Nuclear industry intensifies push to reauthorize Ex-Im Bank
The nuclear power industry is rushing against the clock to convince lawmakers to authorize the Export-Import Bank before it expires June 30.Companies that make reactors and related equipment say the...
View ArticleEx-Im Bank is critical to US role in energy exports
The world's growing electricity market needs America's proven expertise, but the opportunity for American industry to supply that capability is at risk.More than 60 power reactors are currently under...
View ArticleNew nuclear project is a powerful investment in Tennessee
My day job, running an organization called the East Tennessee Economic Council, is a labor of love. I live in a great place. I work with great people. We try to create great opportunities for this...
View ArticleWATCH: Reauthorizing the Ex-Im Bank
Reporters Molly K. Hooper and Tim Cama discuss the Export-Import Bank and how it impacts nuclear energy.This video is part of America's Nuclear Energy Future series, sponsored by the Nuclear Energy...
View ArticleNuclear industry pushing for renewal of U.S.-China agreement
The nuclear energy industry is pushing to keep a critical export agreement with China on the books beyond the end of this year. A nuclear cooperation agreement that allows United States companies to...
View ArticleWATCH: Pushing for US-China nuclear agreement renewal
Reporters Molly K. Hooper and Devin Henry discuss how the nuclear energy industry is pushing to keep a critical export agreement with China beyond the end of this year.This video is part of America's...
View ArticleKeep calm and carry on with nuclear power, part II
A little over two weeks after the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, I wrote a column for The Hill, "Keep calm and carry on with nuclear power," in which I stated:Now...
View ArticleEnergy in the 2016 Presidential Campaign
IHS Vice Chairman Dan Yergin, author of “The Quest” frames America’s energy picture for 2016 presidential candidates to consider as shared at the 2015 Nuclear Energy Assembly.
View ArticleFeds eye small nuclear reactors for key role in U.S. energy policy
Federal officials are preparing for a future in which small nuclear reactors are a key piece of the United States’ energy policy.The technology, known as the small modular reactor, has attracted the...
View ArticleWATCH: Licensing nuclear reactors
The Hill's energy reporter, Tim Cama, talks with Molly Hooper about the efforts of nuclear companies to get licensing for their nuclear reactors.
View ArticleTwo steps forward on US nuclear waste storage
Tracing the U.S. government's development path for a long-term used nuclear fuel storage solution looks more like a stumbling stagger than a focused beeline, but with just two steps, the country now...
View ArticleStates look to act on nuclear power
Lawmakers in statehouses are looking for ways to support nuclear power close to home. Efforts across the country could spark more action than has occurred lately on the federal level. Debates over the...
View ArticleWATCH: States look to act on nuclear power
Reporters Molly K. Hooper and Devin Henry discuss what states are doing to push nuclear energy use.This video is part of America's Nuclear Energy Future series, sponsored by the Nuclear Energy...
View ArticleBack to the future for carbon emissions
America's power sector is headed back to the 1980s — at least when it comes to carbon emissions. Nuclear power plants, the last major round of which was installed in the U.S. in that same decade, have...
View ArticleNIMBY and Nuclear Energy
After a decade of public opinion surveys that consistently find broad and deep support for nuclear energy among nuclear power plant neighbors, is it time to re-think NIMBY? The conventional wisdom goes...
View ArticleReport: Nuclear Energy Essential to Illinois Economy, Environment
llinois’ six nuclear energy facilities deliver enormous economic, environmental and electric reliability benefits to the state, a new analysis from the Nuclear Energy Institute shows.
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