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• Rethinking nuclear power - relaunched

  Robert Hargraves opens his 2009 class online at Dartmouth Last year, Robert Hargraves offered his now acclaimed online class on nuclear energy over the Internet.  This year he’s added new content and launched a new program called “Aim High” to accompany the class. He’s developed material on a little known nuclear reactor concept – the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor ( LFTR ). It is also sometimes... Posted Apr 04 2009, 01:04 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear power industry, editorial, opinion, politics

• South Carolina moves out on two reactors

  Regulators unanimously approve the request to build two AP1000s The state’s largest utility, South Carolina Electric & Gas ( SCE&G ),   will join with a state-owned utility to build two new nuclear power plants. SCE&G and Santee Cooper will build two Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear power station near Jenkinsville , SC. The South Carolina Public... Posted Feb 15 2009, 06:18 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Scana, reactor design, nuclear power industry

• Charles Julian Barton, Sr

  Full obituary at Nuclear Green   highlights here A pioneer of molten salt reactor (MSR) chemistry ( large image ) Charles Julian Barton, Sr, a reactor chemistry pioneer, died of causes incident to age on January 31, 2009, in Oak Ridge, TN. He celebrated his 97th birthday on January 16, 2009.  His son Charles Barton, who also worked at Oak Ridge until his retirement, blogs on nuclear energy... Posted Feb 01 2009, 11:47 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, Nuclear energy, nuclear reactor, nuclear reactors, nuclear power industry

• Nuclear news roundup for 02/01/09

  Former Missouri environmental lobbyist leads pro-nuclear group The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that a pro-nuclear group has  begun operations in Missouri “to carry a statewide message that clean and renewable energy must power the state’s economic development engines.”  The group, to be known as “Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future” ( MBEF ) describes itself as non-partisan and led... Posted Feb 01 2009, 02:15 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, Energy Solutions, appropriations, Nuclear energy, nuclear reactor, investment, Nuclear Energy Economics, politics and nuclear power, nuclear power industry, Future of nuclear energy

• Looking ahead to 2008

  What's in store for the nuclear energy industry? With the financial world in turmoil and a new president coming into office in January 20, the outlook for 2009 is anything but business as usual. In fact, the unstable natures of the U.S and global economies are causing anyone with large investment decisions to make to sit on the sidelines. However, globally, China and India are moving ahead with... Posted Dec 18 2008, 10:37 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear power industry

• Reaching across the generation

  A group of 16 young professionals talk to their peers about nuclear energy If you are a young person age 18-35 and you want information on  nuclear energy, where do you turn? The answer is you hit Google looking for people your age who know something about it.  Starting this month what you'll find is an exceptional group of 16 young men and women who work in the nuclear industry. ... Posted Sep 19 2008, 06:18 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear power industry