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• Japan Will Be Buying Less LNG - One More Reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa is Restored to Commercial Operation

  In July 2007, all seven units at Japan's Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station were shutdown for extensive inspections and minor repairs following an earthquake that registered a 6.8 on the Richter Scale. In May 2009, Unit 7 became the first of the seven to be restarted; it entered into full time commercial service on December 28, 2009. Unit 6 is the second of the seven shutdown reactors to... Posted Jan 20 2010, 04:46 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, LNG

• Copenhagen Forum Demonstrating the Breadth of the Natural Gas Sales Effort

  American Clean Skies Foundation, Worldwatch Institute, and the U. N. Foundation sponsored a panel discussion titled The Evolving Role of Natural Gas . Panelists include: Holmes Hummel, Senior Advisor for Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy Ian Smale, Group Head, Strategy and Policy, BP Dr. J.K. (Jorg) Gigler, Manager, Sustainability and Clean Energy, KEMA Maggie Fox, CEO, Alliance... Posted Dec 14 2009, 04:46 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: LNG, clean natural gas, shale gas, China solar power, coal bed methane, BPA wind

• 90 Billion Dollars Worth of Motive to Discourage Investments in Nuclear Power By Developers of "Clean" Liquified Natural Gas

  I noticed a headline a couple of days ago that really got my attention - $90bn natural gas deal with Japan . For the last couple of days, I have been thinking about how to explain why that particular headline means so much to me and to the rest of the world as we discuss and plan our energy future. For me, it illustrates why it is so important to "follow the money" in order to understand... Posted Dec 09 2009, 04:52 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, LNG, natural gas versus nuclear

• Steel Requirements for Natural Gas Pipeline Construction

  At Nuclear Talk , Gail Marcus has shared information from a recent presentation provided by Jason Tolland, Counsellor for Environment and Energy at the Canadian Embassy. The audience was a group of folks who graduated from MIT; the topic was the Canadian-US energy relationship. The title of Gail's post is LNG and Gas Pipeline Requirements: Nuclear Power Is Not Alone . Among other topics, it discusses... Posted Oct 25 2009, 11:33 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: LNG, gas pipelines

• Good News for LNG Customers - Unit 7 of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Should Start Up Soon

  One of the biggest contributors to the market price of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) during the past two years has been a significant increase in purchases from Japan. A major reason for those purchases was the long term shutdown of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa after an earthquake. That facility, home to 7 nuclear power plants, is the largest single power generation site in the world; replacing its power output... Posted May 07 2009, 03:46 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Japan, forecast, LNG