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• Idaho Falls energy advocacy group elects new board members

  Greg Crockett named President for second term Idaho Falls, ID. December 14, 2009 – At its December Board meeting, the Partnership for Science and Technology elected officers and board members for 2010. Officers Greg Crockett (right), a partner in the law firm, Hopkins, Roden, Crockett, Hansen and Hoopes was named president for a second term; John Kotek, a partner in Gallatin Public Affairs was elected... Posted Dec 14 2009, 07:29 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho, board, Partnership for Science and Technology, election

• Idaho nuclear news you can use

  Two of the state’s newspapers focus on the topic An old journalistic tradition is that editors wait until Sunday for their biggest and most significant in-depth news stories and editorials. That tradition is alive and well in Idaho this weekend with a major feature story in the Idaho Statesman and an editorial in the Idaho Falls Post Register. At the Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker takes a look... Posted Oct 25 2009, 12:28 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho, nuclear blogs, Snake River Alliance, news round up, power, watchdog

• Snake River Alliance vows to drive Areva out of Idaho

  Haunted by the goblins of the cold war, a Boise-based group is obsessed with a uranium enrichment plant A relic with knee-jerk anti-nuclear reflexes from the cold war has revived itself to oppose Areva's planned $2.4 billion  uranium enrichment plant in Idaho.  The Boise-based Snake River Alliance ( SR A ) has a war chest of $300,000 from the Bullit and the Edwards Mother Earth foundations... Posted Oct 15 2009, 05:33 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, Idaho, Snake River Alliance, enrichment, activists, anti-nuclear, antinuclear, knee-jerk, boise

• Idaho pro-nuclear group on Facebook

  Partnership for Science & Technology joins social media The Partnership for Science & Technology (PST), a non-profit, pro- nuclear group, launched its Facebook page this week.  It is is a non-profit, public interest organization advocating for advancement of science, energy and technology.  The organization is independent and nonpartisan.  PST is noted for its monthly ‘Up-and... Posted Sep 17 2009, 10:19 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho, pro-nuclear, pst, facebook, Partnership for Science & Technology, social media

• Is AEHI planning to leave Elmore site?

  CEO says he’s look at Idaho State Lands Over at the Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker has a piece that indicates there is more confusion about plans by Alternative Energy Holdings Inc. (AEHI) ( OTC:AEHI ) for a new nuclear reactor at a site near Mountain Home, ID , in Elmore County.  Barker reports that there is no basis for a claim by AEHI CEO Don Gillispie that the State of Idaho has offered... Posted Aug 11 2009, 08:18 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AEHI, Idaho, New Nuclear Plants, Gillispie

• Idaho congressional delegation on a nuclear roll

  Simpson, Crapo, Risch in record level of pro-nuclear activates; even the state’s lone Democrat is on board Simpson reports substantial increases in nuclear R&D funding and for cleanup Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson , (right) a member of the House  Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on June 25 announced substantial increases in funding for the Idaho National Laboratory... Posted Jun 27 2009, 05:52 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho, Congress, democrat

• Areva opens Idaho Falls office

  Names Robert Poyser as VP Operations for Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility French-owned energy giant Areva opened an office in Idaho Falls on  March 2 for its subsidiary, Areva Enrichment Services LLC , and appointed three executives who will oversee construction of the multi-billion dollar Eagle Rock enrichment plant. The company named past Areva vice president of Environmental Affairs & Sustainable... Posted Mar 02 2009, 09:35 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, Idaho, Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility

• AEHI finds the SEC

  Idaho penny stock firm files a 10-Q The Idaho Statesman reports that Alternate Energy Holdings Inc.  ( AEHI:PK ) says the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has accepted its registration statement.  The 10-Q form filed by AEHI last week reports the firm, now based in Eagle, ID, has $409,000 in total assets and no reported income according to unaudited results.  It’s enough to... Posted Feb 21 2009, 12:30 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho, SEC, financials

• NRC public meeting Dec 10 on Areva's Idaho plant

  The federal agency will kick off public participation in the licensing process for the Eagle Rock uranium enrichment plant Areva's planned $2.4 billion uranium enrichment plant , to be built  about 18 miles west of Idaho Falls as the crow flies, needs a license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) before it can break ground.  To that end, the agency is holding a public... Posted Nov 29 2008, 03:04 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, Idaho, NRC, Eagle Rock

• Idaho anti-nuclear activist arrested

  Peter Rickards denies the charges The Mountainhome news reports that Twin Falls podiatrist and anti--nuclear activist Peter Rickards was taken into custody by an Elmore County Sheriff's Deputy and cited for trespassing and battery stemming. The arrest stems an alleged altercation with an Idaho Energy Complex (IEC) staff member during a public information meeting held Monday June 16 in Glenns Ferry... Posted Jun 18 2008, 09:46 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho, Idaho Energy Complex

• Thinking about the future

  What's next for pro-nuclear advocates in Idaho? The Partnership for Science & Technology ( PST ) played  an important role working with elected officials and economic development groups in Idaho to help land Areva's $2 billion uranium enrichment plant . This is a huge victory shared by many. The question for PST is what does it do next? On its web site the group defines itself this... Posted Jun 05 2008, 03:02 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho

• PBMR headed for Idaho?

  Process heat applications could drive the project South Africa’s fourth-generation nuclear power technology, the pebble-bed modular reactor ( PBMR ), has a real chance that it could be demonstrated, in a process heat application, at the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) near Idaho Falls, ID, according to a report in Creamer's Engineering News.  The CEO of PBMR Ltd. told Creamers an upcoming... Posted Mar 14 2008, 12:52 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: PBMR, Idaho

• Idaho Senate Committee approves Areva tax breaks

  Idaho Falls was worried the Senate might ice the puck and stop their efforts The Associated Press reports that the Idaho Senate Local Government & Taxation Committee, in a squeaker of a vote at 5-4, approved a measure that would cap the taxable value of a possible Areva uranium enrichment plant near Idaho Falls at $400 million if the company invests at least $1 billion within seven years. AP reports... Posted Mar 12 2008, 10:49 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, uranium enrichment, Idaho

• Areva reportedly serious about Idaho

  Uranium enrichment plant targeted for site near the INL The Associated Press reports Areva Inc., a French government-controlled nuclear energy company, is in talks with officials in Idaho and other U.S. states over a planned $2 billion uranium enrichment facility that by 2014 could supply fuel to commercial nuclear power plants. * * * Areva recently hired Erika Malmen, wife of Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter's... Posted Jan 31 2008, 10:25 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, uranium enrichment, Idaho

• Two planned nuclear plants call it quits

  What scared them off? AP is carrying a report this afternoon (Sunday Jan 27) that MidAmerican is pulling out of its plans to build a nuclear power plant in Payette , ID. Elected officials in southwest Idaho say they've been told plans for a proposed nuclear power plant have been abandoned. The firm, which had about as much impact on Idaho's energy picture as a butterfly on a twig, seems to... Posted Jan 27 2008, 03:09 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho, Payette, Midamerican, Scana