The U.S. Nuclear Industry Council (USNIC) has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee (NEAC). The DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy announced the new appointment this week of 13 new science, business and nuclear industry leaders to the advisory committee...
We welcome the President's continued recognition of the geostrategic importance of American nuclear energy leadership as well as the multi-faceted consequences inherent in the premature closings of nuclear plants that have been a cornerstone of U.S. energy and national security, economic prosperity and clean energy leadership. The sustained viability of the current nuclear energy fleet is also vital to advanced nuclear energy deployment and the vibrancy of the U.S. supply chain, which are trailblazing a new generation of commercial nuclear technology innovation and economic competitiveness...v
Given the importance of the NRC’s mission – and critical pending issues such as licensing modernization and reform, an in-progress small modular reactor design certification and ongoing new plant construction at Vogtle, among others – we wholeheartedly applaud the NRC’s return to a full complement of five Commissioners after an unprecedented three and a half-year hiatus. We congratulate the commissioners on their long-overdue and long-awaited Senate confirmations...
The U.S. Nuclear Industry Council (USNIC) praised the House Energy and Commerce Committee on advancing four bills "to address key challenges facing America's nuclear energy industry at a hearing this week on legislation addressing development, regulation and competitiveness of advanced nuclear energy technologies."
A series of prominent speakers at a May 15-16, 2018 Ready4Nuclear workshop with a capacity crowd of key Western U.S. and Canadian suppliers expressed optimism regarding emerging advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMR) deployments at the Idaho National Laboratory and the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories...
250 global nuclear energy stakeholders from over 90 companies gathered in Shanghai in May for the 6th annual Asia Nuclear Business Platform (ANBP), which featured 60 speakers including China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation; Japan's Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry; UAE's Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation; and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy...
The overwhelming, bipartisan support for long overdue tangible action on the Yucca Mountain national repository and consolidated storage is good news for nuclear energy, American taxpayers and the 121 communities in 39 states with stranded commercial spent fuel or defense waste in need of a final disposal solution...
Four leading nuclear energy organizations led by the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition have urged U.S. House of Representatives leadership to ensure that H.R. 3053, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018, receives strong, bipartisan support in upcoming floor consideration. Letter cosignatories include the American Nuclear Society, Decommissioning Plant Coalition and the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council.
Nuclear innovation and Millennial perspectives were featured topics at a Millennial Nuclear Caucus presented jointly by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Atomics (GA) in San Diego on April 20...
The fourth in a series of Ready4Nuclear regional nuclear suppliers workshops is slated for May 15-16, 2018 in Idaho Falls, home to the Idaho National Laboratory and the planned NuScale Power advanced nuclear Small Modular Reactor (SMR). The workshop’s focus is key Western U.S. and Canadian suppliers and regional supply-chains...
The Advanced Reactors Summit V & Showcase has honored Terrestrial Energy with the Summit’s inaugural Trailblazer Special Achievement Award at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at the Texas A&M campus in College Station...
Three key U.S. and global leaders in the advanced nuclear policy, regulatory and international spheres will be keynoters at the Advanced Reactors Summit V and Showcase slated for February 20-22 at Texas A&M...
State of Georgia Public Utility Commission official Tim Echols will be honored with the Advanced Reactors Summit's Trailblazer Award at a reception at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, February 21, at the Texas A&M campus in College Station...
The U.S. nuclear industry provided four key recommendations to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission detailing how it can streamline licensing of advanced reactors to ensure American leadership in nuclear energy...
Leading representatives from international, U.S. government, industry and academic enterprises will focus on spent fuel management globally at the 33rd Spent Fuel Management Seminar on January 23-25 presented by the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) in partnership with the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council...
Citing growing concern over lack of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) progress in re-establishing the Nation's civilian nuclear waste management program, the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council outlined executive action options to re-establish the statutorily established Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), nominating a director and using an estimated $10 million in carryover funding to make preparations to restart the Yucca Mountain licensing process...
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman-Emeritus and current Commissioner Stephen Burns will provide a Special Address on the agency's initiatives to the Advanced Reactors Technical Summit and Trailblazers Showcase at Texas A&M on February 20-22...
The U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council (USNIC) was one of 18 U.S. industry, National Laboratory and academic representatives named to present at a two-day Civil Nuclear Energy Roundtable in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 17-18...
The Chief Regulatory Operations Officer for the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Ramzi Jammal will present on the Commission's advanced reactors initiatives at the Advanced Reactors Summit V at Texas A&M on February 20-22, 2018. Jammal, who also serves as the Commission's Executive Vice President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer, will be a featured discussant on a licensing reform and modernization forum that also includes former NRC Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield, who heads the USNIC's Advanced Reactors Task Force, as well as NRC's Director of Advanced Reactors John Monninger...
The Millennials for Nuclear and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy will hold a "Millennial Nuclear Caucus" as part of the Advanced Reactors Summit V and Technology Trailblazers Showcase at Texas A&M on February 20-22, 2018.
