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• Kentucky Ban Overturned in State Senate

  The news is that Kentucky is en route to overturning its ban on building nuclear energy plants: Sen. Bob Leeper of Paducah said adopting the federal standard would allow Kentucky sites to be considered for next generation nuclear power plants which would help curb greenhouse gas emissions caused by coal-fired powered plants. This is simply another story that tells what is percolating around the states... Posted Feb 18 2009, 01:02 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Myths, Nuclear Power Plant Costs

• 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

• 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

• Dispelling Myths About Nuclear Energy

  Over at the Heritage Foundation, Jack Spencer and Nick Loris wrote an excellent nuclear myth-busting piece on topics about proliferation, terrorism, waste, lifecycle emissions, and economics just to name a few. Enjoy. MYTH: There is no solution to the problem of nuclear waste. FACT: The nuclear industry solved the nuclear waste problem decades ago. Spent nuclear fuel can be removed from the reac­tor... Posted Dec 05 2007, 03:35 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Myths