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NEI Re-Elects Exelon's Crane, Pinnacle West's Brandt as Board Leaders
May 12, 2015 13:25 ET | Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute has re-elected Christopher M. Crane, president and chief executive officer of Exelon Corp., as chairman of its board of...
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NEI Warns Against Early Closing of Ginna Nuclear Plant, Which Serves 500,000 People
May 06, 2015 12:44 ET | Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New York consumers will pay higher electricity costs and the state will lose an important tool to reduce air pollution if Exelon's R.E. Ginna nuclear power...
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NEI Congratulates Holtec, NM Counties on Consent-Based Used Fuel Storage Solution
April 29, 2015 18:15 ET | Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute today welcomed a consent-based approach in New Mexico to manage used nuclear fuel from U.S. commercial reactors. Holtec...
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NEI Pleased by House Appropriators' Strong Support for Nuclear Energy
April 22, 2015 17:03 ET | Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nuclear energy programs would receive $936 million in fiscal 2016 under a $35 billion energy and water spending bill approved today by the U.S....
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NEI Lauds Initialing of US-South Korea Agreement
April 22, 2015 10:59 ET | Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON, DC,, April 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Obama administration demonstrated its support for nuclear energy exports through bilateral interaction with South Korea. The two nations have...
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Industry Urges Congress to Renew US-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
April 21, 2015 15:57 ET | Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Obama administration has signed the renewal of a bilateral commercial nuclear cooperation agreement with China and sent it to Congress for review....
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NEI Comments on Quadrennial Energy Review
April 21, 2015 14:53 ET | Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Richard Myers, the Nuclear Energy Institute's Vice President for Policy Development and Planning, comments on the U.S. Department of Energy's Quadrennial...
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FPL's Nuclear Plants Boost Florida's Economy $1.4 Billion Each Year
April 16, 2015 09:57 ET | Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON D.C., April 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Florida's economy benefits by more than $1.4 billion annually from the daily electricity production at Florida Power & Light Co.'s nuclear...
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Public Support for Nuclear Waste Management Is Strong
March 31, 2015 11:25 ET | Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON, DC., March 31, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A majority of Americans continue to support the creation of an independent federal authority to manage the storage of used nuclear fuel and believe...
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Potential for Progress in Managing Used Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Waste?
March 24, 2015 17:02 ET | Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute's president and chief executive officer, Marvin Fertel, made these comments on today's nuclear waste management developments...