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Incentives are aimed at landing a $2 billion uranium enrichment facility in Idaho The Idaho Senate today passed two bills by 2:1 margins aimed at providing tax incentives designed to attract a $2 billion uranium enrichment plant. The site under consideration by French nuclear giant Areva is located west...

Or at least that's the hope of Adelaide University professor Ian Plimer: "I think it is an absolute no-brainer that we should look at a cradle-to-grave uranium industry," Professor Plimer said at a uranium conference in Adelaide yesterday. "Where we mine it, we convert it into yellowcake...

British Energy has acknowledged it is in talks regarding a takeover or merger of the company, as the UK government hired a financial advisor for its nuclear vision and said it is keeping its 35.2% stake in BE under review.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has appointed Kristine Svinicki as a commissioner and reappointed Gregory Jaczko for a second term as a commissioner. In addition, it will establish a new computer security office to be headed by Patrick Howard.

Australia's uranium industry has vented its frustration at state and federal governments, saying the "pathetic" political situation has to change.

In July 2007, NEI launched its new website with the help of Siteworx who provided "deep expertise in user experience, application development and interactive marketing." Here's information from the PRWeb on the rewarding effort : Siteworx has been awarded 2007 Interactive Media Awards for...

What is Nuclear? is an information sharing effort recently started by a group of young nuclear engineers. It is a well designed site with some real science and engineering expertise in the background. Not only are the writers smart, but they have some interesting personal histories - Natallia, for example...

  An occasional survey of what other nuclear blogs are saying.  Every nuclear blog has a blog roll, which lists the blogs the publisher thinks would be interesting to readers. I'm starting a new occasional series to survey some highlights of my blog roll. Over at Atomic Insights Rod Adams...

NRC Commissioner says feds fall short Gregory Jaczko, a member of the Nuclear Regulatory  Commission ( NRC ), went to London last week to say the obvious about federal loan guarantees , something he should be saying here in the states.  What he said was that the U.S. government's $18.5...

With all the attention being paid to Areva's plans for a  new, $2 billion uranium enrichment plant in the U.S., the question becomes, how much uranium enrichment capacity is needed in North America.  The answer is "more than you think."  Where will it come from the answer...

George Chapman at Amarillo Power continues to fascinate me, partially because he does not make much noise. Information about his project's progress only surfaces once in a while. I try to share it with you as soon as I have time to digest and verify my own understanding of the implications of what...

Here's the Wall Street Journal blog again : “I think nuclear power has a great future, and we should look at it again,” California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said, closing The Wall Street Journal’s “ECO:nomics” conference. While he understands some people might still be afraid of the nuclear option...

The Wall Street Journal's blog provided some insights on where the three presidential candidates stand on nuclear power. McCain: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, policy director for Sen. McCain, said nukes can’t be left out . ‘The Senate Majority leader is the problem—we have Yucca Mountain [storage facility...

That was the week that was The race to land a deal for a $2 billion uranium enrichment plant is coming down to the final lap. It's not NASCAR, but plenty is known about the five leaders in the pack based on reports in the news media. There are five sites that have been confirmed in the news media...

On March 12-14, 2008, the Wall Street Journal sponsored an executive conference called ECO:nomics: Creating Environmental Capital . The conference took place at the Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara, California one of the birthplaces of the modern environmental movement. At the close of the conference...

Citizens groups are fired up in opposition to the governor's endorsement Ohio Governor Ted Strickland is said to have made public statements in support of locating Areva's planned  uranium enrichment plant at Piketon, OH. According to a report on a Dayton, OH, blog, Ted Strickland has announced...

The Senate last week confirmed the nominations of Gregory Jaczko and Kristine Svinicki to serve as commissioners on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jaczko was re-nominated for a second term in December. Prior to his appointment, he served as a science policy adviser for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and...

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices increased $1-3/MWh at the Entergy, Palo Verde and SP 15 hubs and increased $13/MWh at ERCOT. The NEPOOL and PJM West hubs decreased $10-13/MWh. Except for PJM West and NEPOOL, electricity prices at all hubs...

The Department of Energy expects to file a license application in June for construction of the Yucca Mountain used fuel repository, the program’s director said last week. Edward Sproat, director of DOE’s Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Office, said that he could not predict an operational...

[Daily Mail, The Sun, 11 March] A rare Great Bustard - the heaviest flying bird in the world - has been paying regular visits to the vicinity of Oldbury nuclear power plant in Gloucestershire, UK. The female bird, nicknamed 'Nuke', is thought to be from the first group of chicks introduced into...

Process heat applications could drive the project South Africa’s fourth-generation nuclear power technology, the pebble-bed modular reactor ( PBMR ), has a real chance that it could be demonstrated, in a process heat application, at the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) near Idaho Falls, ID, according...

American researchers have developed a potential new tool to monitor the status of nuclear reactors. Based on an anti-neutrino detector, it could even be located outside the reactor building.

New customers and limits on natural gas for tar sands region may make the difference Bloomberg wire service reports that Bruce Power , the only non- government owner of a Canadian nuclear plant, filed an application to prepare a site for the first nuclear power plant in Alberta. The wire service reported...

According to an article posted on chinadaily.com.cn titled Solar cell maker adds 3 new production lines Nantong Qiangsheng Photovoltaic Technology Co Ltd (QS Solar), which currently runs a production line for its thin-film amorphous silicon solar cell panels, is planning to increase its capacity by by...

Kentucky is close to repealing its 25-year moratorium on new nuclear plants. The State Senate has already approved the repeal but in an effort to stop this legislation, Joseph Mangano came out with his usual claims in an op-ed piece for Kentucky's Courier-Journal . Here's what Physical Insights...