The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announced Wednesday that the House Appropriations Committee approved a $35-billion energy and water bill that allocates $936 million for the nation's nuclear energy projects. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) fully supports President Barack Obama's efforts in creating a cooperative agreement to support nuclear energy exports through bilateral interaction with South Korea. Read More »

Legislation would improve efficiency of water heaters, commercial buildings and federal buildings. Read More »

Vice President for Policy Development and Planning of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), Richard Myers, issued a response to the release of the Quadrennial Energy Review from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday.  Read More »

Leaders from the nuclear industry recently voiced their support for Congress to renew the nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and China. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will host 44 people from 33 countries today through May 8 at the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the 25th International Training Course (ITC) on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities. Read More »

The Department of Energy today awarded more than $5 million to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in nuclear engineering and other science and engineering programs related to nuclear energy. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the Science, Space and Technology Committee chairman, introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to keep the U.S. scientifically competitive. The bill, the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science (COMPETES) Reauthorization Act of 2015, re-establishes the federal government as the catalyst for basic research by increasing funding by 5 percent for agencies that conduct fundamental discovery science. Read More »

Nuclear Matters' co-chairs praised Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) yesterday for its contributions to the state’s economy and the clean energy it supplies. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) today released a study showing that Florida’s economy gets a $1.4 billion boost annually from the state’s nuclear energy facilities. Read More »

U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released its Annual Energy Outlook 2015 report. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said last week that officials from 11 countries and one United Nations representative recently toured NNSA laboratories in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Read More »

FEMA has scheduled an emergency-preparedness exercise for the week of April 13 in Pennsylvania to assess the state’s disaster-preparedness ability in the event of an emergency at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant in Central Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has urged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to abandon revising radiation protection procedures, saying current regulations are effective and that any changes would be costly, time-consuming and have no impact on employee safety. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announced yesterday that new industry standards make it easier for graduates of training programs to qualify for jobs at nuclear plants. Read More »

Meeting meant to build mutual trust and increase U.S. transparency Read More »

Goal is to increase energy availability while decreasing emissions. Read More »

An executive order recently signed into law by President Obama mandates that clean-energy sources, including small modular nuclear reactors, must make up at least 25 percent of the energy used by U.S. federal agencies by 2025. The order, titled "Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade," strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while advocating for innovation and decreased spending. Read More »

House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders responded on Tuesday to the Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz's announcement that the DOE would move forward with siting a separate repository for high-level defense nuclear waste. Read More »

According to a recent statement from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), there may be potential progress in the future of managing high-level waste and used nuclear fuel. This hopeful future is revealed in two recent events, one of which is a bipartisan Senate bill introduced that will reform the waste management program. Read More »