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• Apathy in Canada, Catering to Nuclear

  Alberta doesn’t care about nuclear energy; it doesn’t care at all. But if someone has a plant they might like to put up… "We're not in the debate on one side or the other that the nuclear energy industry needs to be supported or needs to face a moratorium," said Mel Knight, minister of energy. "We are not proponents of nuclear energy, we're not working with any company to build... Posted Dec 16 2009, 04:53 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Canada, forecast, Nuclear, power, energy, industry, support

• Stormy Weather and Energy Myopia

  After receiving flowers and surviving a hail of flash bulbs, new IAEA chief Yukiya Amano officially began his four year term and made a short statement (there’s a video there, too, and Amano speaks in English): "The situation surrounding the Agency is stormy now. We have a lot of difficult challenges, but I would like to do my best. I would like to address the global issues that include non-proliferation... Posted Dec 04 2009, 02:13 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: IAEA, forecast, international atomic energy agency, future, yukiya amano, amano

• Hail to the Victors!

  Congratulations to the wolverines from the University of Michigan Nuclear Engineering Department for outworking the MIT beavers ; being named top graduate school program by U.S. News and World Report . Your 2009 top-10 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools : 1. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3. Texas A&M - College Station 3. University of Wisconsin - Madison... Posted Apr 27 2009, 03:40 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: forecast, education, new nuclear engineers

• The Fast Lane to the Future with Electricity

  EWeek has up a roundup of electric, hybrid or incredibly fuel efficient cars that will be shown at the 2009 New York Auto Show and, presumably, at many auto shows around the country over the next year. You know what the first one will be : The third-generation Prius hybrid vehicle has more "oomph" under the hood than previous iterations, with an expanded 1.8-liter engine, 160 hp and roughly... Posted Apr 20 2009, 04:53 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: forecast, green, technology

• More Than 50 Nations Want to Build Nuclear Plants

  That's according to IAEA's Hans-Holger Rogner : More than 50 nations are in talks with the UN atomic watchdog to build nuclear power plants, a twofold increase over the last four years, a top agency official said in an interview released on Thursday. "The IAEA is talking with 50-60 countries about the construction of nuclear power plants," Hans-Holger Rogner, head of planning and... Posted Apr 17 2009, 10:24 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: IAEA, forecast, new plants

• Russia Commits to More Nuclear Energy

  We have to admit that we know less than we might about Russian nuclear energy culture. We do know that it is a major player in the international marketplace and is making deals with any country that has even glanced in the direction of nuclear energy. We know the country has 31 units working currently, generating about 135 billion kWh per year or 16% of Russia’s electricity generation. And we know... Posted Apr 16 2009, 01:21 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Russia, forecast, new plants

• Spinning Around the Atom

  Here’s a few tidbits of nuclear news to wonder about and inspire awe: The IAEA says that nuclear energy is an unstoppable runaway freight train kind of thing. Well, not precisely : Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yury Sokolov said on Tuesday that the economic crisis would not change the driver for the development of the nuclear power industry. And why not? Sokolov... Posted Apr 15 2009, 04:54 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: IAEA, forecast, Sokolov

• Job Growth in the Nuclear Energy Industry

  We are going through one of the most turbulent economic times this country has seen in decades. There's hardly a week nowadays that we don't hear at least several companies laying off employees. Since December 2007, the number of unemployed persons has grown by 3.6 million . However, the nuclear industry is one of the few industries in this country that is actually expanding during these turbulent... Posted Feb 05 2009, 03:25 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Economics, Jobs, forecast