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TerraPower to Advance Natrium Demonstration Project at Retiring Coal Site

Today, TerraPower and PacifiCorp announced a partnership to advance the Natrium nuclear demonstration project at the site of a coal plant scheduled for retirement in Wyoming.

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New Climate Finance Plans Make Room for Nuclear Energy

Financial support, both from the public and private sectors, is being redirected to back sustainable efforts, providing opportunities to rethink the role of nuclear energy in climate and impact investing.

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NEI Elects Members to Board of Directors and Executive Committee

Today, the Nuclear Energy Institute’s board of directors elected four new members: Paul Chodak III, executive vice president of generation at American Electric Power, David A. Howell, president of Americas Operating Plant Services at Westinghouse Electric Co., Martin J. Lyons, president of Ameren Missouri and J. Clay Sell, chief executive officer of X-energy.

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TVA’s Lyash Named Vice Chair of NEI Board; PSEG’s Izzo Re-elected Chair

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announces Jeff Lyash, president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority, as incoming vice chairman of its board of directors.

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Pentagon Investment Brings Carbon-Free Micro-Reactors Closer to Market

Today, the Pentagon selected BWXT, Westinghouse and X-Energy to begin working on a project to develop nuclear micro-reactors.

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NEI and ABDAN Sign Memorandum as Brazil Seeks to Expand Commercial Nuclear Program

Today in Rio de Janeiro, the Nuclear Energy Institute and the Brazilian Association for the Development of Nuclear Activities (ABDAN) signed a memorandum of understanding during bilateral talks between the U.S. and Brazil.

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NRC Vote Demonstrates Innovative Approach to Regulating Advanced Nuclear Technologies

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved staff recommendations for emergency planning for advanced reactors that embrace modernization.

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NEI Applauds Duke Energy Decision to Extend Life of Carbon-Free Nuclear Plants

NEI member company Duke Energy announced today that to achieve its carbon emission reduction targets it plans to extend the life of its entire fleet of nuclear power plants. Duke Energy’s announcement is one of the many examples of how nuclear energy is an important driver to meeting climate goals.

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PSEG’s Izzo Named Chair of NEI Board; Dominion's Koonce Named Vice Chair

The Nuclear Energy Institute announces Dr. Ralph Izzo, of Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), as incoming chairman of its board of directors and Mr. Paul D. Koonce, of Dominion Energy’s Power Generation Group, will serve as vice chairman of the board.

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New UCS Report Links Preservation of Nuclear Plants to Climate and Clean Air

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released a report today acknowledging the impact that nuclear plant closures have on climate and air quality. The report advocates for policies such as those adopted in states like Illinois, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey in recent years to preserve well run, financially challenged nuclear plants. The report explicitly recognizes the need for nuclear power to play a substantial role in decarbonization efforts.