Deputy Secretary of Energy to Tout NuStart / TVA License Application for Advance Nuclear Reactor

NuStart Selected Through DOE's Nuclear Power 2010 Plan to Lead the Way

WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, October 30, 2007, D.O.E. (DOE) Deputy Secretary Clay Sell will participate in a press conference to tout the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) project to submit a combined construction and operating license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). TVA is the nation's biggest public power utility and a member of NuStart Energy, a consortium of nuclear energy companies selected through DOE's Nuclear Power 2010 Plan to demonstrate the NRC's new process for licensing new reactors in the United States. Today's announcement furthers the Administration's goals of expanding the use of nuclear energy by reducing the near-term barriers to new nuclear plant construction by providing financial and regulatory assistance.

WHO:	Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell Senator Pete Domenici (NM) and other Members of Congress Officials from NuStart Energy and TVA
WHAT:	TVA, a member of the NuStart consortium, projects to submit a combined construction and operating license application to the NRC
WHEN:	Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:30PM EDT
WHERE:	The U.S. Capitol Mansfield Room Washington, D.C.

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