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• Browner, Korea and the Chamber

  Carol Browner, President Obama’s energy and climate advisor, said some nice things about nuclear energy: "We have not built a nuclear plant in this country in a long time but we want to work with the industry to make that happen in the not too distant future," Browner said in a live chat on the White House website. "We have been working with the nuclear industry to understand exactly... Posted Jan 13 2010, 05:11 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: NEI, obama, climate, nuclear blogs, industry, Carol Browner, advisor

• Voices from Copenhagen: Obama and Jiabao

  At the COP15 conference in Copenhagen, President Barack Obama did not seem very pleased: So America is going to continue on this course of action [toward carbon emission reduction goals] no matter what happens in Copenhagen. But we will all be stronger and safer and more secure if we act together. That is why it is in our mutual interest to achieve a global accord in which we agree to take certain... Posted Dec 18 2009, 03:47 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: CO2 Emissions, obama, copenhagen, co2, nuclear blogs, cop15, denmark

• President Obama at MIT

  President Barack Obama’s energy speech at MIT could have focused a bit more on nuclear energy. But he intended to cover a lot of bases and clearly did that. He noted the green jobs created by the stimulus bill, he called for bipartisanship in crafting the climate change bill in the Senate, he paid appropriate homage to the innovation and accomplishments of schools like MIT. So the actual energy portion... Posted Oct 23 2009, 05:36 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: speech, obama, politics, bill, policy, obama administration, energy, MIT

• 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

• Rhetoric and Action at the U.N.

  As you may have heard, President Barack Obama gave a speech at the United Nations about climate change yesterday. Now, just to get it out of the way, he had nothing or next to nothing to say about nuclear energy. If nuclear is there, it is there implicitly only. --- We can assume Obama would like to have come with more to offer – above all, an energy bill that addresses climate change. If the tea leaf... Posted Sep 23 2009, 03:20 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Carbon Taxes, speech, obama, climate, rhetoric, united nations, un, policy

• Pennies in the Fuel Bank

  The idea of a fuel bank to control the flow of uranium to countries contemplating domestic nuclear energy production has stumbled a bit. The International Atomic Energy Agency and industrialized nations argue that a multilateral uranium-enrichment center would best meet growing global nuclear energy demand while dissuading nations from building proliferation-prone enrichment plants themselves. But... Posted Jun 23 2009, 11:37 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: IAEA, obama, fuel

• The Nuclear Fuel Bank and Iran

  Last week, President Obama said during his speech in Cairo that he wanted Iran to be able to pursue nuclear energy while not pursuing nuclear weaponry. The issues here are many, though using a nuclear plant as a stalking horse for building bombs isn’t really one of them. As we’ve noted before, Russia’s handling the fuel for the plant – which it built - under the auspices of the IAEA, so Iran has no... Posted Jun 08 2009, 04:02 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, obama, fuel bank

• 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

• Energy Tribune Gets it Right on Renewables, Nuclear and the Big Picture on Energy

  Stan Jakuba at Energy Tribune wrote a piece titled " Obama’s Stumble: Wind Power " in which he explains the limits of President Obama's renewable goals and what the President should promote as well (I'm copying the whole thing because I think it's that good): I like Barack Obama but I have doubts about his presidency when I hear him saying that the US will “double the amount of... Posted Mar 04 2009, 11:45 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: obama, Renewable Energy

• The Obama Budget and Yucca Mountain

  There's quite a spirited debate going on at WSJ's Environmental Capital about the proposed defunding of Yucca Mountain in President Obama's budget plan . NEI's Scott Peterson notes in the comments , This is an opportune time to re-evaluate America’s policy on managing commercial reactor fuel. Given the clear need for expansion of nuclear energy (more than 70% of U.S. carbon-free electricity... Posted Feb 27 2009, 11:06 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Yucca, obama

• A Simple Little Cap-and-Trade Tale

  In a story about President Obama’s budget priorities, this popped out at us: As for cap-and-trade, the official said the administration believes it will generate enough money to fund a variety of priorities, including investments in renewable energy and rebates for vulnerable consumers who may struggle to pay higher energy bills if utilities pass along the cost to consumers. Obama also wants to use... Posted Feb 26 2009, 05:12 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: obama

• Commentary on President Obama's Speech Last Night

  Jason Ribeiro at Pro-Nuclear Democrats wrote an excellent, fact-based piece on why President Obama should have included nuclear energy in his not-the-State-of-the-Union speech last night . As well, Ribeiro includes some data Obama needs to see that explains the limitations of several of his proposed "innovations" on energy: The important thing to understand about this graph is the line on... Posted Feb 25 2009, 01:00 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, speech, obama

• Barack Obama and Bobby Jindal on Energy: No Love, Love

  Here is President Obama's paragraph on energy from last night's not-the-State-of-the-Union: But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives... Posted Feb 24 2009, 10:40 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, speech, obama