A DOE Brochure for New Nuclear Power based on the National Energy Policy 

The Department of Energy is actively engaged with industry to address issues affecting future expansion of nuclear generation. The NP-2010 program, begun in 2002, is a joint government-industry, cost-shared effort to:

• Demonstrate untested regulatory processes,
• Identify sites for new nuclear power plants,
• Develop and bring to market advanced nuclear plant technologies,
• and Evaluate the business case for building new nuclear power plants.