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• The Kerry-Boxer Hearings: Day One

  The first of three days of hearings about the Boxer-Kerry climate change bill in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (chaired by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)) went the way opening days often do. The Senators kicked things off with what were essentially position papers, with Sen. Boxer highly favorable to the bill and ranking member Sen. James Inhofe (R. Okla.) highly unfavorable. (Inhofe... Posted Oct 27 2009, 04:48 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, legislation, outreach, congress, boxer, kerry, energy

• A Few Word from Steven Chu

  While President Obama pulled duty in New Orleans the other day, as we reported in the post below, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu is in Paris speaking to a meeting of the International Energy Agency. You can decide who pulled the better duty. Chu and the energy ministers are all jockeying for position during the run up to Copenhagen. But this Bloomberg article shows him pushing nuclear energy... Posted Oct 16 2009, 05:03 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: DOE, IAEA, Nuclear Energy, Steven Chu, department of energy, paris, international atomic energy agency, copenhagen

• A Word or Two from the President

  Here are the words : "There's no reason why technologically we can't employ nuclear energy in a safe and effective way. Japan does it and France doesn't [sic?] and it doesn't have greenhouse gas emissions, so it would be stupid for us not to do that in a much more effective way." This is from Reuters. We suspect he said “France does it” or Obama might well hear from President... Posted Oct 15 2009, 04:48 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, emissions, obama, Nuclear, climate, obama administration, greenhouse, greenhouse gas

• Nuclear Blogger Gathering in DC, November 17, After ANS Meeting

  If you're available Tuesday evening, Nov 17th, Dan Yurman is proposing a nuclear blogger get-together after the American Nuclear Society's winter meeting in Washington DC : While there is no formal session on blogging and social media in the [ANS] program, several nuclear bloggers will be there. I am proposing an informal social event Tuesday evening Nov 17th. The area has plenty of restaurants... Posted Oct 13 2009, 07:15 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: ANS, Nuclear Energy, Carbon Emissions, News, american nuclear society, Nuclear Power, Blog Action Day, Climate Change

• Explaining It All for You

  Let’s get the long weekend going with some good reading: The Energy Information Administration, the statistics arm of the Department of Energy, has launched a new portal called Energy Explained , which, um, explains energy. All the usual suspects are accounted for and nuclear energy has a nice set of pages. It really does start at the beginning: Nuclear energy is energy in the nucleus (core) of an... Posted Oct 09 2009, 02:58 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: DOE, Nuclear Energy, Energy Information Administration, eia, department of energy, information, statistics, energy explained

• Angst in Germany, Full Steam Ahead in UAE

  In the annals of bad arguments, this is one of our favorites: Germany's newly elected government could hinder the expansion of renewable energy in the country with its plans to extend the lifetime of nuclear reactors, warns the German Renewable Energy Federation. Well, yes, it could do that, but we rather suspect Germany, like the United States, will look at the broad range of solutions and start... Posted Oct 08 2009, 05:08 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Germany, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy, politics, reactors, policy, German Renewable Energy Federation

• John Kerry on the Boxer-Kerry Bill

  In a bit of a surprise, Sen. John Kerry (R-Mass.) has taken the lead on the Senate climate change bill – a surprise because it was widely expected Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) would do so – but regardless, this is a topic Kerry has had an interest in for a long time. The Washington Post has a lengthy interview with Kerry, and do go over and read the whole thing, but let’s see what Kerry thinks about... Posted Oct 02 2009, 04:51 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, CO2 Emissions, legislation, regulations, climate, boxer, kerry

• When Complexity Yields to Simplicity

  What’s the value of nuclear energy? Let’s let Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh tell us : "Nuclear energy is vital to meeting our energy and developmental needs, particularly those of large, developing countries like India," Mr. Singh said. We’d add that that’s a pretty good formulation for large, even smaller, developed countries, too. But what’s the occasion? Addressing a function in... Posted Oct 01 2009, 05:03 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear Energy, growth, singh, international, coopeeration

• Iran Cracks Open the Door

  Yesterday, we noted that Libyan President Muammar el-Qaddafi followed President Obama’s speech at the United Nations with a speech that ran about an hour over its quota. We didn’t mention that it drifted in from Cloud Cuckooland with a pit stop in Madville. It did prove the perfect introduction to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who went into full-on rant mode about Israel and capitalism. It... Posted Sep 24 2009, 01:32 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Iran, sanctions, proliferation

• Doubling Down on Nuclear with the EIA

  The Washington Times, which acts in DC as a counterweight to the more liberal (and far more influential) Washington Post, writes today about a report (the full report in PDF) from the Energy Information Administration on the Waxman Markey climate change bill. For the nuclear industry, its conclusions are pretty spectacular, especially since EIA’s reports are heavily referenced in Congress and help... Posted Aug 12 2009, 02:06 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, legislation, activists, Washington Times, waxman-markey

• The Inner Limits of Debate: STP and Its Critics

  Environmentalist groups do a lot of good work, so we’re happy to help them raise money, if being against nuclear energy helps them do that, but we would suggest they such groups freshen up their messages a bit. Or maybe take the financial hit and allow that maybe nuclear energy isn’t all that ghastly. But one or the other, please. --- So here’s the deal. CPS Energy wants to add units to the South Texas... Posted Aug 07 2009, 04:34 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: South Texas Project, Nuclear Energy, power generation, STP, cps energy

• The Republican Energy Bill

  The Republicans will today introduce an energy bill intended as a replacement for the Waxman-Markey legislation bill now wending its way through the House (and due for a vote sometime near the end of June – a date’s not set yet.) Here’s the Times: The Republican proposal, drafted by a group led by Representative Mike Pence of Indiana, leans heavily on nuclear power, setting a goal of building 100 reactors... Posted Jun 10 2009, 11:04 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, republican

• Obama on Nuclear: Advancing Peace and Opportunity to All People

  President Barack Obama has provided a regular thrill ride when it comes to nuclear energy, tamping down Yucca Mountain, inspiring commissions galore on what to do with used nuclear fuel, and suffering our parsing his every word. Well, we parse no more. Obama said this to the Czechs gathered in Prague to hear him speak – and by extension, everyone with a TV or radio. The subject was nuclear disarmament... Posted Apr 07 2009, 12:40 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Czech, Nuclear Energy, obama, politics, Prague

• Thoughts and Criticisms of Secretary Clinton's Comments in Japan on Nuclear Energy

  Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a speech to students at the University of Tokyo. Jason Ribeiro over at Pro Nuclear Democrats took a look at her speech and had quite a few excellent thoughts and criticisms about her comments on nuclear energy . Read More... Posted Feb 20 2009, 12:25 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Japan, Nuclear Energy, opinion

• Are We In An Era of Confusion?

  Charles Barton at Nuclear Green thinks so and I think he's right. Read More... Posted Feb 20 2009, 12:12 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, opinion