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The industry’s 2050 used fuel management vision: The U.S. has a durable, safe, environmentally sustainable, and well-run used fuel management and disposal system. To achieve this vision, the industry has identified eight essential elements for the U.S. used fuel management program.
This paper shows the results of a 2025 survey done by NEI member companies, an update on the 2023 and 2024 versions.
As the world faces increasing demand for clean reliable energy, the interest in deployment of new nuclear power (NNP) projects is increasing. This is in large part due to the emergence and convergence of multiple priorities. These include the need for dispatchable, reliable and resilient electricity to power the rapid growth and electrification of a data-driven society, the need for greater energy independence and security, and commitments to decarbonize. Nuclear energy sits at the nexus of these forces, creating the need and opportunity for a large build-out of new, relatively standardized NNP projects to meet national and international goals. A large build-out of standardized nuclear power plants creates an opportunity for the development and utilization of fleet operations models that realize greater effectiveness, efficiency, and cost savings over models utilized in the existing nuclear power plant fleet. This paper focuses on providing future owners/operators of NNP fleets with a framework as well as key considerations for the development of fleet operations models to capture those benefits. To realize these benefits, future fleet operations models will be built on standardization, centralization, and collaboration as the three primary pillars underpinning the framework. Each is critical to developing and utilizing a fleet operations model that is effective, efficient, and suitable for the owners/operators of NNP fleets.
This report presents the industry’s recommendations for the most impactful reforms needed to enable the NRC to meet the urgent national demand for more safe, reliable nuclear power.
NEI's Environmental Justice Program Options
This paper shows the results of a 2024 survey done by NEI member companies, an update on the 2023 version.
Executive Summary for Implementation Guide 05 to NEI 20-08, Schedule Practices, Team and Data Management, Configuration Control
Executive Summary for Implementation Guide 04 to NEI 20-08: First of a Kind Planning Considerations
Canada and the U.S. are already embarking on strategic regulatory cooperation. This paper articulates how this cooperation will help enable both nations to achieve large-scale deployment of new nuclear power plants and enable both countries to achieve their national energy, climate, environmental, economic and national security goals.
Because of the overarching importance of “Extreme Ownership and Leadership from the Top,” it will receive significant attention in this implementation guide. This IG #3 focuses on the people who will be needed to manage an NNP project and how to establish a durable accountability structure for planning and executing these projects. IG #3 focuses on the owner’s role as acceptance and implementation of all lessons learned flow from Extreme Ownership and top-level Leadership.
Too often, the NRC diverts its time and attention into activities that have a negligible effect on safety. As a result, NRC’s review processes are ponderous, prolonged and unnecessarily resource intensive. To show this tendency, NEI examined public records covering NRC review duration and cost for power uprates, license renewals, design certifications and early site permits.