Nuclear Energy Institute:Articles

The following articles relate to the main SourceWatch article on the Nuclear Energy Institute.

• Adam Curtis A is for Atom, part 6 of Pandora's Box a BBC TV documentary series. A history of nuclear power up to Three mile island and Chernobyl.
• Amy McConnell Schaarsmith, "Langley to be the first school to use nuclear power curriculum," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 29, 2004. Also see the American Society of Science & Energy's "Programs" web page to download an older version of the "Harnessed Atom" pro-nuclear school curriculum.
• Statement of Mr. Marvin S. Fertel, Senior Vice-President and Chief Nuclear Officer, NEI, Testimony before the Committee on Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy, March 4, 2004
• Dick Kovan, Rick Michal and Patrick Sinco, Commemorating -- and advancing -- the philosophy of Atoms for Peace, Nuclear News, January 2004, p. 38
• Jenny Weil, Executive pay climbs at NEI even as annual expenses rise, Nucleonics Week, January 1, 2004, vol 45, no 1, p. 2
• U.S. Department of Energy's "Nuclear Power 2010 Program"
• Entergy Corporation, Seven Companies to Investigate Licensing, Design Certification of Advanced Nuclear Reactors, media release, March 31, 2004
• Matthew Wald, Hopes of Building Nation's First New Nuclear Plant in Decades, New York Times, March 31, 2004
• William M. Adler, "Will Shill for Nukes: Decommissioning the nuclear lobby's phony op-ed campaign", The Austin Chronicle, April 16, 2004.
• "Hill & Knowlton Selected to Drive Revival of Nuclear Power", Holmes Report, January 16, 2006.
• John J. Fialka, "Nuclear Industry Plans Ad Push For New Plants", Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2006. (Sub req'd)
• Eric Anderson, "Youth at core of nuclear future," Times Union (Albany, NY), April 1, 2006.
• Wald, Matthew L., "Ex-Environmental Leaders Tout Nuclear Energy," New York Times, April 25, 2006.
• "Nuclear Power Industry Wins First Site Approval in 30 Years," Environment News Service, March 9, 2007.
• Diane Farsetta, "Moore Spin: Or, How Reporters Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Front Groups," PR Watch, March 14, 2007.
• Michael Stuart, Letter to the editor: "Don’t ignore the positive side of nuclear energy," The Gazette (Maryland), April 18, 2007. (The author is a blogger on NEI's group blog, "NEI Nuclear Notes.")
• "NRC says new nuclear plants should be plane-proof," Reuters, April 25, 2007.
• Reporter Sarah Gardner, "A missing generation of nuclear energy workers," Marketplace (American Public Radio), April 26, 2007.
• Ben Lando, "Analysis: Report, nuke reality don't mesh," UPI, April 23, 2007.
• Andreas, "Nuclear spin South African style," "The Antidote" blog, May 21, 2007.
• Kevin Bogardus, "Nuclear power, banks link up in bid to get better financing," The Hill, May 24, 2007.
• Ben Lando, "Analysis: Nuclear Loan Backing Cloudy," UPI, May 25, 2007.
• Ben Lando, "Analysis: Nuclear Waste Terrorism Debated," UPI, June 1, 2007.
• ExecDigital August News, "Tennesseans support second reactor at nuclear plant," EnergyDigital.net, August 10, 2007.
• Elizabeth Souder, "Nuclear energy: Survey questioned people who live close to existing facilities," The Dallas Morning News, August 21, 2007.
• Diane Farsetta, "The Other Half of the Nuclear Industry's Power Couple: Christine Todd Whitman," PR Watch, August 27, 2007.
• "Nuclear Industry Spent $680K Lobbying," Associated Press, September 4, 2007.
• "New ads offer a pollution solution," St. Petersburg Times (Florida), September 16, 2007.
• Michael Kanellos, "The public face of nuclear power in the U.S.," Interview with NEI's Navy Adm. (ret.) Frank Bowman, News.com via ZDNet News, October 11, 2007.
• "Nevada delegation: Yucca conflicts need investigating: Lawmakers push for a closer look into the law firm hired by the DOE for licensing procedure," Nevada Appeal (Carson City, Nevada), December 5, 2007.
• Matthew L. Wald, "As Nuclear Waste Languishes, Expense to U.S. Rises," New York Times, February 17, 2008.
• Marianne Lavelle, "Nuclear Industry Eyes a Smaller Renaissance," U.S. News and World Report "Beyond the Barrel," February 21, 2008.
• "Nuclear Power Crucial to US Energy Needs, Says Industry Executive," RedOrbit, March 14, 2008.
• Press release, "Regina Lewis and Nuclear Energy Institute Website Redesigns Earn Siteworx Top Honors in 2007 Interactive Media Awards," Siteworx via PR Web, March 15, 2008.
• "NRC Endorses Industry Revised Guidance on Conducting Hostile Action-Based Emergency Drills," Nuclear Regulatory Commission, March 21, 2008.
• Diane Farsetta, "When Recycling Isn't: Lessons from a Nuclear Industry Conference," PR Watch, May 9, 2008.
• Lisa Mascaro and Michael Mishak, "McCain: Maybe we don’t need Yucca," Las Vegas Sun blog (Nevada), May 27, 2008.
• "Nuclear energy group spent $320K lobbying in 1Q," Associated Press, May 30, 2008.
• Diane Farsetta, "Meet the Nuclear Power Lobby," The Progressive, June 2008.
• Press release, "Filing of Yucca Mountain Application Marks Historic Day in Global Use of Nuclear Energy," Nuclear Energy Institute, June 3, 2008.
• Siobhan Hughes, "Yucca Move Is Part of Nuclear Agenda," Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), June 4, 2008.
• Keith Rogers, "Nuclear Waste Deal Opposed," Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada), June 17, 2008.
• Press release, "Nuclear Energy’s Resurgence Promises to Spur Job Growth: CASEnergy white paper addresses job creation in the nuclear renaissance," Nuclear Energy Institute, June 17, 2008.
• Jessica Coomes, "Whitman touts nuclear jobs: Former N.J. governor says building nuclear power plants a boon for economy, environment," The Express-Times (New Jersey), June 18, 2008.
• Dina Cappiello, "Mining temporarily halted near Grand Canyon," Associated Press, June 25, 2008.
• Marcus Baram, "DOJ Slams Energy Dept Contract to Law Firm: Letter Warns That Contract Could Jeopardize Opening of Nuclear Waste Repository," ABC News, June 26, 2008.
• Steve Tetreault, "Senator offers alternative for Yucca project: Interim sites in East, West proposed," Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada), June 28, 2008.
• Rosalie Westenskow, "Government doles out cash for clean technology," UPI, July 1, 2008.
• Patricia Daddona, "Nuke proponent seeks communities for waste sites: Waterford, Haddam not in the mix," The Day (New London, Connecticut), August 1, 2008.
• Press release, "Global Gourmet Purveyor, Sun-Rich International Teams Up With Newman Wachs Racing of the Atlantic Championship Series: Strategic Relationships with Newman Wachs Racing Elevates Profile of Sun-Rich International," Sun-Rich International via PR Newswire, August 5, 2008.
• Brian Wingfield and Joshua Zumbrun, "Nukes Need Money," Forbes.com, August 6, 2008.
• Press release, "Fact Sheet: Nuclear Power Is Vital to America's Future," NEI via Business Wire, August 25, 2008. "The Nuclear Energy Institute has developed a two-page fact sheet to assist reporters covering energy issues at the Democrat National Convention in Denver. It provides information explaining why commercial nuclear power is a vital part of the American energy portfolio needed to meet rapidly growing electricity demand in clean and reliable fashion."
• Pamela M. Prah, "Govs' parties to fund 2010 races," Stateline.org, September 3, 2008.
• Elliot Blair Smith, "McCain Nuclear Energy Revival May Cost $315 Billion," Bloomberg News, September 11, 2008.
• Tyson Slocum, "Nuclear’s Power Play: Give Us Subsidies or Give Us Death," Multinational Monitor, September / October 2008, Vol. 29 No. 2.
• Management Information Services, Inc., "Analysis of Federal Expenditures for Energy Development (pdf)," Report prepared for the Nuclear Energy Institute, September 2008, 73 pages.
• Press release, "New Study Shows That Federal Energy Incentives Have Chiefly Benefited Oil, Natural Gas Industries," Management Information Services, Inc. via PR Newswire, September 23, 2008. The study was commissioned by NEI and concludes that "contrary to some claims, federal energy incentives have not gone to nuclear energy technologies at the expense of renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar."
• Steve Tetreault, "Nuclear industry insists Yucca remain part of nuclear waste strategy," Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 11, 2008.
• Steve Tetreault, "Nuclear industry calls for Yucca Mountain fallback," Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 16, 2009.
• Steve Tetreault, "Nuclear industry to fight Yucca Mountain bill," Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 13, 2009.
• Editorial, "Keeping up the fight: Despite progress against nuke dump proposal, Nevada should remain vigilant," Las Vegas Sun, March 15, 2009.
• Press release, "Center for Energy Workforce Development Partners with U.S. Army Reserve to Help Prepare Soldiers for Careers in the Energy Industry," Center for Energy Workforce Development via PR Newswire, March 20, 2009.
• Chuck Crumbo, "Nuclear in hydrogen’s house," The State (Columbia, South Carolina), March 31, 2009.
• Steve Tetreault and Keith Rogers, "McCain modifies view on Yucca project," Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 31, 2009.
• Ken Ritter, "NRC panel begins Nevada nuclear dump hearings," Associated Press, March 31, 2009.
• Amy Koch (Minnesota state Senator), op/ed: "Facts were behind nuclear vote: Nuclear power is economical, and a plan for waste storage should proceed," The Star Tribune (Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota), April 28, 2009.
• Press release, "Detroit Workshop Offers Assistance to Manufacturers Interested in Becoming Suppliers to Nuclear Industry," Nuclear Energy Institute via PRNewswire, May 12, 2009.
• Peter Behr, "Markets will decide nuclear's future, says FERC chairman," Greenwire / New York Times, May 19, 2009.
• "Response to Kazakh investigation," World Nuclear News, June 3, 2009.
• Christina Rogers, "Conference aims to develop Michigan's nuclear energy," The Detroit News, June 5, 2009.
• Jim Snyder, "Nuclear lobby presses for more loan guarantees," The Hill, June 21, 2009.
• "John Edwards, NWR Driver, Feels 'Out of His League' At Baseball Event," TheAutoChannel.com, July 1, 2009.
• "Nuclear Energy group spent $570K lobbying in 2Q," Associated Press, August 24, 2009.