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A consensus is forming that as important as renewables are to reduce carbon emissions, achieving a 100 percent clean, carbon-free energy system requires a mix of fuels. Nuclear power—the nation’s largest source of carbon-free electricity—is an essential part of the U.S. clean energy portfolio.

Optimizing FLEX Equipment Preventive Maintenance Strategies and Sharing of Operational Experience

A comprehensive review of publicly available operational and safety performance metrics demonstrates that the U.S. nuclear industry has consistently and substantially improved both performance and safety. Industry’s high level of performance manifests itself in many ways, including public safety, worker safety and plant reliability.

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.

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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