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In USA nuclear industry spending up big on lobbying

In April through June, NEI lobbied Congress, the Commerce Department, the Defense Department, the Executive Office of the President, the Departments of Transportation, Energy, State and Homeland Security Department, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Office of Management and Budget, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, according to the report the NEI filed July 19 with the House clerk’s office….

Nuclear group spent $580,000 lobbying in April, May, June 2011 Forbes, By The Associated Press, 09.30.11,  NEW YORK — The main trade group for the nuclear power industry, the Nuclear Energy Institute, spent $580,000 in the first quarter lobbying federal officials about financial support for new reactors, safety regulations and other issues, according to a disclosure report.

That’s 32 percent more than the $440,000 the trade group spent in the second quarter of last year and 6 percent more than the $545,000 it spent in the first quarter of 2011…..

NEI, based in Washington, lobbied the government on measures designed to ensure the nation’s 104 commercial reactors can withstand natural disasters. It also lobbied on a measure that would require nuclear operators to transfer radioactive spent nuclear fuel from cooling pools inside or near reactor cores to dry casks further from the reactors……

NEI also lobbied the government over environmental regulations. Congress is considering measures that would delay new clean air and clean water rules and curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to issue rules by forcing the EPA to factor in the cost of their implementation in addition to medical and scientific evidence……

NEI also lobbied for funds for research and development for smaller, cheaper reactors and other nuclear technologies.

Nuclear reactors produce about 20 percent of the nation’s electricity, but the country’s reactors are aging. No new reactor has been planned and completed since the Three Mile Island accident in 1979.

In April through June, NEI lobbied Congress, the Commerce Department, the Defense Department, the Executive Office of the President, the Departments of Transportation, Energy, State and Homeland Security Department, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Office of Management and Budget, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, according to the report the NEI filed July 19 with the House clerk’s office….

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/30/business-us-nuclear-energy-institute-lobbying_8710088.html

October 1, 2011 - Posted by | politics, USA

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