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• No Friends of Champagne

  We had a little fun with the Heritage Foundation earlier today, but at least it was in the context of some good ideas they’re putting forward. We thought we’d try a little balance and see what’s up in the environmental activist sphere – an inexact match, since environmentalism is hardly the sole province of liberals. But while the Heritage Foundation couches their arguments in a comfy cocoon of ideological... Posted Jan 30 2009, 05:33 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant Design, New Nuclear Plant, New Nuclear Plants, New Nuclear Plant Costs, Nuclear Fuel, new technology, nuclear power industry

• ironies and Little Failures

  In rummaging around the radiant news of the day, we often run into stories that not only don’t quite fit any particular theme that interests us, but seem determined to not fit any particular theme at all. We sometimes put these in a cold oven back near the pilot light to see if we can come back and make some sense of them later. For example: Nathan Lewis, a chemistry professor at the California Institute... Posted Jan 15 2009, 05:00 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Energy, new technology, nuclear power industry

• Stimulating the Nuclear Industry

  We don’t logroll much for NEI’s advertising activities – it can take care of itself – but we liked this newspaper ad that ran in The Washington Times’ 111th Congress special section: Click on the picture to see the whole thing. Basically, it makes the case that the nuclear industry represents an engine of employment, much of it union-based (the ad is co-sponsored by the Building Trades Department of... Posted Jan 15 2009, 12:04 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Energy Plan, new technology, nuclear power industry

• A Filter that Can Trap Radiation from Used Nuclear Fuel

  I can't quite tell how practical this could be since the article makes no mention of the exact cost nor how much quantity is needed per year per plant to absorb the radioactive ions, but here's the latest development : AUSTRALIAN researchers say they have created a low-cost material to filter and safely store nuclear waste. The potential breakthrough for the environment was made by a team of... Posted Sep 19 2008, 01:20 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Australia, Filters, new technology