plants can be competitive with other sources of electricity. Restructuring of the electric power industry and the emergence of competition in the generation business place a premium on an efficient, disciplined regulatory system." | Safety and Security | May 18, 2007 |
| Nuclear Power Plant Security | “The nuclear industry responded quickly and effectively to the events of September 11, 2001. Security at nuclear plants, already the gold standard for the industrial sector, was bolstered and has remained at a heightened level of alert.” This Status Report addresses the security framework employed by the U.S. nuclear industry and areas in which the industry is working with the NRC. | Safety and Security | May 18, 2007 |
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