Resources & Stats
Policy Brief
Title |
Description | Issues |
Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Fuel-Cycle Technologies Hold Promise for Used Fuel Management Program | The resurgence of nuclear energy, coupled with a reassessment of the nation’s long-term used fuel management program, has renewed policymaker interest in advanced nuclear fuel-cycle technologies. These technologies, taken together, could reduce the volume and toxicity of the nuclear waste byproducts requiring disposal. | Nuclear Waste Disposal | Apr 18, 2008 |
| Ensuring the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources | This fact sheet shows how the NRC and the nuclear industry work together to secure the safety and security of radioactive materials used for industrial and consumer applications as well as for electric power generation. | Safety and Security | Dec 1, 2006 |
| Financing New Nuclear Power Plants | This policy brief details the importance of the federal loan guarantee program for the financing of new nuclear power plants. It describes how the program assists new-plant projects without providing government subsidies. | New Plants | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Government Must Meet Used Fuel Responsibility Including Completion of Yucca Mountain Facility | This policy brief describes key reasons why the U.S. government must complete and Yucca Mountain Repository. | Nuclear Waste Disposal | Sep 30, 2007 |
| Health Physics Society, Position Statement, Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Needs a Complete and Coordinated Overhaul | This position statement calls for amendment or replacement of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act. It also includes five recommendations for non-legislative action to create more options for disposal of low-level radioactive waste. | Nuclear Waste Disposal | May 18, 2007 |
| Industry Supports Integrated Used Fuel Management Strategy | The industry’s long-term objective is the isolation of byproducts and/or used fuel in a specially designed underground repository. This position is consistent with the international scientific consensus that deep geologic disposal is the most effective means of protecting public health and the environment. | Nuclear Waste Disposal | Feb 13, 2008 |
| International Nuclear Event Scale Enhances Public Communications | This policy brief describes the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Nuclear Events Scale and how it complements the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approach toward nuclear power plant safety and emergency events. | Safety and Security | Dec 14, 2007 |
| Nuclear Energy Institute Position on Climate Change | Reducing carbon emissions, while fostering sustainable development, will be a major global challenge of the 21st century. The Nuclear Energy Institute supports federal action or legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | Protecting the Environment | Oct 8, 2007 |
| Nuclear Energy Plays Essential Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Nuclear power plants generate more than 70 percent of all carbon-free electricity in America and are an essential mitigation tool for reducing greenhouse gases. | Protecting the Environment | Jul 25, 2008 |
| Nuclear Energy Projects: An Integral Tool in the Clean Development Mechanism | The International Nuclear Forum submitted this policy statement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in September 2000 supporting the inclusion of nuclear energy as a greenhouse gas reduction tool in the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. | Protecting the Environment | May 18, 2007 |
| Nuclear Energy’s Importance in Reaching Clean Air Act Goals | Because nuclear power plants do not burn anything, they produce no greenhouse gases or emissions associated with acid rain or urban smog. As a result, nuclear plants make a significant contribution to Clean Air Act compliance. | Protecting the Environment | Feb 27, 2008 |
| Nuclear Power 2010: A Key Building Block for New Nuclear Power Plants | This policy brief details the Nuclear Power 2010 program to encourage the construction of new nuclear power plants by providing cost-sharing to test the new reactor licensing process established by the Energy Policy Act of 2002. | New Plants | Apr 18, 2008 |
| Progressive Policy Institute, Policy Report, A New Clean Air Strategy, December 2005 | A new report, "A New Clean Air Strategy," issued by the Progressive Policy Institute, a think tank affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Council, endorses nuclear power as a vital energy technology that should be part of a comprehensive clean-air strategy for the nation. "(L)awmakers should acknowledge nuclear power's potential not only to reduce undue reliance on natural gas, but also help combat climate change and clean up the air," the report states. | Protecting the Environment | May 18, 2007 |
| Science Proves Potassium Iodide Unnecessary Beyond 10 Miles of a Nuclear Power Plant | This policy brief details how potassium iodide can protect the thyroid gland against radioactive iodine and why it's unnecessary beyond the 10-mile emergency planning zone. | Safety and Security | Feb 14, 2008 |
| The Role of Nuclear Energy in Reducing CO2 Emissions in the Northeaster United States, Polestar Applied Technology, Inc. Study, May 2005 | This study demonstrates that nuclear energy must remain a leading source of electricity in the Northeastern United States for decades to come if efforts under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to reduce CO2 emissions in the electricity sector are to prove successful without major upheaval for industry and consumers. Nuclear energy produces 31.6 percent of the Northeast’s electricity, making it the single-largest electricity source in the region. The prominence of nuclear power plants means that Northeastern states already enjoy some of the lowest carbon dioxide emission rates in the country. | Protecting the Environment | May 18, 2007 |
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