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Nuclear Resources


Need for Nuclear
  Video of Secretary of Energy Steven Chu’s Support for Nuclear Energy
  IAEA -- Climate Change and Nuclear Energy
  Oxford Economics -- Economic Benefits of Nuclear Energy in the USA
  Bernard L. Cohen -- The Nuclear Option
  Gwyneth Cravens -- Power to Save the World:  The Truth about Nuclear Energy
  ANS - Nuclear Power:  A Leading Strategy to Reduce Oil Imports
  ANS - Nuclear Power:  The Leading Strategy for Reducing Carbon Emissions
  America’s New Nuclear Option’ by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
   
State of the Renaissance
  Third Way – The Future of Nuclear Energy: A White Paper
  Senator Alexander – Blueprint for 100 New Nuclear Power Plants in 20 years
  NIC -- Senate Policy Conference Testimony
  University of Texas -- Nuclear Power for the Future
   
First Movers
  Obama Administration Announces Loan Guarantees to Construct New Nuclear Power Reactors in Georgia
  ‘Can Georgia Power contain costs of Plant Vogtle reactors?’ by Buzz Miller
   
Legislation
  DOE's FY2012 Budget Request
  Enabling the Nuclear Renaissance Act (Sen. Voinovich) S.3618
  New Manhattan Project for Energy Independence (Rep. Forbes) H.R.513
  United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation Act (Rep. Upton) H.R.5979
  U.S. Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation Establishment Act (Sen. Voinovich) S.3322
  DOE's FY2011 Budget
  Nuclear Power 2021 Act (Sen. Bingaman and Sen. Murkowski) S.2812
  Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act (Sen. Udall) S.2052
  Clean Energy Act (Sen. Alexander and Sen. Webb) S.2776
  Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (Sen. Kerry) S.1733
  The Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act (Rep. Gordon) H.R.5866
   
Licensing Process
  USNRC -- New Reactor Licensing Applications
  USNRC -- Expected New Power Plant Applications
  USNRC -- Combined License Applications for New Reactors
  USNRC -- Location of Projected New Nuclear Power Reactors
   

Building the Technology, Manufacturing and Workforce Base
  Peterson Institute for International Economics – ‘Assessing the American Power Act: The Economic, Employment, Energy Security, and Environmental Impact of Senator Kerry and Senator Lieberman’s Discussion Draft
  Nuclear Summit Joint Congressional Letter
  WNA – The New Economics of Nuclear Power
  INEEL – Job Creation Due to Nuclear Power Resurgence in the United States
   
Sustainable Fuel Cycle
  ‘Nuclear Waste Disposal Showdown at Yucca Mountain’ from Issues in Science and Technology
  MIT Fuel Cycle Study: 21 September 2010 Presentation
  MIT: The Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle – Summary Report
  NRC Press Release on Waste Confidence
  NRC Publishes Volume 1 of Yucca Mountain Safety Evaluation Report
  Safety Evaluation Report Related to Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
   
Small Modular Reactors
  U.S. Department of Commerce – ‘The Commercial Outlook for U.S. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors’
  Heritage Foundation – ‘A Big Future for Small Nuclear Reactors?’
  ANS -- SMR Report
  The Energy Policy Institute -- Economic and Employment
Impacts of Small Modular Reactors
  Third Way – Thinking Small on Nuclear Reactors
   
Transportation
  NRC – Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel
   
Non-Proliferation
  2010 Nuclear Security Summit Final Work Plan
  Nuclear Security Summit -- Plutonium Management
and Disposition Agreement between U.S. and Russia Fact Sheet (Full Text)
   
Clean Energy Standard
  Third Way – Creating a Clean Energy Standard
  Pew Center on Global Climate Change – Renewable and Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards
   
Energy Policy
  Myths & Facts about Nuclear Energy
  Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Revisiting America’s Nuclear Waste Policy