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WASHINGTON, May 6, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exelon Corp. announced today that it could close the Clinton and two Quad Cities reactors in Illinois if the state legislature does not pass legislation...

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Familiarity with nuclear energy and its role as a reliable producer of low-carbon electricity increases support for the technology, according to a new...

WASHINGTON , DC,, Feb. 24, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the five years since the Fukushima Daiichi accident, U.S. nuclear energy facilities have invested more than $4 billion and devoted thousands of...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nuclear energy continues to provide considerable and distinct value to America's economic and environmental goals, as evidenced most recently by...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 10, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The nuclear energy industry voiced displeasure today with the Obama administration's fiscal 2017 budget request for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. nuclear energy facilities generated electricity at a record high level of reliability in 2015, according to preliminary estimates, again...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- President Obama has signed into law the fiscal 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Act. Nuclear energy programs will receive $986 million in fiscal 2016. This is...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A U.S.-China agreement on commercial nuclear energy cooperation has entered into force. The required congressional review period has ended, and the two...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Obama administration on Friday convenes the White House Summit on Nuclear Energy examining the role of nuclear energy in reducing carbon emissions as...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute's president and chief executive officer, Marvin Fertel, made the following comments about Entergy Corp.'s announcement today...