There are approximately 100 operating nuclear power generating units in the United States today. At the same time, the industry is moving to take advantage of subsidies offered in the recent Energy Bill to introduce a new generation of nuclear power plants.

	The reasonableness and economics of power uprates at current nuclear plants
	The reasonableness and economics of life extension of current nuclear plants
	Whether the sale of nuclear plants by regulated utilities to deregulated companies is in the public interest
	Whether renewable and demand side alternatives are more economic than the construction of new nuclear plants
	The role for nuclear power in efforts to address global warming
	Whether nuclear plant decommissioning trust funds are adequately funded
	Whether annual decommissioning collections can be reduced in response to renewal of the plant’s NRC-issued operating license and the use of a delayed decommissioning scenario
	Nuclear waste storage
	The prudence of management of nuclear plant operations and outages
	The reasonableness of nuclear plant maintenance, investments and expenditures
	The impact of plant retirement on electric system reliability and costs