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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, 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, 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, Feb. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute today welcomed Waste Control Specialists' plan to site an interim consolidated storage facility for used nuclear power plant...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission today affirmed a final rule addressing the continued storage of used nuclear fuel between the end of reactors'...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A clear majority of Americans now believes that an independent federal authority accountable to a board of directors would do a better job than a federal...

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Four senior U.S. senators introduced bipartisan legislation today that recognizes the urgent need to address the nation's management of used nuclear fuel....

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Expressing confidence that the U.S. nuclear energy industry is well-poised to help meet America's future electricity needs, the Nuclear Energy Institute's...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition welcome the release of...