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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.
The Democratic presidential debates have opened a conversation on where nuclear energy fits into the solution on climate change. As the field of Democratic candidates begins to narrow, it’s important to set the record straight on nuclear. There are common misconceptions that you should be on the watch for as debates continue.
Department of Energy selected three nuclear power plants to produce hydrogen without carbon emissions.
An advanced reactor has been getting attention, because one Democratic presidential candidate has been talking about it. Andrew Yang, a tech entrepreneur, put development of thorium reactors into his climate change platform.
NEI President and Chief Executive Officer Maria Korsnick appeared in the latest episode of the Through the Noise podcast with host Ernesto Guetzmann.
Connecticut Yankee is one of 10 reactor sites that, after generation of nuclear carbon-free energy ended, has been dismantled and cleaned so that the man-made radiation is virtually gone.
Nuclear Energy Institute CEO Korsnick shares what the future of energy looks like and how nuclear energy is helping solve the climate crisis.
Nuclear plants are working hard to keep their communities safe and powered as Hurricane Dorian approaches.
Beyond generating about 43 percent of Connecticut’s electricity and nearly all its emission-free power, the Millstone plant employs some 1,500 people that support the surrounding community in a wide variety of ways.
Hotter temperatures matter in the energy sector because summer months stress the electrical grid significantly more than winter months. But when summer brings extreme heat, nuclear provides reliable, clean electricity to the grid to keep you cool.
If the seemingly never-ending onslaught of climate news is making you feel hopeless, anxious, depressed or all of the above, you’re not alone.
In the United States, levels of nitrogen oxide—a pollutant closely tied to higher emphysema risk in the study—would increase by more than 26 percent without nuclear energy