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• Texas nuclear renaissance moves ahead with the lure of loan guarantees

  NRG makes peace with CPS President Obama's announcement ( videos ) Feb 16 of an $8.3 billion loan guarantee for twin Westinghouse 1,150 MW AP1000 reactors at Southern's Vogtle site in Georgia has snapped heads to attention in Texas. Obama also said he would ask Congress for an additional $36 billion in loan guarantee authority as part of his FY2011 budget. There were two immediate effects.... Posted Feb 22 2010, 11:46 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, NRG Energy, South Texas Project, AP1000, NRG, stp, cps energy, agreement, cps

• Obama supports two Georgia reactors

  He approves $8.3 billion in the first federal loan guarantees for nuclear energy President Barack Obama finally came out in support of nuclear energy after a year of apparent indifference. This past week he approved $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees for two new Westinghouse AP1000 1,150 MW nuclear reactors at Southern's Vogtle site. In doing so he also extended a hand across the partisan... Posted Feb 22 2010, 08:43 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, nuclear, AP1000, obama, support, obama administration

• 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

• An alternative to nuclear loan guarantees

  Betting the company, even with insurance, is a bad idea Advocates of loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants have  argued that federal insurance for 100% of the loans and 80% of the cost of the new plant will provide confidence to investors.  The idea is that by reducing lender exposure to risk of default to just 20% of the cost of the plant that investors will provide the funds to build... Posted Dec 06 2008, 12:25 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees

• Nuclear engines of job creation

  Expansion of federal loan guarantees could create 100,000 jobs The Federal loan guarantee program for construction of nuclear power plants, set by Congress at $18.5 billion, could if expanded to cover the entire fleet of proposed new reactors, create nearly 80,000 construction jobs, and more than 17,000 permanent operations jobs over the next 10-15 years.  Every reactor construction project generates... Posted Nov 30 2008, 10:49 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, jobs

• Ten tons of chickens, five tons of truck

  The Department of Energy's loan guarantee program is overloaded In an old joke told to me by a man who made a living clearing  farmers' fields of tree stumps with dynamite, a truck is driving down the street of a small town and something unusual happens every time it comes to a stop light.  The driver hops out, runs around to the back, pulls a 2x4 out of spare tire rack, and whacks... Posted Oct 05 2008, 07:30 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, DOE

• Loan guarantees not enough

  NRC Commissioner says feds fall short Gregory Jaczko, a member of the Nuclear Regulatory  Commission ( NRC ), went to London last week to say the obvious about federal loan guarantees , something he should be saying here in the states.  What he said was that the U.S. government's $18.5 billion in loan guarantees falls short of the $500 billion needed to build the country's next generation... Posted Mar 16 2008, 06:28 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees

• Nuclear loan guarantees get green light from Congress

  Predictably green groups see red Federal loan guarantees for energy projects finally made it to the finish line in Congress this week. After a dismal start last year on a muddy track, nuclear and renewable energy technologies get a mostly equal share of the purse. In the Omnibus Appropriations Bill is expected to be approved by Congress this week, and signed by the President, Congress directed the... Posted Dec 18 2007, 03:34 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, Nuclear energy, Union of Concerned Scientists

• Abstract - Nuclear Loan Guarantees Pending in Congress

  Fate of Loan Guarantees Tied to Funding Bills Industry and Environmental Groups Contend for Influence by Dan Yurman, Contributing Reporter Fuel Cycle Week V6 N244 September 4, 2007 As Congress returns from its August recess, it is facing a key issue for the nuclear industry, whether and how much support the federal government will provide to the construction of new nuclear power plants in the form... Posted Sep 08 2007, 11:34 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, appropriations, Nuclear energy

• 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