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89 percent view nuclear plant favorably 83 percent give high marks on safety 90 percent consider nuclear important for future electricity needs WASHINGTON, June 24, 2015 (GLOBE...

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute has been named one of The Washington Post's Top Workplaces in 2015. NEI was named one of the top workplaces in the small...

WASHINGTON, DC, June 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Senate today rejected an effort to table consideration of an amendment reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank of the United States. The bank's...

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entergy's Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County annually contributes an estimated $1.6 billion to New York's economy and $2.5 billion to...

BUCHANAN, N.Y., June 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At 2:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 8, the Nuclear Energy Institute will hold an on-the-record media teleconference to discuss a new study on the economic...

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Two leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives, one Democrat and one Republican, today told nuclear energy industry leaders that Congress and the...

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's budget has grown in recent years to levels that are no longer justified. That was the message delivered today by...

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A team of Exelon employees today received the nuclear energy industry's highest innovation award for implementing digital process for managing plant...

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In concert with energy expert Daniel Yergin, several electric utility executives warned today that flawed electricity markets still are not recognizing the...

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said today nuclear energy has all the attributes she is looking...