NEI Executive Tells Wall Street U.S. Plants Are Safe; New Build, Relicensing Continues

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Jul 29, 2011, 02:21 ET

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The leader of America's commercial nuclear energy industry, Marvin Fertel, addressed Wall Street analysts in New York this week to offer an update on the industry's response to events at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, as well as the industry's view of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's recently released 90-day Fukushima task force report. He also discussed continuing progress on new nuclear power plant construction in the United States. In the 5-minute video excerpt below, the Nuclear Energy Institute's president and chief executive officer addresses emergency planning; the absence of vital technical information about Fukushima in the NRC task force report; and most importantly the task force's affirmation that U.S. nuclear facilities are operating safely and there is no need to halt either license renewal reviews for existing reactors or reviews of construction and operating license applications for new plants.

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