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• William Ramsey on emerging nuclear markets

  Nuclear Becomes ‘A Real Business Opportunity’ For China and India This is the full text of an interview with William Ramsay , (right) director of the energy program at the Institut Français  des Relations Internationales    He talked Nov 9 to NucNet about emerging nuclear markets India and China, and the future of Yucca Mountain. [Reprinted with permission.] NucNet – Before joining the... Posted Nov 10 2009, 10:23 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, China, Yucca Mountain, financials, economics, opportunity, ramsey, business

• Small reactors offer big rewards

  A nuclear engineer with an entrepreneurial spirit may do well with one What’s of interest to a nuclear engineer who doesn’t want to get swallowed up in the bureaucracy of a mega utility is that  small reactor projects are organized like Silicon Valley start-ups. Venture capitalists are willing to roll the dice on small reactors.  Two of the small reactor firms, Hyperion and NuScale, landed... Posted Sep 19 2009, 12:04 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: small reactors, capacity, financials, safety, new designs

• AEHI gets another banker

  Will the third try be the charm that works? Alternative Energy Holdings Inc. ( OTC:AEHI ) issued a press release    Friday June 5 that it had a new investment banker. The banker is Source Capital Group with offices in Westport, CT.  The firm describes itself a full-service financial institution, specializing in middle-market investment banking transactions, distressed and high yield... Posted Jun 06 2009, 03:27 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AEHI, investment, financials

• Tweaking Areva on loan guarantee prospects

  Idaho Falls Post Register pays attention to the French nuclear giant’s financing plans for the Eagle Rock uranium enrichment plant The arcane world of federal loan guarantees got a little bit easier to understand this week as a result of a front page, above-the-fold article published in the Idaho Falls Post Register on Sunday, March 15.  The dual bylined article by reporters Corey Taule and Sven... Posted Mar 15 2009, 05:14 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, Areva, financials

• Areva seeks financing solutions

  Will it sell shares to utility investors in the Eagle Rock uranium enrichment plant? French nuclear giant Areva has money problems. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Feb 23, the firm needs at least 3 billion ($3.81B; 1 = $1.27) just in 2009 to meet all of its investment needs.  Over the next four years, it reportedly will need more than three times that amount to fund its current... Posted Mar 01 2009, 12:18 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, Eagle Rock, financials

• Western lands uranium gopher for 02/21/09

  Three trends no waiting Three trends are emerging in an informal tracking of a small set of  stocks. The first is that the 52-week high for all nine stocks is declining over time as the early effects of the current recession become more visible. The second is that the catastrophic loss of wealth by stockholders may have produced a long-term effect on the industry which will only be cured by a... Posted Feb 21 2009, 05:39 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: uranium, mining, financials

• 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