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WASHINGTON, May 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute has re-elected Christopher M. Crane, president and chief executive officer of Exelon Corp., as chairman of its board of...

WASHINGTON, May 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New York consumers will pay higher electricity costs and the state will lose an important tool to reduce air pollution if Exelon's R.E. Ginna nuclear power...

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute today welcomed a consent-based approach in New Mexico to manage used nuclear fuel from U.S. commercial reactors. Holtec...

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nuclear energy programs would receive $936 million in fiscal 2016 under a $35 billion energy and water spending bill approved today by the U.S....

WASHINGTON, DC,, April 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Obama administration demonstrated its support for nuclear energy exports through bilateral interaction with South Korea. The two nations have...

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Obama administration has signed the renewal of a bilateral commercial nuclear cooperation agreement with China and sent it to Congress for review....

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Richard Myers, the Nuclear Energy Institute's Vice President for Policy Development and Planning, comments on the U.S. Department of Energy's Quadrennial...

WASHINGTON D.C., April 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Florida's economy benefits by more than $1.4 billion annually from the daily electricity production at Florida Power & Light Co.'s nuclear...

WASHINGTON, DC., March 31, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A majority of Americans continue to support the creation of an independent federal authority to manage the storage of used nuclear fuel and believe...

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute's president and chief executive officer, Marvin Fertel, made these comments on today's nuclear waste management developments...