2004

• 11/22/04 Omnibus Spending Bill Features $577 Million for Yucca Mtn., $50 Million for New Nuclear Plants
• 11/18/04 Nuclear Energy Institute Commends the House for Approving Energy Bill
• 11/15/04 Secretary Abraham Provided Tremendous Leadership on Energy Issues, NEI Says
• 11/14/04 NEI Applauds House-Senate Conference Report on National Energy Policy Legislation
• 11/04/04 NEI Endorses DOE/Industry Partnership Exploring Licensing of New Nuclear Plants
• 11/03/04 Next Presidential Administration Needs Nuclear Power for a Coherent Energy Policy
• 10/28/04 All Nuclear Power Plants Meet NRC Deadline for Security Enhancements
• 10/20/04 Exelon’s Chairman & CEO John Rowe Appointed to Nuclear Energy Institute Board of Directors
• 10/19/04 Newly Formed Nuclear Coordinating Council Discusses Security With Federal Agencies
• 09/20/04 Independent Economic Study Confirms Future Competitiveness of New Nuclear Power Plants
• 09/14/04 Nuclear Power Plants Are Most Secure Industrial Facilities in U.S., NEI Tells Congress
• 09/08/04 Nuclear Power Is Vital to Global Sustainable Energy Strategy, NEI Tells World Energy Congress
• 08/25/04 Naval Reactors Director Bowman Named President-Elect at Nuclear Energy Institute
• 08/23/04 NEI Files Petition for Appellate Court Rehearing on EPA’s Yucca Mountain Radiation Standard
• 08/10/04 Nuclear Energy Institute Calls Exelon-DOJ Used Fuel Settlement ‘Hugely Significant’
• 07/26/04 Nuclear Energy Institute Elects The Shaw Group’s Richard F. Gill to Board of Directors
• 07/09/04 U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Yucca Mountain Repository
• 06/24/04 NEI Commends House Energy and Commerce Committee for Approving Yucca Mountain Funding Fix
• 06/16/04 Nuclear Energy Industry Sustains Near-Record Levels of Safety, Operating Performance
• 06/16/04 NEI Endorses Yucca Mountain Funding Fix Approved by House Energy Subcommittee
• 06/09/04 Nuclear Energy Institute Selects Contractor For Adversary Team in Security Exercises
• 05/27/04 Nuclear Energy Industry Embarks On Fifth Annual Blood Drive
• 05/26/04 NEI Produces Grant Application Handbook for Emergency Management Agency Coordinators
• 05/20/04 Stability in NRC’s Role as Regulator Is Crucial to Nuclear Power Plant Success, NEI Testifies
• 05/14/04 South Texas Project Employees Recognized As Nuclear Industry's 'Best of the Best'
• 05/13/04 Progress Energy’s William Cavanaugh Receives Nuclear Energy Industry’s Top Leadership Award
• 05/13/04 Nuclear Energy Has ‘Big Role to Play’ in Advancing Freedom, Secretary Evans Says
• 05/13/04 Industry Leaders Urged to Resolve ‘Imperatives’ On Path to New Orders of Nuclear Power Plants
• 05/12/04 NEI Elects Southern Nuclear’s George Hairston Chairman, Progress Energy’s Robert McGehee Vice Chairman
• 04/29/04 U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Meet Deadline for Submitting Revised Security Plans to NRC
• 04/20/04 Indian Point’s Economic Impact on New York Economy Tops $800 Million, Study Shows
• 04/15/04 EPA’s Pronouncement that ‘Air Is Getting Cleaner’ Shows Impact of Nuclear Power Plants
• 04/08/04 NEI Commends Reps. Wynn and Shimkus for Introducing Hydrogen Production Bill
• 03/25/04 Nuclear Energy Industry Calls For Nuclear Waste Fund Reclassification
• 03/04/04 Nuclear Industry Leader Urges Congress To Stimulate Investment in Energy Infrastructure
• 02/26/04 New House Bill Invests Millions in University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs
• 02/06/04 U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Post Another High Performing Year, Industry Tells Wall Street
• 02/04/04 NEI’s Joe Colvin Honored With American Nuclear Society’s Award for Visionaries
• 02/02/04 DOE’s FY05 Budget Request Includes Record-High $907 Million for Nuclear Waste Disposal
• 01/21/04 Nuclear Industry Echoes President Bush’s Call for Swift Enactment of Energy Legislation
• 01/12/04 NEI’s Ralph Andersen Receives the Highest Radiation Protection Award of 2003