Over the next two years, EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) projects growth in U.S. consumption of ethane in the petrochemical industry will exceed increases in consumption of all other petroleum and liquid products—such as motor gasoline, distillate, and jet fuel—combined. EIA also projects that ethane exports will continue increasing, as ethane is exported both by pipeline to Canada and by tankers to more distant destinations. Read More »

In honor of National Engineer Week, NNSA is taking a look at a variety of ways these creative innovators contribute to nuclear security nation-wide. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently released six efficiency bulletins that describe actions nuclear power plant operators can take to increase operational effectiveness and boost safety measures as part of its Delivering the Nuclear Promise initiative. Read More »

The fourth Nuclear Industry Summit was held recently in Washington, D.C., where hundreds of nuclear energy industry leaders convened to discuss the future of nuclear technology, cybersecurity and the securing of nuclear materials, among other topics. Read More »

As Washington ponders a bill that would increase funding and research for nuclear energy, a Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) spokesman explained the potential impact of the legislation and the importance of creating a "new generation of reactor technologies." Read More »

Alex Flint, senior vice president of governmental affairs for the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) issued a statement praising Wisconsin for recently lifting its 33-year-old moratorium on building new nuclear energy plants in the state. Read More »

House Republicans recently proposed a $66 million cut to the proposed 2017 budget for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Read More »

The Nuclear Industry Association of Turkey (NIATR) and the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council (USNIC) recently signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) late last week, agreeing to collaborate on nuclear-energy research and other activities that benefit both countries. Read More »

The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) recently released data late last week that indicates the U.S. nuclear industry operated at record levels of reliability and safety throughout 2015. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) submitted written testimony late last week to the House Appropriations Committee, asking Congress to reduce the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) budget and staff so that they are more proportionate to the number of reactors and plant-license holders over which the agency has jurisdiction. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) teamed up with the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) late last week to commission China’s new Center of Excellence (COE), a nuclear-security training facility. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) is encouraging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to revise its regulations on decommissioning nuclear power reactors to include updated risk profiles throughout the process and reduce the need for exemptions and license amendments. Read More »

Jacobs Engineering Group said recently that it has received a sub-contract from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC to provide telecommunications services and maintenance to the Savannah River Site, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear-materials refinery near Aiken, South Carolina. Read More »

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told D.C. lawmakers recently that innovation would be a top priority for the rest of the current fiscal year, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said this week. Read More »

U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) recently wrote a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, asking him to investigate the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) use of requests for additional information (RAIs) when reviewing reactor-license applications, a practice that the senators allege the agency might be employing too often. Read More »

Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to  the comptroller general at the Government Accountability Office requesting information regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s use of requests for additional information. Read More »

Nuclear experts from Japan and the United States recently announced that the safety standards in America had become even higher after the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident. Read More »

The new generation of students have chosen nuclear because they want to save the world, University of California-Berkeley professor Rachel Slaybaugh said. Read More »

Through a concerted international effort involving several federal agencies, the Swiss and U.S. governments recently transported 20 kg of separated plutonium, the nation's only remaining supply of it, to the U.S., furthering international nonproliferation efforts to limit stores of weapons-grade plutonium. Read More »

The U.S. and South Korea recently launched the High Level Bilateral Commission (HLBC) to advocate for peaceful uses of nuclear energy, with its first meeting set for April 14 in Seoul. Read More »