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• Israel seeks commercial reactor from France

  Start-Up Of first commercial nuclear plant by 2025 ( NucNet ) Israel is proposing that its first commercial nuclear power plant  start operations within the next 10 to 15 years, the country’s infrastructure minister told NucNet March 5th. Uzi Landau , Israsel’s Infrastructure Minister, (right) who addressed the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy in Paris, told NucNet that... Posted Mar 09 2010, 12:02 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, construction, new, paris, conference, plant, isreal

• UK magazine relaunches reactor wallcharts

  Idaho National Laboratory played a key role in bringing them back to life Nuclear Engineering International magazine is republishing the 105 reactor cutaway diagrams that it has produced over its 54-year history. Most of the diagrams, covering every major type of technology, including PWRs, BWRs, PHWRs, FBRs, HTGRs, Magnox and others, have been out of print for decades. The archives, which runs from... Posted Mar 09 2010, 11:08 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, Idaho National Laboratory, INL, reactor design, reactor

• Sarkozy calls for easier financing for nuclear energy

  World Bank does not offer loans for reactors ( NucNet ): March 8, 2010 Paris - French president Nicolas Sarkozy (right) urged  developing countries to embrace nuclear energy and called on financial institutions to help fund it so countries are not “condemned to rely on more costly energy that causes greater pollution.” “We need nuclear energy” to meet global goals for fighting and slowing climate... Posted Mar 08 2010, 11:02 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, France, paris, conference, world bank, access, sarkozy

• Future of spent nuclear fuel

  A blue ribbon commission will hold its first meeting March 25-26 in Washington, DC A panel of nuclear energy experts appointed by the federal government will  take up the issue of what to do with 60,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel. Appointed by Department of Energy Sec. Steven Chu, the 15 members of a Blue Ribbon Commission will look at a broad range of options for managing the material... Posted Mar 06 2010, 05:07 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, spent fuel, meeting, steven chu, future, Secretary of Energy, DC

• Nuclear loan guarantees next stop ~ grassroots support

  Now that he actively supports the nuclear renaissance, the President needs all the help he can get to convince Congress to add $36 billion to the program The Obama administration served up a welcome surprise Feb 16 with a well-honed  speech supporting federal loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants. At the same time, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $8.3 billion , out of existing authority... Posted Mar 05 2010, 11:55 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, politics, construction, power, new build, communication

• 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

• Italy to select four reactor sites

  Government takes next steps in shift from fossil fuels The Italian government issued a policy statement this week identifying the  site selection criteria to locate four new nuclear reactors.  The first unit will break ground by 2013 and is expected to be in revenue service by 2020.  Reuters reports that Italy’s biggest utility Enel ( BIT:ENEL ) and French nuclear giant EDF plan to build... Posted Feb 10 2010, 02:15 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, Italy, waste, meeting, new build, siting, law, cabinet, framework

• 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

• 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

• Nuclear energy news comes on Fridays

  It’s the slowest day in the weekly news cycle except Saturday The White House has announced a new nomination for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to replace outgoing former chairman Dale Klein. Bill Ostendorff is currently the Director of the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy and Director of the Board on Global Science and Technology at the National Academies.  He came... Posted Dec 11 2009, 01:27 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: blog, nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein, NRC, chairman

• 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

• 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

• 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