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• Nuclear fuel cycle and greenhouse gas emissions

  Scientific American has some odd ideas about sustainable development and nuclear energy Over at Brave New Climate Barry Brook and others have published reviews of an article published in the November issue of Scientific American magazine.  Brook writes that the November 2009 issue of Scientific American has a cover story by Mark Z. Jacobson (Professor, Stanford) and Mark A. Delucchi (researcher... Posted Nov 11 2009, 03:30 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, fuel, emissions, climate, magazine, green house gas, Scientific American

• China plans commercial fast reactors

  Two units are being acquired from Russia, but a domestic design is also in the works China’s massive drive to build 70 GWe of conventional light water  reactors by 2020 will be augmented by an emerging effort to also build advanced “fast” sodium-cooled reactors ( large graphic ) that burn and produce nuclear fuel at the same time.  The Wall Street Journal reported Oct 30 the “Experimental... Posted Nov 01 2009, 12:10 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: China, nuclear, nuclear blogs, fuel, reactor, sodium, fast reactor, light water, 2020

• One step forward, one step back

  Powertech gets an "incomplete" on its Dewey-Burdock permit from South Dakota This blog post is an edited version of coverage published  in Fuel Cycle Wee k , V8N347 on 10/06/09 by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC The State of South Dakota is not happy with Powertech ( TSE:PWE ).  In a 41-page letter dated Aug 6, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources... Posted Oct 08 2009, 09:33 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Powertech, fuel, south dakota, permit, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, dewey-burdock

• Western Lands Uranium Gopher for 09/19/09

  This blog post includes edited content which also appeared in Fuel Cycle Week V8N34 09/16/09 published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. Turmoil rocks Uranium Resources It's been a tough month for Uranium Resources ( NASDAQ:URRE ). On  September 4th CEO David Clark stepped down as President and CEO. Four days later the firm walked away from a major deal worth $1 million... Posted Sep 19 2009, 01:25 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: uranium, fuel, cycle, resources, western

• International nuclear fuel bank for Canada?

  Two nuclear fuel banks are needed – one in Russia’s sphere of influence and another in the West.  Is Saskatchewan it? When President Barak Obama made a proposal in Prague on April 5 to establish an international nuclear fuel bank in Kazakhstan, what he was talking about was putting non-commercial uranium enrichment production under international control at one site.  That isn’t likely to... Posted Apr 26 2009, 05:57 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Canada, politics and nuclear power, fuel

• Western Lands Uranium Gopher for 04/04/09

  Portions of this blog post were published in Fuel Cycle Week , V8N321 on April 2, 2009 by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC ~ Note to readers: This column will shift from biweekly to monthly starting with this issue. The next edition will appear in mid-May. ~ The nightmare in uranium stock prices continues with western uranium juniors haunted by an average loss of 90% of the value of... Posted Apr 03 2009, 08:29 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: uranium, mining, fuel

• Utilities place bets on USEC for nuclear fuel

  Half the capacity of the $3.5 billion plant, not yet built, is said to be sold USEC ( NYSE:USU ) announced that it has customer commitments to  purchase more than half of the planned, initial sales of the American Centrifuge Plant (ACP).  The commitments, valued at $3.3 billion, are from 10 customers.  The customers include Exelon and Tokyo Electric Power Company. Both firms are, respectively... Posted Mar 27 2009, 12:43 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: USEC, uranium Australia, fuel