Newsroom Archive
This year’s annual Nuclear Energy Assembly featured exciting conversations on the technology innovations happening in the industry.
States are waking up to the fact that without nuclear plants, their economic and environmental well-being are in jeopardy.
FERC must act to define resilience to fully understand whether the grid can withstand and recover from high consequence events, NEI told FERC this week. NEI also pressed for additional analysis of how nuclear retirements and increased reliance on natural gas could impact grid resilience.
The White House transmitted new bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements, also known as Section 123 agreements, with the United Kingdom and Mexico to Congress this week.
The U.S. House of Representatives today made progress toward solving the used fuel management issue, passing the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018 (HR 3053) with a bipartisan vote of 340-72.
House passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act begins a much needed step forward regarding reform to implement, at long last, the federal government’s statutory obligation to manage used nuclear fuel. Legislation includes provisions that would move the Yucca Mountain project forward by helping to resolve key issues such as land withdrawal and infrastructure issues.
NEI strongly encourage FERC to take action to define, foster and retain grid resiliency, thereby preserving the fuel security offered by nuclear power plants under threat of premature closure.
President Trump submitted a 123 agreement between the United States and Mexico to Congress for review.
The president transmitted to Congress for review a bilateral agreement for peaceful nuclear energy cooperation, known as a Section 123 Agreement, between the United States and United Kingdom.
The Nuclear Energy Institute submitted a motion to intervene and comments concerning proceedings initiated by PJM Interconnections April 9 section 205 filing containing proposed revisions to the capacity market provisions of the PJM tariff, or capacity filing.
It’s May and that can only mean one thing: It’s time for NEI’s Nuclear Energy Assembly, the premier event for the U.S. nuclear energy industry. This year, NEA will be held in Atlanta from May 21-23.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy provided America's innovator community a substantial boost, announcing $60 million in research and development funding for advanced nuclear technology.