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• Europe’s plain talk about nuclear energy

  Budapest hosts annual PIME Conference for nuclear communicators 11 Feb ( NucNet ) The annual PIME meeting ( conference website ) for nuclear communications professionals begins in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday with three days of plenary sessions including a special showcase with presentations on recent communications developments. PIME, the conference on Public Information Materials Exchange , runs... Posted Feb 11 2010, 11:20 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear blogs, meeting, NucNet, pime, hungary, Public Information Materials Exchange, budapest

• Cameco in hunt for acquisitions

  Proceeds from sale of stake in gold firm fuel drive for growth This report is based on an article in Fuel Cycle Week , V9N360, January 20, 2010, published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. Stock prices referenced in this article are in the currency of the country of origin and cited as of market close January 19, 2010. What will Cameco ( TSE:CCO ) do with the C$1.5 billion it has... Posted Feb 01 2010, 08:23 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, Canada, nuclear blogs, Cameco, acquisitions

• UK new nuclear build will not get government subsidies

  Taxpayers off the hook for cost of new plants ( NucNet ) The British government will not use taxpayers’ money to subsidize  the construction of new nuclear power plants, Philip Hunt , (right) minister of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change said Jan 21. In an online question and answer session with ‘The Guardian’ newspaper, Lord Hunt said the government had made it “absolutely... Posted Jan 22 2010, 10:27 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear blogs, UK, editorial, opinion, NucNet, plants, new build

• Next generation nuclear leadership

  The people who will operate the reactors of the nuclear renaissance are all under 40.   What are the qualities necessary for the next generation of leadership to run the nuclear reactors that are now on the drawing boards of the world’s commercial electric utilities?  By 2012-2015, most of the reactors that are planned to be built, especially those outside of China, will be ready or approaching... Posted Jan 20 2010, 12:53 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: China, nuclear, nuclear blogs, editorial, opinion, reactor, future

• Yet more bloggers for nuclear energy

  2010 is off to a great start with three new blogs and one re-start There are three new nuclear blogs and one re-start. There’s a lot more activity in the blogsphere as the new year gets underway. It is an exciting time to be involved with the nuclear energy industry and this enthusiasm is reflected in the work the these blogs. In fact, it is positively smoking! The authors all come to their adventures... Posted Jan 02 2010, 11:26 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, nuclear blogs, opinion, perspective, industry, 2010, new

• Snapshots of the future of nuclear energy

  A quick look at what to expect in 2010 Every year at this time your faithful correspondent swings for the fences with  fearless prognostications of what will happen in the field of nuclear energy in the next 12 months.  These are big hairy audacious guesses and should not be confused with sober reality or nor should anything in this column be used to make investment grade decisions. ... Posted Dec 22 2009, 06:53 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear blogs, Future of nuclear energy, opinion, perspective, forecast, future, 2010

• Nuclear News Roundup for 12/13/09

  UAE mega-nuclear deal gets put on on ice The $40 billion deal for at least three and as many as five nuclear reactors to be built in the United Arab Emirates is on ice, and this time it is serious.  According to a Dec 12 wire service report from Mumbai, India, an executive with a firm reportedly bidding on the project said the UAE has pushed back the award date from December 2009 to at least March... Posted Dec 13 2009, 08:49 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, nuclear blogs, UAE, news round up, united arab emirates

• Tamar’s Law – I want my COP15!

  Can developing nations get their money for nothing? Guest Column by: Tamar Cerfici* I’m back on US soil and watching the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference or more formally, the 15th Conference of the Parties  ( COP15 ) thanks to the wonders of modern video software.  My last column concerned the investment commitments expected from the developed countries, amounting to trillions of dollars... Posted Dec 09 2009, 12:59 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NEI, nuclear blogs, opinion, perspective, COP15, leak, tree, Conference of the Parties

• Four fearless futures for nuclear energy in America

  It’s not to early to think about what needs to be done in 2010 Claims that one will turn over a new leaf in January, via new year’s resolutions, often get a bum rap.  For example, will you go to the gym and lose all extra pounds gained during the holiday season?  Usually, the rap is deserved because our good intentions fade by the time the Superbowl game hits the TV.  That doesn’t mean... Posted Dec 06 2009, 12:06 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, nuclear blogs, opinion, perspective, power

• Is there a change by green groups for nuclear energy?

  A report from the UK says change is taking place, but some green groups in the US are still hard over against it . In a news article datelined London, the Washington Post reports some green groups now see nuclear energy “as part of the answer” to the challenge of global warming.  This is good news in the U.K. where the government has committed itself to build 12 GWe of new nuclear power generation... Posted Nov 25 2009, 06:44 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, nuclear blogs, UK, opinion, ENERGY, green, advocacy

• Will the nuclear renaissance start with small reactors?

  A panel of vendors makes the case for it at the ANS winter meeting It is the burden of all senior executives when serving on panel discussions at industry conferences to walk a fine line between being interesting and engaging with a skeptical audience on one hand and on the other hawking the daylights out of their product with shameless disregard for anyone's desire not to sit through a commercial... Posted Nov 21 2009, 01:22 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear renaissance, nuclear blogs, small reactors, ANS annual meeting, small and medium sized reactors

• Mobile live blogging for ANS winter meeting coverage now enabled. Tweet hash tag is. #ans09 Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com Read More... Posted Nov 13 2009, 01:35 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear blogs, blogging, ANS annual meeting, winter meeting, amerenican nuclear society

• Wheels up in one day 4 ANS Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com Read More... Posted Nov 13 2009, 01:28 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear blogs, blogging, ANS annual meeting, winter meeting, amerenican nuclear society

• Nuclear energy investment power curves up

  Worldwide utilities are adding to existing plants or planning new ones U.K. investments in new reactors A consortium composed of Spanish utility Iberdrola, GDF-Suez, and Scottish & Southern has purchased a 500 acre site for $114 million at the Sellafield nuclear site according to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority which sold the land.  The purchase is the first step towards construction... Posted Nov 08 2009, 07:00 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, nuclear blogs, power, ENERGY, global, investement

• Exelon exits growth through acquisition strategy

  CEO John Rowe tells WSJ focus is on earnings Over at Atomic Insights Rod Adams has a long piece in which he  tries to figure out what Exelon’s John Rowe is really doing about the nuclear renaissance.  Adams has some strong opinions about where Rowe and Exelon are going.  Right now the paradox is that Exelon ( NYSE:EXC ), as the nation’s largest nuclear utility, has no plans to build... Posted Nov 02 2009, 10:55 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Exelon, nuclear blogs, acquisitions, CEO, growth, strategy, john rowe