The 2012 Budget for Nuclear Energy

Congress voted on an omnibus appropriations bill that basically funds the entirety of the federal government for the next year. Naturally, o...

Nuclear Energy Could Be Key to Energy Compromise

At a press conference at NEI, Alex Flint, senior vice president for government affairs at NEI, discussed some priorities for the upcoming Co...

The Story Told by Failed Amendments

As we’re sure you know from Schoolhouse Rock, when a bill goes through committee, members can propose amendments to enhance this aspect or ...

The Dance of the Blue Ribbons

Over the past few days, the Obama administration experienced significant pushback on its decision to scale back the Yucca Mountain project –...

The Politics of It All: Running Out the Clock on Energy

Politico report on the maneuvering around energy that the House is attempting: while making conciliatory noises about offshore drilling, t...

Renewables Industry Seeks to Secure Incentives

Details over at Atomic Insights .

Nuclear Energy and Loan Guarantees, Part III

In our final installment on nuclear energy and loan guarantees, Richard Myers, NEI's Vice President of Policy Development , explains why...

Nuclear Energy and Loan Guarantees, Part II

Yesterday, I forwarded a note from Richard Myers, NEI's Vice President of Policy Development , concerning nuclear energy and loan guaran...

Nuclear Energy and Loan Guarantees, Part I

Over the past few days, I've run into more than my share of angry and exasperated colleagues here at NEI . The reason: All the attentio...

Carbon Tax or Cap and Trade?

The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the debate over how to constrain carbon emissions .

Senator John McCain on Nuclear Energy

On the campaign trail in Greenville, South Carolina, Senator John McCain answers a question about the role nuclear energy can play in U.S. e...

John McCain on Energy Policy

From Newsmax : Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday that America's current energy policy needs revamping with mo...

Next Week on the Hill

Some hearings scheduled for next week that we'll be watching. Links provided where available: Senate Finance --Energy, Natural Resource...

APPA Resolution Calls for Streamlining of New Reactor Licensing

From the American Public Power Association : Members of the American Public Power Association today adopted unanimously a resolution urging ...

Archives Online for Nuclear Policy Outlook

A couple of weeks ago Eric let you know that the January/February 2007 issue of Nuclear Policy Outlook is available online. Well, now all i...

Nuclear Policy Outlook Now Available Online

The January-February 2007 issue of Nuclear Policy Outlook , a publication formerly only available to NEI members, is now available online. N...

Lieberman and McCain Urge Congressional Colleagues to Promote Nuclear Energy

In today's edition of the Boston Globe , Senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ) got busy re-introducing the Climate Stewar...

Bush Administration Asks for $24.3 Billion for DOE

The Bush Administration released its FY'08 Budget yesterday . NucNet has all the details on the budget request for the Department of En...