NEI Chairman Voices Confidence in Nuclear Energy’s Global and U.S. Future

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 sound,” said William Johnson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Progress Energy. Johnson also serves as NEI chairman. Johnson reminded industry leaders at NEI’s