U.S. announces 40 million dollars to develop Next Generation Nuclear Plant (People's Daily)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:47:15 GMT
The U.S. government on Monday announced selections for the award of approximately 40 million dollars in total to two teams led by Westinghouse Electric Co. and General Atomics for conceptual design and planning work for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP). The results of this work will help the administration determine whether to proceed with detailed efforts toward construction and ...
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Funding deal bolsters US nuclear industry confidence (vnunet.com)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:27:12 GMT
Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen , Thursday 11 March 2010 at 11:09:00 US Department of Energy provides $40m for next-generation nuclear reactor research projects The US nuclear industry received a welcome confidence boost from the US government this week in the form of a $40m grant, even as policymakers continued to puzzle over how to store its waste. The Department of Energy (DoE) awarded $40m to ...
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-08 23:00 US govt awards $40 mln for advance nuclear reactor (Interactive Investor)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:28:22 GMT
WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department on Monday awarded $40 million to two teams to help develop the next generation nuclear power reactor. Toshiba Corp's Westinghouse Electric Co and privately-held San Diego-based General Atomics will each get about $20 million for the conceptual design and planning work for the advance reactor. The department said the designs from the two ...
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U.S. funds new nuclear power technology (UPI)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:18:53 GMT
WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- The United States needs to retake its position as the global leader in the nuclear energy sector, the U.S. energy secretary said in Washington.
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Department of Energy Announces $40 Million to Develop the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (U.S. Department of Energy)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:02:53 GMT
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced selections for the award of approximately $40 million in total to two teams led by Pittsburgh-based Westinghouse Electric Co. and San Diego-based General Atomics for conceptual design and planning work for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP).
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Doors Open For Nuclear Power, Yet New Plants Face Big Hurdles (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:10:00 GMT
Nuclear power has been politically radioactive for decades. But the half-life of opposition seems to have faded, especially when weighed against the alternatives.
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SOR Inc. Nuclear-Qualified Vendor Since 1982 (ThomasNet)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:49:48 GMT
When it comes to the SOR® nuclear program, SOR Vice President of Quality Colbert Turney has seen it all. When he first got involved in 1982, nuclear power was not a popular subject to discuss in public. Over the years he has seen many changes in the technology and public sentiment change from demonstrations to endorsements. Hired as an engineer in 1980, Turney was in on the ground floor when the ...
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Doors Open For Nuclear Power, Yet New Plants Face Big Hurdles (Investor's Business Daily, Inc. via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:10:00 GMT
Nuclear power has been politically radioactive for decades. But the half-life of opposition seems to have faded, especially when weighed against the alternatives. Nuclear generators are more reliable than solar and wind power, and cleaner than plants using coal and other fossil fuels.
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The truth about Indian Point (New York Post)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:25:53 GMT
The Indian Point nuclear power plant is safe. So says the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which noted that the facility last year "operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives." No surprise there. Last August, recall, the NRC considered 15 challenges from the...
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Toomey: Marcellus shale gas a 'game-changer' for U.S. energy (The Indiana Gazette)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:21:45 GMT
If there's a road to timely energy independence for America, a Senate candidate says, it won't be paved with electric cars. Former Congressman Pat Toomey said he refuses to write coal out of the energy picture, and envisions Marcellus shale natural gas as a major factor for setting energy policy.
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