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• Short week news stack for 7/03/09

  Ameren calls it quits Ameren switched gears this week asking the NRC to stop its review of the utility’s license application for a new nuclear power plant at Callaway, MO.  The action by Ameren probably means the Callaway II new nuclear build is dead.  It is an exasperating defeat for pro-nuclear business groups in Missouri. The experience had all the grace and finesse of a state fair demolition... Posted Jul 04 2009, 02:35 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC, Callaway, Ameren

• Two setbacks spook nukes

  Ameren calls it quits in Missouri and a top federal energy regulator says baseload power is dead The U.S. nuclear industry had good reason to be spooked this  week even though Halloween is still on the other side of the equinox. Two unrelated events that represent significant setbacks for the nuclear renaissance took place this week.  In the first instance, a Midwestern utility announced... Posted Apr 25 2009, 11:44 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: politics and nuclear power, Ameren, events

• Ameren gets boost from Missouri legislature

  Despite a chilly reception from Gov. Jay Nixon A committee of the Missouri House of Representatives voted 12-1  this week in favor of a bill ( HB 554 ) that would allow Ameren ( NYSE:AEE ) to recover construction costs of a new nuclear reactor at Callaway, MO, while it was being built. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported that the “lopsided vote” insures “smooth sailing” when the bill reaches... Posted Mar 08 2009, 11:33 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Callaway, Ameren

• Ameren files for 2nd reactor with NRC

  It specifies a 1,600 MW Areva EPR to be online by 2018-2020 The St. Louis Business Journal reports that Ameren ( NYSE:AEE ) has submitted a construction and operating license (COL) application with the NRC for a new nuclear power plant in Callaway County, Mo. The Journal reports the 8,000-page application seeks approvals from the NRC to build an Areva EPR, a 1,600 MW unit, next to AmerenUE's existing... Posted Jul 28 2008, 09:23 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, Ameren

• Ameren to move on a second Callaway reactor

  It must convince Missouri voters to a pay-as-you-go construction plan The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that AmerenUE is  planning a new nuclear plant at its Callaway County, Missouri, location and plans to make a decision whether to go forward by 2010. The St. Louis-based utility, now called AmerenUE, and its partner, Baltimore-based UniStar Nuclear LLC , will this year seek a construction... Posted Jul 12 2008, 11:01 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: UniStar, New Nuclear Plants, Callaway, Ameren