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Maria Korsnick's letter to the members of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems highlights the benefits and value of nuclear energy and the many levels of support for the Carbon Free Power Project.
Find the numbers on all things nuclear energy including advantages, performance data and the outlook of the industry.
Letter to Secretary Dan Brouillette regarding Updated Need for High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) haleu HALEU haleu HALEU haleu HALEU haleu HALEU haleu
A new report from the consulting firm UxC projects that if the United States supplies nuclear energy equipment and technology to support a share of the IPCC’s projected requirement for new nuclear power, U.S. export revenues could range between $1.3 trillion and $1.9 trillion.
Interest in deploying new nuclear reactors in the U.S. is increasing as more stakeholders recognize the critical role that nuclear energy must play in order to reduce carbon emissions. Today, nuclear energy accounts for almost 20% of the U.S. electricity generation, and, when viewed as part of a clean energy portfolio, nuclear energy produces over 50% of the zero-carbon emissions electricity. Nuclear energy is firm dispatchable energy that can operate 24/7, making nuclear, renewables and storage resources the perfect partners to achieve zero to very low carbon emissions. The purpose of this report is to compile and describe the construction best practices that will reduce construction risk and better enable projects to be built on-time and on-budget. There have been over 100 documents over the past several decades that have identified the lessons learned from past nuclear reactor construction projects. While many of these reports identify similar lessons learned, they also contain lessons that are not identified in other reports. Therefore, we used industry expertise to synthesizes the 32 most relevant documents and establish the top strategic project management lessons learned and best practices that experience shows have been key in the successful execution of large complex projects. Documented in this report are the following fourteen (14) areas of construction best practices required for the successful completion of a new nuclear reactor project. Within these 14 areas, a total of 59 key construction best practices are identified and described.
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) appreciates the opportunity to respond to the Information Request on the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. The attached responses were prepared with input from the NEI Advanced Reactor Working Group and input and endorsement from SMR Start.
On March 20, 2020, NEI sent a letter to Secretary Brouillette requesting assistance to ensure continued nuclear operations during COVID-19
On March 20, 2020, NEI and the IBEW sent a joint letter to congressional leadership calling for the passage of the Nuclear Powers America Act
On March 19, 2020, NEI submitted a letter to Secretary Mnuchin and NEC Director Kudlow on Nuclear Industry Recommendations for Economic Recovery
Recommendations for Streamlining Environmental Reviews for Advanced Reactors
On March 2, 2020, Maria Korsnick testified before the the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy on the role that advanced nuclear technology will play in a decarbonized future
The U.S. nuclear power industry has consistently improved performance over the past 20 years. This performance manifests itself in many dimensions, including worker safety, public safety and plant reliability. There are many factors influencing this improvement including the cultivation of a strong safety and reliability culture by utilities, a strong independent nuclear regulator in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent industry excellence organization in the Institute of Nuclear Power Operators (INPO), and the NRC’s adoption of a risk-informed safety focus. Over the past 20 years, improving plant performance has been coupled with the enhanced safety focus provided by a risk-informed approach that focuses resources on the most safety significant issues. Today, the U.S. nuclear industry is performing at the highest levels of safety and reliability in the world. NEI has collected all the relevant individual and aggregate performance indicators available from public sources, including NRC and INPO, spanning the past several decades. The purpose of this report is to illuminate the performance improvements achieved and demonstrate the connection between this improved performance and safety.