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Meet the Nuclear Power Lobby
The nuclear power industry is seeing its fortunes rise. Seventeen entities developing license applications for up to thirty-one new reactors did not just happen, boasted Frank Skip Bowman. It has been carefully planned. Bowman, a retired admiral, heads the Nuclear Energy Institute NEI, the main lobbying group...
Tags: Bowman, Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2008-06-01
Spinning the atom: "environmentalists" are key to the industry's PR push
Patrick Moore sits in a dark mahogany booth at the Off the Record bar across from the White House. Clad in a conservative navy blue suit, he blends comfortably with the crowd of lobbyists and politicians--a far cry from his former identity as a scruffy-faced Greenpeace leader battling nuclear power....
Tags: Greenpeace, MARKETING, Nuclear Energy Institute, Peterson, Strategy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2008-05-01
Nuclear Plants Are Designed to Respond Safely to Electrical Grid Disturbances
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: media relations of the Nuclear Energy Institute, +1-202- 739-8000, after hours and weekends: +1-703-644-8805 WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the result of a disturbance in off-site power that led to an electricity outage throughout much of Florida, the two reactors at the Turkey Point...
Tags: disturbance, Florida, Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2008-02-26
Polish Up Your Crystal Ball
Forecasting competencies for crucial positions in the organization will make succession planning easier. The nuclear energy industry was in its heyday in the late 1970s until the 1979 Three Mile Island disaster occurred in Middletown, Pennsylvania. The partial meltdown of the nuclear power plant damaged the industry's image...
Tags: competency, forecasting, Leadership, Nuclear Energy Institute, SALES
Research articles 2007-11-01
'No Nukes' rockers renew fight three decades later
WASHINGTON -- Jackson Browne says he thought his group of politically active musicians "really dealt the nuclear industry a blow" with a series of 1979 concerts opposing nuclear power. Nearly three decades later, Browne and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Bonnie Raitt and Graham...
Tags: Government, Nuclear Energy Institute, petition, Strategy, U.S. Congress, Washington
Research articles 2007-10-23
Nuclear Industry Welcomes Step Forward for DOE Clean-Energy Loan Guarantee Program
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Energy today released its regulations implementing the clean-energy loan guarantee program authorized by Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The legislation empowers the Secretary of Energy to provide loan guarantees for up to 80 percent of the cost of "innovative technologies"...
Tags: Government, Nuclear Energy Institute, regulation, Regulations, secretary
Research articles 2007-10-04
International Dairy Foods Association
The International Dairy Foods Association has named Jerry Slominski to the position of senior vice president of legislative affairs. In this role, Slominski will be responsible for managing all of the association's legislative, political and economic activities. He replaces Chip Kunde, who left IDFA in August. Slominski is a Washington...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2007-10-01
Implementation of a Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection of Nuclear Power Plants
INTRODUCTIONNuclear energy currently provides approximately 20% of the electricity consumed in the United States. In order to operate a nuclear power plant, electric utility companies must effectively manage the risk due to fires in these generating plants.Managing fire risk at a nuclear power plant is not simple for a variety...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, performance
Research articles 2007-10-01
Texas Moves toward Carbon Free Energy, Reflecting "Climate Change" for Nuclear; World Energy Author Assesses the Role of Nuclear Power
HOUSTON -- The announcement this week of the proposed expansion of a Southeast Texas nuclear plant has captured the interest of nuclear-power advocates and opponents alike. If built this would be the first nuclear power plant expansion in 30 years. Read the article at www.WorldEnergySource.com. For more executive comments on...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2007-09-28
NEI Congratulates NRG on Filing Complete License Application for New Texas Reactors
WASHINGTON -- NRG Energy Inc. announced today that it has filed a combined construction and operating license application COL with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for two additional reactors at the South Texas Project nuclear power plant site along the Gulf Coast of Texas. Following is a statement from Frank...
Tags: NRG Energy Inc., Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2007-09-25
Industry Leader Cites Value of Nuclear Power Plants to California's Mix of Energy Sources
To: STATE EDITORSContact: Nuclear Energy Institute's media relations staff, +1-202- 739-8000 during business hours, or +1-703-644-8805 after hours and weekends SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The construction of clean nuclear energy can serve as part of the solution to the future energy requirements of California, a nuclear energy industry...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2007-09-13
Operating at 98% Efficiency, U.S. Nuclear Plants Play Vital Role in Beating Sweltering Heat Wave
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Nuclear Energy Institute, +1-202-739-8000 WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Helping Americans to cope during the summers most sweltering heat, the nations nuclear power plants posted an average daily capacity factor of more than 98 percent during the first two weeks of August.Capacity factor is a measure of...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2007-08-27
NEI Elects Fluor's Pitts to Board of Directors, Pacific Gas' Morrow to Executive Committee
WASHINGTON -- The Nuclear Energy Institute has elected William T. Morrow, president and chief executive officer of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., to its executive committee to fill the unexpired term of Thomas B. King, who left the company in July. Morrow has served as president and CEO of...
Tags: board, Nuclear Energy Institute, Vodafone Group Plc.
Research articles 2007-08-23
Texas Needs New Nuclear Plants to Sustain Economic Growth and Improve Environment
DALLAS -- Texas needs new nuclear plants as an indispensable part of its energy portfolio to meet the multiple challenges of an expanding economy and population, increasing electricity demand, and environmental considerations, Nuclear Energy Institute President and CEO Frank L. Skip Bowman said in a speech here today. Texas...
Tags: Bowman, environment, Nuclear Energy Institute, Texas
Research articles 2007-07-27
Nuclear Energy Institute Re-Elects Exelon's Rowe As Chairman, OPPD's Gates as Vice Chairman
CHICAGO -- The Nuclear Energy Institute has re-elected John W. Rowe, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Exelon Corp., as chairman of its board of directors. NEI also has re-elected W. Gary Gates, president and CEO of the Omaha Public Power District, as vice chairman of the board.
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2008-05-05
Nuclear Energy Institute Workshop to be Held March 27 in Columbia
Event Co-Sponsored by New Carolina and the S.C. Department of Commerce
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2008-03-25
Alternate Energy Holdings (AEHI) Joins the Nuclear Energy Institute
Alternate Energy Holdings (PINKSHEETS: AEHI) announced its membership in the Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc NEI. NEI is the policy organization of the nuclear energy and technologies industry and participates in both the national and global policy-making process. NEI's objective is to ensure the formation of policies that promote the...
Tags: Join, Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2007-02-22
Florida Well-Positioned for New Nuclear Plants, Industry Executive Tells Miami Business Leaders
To: ENERGY EDITORSContact: Nuclear Energy Institute media relations staff: +1-202- 739-8000 during business hours, or +1-703-644-8805 after hours and weekends MIAMI, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thanks to strong business, government and public support, Florida is well-positioned to build new nuclear power plants to meet the state's fast-growing electricity needs, Nuclear...
Tags: Florida, leader, Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2007-02-07
Nuclear power plant construction returns
Tending to the instrumentation and control issues for plant deployment is underway The U.S. nuclear industry is making significant progress toward overcoming financial, regulatory, and technical barriers to deployment of new nuclear power plants. Progress toward overcoming financial barriers is happening by reducing the uncertainties around capital costs...
Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, software, Strategy, technology
Research articles 2007-02-01
Key Facts About Nuclear Energy's Clean-Air Benefits
To: ENERGY EDITORSContact: Media Relations of NEI, +1-202-739-8000 or +1-703-644- 8805 after hours and weekends WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Nuclear Energy Institute: * Approximately 30 percent of America's electricity comes from sourcesthat produce no air emissions or greenhouse gases: nuclear energy,hydroelectric power,...
Tags: emission, Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2007-01-23