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Status Report on Nuclear Energy Industry Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This paper describes about the upgrades to be taken in Nuclear Power Generation. Upgrades already approved and completed or planned total 4,315 megawatts. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC has approved 2,296 megawatts of upgrades in the last several years. These approved upgrades have been completed or soon will be completed...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, mW, nuclear energy, status report, greenhouse gas
White papers 2004-12-13
Economic Benefits of the Duke Power-Operated Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear power plants operated by Duke Power in North and South Carolina are an integral part of their local economies. The operation of the plants, and the increased electricity production associated with them, accounts for 4,692 jobs and $271 million in labor income in counties around McGuire and Catawba. This...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear energy, nuclear power plant, income, benefit, job
White papers 2004-12-01
Economic Impact Study of the Progress Energy, Inc., Brunswick Nuclear Power Facility on North Carolina State Planning Region O
The Brunswick nuclear plant is located on a 1,200 acre site near Southport, North Carolina, at the mouth of the Cape Fear River and is owned jointly by PGN (81.67%) and the N. C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency (18.33%). The plant is a dual-unit power plant that has a combined...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, North Carolina
White papers 2004-10-01
Concurrent Resolution
This paper focuses on the requirement of electricity and the steps to produce electricity in the U.S. Recognizing the essential role of nuclear power in the national energy policy of the United States. It supports the increased use of nuclear power, the construction and development of new and improved nuclear...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear energy, U.S.
White papers 2004-09-28
Nuclear Energy: The Global Choice for the 21st Century
A confluence of factors - the economic and environmental advantages of nuclear energy combined with drawbacks to the use of other fuels - is creating an aura of inevitability around the prospect that new nuclear plants will be ordered in the United States. The same combination of factors will make...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear energy, sustainable development, vision, industry
White papers 2004-09-08
Energy Concerns Drive Record Public Favorability for Nuclear Energy
Two new national surveys find favorable public attitudes toward nuclear energy at a record high. One survey of the U.S. public at large found that 65 percent favor the use of nuclear energy. The other survey of only college graduates who are registered to vote found that nearly three-quarters favor...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear energy, survey
White papers 2004-06-01
Economic Benefits of Indian Point Energy Center
The Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, N.Y., is an integral part of the local economy. This paper, conducted by the Nuclear Energy Institute1 NEI, examines the economic, fiscal and community benefits?together with other benefits?provided by the Indian Point plant, which is owned by Entergy2. Benefits analyzed include those to...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear energy, benefit
White papers 2004-04-01
Economic Benefits of Diablo Canyon Power Plant
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant is an important component of San Luis Obispo County's economy annually. This paper estimates that the total economic impact of the plant is about $642 million. For perspective, this is 7 percent of the county's economy. The study also includes other benefits provided by the...
Tags: Benefits, Nuclear Energy Institute, benefit
White papers 2004-02-01
Strategic Plan for the Safe Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste to Yucca Mountain: A Guide to Stakeholder Interactions
The mission of OCRWM is to manage and dispose of SNF and HLW in a manner that protects public health, safety, and the environment; enhances national and energy security; and merits public confidence. The OCRWM Office of National Transportation will work with interested parties in a collaborative process to build...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, transportation, public health, environment
White papers 2003-11-18
The Task Force for Affordable Natural Gas United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515
While America has abundant domestic natural gas resources, our current supply chain is near the breaking point. Low supply levels are resulting in natural gas prices that are two to three times above the historic average. High prices are hurting our economy, putting additional strain on the current economic recovery....
Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Nuclear Energy Institute, natural gas, transportation, supply chain, manufacturing
White papers 2003-09-01
External Costs Research Results on Socio-Environmental Damages Due to Electricity and Transport
In the field of energy, transport and environment, a scientific and rigorous analysis can help to assess a renewable electricity target, an energy tax, a quantified objective to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, a state aid exception for clean energies or a standard for energy efficiency. Decision-making in energy and environment...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, energy efficiency, decision-making, environment, analysis, agreement, industry
White papers 2003-08-12
Economic Benefits of Millstone Power Station
The Millstone nuclear power plant in Waterford, Conn., is an integral part of the New London County economy. The total economic impact of the Millstone plant on New London County for the year beginning April 1, 2001, and ending March 31, 2002, was $515.2 million. The primary focus of this...
Tags: Benefits, Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear power plant, nuclear energy, benefit
White papers 2003-07-01
Powering the Future With Environmentally Sound Nuclear Energy
This paper summarizes about nuclear electricity in use. Just over 100 nuclear plants supply electricity for one of every five homes and businesses across the country. Nuclear energy is a reliable, safe and clean source of electricity for today, and it will be even more vital in the future. As...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear energy, power supply
White papers 2003-03-03
An Analysis of a Spent Fuel Transportation Cask Under Severe Fire Accident Conditions
This paper discusses the Baltimore tunnel fire, transportation of spent nuclear fuel, the analysis performed on a spent fuel cask under severe fire conditions, including the ANSYS model that was developed for the analysis, and finally the preliminary results of the analysis including a discussion of the significance of those...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, analysis, accident, transportation
White papers 2002-08-23
Electricity and the Nation's Future Prosperity
As electricity is the backbone of the nation's economy and national security, the nuclear energy industry in 2001 set forth a long-term vision of the industry's future. The cornerstone of that vision is adding 50,000 megawatts of new nuclear electric generating capacity to the national grid by 2020. The industry...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, mW, nuclear energy, vision, industry, performance
White papers 2002-04-30
Why a Vision for Nuclear Energy
This paper summarizes about the power generation using nuclear power in the U.S. More than 100 nuclear reactors in 31 states generate enough electricity for one in every five homes and businesses in the United States. They are proven safe, and they do not pollute the air?an important benefit as...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear energy, power generation, U.S., vision, benefit
White papers 2002-04-30
Powering Tomorrow: With Clean, Safe Energy
This paper encapsulates the requirement of electricity. The U.S. Department of Energy projects the need for about 50 percent more electricity in the United States by 2020. To meet these needs, the nation must produce more energy from all available sources and do so in an environmentally sound manner. The...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear power plant, nuclear energy
White papers 2002-04-30
Guide to Nuclear Energy
This paper elaborates about the application and usage of Nuclear Energy. Nuclear energy is the second-largest source of electricity in the United States, after coal. Importantly, nuclear energy is the largest emission-free source of electricity, because it does not burn anything to produce energy. As the nuclear energy industry's policy...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear energy, nuclear power plant, benefit
White papers 2001-08-03
Nuclear Electricity: A Key to Sustainable Development
Since its introduction of over four decades ago, the peaceful use of nuclear technology, particularly nuclear energy, has successfully applied the principles of the Rio Declaration in contributing to sustainable development in many parts of the world. This vital technology must continue to be available as all nations strive for...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, sustainable development, nuclear energy
White papers 2000-09-21

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Premier U.S. Research Network Opens Door to Corporate America
Darkstrand Buys Capacity on Performance-Driven National LambdaRail CHICAGO -- Darkstrand, Inc. announced today that the company has purchased and will commercialize one-half of all capacity on the most advanced research backbone in the United States, the National LambdaRail NLR. The NLR networks support large-scale digital production work for...
Articles 2008-06-05
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