The U.S. House of Representatives passed the reauthorization bill for the U.S. Export-Import Bank on Tuesday, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announced. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) reported on Thursday that chief nuclear officers within the nuclear energy industry have approved an initiative to maintain strategies in preparation for potentially severe accidents. Read More »

The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced that the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy will be holding a hearing on Oct. 28 regarding the transport of nuclear materials. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announced on Wednesday that the nuclear industry in the U.S. is seeing growth in younger employees, enough to replace older workers that retire. Read More »

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that, if the proposed merger between Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings Inc. were approved, it would create the largest electric utility holding company by customers, the group announced Wednesday. Read More »

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz released a statement on Tuesday regarding the appointment of Martin Keller as the director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, welcoming him to the position. Read More »

Deputy Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall released a statement last Thursday after visiting the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announced last Thursday that there is bipartisan support for the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im Bank) in the House of Representatives. Read More »

In a recent interview with the Nuclear Energy Institute, SCANA Corp. Executive Vice President Stephen Byrne detailed the importance of nuclear energy for fuel diversity. Read More »

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has announced that a new Integrated Test Center (ITC) will be built to help researchers develop commercially viable uses for carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. The ITC will be built at Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Dry Fork Station near Gillette, though a date for the start of construction has not been set. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) reported on Oct. 8 that new rules adopted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) are not technically adequate in relation to regulation. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) co-sponsored a meeting of the House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus in order to facilitate progress in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) program to cleanup legacy sites, they announced on Oct. 8. Read More »

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Friday that it will be investing approximately $34 million into two projects aimed at protecting the energy grid and other energy infrastructure from cyber attacks. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announced earlier this month that public opinion is becoming more favorable toward nuclear power when surveyors are informed of its responsibility for the bulk of the nation's low-carbon energy production. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration's Nevada National Security Site has been recognized for having one of the cleanest, most fuel-efficient vehicle fleets in the nation. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Wednesday that their first sponsored nonproliferation workshop in Vientiane, Laos. Read More »

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report recently on the legislative, technical and societal challenges faced when transporting and storing spent nuclear fuel within the U.S. The GAO took on this study due to the high level of risk involved in transporting nuclear fuel due to its radioactivity. Read More »

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report on Monday that indicated Kazakhstan has become the leading uranium supplier to U.S. nuclear reactors. In 2014, the U.S. purchased approximately 12 million pounds of uranium from Kazakhstan. Read More »

The House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a hearing Thursday to examine the shipping of nuclear material within the U.S., with logistical aspects being brought in to question. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will offer a cooperative agreement with General Atomics (GA) to domestically produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), it announced Wednesday. Read More »