Releases - Nuclear Energy Institute

Equipment-sharing program at Memphis, Phoenix locations augments industry protocol to pool safety equipment in event of emergencies
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 25, 2012—The nuclear energy industry is adding another layer of safety and public protection by developing regional centers for critical equipment that could be needed to maintain safety in the event of an extreme event at America’s nuclear energy facilities....

‘Billions of Dollars in Exports, Tens of Thousands of U.S. Jobs at Risk’
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 1, 2012—To the detriment of U.S. national security interests and the economy, U.S. energy companies and manufacturers face impediments in capitalizing on the enormous market opportunities presented by the global growth of nuclear energy, business and industry leaders said today in unveiling a new report on nuclear...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 19, 2012—Americans continue to strongly support nuclear energy as an important technology to meet the nation’s future electricity demands, according to a new national survey.

In the telephone survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, 65 percent of respondents said they favor the use of nuclear energy as one of the ways to provide electricity in the United States, with 29 percent opposed. Those strongly...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 23, 2012—Increased global reliance on nuclear energy will maintain the U.S. capability to build new nuclear energy facilities when the need for accelerated expansion arises in America, the chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute predicted today.

“I am confident that the need for new nuclear power plants will emerge beyond 2020 because the long-term fundamentals for nuclear energy remain...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 23, 2012—Duke Energy Corp. employees at the Oconee Nuclear Station in South Carolina have been honored with the B. Ralph Sylvia “Best of the Best” Award for completing the first digital upgrades to commercial reactor protection systems in the United States. The conversion from the analog instrumentation common in these systems uses digital electronics technology to enhance the monitoring and...