Most climate and energy scenarios created by international organizations and researchers include a considerable expansion of nuclear energy. In the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, for example, nuclear energy increases from a current 3,000 terawatt hours on average to over 6,000 terawatt hours in...

As exemplified by the recent proposed mergers of Exelon Corporation (“Exelon”) with Pepco Holdings, Inc. (“PHI”) and NextEra Energy with Hawaiian Electric Industries, nuclear-heavy utility companies are increasingly seeking to offset the losses they are experiencing by acquiring...