August, 2007

A wave of opposition has left India's government reeling India's nuclear deal with the U.S. may be going south. Bloomberg wire service reports India's parliamentary government has put the deal "on hold" due to increasing opposition within the ruling coalition. India's External Affairs Minister Pranab...

The $4.8B facility will convert 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium to reactor fuel Construction started this month on the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at Savannah River, SC. The facility when operational will convert 34 tons of surplus U.S. weapons-grade plutonium into mixed oxide fuel. The...

Plus staking its claims to PBMR reactor technologies and for NGNP The ink is dry on a contract between Westinghouse and the State Nuclear Power Technology Company of China (SNPTC) to build four AP1000 nuclear plants in that country. The announcement comes one day after Westinghouse announced its acquisition...

What's a megawatt to New Jersey? The percentage of Americans who believe nuclear energy is an acceptable source of power is up according to a new survey from an MIT political scientist. Stephen Ansolabehere reported 35% of Americans favor increasing the nation's reliance on nuclear energy up from 28...

"Generic EIS" on uranium mining gets low marks at kick-off hearing A public hearing called by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Capser, WY, on August 7th on in-situ uranium leaching and uranium milling turned out 120 people who had some questions about the process. NRC is trying to figure out how...

David Frantz has the financial background to run a successful program, but will OMB let him? The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it is implementing its loan guarantee program by naming David G. Frantz to serve as its Director. Mr. Frantz will report directly to DOE’s Chief Financial Officer...

The Department of Energy announced on July 30th that four consortia have been selected to receive up to $16M. They will develop conceptual design studies, cost estimates, and preliminary schedules for building a spent fuel recycling center and advanced reactor under the Global Nucelar Energy Program...