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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told congressional lawmakers they are investigating ways for electricity markets to value reliability, while distancing themselves from immediate reform.
If we truly value clean air and protecting the climate, the clean energy conversation must include nuclear as well as renewable energy.
Coordination among the various entities involved in the development of accident tolerant fuel has progressed to the point that all stakeholders now agree on the feasibility of a 2023 timeline, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s leadership heard last week.
Barring state or federal intervention, the Perry, Davis-Besse, Beaver Valley and Three Mile Island plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania will close. What will actually happen if these plants do shut down?
Faced with the closure of the Hope Creek and Salem nuclear power plants, the New Jersey Legislature passed companion bills to compensate the plants for zero-carbon electricity.
It’s time to act to preserve baseload power generation sources, including at-risk nuclear plants, Energy Secretary Rick Perry told lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week.
The Trump administration must not neglect the influence the of the U.S. commercial nuclear industry in the face of increasing competition from Russia and China, a new report from the Atlantic Council urges.
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (FES) alerted regional grid operator PJM Interconnection and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its intent to shutter, forever, nuclear reactors at its Perry, Davis-Besse and Beaver Valley stations.
Since its founding in 1974, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s primary mission has been to protect public health and safety. Among the hallmarks of its ”Principles of Good Regulation” are independence, openness, efficiency, clarity and reliability. As a result, the U.S. nuclear industry has never injured a single member of the public in its entire history.
The U.S. Congress last week passed an omnibus budget for the remainder of fiscal 2018. The $1.3 trillion spending measure, signed by President Trump March 23, includes just over $1.2 billion in support for the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear energy programs and $922 million for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
As Saudi Arabia considers building up to 17.6 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2032, the country’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the United States this week and met with President Donald Trump at the White House. Nearby on Capitol Hill, a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee held a hearing on nuclear cooperation between the two countries.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman said the agency is open to begin a discussion with Congress on the way it collects fees from the companies running nuclear power plants.