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WASHINGTON, June 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Senate confirmed Allison Macfarlane to a full, five-year term as chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission last night. Following is a...

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, June 26, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nuclear energy programs would receive $656 million in fiscal 2014 under a $30.4 billion spending bill approved today by the House of Representatives'...

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following is a statement regarding President Obama's plan to address climate change and control carbon emissions by the Nuclear Energy Institute's...

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Senate today approved the nomination of Ernest J. Moniz, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Energy Initiative, as Secretary...

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Employees at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland have been honored with the B. Ralph Sylvia "Best of the Best" Award for an innovative...

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Joe Colvin, a U.S. Navy veteran who became a seminal figure in nuclear energy policy, was honored with the U.S. nuclear energy industry's William S. Lee...

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, May 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute has re-elected John F. Young, president and chief executive officer of Energy Future Holdings, as chairman of its board of...

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Florida Legislature voted yesterday to preserve the state's cost recovery law that allows electric utilities to recover costs approved by state...