Taking a break for Thanksgiving
The blog will be dark for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Blogging on nuclear energy news will resume the following week. See my 4th annual publication of Dan’s 2nd Day Idaho Nuclear Chili below.
In the spirit of the holiday, [...]
A panel of vendors makes the case for it at the ANS winter meeting
It is the burden of all senior executives when serving on panel discussions at industry conferences to walk a fine line between being interesting and engaging with a skeptical audience on [...]
Rocky Barker has a comprehensive report in the Idaho Statesman (11/20/09) on the latest developments with AEHI's proposals to build a nuclear reactor in Idaho.Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com
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News media coverage and blog posts take different paths towards the same destination
At the American Nuclear Society winter meeting taking place in Washington, DC, this week, two sessions highlighted efforts to remove the veil of confusion on three critical issues affecting the public debate [...]
Sen. Alexander and Webb put their oars it the water, but NRC’s Jaczko says the nuclear industry is sinking its own ship
As dutiful attendees to industry conferences know, the first 45 minutes of a “plenary” session are often extra snooze time to make up for a [...]
#ANS09 hashtag on Twitter for live updates from American Nuclear Society, Washington DC. Nov 16-18Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com
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But world governments must open their wallets first
Guest Blog Post by Tamar Cerafici*
This is my last post from Sweden, as things heat up for the climate change conference next month in Copenhagen which is just across a narrow body of water (left) called the Kattegatt. [...]
Anti-nuclear groups claim the end of a fuel test is “huge setback” for the utility
A rapid-fire exchange of press releases this week Friday, Nov 13 made short order of a claim [press release] by Friends of the Earth (FOE) and the Union of [...]
Mobile live blogging for ANS winter meeting coverage now enabled. Tweet hash tag is. #ans09Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com
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MOX fuel loaded in Japan
Japan took another step to insure its energy independence this month when it began loading MOX (Mixed Oxide Fuel) at the Genkai #3 nuclear reactor owned and operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co (TYO:9508) It is [...]
Green groups chase uranium miners in Montrose County, Colorado
This blog posted is an edited version of a report published in Fuel Cycle Week, V8:N352 by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC
Want to know what comes with the territory running a uranium mine in [...]
Scientific American has some odd ideas about sustainable development and nuclear energy
Over at Brave New Climate Barry Brook and others have published reviews of an article published in the November issue of Scientific American magazine.
Brook writes that the November 2009 issue of Scientific [...]
Nuclear Becomes ‘A Real Business Opportunity’ For China and India
This is the full text of an interview with William Ramsay, (right) director of the energy program at the Institut Français des Relations Internationales.
He talked Nov 9 to NucNet about emerging nuclear markets in [...]
There’s a lot going on at the American Nuclear Society conference in Washington, DC, Nov 15-19 Wheels down at OMNI Shoreham hotel!
If you work in the nuclear energy industry, the “can’t miss” conference is ANS Winter Meeting & Nuclear Technology Expo. It will take place [...]
Worldwide utilities are adding to existing plants or planning new ones
U.K. investments in new reactors
A consortium composed of Spanish utility Iberdrola, GDF-Suez, and Scottish & Southern has purchased a 500 acre site for $114 million at the Sellafield nuclear site [...]
A new generation of nuclear power stations will be built to prevent an energy crisis
The award for decisiveness in energy policy this month goes to Ed Miliband, Energy & Climate Change Secretary (right) in the U.K. government who has committed the nation to “significant infrastructure [...]
CEO John Rowe tells WSJ focus is on earnings
Over at Atomic Insights Rod Adams has a long piece in which he tries to figure out what Exelon’s John Rowe is really doing about the nuclear renaissance. Adams has some strong opinions about where Rowe [...]
At TVA shrinking demand for electricity shifts strategy focus to the long term
The Watts Bar II unit in east Tennessee is the only nuclear reactor under construction in the U.S. According to TVA, it is on schedule and expected to be finished [...]
What if they held a sale and nobody came?
One of the arguments for having the government build nuclear reactors in Canada, via a ‘crown corporation,’ is that the private sector won’t have to take the risks given the enormous amounts of capital needed to [...]
Two leading senators sign on with Colorado Sen. Mark Udall
Colorado Senator Mark Udall, (right) has introduced a bill to authorize federal R&D for small, modular reactors. Udall said in a speech on the Senate floor he believes nuclear energy is an important part [...]
Twitter is not a substitute for blogging
Readers of this blog will note a few changes in recent weeks. I’ve been doing less “tweeting” and more in-depth reporting about the nuclear industry. While Tweeting is important for breaking nuclear news, it is not a substitute for blogging. [...]
Two units are being acquired from Russia and a domestic design is in the works
China’s massive drive to build 70 GWe of conventional light water reactors by 2020 will be augmented by an emerging effort to also build advanced “fast” sodium-cooled reactors (large [...]
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