Another $1.6 billion will be spent directly on energy programs and research.

All of the utility's problems so far have come from its nuclear energy program.

The Secretary is not likely to be able to find success to claim in the department's civilian energy programs.

"We have the right, just like any other country, to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program."

The federal government had two major challenges in creating a truly national energy program.

Q. Which parts of the energy program do you see becoming reality?

Without a crisis, a real national energy program could not get past normal political paralysis.

Politically, the energy program is attractive because it never appears in the city budget.

Western diplomats said such a move would mean a major scaling down of the country's nuclear energy program.

Late last year, the council announced that it would embark on a nuclear energy program.