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• 2010 DOE nuclear R&D budget

  Situation not as dire as predicted, but overall funding level is unchanged Two weeks ago advocates of funding for nuclear energy R&D came unglued when a trade newsletter reported that the budget for this work for 2011 has been slashed to ribbons by OMB. Notices of the death of the nuclear R&D budget, as laid out in a strongly-worded letter from Energy Secretary Chu, may turn out to be premature... Posted Feb 01 2010, 10:36 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, 2011, budget

• Western lands uranium gopher for 10/22/09

  If a butterfly flaps its wings in Ohio, does it matter in Wyoming? (Portions of this blog post also appeared in Fuel Cycle Week , V8:N349 10/21/09 published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC) The answer, it turns out, is yes, according to Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal , who did some flapping of it his own this week over the Department of Energy's (DOE) plan to sell surplus uranium... Posted Oct 22 2009, 07:33 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, Wyoming, uranium, DOE, ohio, surplus, international nuclear associates

• More bad news for USEC's uranium enrichment plant

  DOE fails to get the $30 million it promised last August The Energy & Water appropriation, sent by Congress this week to the White House, does not include $30 million promised by the Department of Energy (DOE) to USEC ( NYSE:USU ) to help it with its plans to build a uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, OH. It is the second time in recent months that DOE's plans to rescue the project have run... Posted Oct 17 2009, 02:31 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, USEC, DOE, American Centrifuge Plant, funding, ohio, united states enrichment corp

• DOE A/Sec Nuclear visits INL

  Warren “Pete” Miller comes to Idaho Falls DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Warren "Pete" Miller (right) was in Idaho Falls Sept 22 and told a news conference he is "pro-nuclear."  "Every interaction I've had in the (Obama) administration, at every level, has been very encouraging to me and supportive of nuclear energy." That's a good start for an... Posted Sep 26 2009, 11:23 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory, INL, DOE, assistant secretary of energy, miller

• Not intentionally funny

  DOE official says the Obama administration is “still thinking” about nuclear energy It’s doubtful that Dallas Morning News reporter Elizabeth Souder was intentionally trying to be funny in her column published Sept 22 on the Department of Energy’s “stop sign” policies when its comes to reviving the nation’s nuclear energy industry. She interviewed Steven Koonin , (left) the undersecretary for science... Posted Sep 22 2009, 07:12 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, DOE, regulations, policy, obama administration

• DOE releases $40M for NGNP

  The funding opportunity is for design work on a high temperature gas cooled reactor The Department of Energy announced Sept 18 a significant funding  opportunity for work on the Next Generation Nuclear Plant ( NGNP ). U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that up to $40 million in funding will be available from the Department of Energy to support design and planning work for the Next Generation... Posted Sep 18 2009, 12:33 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, NGNP, next generation nuclear plant, DOE, steven chu, design

• Nuclear news roundup for 02/01/09

  Former Missouri environmental lobbyist leads pro-nuclear group The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that a pro-nuclear group has  begun operations in Missouri “to carry a statewide message that clean and renewable energy must power the state’s economic development engines.”  The group, to be known as “Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future” ( MBEF ) describes itself as non-partisan and led... Posted Feb 01 2009, 02:15 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, Energy Solutions, appropriations, Nuclear energy, nuclear reactor, investment, Nuclear Energy Economics, politics and nuclear power, nuclear power industry, Future of nuclear energy

• Energy budgets boost nuclear power for 2009

  DOE & NRC see increases in key nuclear programs Today was budget day for the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Both agencies unveiled budgets for FY 2009 that support new nuclear power plants. That's good news. The challenges ahead include two U.S. Senators, both Democrats, running for President and both need environmental votes and cash to make it to the finish line... Posted Feb 05 2008, 10:51 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dennis Spurgeon

• NGNP Costs said to be high than expected

  The plant won't be built for another eight years Platts reports that demonstrating the commercial viability of a high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor capable of producing both electricity and hydrogen could cost between $3.8 billion and $4.3 billion, according to estimates from three contract teams competing in the US Department of Energy's Next Generation Nuclear Plant ( NGNP ) project... Posted Dec 14 2007, 11:07 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, NGNP

• DOE Names Director of Loan Guarantee Program

  David Frantz has the financial background to run a successful program, but will OMB let him? The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it is implementing its loan guarantee program by naming David G. Frantz to serve as its Director. Mr. Frantz will report directly to DOE’s Chief Financial Officer and, in this capacity, will manage DOE’s Loan Guarantee office. The loan guarantees will cover... Posted Aug 05 2007, 06:30 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, David G. Frantz, Department of Energy