Letter
NPEC Joins Plea for Senate Phase Out of U.S. Exports of Bomb-Usable Uranium
Letter
July 20, 2010
Nuclear Power Economics
In a recent letter to Senator Kit Bond (R-MO), national-security experts warn that his hold on the American Medical Isotope Production Act, which calls for the steady elimination of "highly enriched" uranium exports, sends the wrong signal to foreign manufactures who utilize this bomb-grade material.
Letter Signed by NPEC Criticizes $25 Billion in New Loan Guarantees for Nuclear Power
Letter
July 15, 2010
Energy Subsidies, Nuclear Fuel, United States, Nuclear Power Economics
NPEC co-signed a letter along with the National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Marshall Institute which urges the leadership of the House and Senate Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development not to give any additional loan guarantee authority to the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program in the FY 2011 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill.
NPEC Signed Letters to Congress Oppose Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Power
Letter
March 16, 2010
Nuclear Power Economics
NPEC co-signed a letter along with the National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Marshall Institute which urges the leadership of the House and Senate Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development not to give any additional loan guarantee authority to the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program in the FY 2011 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill.
USA Today Cites NPEC-Signed Letter to President Opposing Nuclear Loan Guarantees
Letter
January 29, 2010
Energy Subsidies, Non Nuclear Alternatives, United States, Nuclear Power Economics
USA Today cited a letter NPEC signed opposing the creation of additional federal loan guarantees for nuclear power. The letter, also signed by the National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Marshall Institute, urges President Obama not to provide any further loan guarantee authority to the Department of Energy after his State of the Union speech endorsing subsidies for nuclear power plant construction.
House Republican National Security Leadership Outline START Concerns
Letter
September 8, 2009
Nuclear Abolition & the Next Arms Race, Russia, U.S. Nonproliferation Policy
A letter from the ranking Republican members of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees to President Obama highlights some of the dangers of deeper nuclear weapons reductions in the START follow on, including NPEC's observation that truly deep cuts might prompt China and others to increase their nuclear deployments to reach parity with the U.S.
Letter
July 19, 2008
India, Nuclear Cooperation Agreements, Nuclear Export Controls, United States, Nuclear Proliferation
In this letter, Senators Joe Biden and Richard Lugar inform Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice of concerns regarding still-outstanding problems with the U.S.-India nuclear deal.
