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DOE Announces Availability of GNEP Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
October 17, 2008
Today, October 17, 2008, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing the availability of its Draft Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The document provides an analysis of the potential environmental consequences of alternatives to the present U.S. open fuel cycle, in which nuclear fuel is used one time and eventually sent to geologic disposal. > more

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman Renewing America’s Nuclear Power Partnership for Energy Security and Economic Growth
October 8, 2008
Thank you, Jamie, for that kind introduction. And many thanks as well to Secretary Gutierrez, Deputy Secretary Sullivan and the entire Commerce team for convening this important event. > more

DOE supports Special Session on Process Heat Applications during the 4th International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor (HTR) Technology Conference
October 3, 2008
Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and leaders in the petrochemical, nuclear, liquid fuels, and electrical utility industries, and the Department of Defense sponsored discussions and presentations on the use and applications for High Temperature Reactor process heat and energy.> more

DOE Announces Loan Guarantee Applications for Nuclear Power Plant Construction
October 2, 2008
Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it has received 19 Part I applications from 17 electric power companies for federal loan guarantees to support the construction of 14 nuclear power plants in response to its June 30, 2008 solicitation. > more

U.S. Secretary of Energy to Attend IAEA and GNEP Meetings
September 26, 2008
Washington, DC - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman will travel to Vienna, Austria and Paris, France next week to attend the 52nd annual International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference and the third annual Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial Meeting. > more

World Nuclear Association 33rd Annual Symposium
September 4, 2008
Presented by Dennis R. Spurgeon
London, U.K. - I have had the pleasure of speaking at majority of these annual symposia since, through John Ritch’s leadership, the Uranium Institute was transformed into the World Nuclear Association. > more

DOE, NRC Issue Licensing Roadmap For Next-Generation Nuclear Plant
August 15, 2008
Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today delivered to Congress the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Licensing Strategy Report which describes the licensing approach, the analytical tools, the research and development activities and the estimated resources required to license an advanced reactor design by 2017 and begin operation by 2021. > more

Department of Energy Awards $15 Million for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology Research and Development
August 1, 2008
Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it will award up to $15 million to 34 research organizations as part of the Department's Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI). > more

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery for Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Dennis R. Spurgeon
Second Annual Nuclear Fuel Cycle Monitor Global Nuclear Renaissance Summit Alexandria, VA
July 23, 2008
Alexandria, VA - Thank you for inviting me to address the Second Annual Global Nuclear Renaissance Summit. My topic is the Department of Energy’s role in developing our nation’s nuclear energy policy: technologically robust, economically sound, and publically acceptable. > more

 

  
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Annual Report Issued on U.S.-Russia Highly Enriched Uranium Agreement
October 2008

Report on the Effect the Low Enriched Uranium Delivered Under the Highly Enriched Uranium Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation has on the Domestic Uranium Mining, Conversion, and Enrichment Industries and the Operation of the Gaseous Diffusion Plant 2007 is available here.

Nuclear Energy Outlook Published by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
October 2008

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has published its first Nuclear Energy Outlook, in connection with the NEA's 50th anniversary celebration. The NEA said the new publication is designed to make an important contribution to ongoing discussions of nuclear energy's potential role in the energy mixes of its member countries, including the United States. To read the Executive Summary and obtain information on how to purchase a copy, visit the NEA's Website at www.nea.fr/neo/index.html.

"Life Beyond 60" Workshop Summary Report Issued

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC) jointly sponsored the Life Beyond 60: NRC/DOE Workshop on U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Life Extension Research and Development on February 19–21, 2008. The report on the workshop proceedings has now been issued and is available here.

The Nuclear Energy Research Initiative 2007 Annual Report and the International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative 2007 Annual Report Issued

On June 24, 2008 the Department issued reports on its Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI) and International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (I-NERI) programs. > more
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