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• Closing A Deal in Idaho – or Maybe China

  The difficulties of identifying and exploiting a market – whether to provide nuclear energy or to market a new food product – is never easy and, for a start-up, notably difficult. To wit: A company called Alternate Energy Holdings has a pretty good idea : A small company that's pushing a billion-dollar nuclear power plant in Idaho now says it wants to build another one at a different location.... Posted Oct 20 2009, 05:00 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: China, New Nuclear Plants, new plants, Nuclear, power, energy, aehi, Don Gillispie, Alternate Energy Holdings

• Bob Bennett and The 100 Nuclear Plants

  A couple of weeks ago, we noted that Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) had called for building 100 new nuclear plants. What Alexander created is, shall we say, a meme, one that is catching on in Republican energy circles. Here for example is Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah): "It's been my experience and my position...that one of the driving forces behind America's economic growth has been our access... Posted Jun 23 2009, 04:04 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: NEI, New Nuclear Plants, Lamar Alexander

• No Friends of Champagne

  We had a little fun with the Heritage Foundation earlier today, but at least it was in the context of some good ideas they’re putting forward. We thought we’d try a little balance and see what’s up in the environmental activist sphere – an inexact match, since environmentalism is hardly the sole province of liberals. But while the Heritage Foundation couches their arguments in a comfy cocoon of ideological... Posted Jan 30 2009, 05:33 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant Design, New Nuclear Plant, New Nuclear Plants, New Nuclear Plant Costs, Nuclear Fuel, new technology, nuclear power industry

• ironies and Little Failures

  In rummaging around the radiant news of the day, we often run into stories that not only don’t quite fit any particular theme that interests us, but seem determined to not fit any particular theme at all. We sometimes put these in a cold oven back near the pilot light to see if we can come back and make some sense of them later. For example: Nathan Lewis, a chemistry professor at the California Institute... Posted Jan 15 2009, 05:00 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Energy, new technology, nuclear power industry

• IAEA: Nuclear Power Worldwide Could Double by 2030

  According to report from the IAEA. Per Reuters , Nuclear power production could as much as double by 2030 as countries seek relief from rising fossil fuel costs and a remedy against global warming, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Thursday. "Nuclear power, in step with growing global demand for energy, will continue expanding into the next two decades," said a summary of the... Posted Sep 11 2008, 01:42 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: IAEA, New Nuclear Plants

• The I Edition of Global Nuclear Notes: India, Iran, Italy

  Some updates of stories we've been following here: Italy has found a partner for its nuclear ambitions. The winner: Great Britain. Here's British PM Gordon Brown: "We both agreed that nuclear power can play an important part (in achieving) our shared objectives on climate change and energy security." And his Italian opposite number, Silvio Burlusconi: "We do hope that there is... Posted Sep 10 2008, 02:07 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: India, New Nuclear Plants, Italy, Iran, Great Britain

• Chuck Devore on Why California Needs More Nuclear Plants

  Check out the California Assembly Man's editorial at CaliforniaCityNews.org . Read More... Posted Sep 05 2008, 09:53 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: California, New Nuclear Plants

• First U.S. Nuclear Components Facility to Be Built in Louisiana

  The economic ripples of the nuclear renaissance become a bit more tidal today as Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal announced a joint venture between Westinghouse and the Shaw Group to build the first module fabrication and assembly facility in the U.S.focused on constructing components for new and modified nuclear reactors. Here's some more: In addition to constructing components for new and modified... Posted Aug 28 2008, 10:51 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Westinghouse, New Nuclear Plants, Shaw Group, Louisiana, large component fabrication

• New Nuclear Plants Okayed in Florida

  A Florida regulatory agency, the Public Service Commission , has unanimously endorsed Progress Energy's proposal to build two new nuclear reactors on a site in Levy County. If approved by state and federal regulators, the two reactors could begin operations by 2016-2017. Earlier this year, the Public Service Commission expressed unanimous consent on Florida Power & Light's request to build... Posted Jul 15 2008, 01:25 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Progress Energy, New Nuclear Plants, Florida Power & Light, Levy County

• Dominion CEO Throws Down the Gauntlet

  Tom Farrell appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box yesterday and said Dominion is "trying very hard" to build North Anna Unit 3. That alone was enough for me to gleefully revise my personal talking points on the subject but there was more. "I think our plant will be the first to come on line in more than 30 years." Asked when that would be, Farrell said 2016. Woohoo! A related article... Posted Jul 01 2008, 09:29 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: North Anna, Dominion, New Nuclear Plants

• Utility Chief Executive Officer speaks in favor of nuclear growth

  Thomas F. Farrell II, CEO of Dominion, appeared on CNBC plugging nuclear energy specifically , as part of the mix to alleviate our energy woes. Here is the video ! Here is a text story based on the video, from the Richmond Times-Dispatch , " Dominion CEO tells of North Anna plans ." And these are some highlights - can anyone recall comparable comments from a utility executive, ever? "Right... Posted Jul 01 2008, 09:19 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: North Anna, Dominion, New Nuclear Plants

• Florida Commission Approves Two New Reactors

  The Miami Herald reported on the Florida Public Service Commission's decision to approve two additional reactors at Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point site. FPL already operates two reactors at Turkey Point in south Florida. "Trends indicate there will be a substantial need for more power in FPL's service territory, and these new nuclear units can help meet that need," PSC... Posted Mar 18 2008, 03:03 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: FP&L, New Nuclear Plants

• 100 GW of New Nuclear from AREVA by 2030?

  That's what they're aiming for : Areva aims to build more than 100 gigawatts of new nuclear power capacity by 2030, one third of the 344 GW that the company expects to be developed around the world by that date, a spokeswoman said. AREVA's Evolutionary Power Reactor is 1.6 GW therefore 100 GW would equate to 63 new EPRs. Is that doable? Well, if we look back over the past 50 years, the... Posted Feb 27 2008, 12:42 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: AREVA, EPR, New Nuclear Plants

• Should America Build More Nuclear Power Plants?

  That's the question that Patrick Kiger at the Science Channel is asking his readers : So what do you think? Should we build more nuclear power plants? Or should we focus harder on energy conservation and developing solar, wind and geothermal technologies instead? The short answer, of course, is that we're going to need to build all of those things in order to both meet future demand and to... Posted Jan 28 2008, 11:53 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plants

• Hawaii to Repeal Nuclear Moratorium?

  Details from the Hawaii Reporter . Read More... Posted Jan 22 2008, 04:25 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Hawaii