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What if in the future all our cars were electric? What if the big rig trucks that carry 11.5 billion tons of goods across the country every year were powered by electricity instead of gas or diesel? What if chemical refineries and steel mills used clean electricity instead of burning fossil fuels and belching millions of tons of emissions into the sky? All this could mean a future of brighter skies and clean, deep breaths. Would this shift result in significantly lower carbon emissions? Not if the electricity isn’t generated from low or no-carbon sources. And this is where nuclear energy’s role is crucial…
Five New England governors have released a statement highlighting the benefits of nuclear energy for their region and calling for a serious evaluation of plans to properly value secure, clean energy sources.
After months of review, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concurred with an industry position that nuclear plant licensees have the ability to determine the frequency of their own maintenance checks without being subject to NRC oversight.
The U.S. nuclear industry is taking the next leap forward in modernizing the reactor fleet by undertaking digital upgrades to safety-related plant systems.
Drones may have you concerned, but rest assured that U.S. nuclear power plants are extremely well-protected against aircraft, especially small drones.
The National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress this week includes language directing the Secretary of Energy to develop a report on a pilot program for deploying micro-reactors at national security facilities.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry this week paid his first visit to a nuclear power plant since taking office, when he toured Exelon Generation’s James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant near Syracuse, New York.
Camden, New Jersey-based nuclear fuel management company Holtec International announced this week it would purchase three single-unit nuclear power plants that are slated to close prematurely, and use its expertise to greatly accelerate their decommissioning and site restoration.
In response to a proposal by a Connecticut state agency to significantly delay the inclusion of Dominion Energy’s Millstone Power Station in the state’s zero-carbon procurement program, NEI is urging the agency to bring the state’s only nuclear power plant into the program promptly.
NEI is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s judgement that effectively upholds a decades-long ban on uranium mining in Virginia. NEI’s argument hinges on the need to maintain the established separation of federal and state regulatory authority over nuclear activities.
A new class of nuclear reactors, with a core about the size of a roll of paper towels, can be set up by astronauts and then run autonomously for ten years, to produce water, rocket fuel and other necessities.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today reported out by voice vote HR1320 and HR6140, two bills that recognize the important role nuclear energy plays in providing reliable, carbon-free electricity in the United States and around the world.