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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

• Programming Note: Patrick Moore on C-SPAN

  Greenpeace co-founder and current co-chair of the Clean and Safe Energy (CASEnergy) Coalition , Patrick Moore, will be appearing on C-SPAN's Washington Journal this morning at 9:30 ET. (Extra bonus: Greta Wodele Brawner will be moderating.) We'll post the video once it becomes available. A live webcast can be seen here . Read More... Posted Feb 03 2009, 07:07 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plant Costs, nuclear safety, power generation, nuclear power plants

• 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

• Explaining the Costs of Nuclear Power Plants

  Conferences, campaign speeches, and media all contributed to an especially busy NEI Monday. At Brookings , Sen. Lamar Alexander (R) called for a bipartisan Manhattan project leading to "clean energy independence." The U.S. representative to the IAEA , Ambassador Greg Schulte, discussed nonproliferation initiatives at a Woodrow Wilson International Center event. Sen. John McCain (R) continued... Posted May 13 2008, 09:35 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: NEI, Nuclear Power Plant Costs

• Let the Battle Begin: The Wall Street Journal on the Expense of New Plants

  The argument that building new nuclear energy plants will represent ruinous expense for anyone to undertake has percolated among anti-nuke folks without much mainstream notice. Now, however, the Wall Street Journal has taken a crack at it . It's nicely researched and written up to WSJ standards, although you've heard the argument of the piece many times. Here's the lede: A new generation... Posted May 12 2008, 04:02 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Power Plant Costs