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• Principles on How the Nuclear Industry Can Communicate More Effectively

  Baruch Fischhoff wrote an informative piece at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists explaining how the nuclear industry can communicate better with the public : Working the crowd is essential for a technology such as nuclear energy, which depends on the public's acceptance to host plants, invest in industry firms, and support government subsidies and loan guarantees. Proponents want the world... Posted Feb 18 2009, 09:40 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Myths, Nuclear Energy Outlook, nuclear power industry

• So Where’s the Beef?

  We’re all in favor of promoting nuclear energy in creative ways, but we have to admit to mixed feelings about the Miss Atom contest (in Russian). Russia's nuclear industry has been trying to change all that in recent years, rolling out the annual Miss Atom Beauty Contest. The competition is open only to women who work in the nuclear world and, as the Web site describes, "Miss Atom is the first... Posted Feb 17 2009, 01:45 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Green, Nuclear Energy Outlook, nuclear engineer

• Ahh, That Heritage Foundation: Nuclear Ideas & Partisan Hectoring

  The Heritage Foundation’s Stuart Butler offered up some nuclear prescriptions to the new administration in yesterday’s Washington Times: First, Washington should create a level playing field for energy ideas. That means no longer artificially favoring one new energy source over another and instead creating a strong, market-oriented approach to energy so that the best sources can expand. It's time... Posted Jan 30 2009, 12:18 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Myths, Energy Plan, Nuclear Energy Outlook, Business Risks and Costs of New Nuclear Power, Energy Crisis, energy subsidies

• Happy Chinese New Year!

  2009 is the year of the Ox ; an animal that symbolizes hard work and tenacity.* And while I resolve to be more diligent in studying my Mandarin in '09, and admittedly have little idea what this broadcaster is saying, her story from the CCTV News Hour still holds great value in its accompanying B-roll: video of the construction progress at Guandong province's newest nuclear plant, Ling'ao... Posted Jan 26 2009, 01:21 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power Plant Costs, Nuclear Energy Outlook, nuclear power industry

• Barron’s on Nuclear Energy

  See, this is what we’re talking about: President-elect Barack Obama has put forth a goal to reduce carbon emissions in the U.S. by 80% by 2050, using $150 billion over 10 years to create a "clean-energy" future. Nuclear plants are the biggest producers of energy that doesn't emit any greenhouse gases. Not just biggest, but only one able to produce baseload electricity, that is, not hampered... Posted Jan 12 2009, 03:53 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Green, Nuclear Power Expansion, Nuclear Energy Outlook

• 'Nuclear More Reliable for Energy than Oil and Gas'

  That's according to the Nuclear Energy Agency's latest Nuclear Energy Outlook study. Here's a summary (pdf): The security of energy supply from nuclear power is more reliable than that for oil or gas, according to the authors of the first ‘Nuclear Energy Outlook’ launched today by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) . Additionally... Posted Oct 16 2008, 01:15 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy Outlook, Nuclear Energy Agency