Electricity Security Resources

Disruptions and Vulnerability

• Wholesale Electric Power Links: Links to major electricity wholesale markets in the United States.
• North Amercian Electric Reliability Council (NERC): Organization established to ensure the reliable delivery of wholesale electric power in North America.

U.S. Infrastructure

• Electric Generating Unit Inventory: Detailed information on electricity generating facilities in the United States, provided by EIA's Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electricity, and Alternative Fuels.

Nuclear Energy

• Nuclear and Uranium Homepage: EIA gateway to information on nuclear energy and uranium.
• World Nuclear Reactors: EIA-maintained information on nuclear reactors around the world.
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Federal agency with principle regulatory oversight of the U.S. nuclear power industry.
• Energy and Infrastructure Assurance: Programs sponsored by Sandia National Labs that focus on energy infrastructure, with an emphasis on nuclear energy.
• International Nuclear Safety Center (INSC): A project of the Department of Energy, INSC seeks to improve nuclear reactor safety worldwide.
• International Atomic Energy Agency: The UN organization responsible for international cooperation on nuclear issues.
• World Nuclear Association: An organization consisting of the world's largest nuclear power companies that promotes international nuclear energy cooperation.
• United Nations and Chernobyl: Details programs operated by the United Nations to help those affected by the Chernobyl disaster.
• Chernobyl.info: Site maintained by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation that details the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
• Radwaste.org: Gateway to information on radioactive waste and related topics.
• Nuclear Proliferation: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace resources on nuclear proliferation.