August, 2008

It enters uncharted territory by asking NRC for reinstatement of the licenses for two unfinished nuclear reactors The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to  reinstate the licenses for two partially completed reactors at its Bellefonte site near Scottsboro...

Energy minister rejects pleas for an extension Hilmi Guler, (left) Turkey's energy minister, told a press conference this week in Ankara that there will be no delay  in the date for opening bids on Turkey's new nuclear power plant.  He said the government would open bids on Sept 24...

Delays at Olkiluoto and Flamanville hit the bottom line Reuters reports that French nuclear giant Areva will have to take a significant charge against earnings due to increases in the cost of its EPR under construction at the Olkiluoto site in Finland. At the same time Platts reports that the new nuclear...

Eskom wants ship it overseas to make MOX fuel South Africa is seeking commercial contracts with foreign  countries to reprocess spent nuclear fuel.  Currently, the electric utility has about 1,000 tons of it.  The current inventory of spent nuclear fuel comes from a single reactor at Koeberg...

Candidate comes out for nuclear power in Denver speech For some time Democratic presidential candidate Barak  Obama has stepped around the issue of nuclear energy so as not to offend the party's "green" base of votes and campaign donations. Thursday night in his acceptance speech in...

Virginia nuclear energy firm files a lawsuit against the Idaho environmental group A company that wants to build a nuclear power plant in  Elmore County is suing an idaho environmental group over comments made to a KTVB reporter (Boise) in an interview last week. Alternate Energy Holdings ( PINK...

The 45-nation nuclear fuel cartel failed to agree on a U.S.-India nuclear technology trade pact According to wire service reports , representatives of 45  nations meeting in Vienna this week to decide whether to lift a ban on nuclear trade with India ended their talks without making a decision. ...

(An occasional column on money and mining news items) The rise of nuclear energy, a second act if ever there was one, has given uranium a shot in the arm in western states in the U.S. Interest in uranium mining is growing and with it comes another growth industry - the production of press releases about...

John McCain's visit to DTE Energy generates some heat and light Republican presidential candidate John McCain (right) toured the  Fermi II reactor in Michigan August 5th to promote his plan to build 45 new nuclear plants by 2030.  In doing so he forced Democratic presidential candidate...

Greenpeace exploits tensions between Areva and Bouygues The Financial Times of London reports that Finland's nuclear safety authority has launched an inquiry into the quality of welding work on construction of the country's fifth nuclear reactor due to be completed in 2011.  Reuters reports...

NRC and DOE deliver report to Congress The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the U.S.  Department of Energy (DOE) this week delivered to Congress the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Licensing Strategy Report . The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directed the agencies to jointly develop a strategy...

Nations hungry for energy are investing billions in new plants to make it Recent claims by environmental groups, and some attention in mainstream media reports , on the outcome of a long-term core test of MOX fuel at Duke Energy's Catawba nuclear power station missed two essential points.  One...

The government will ship 16 million tons of waste 30 miles.  Within the next 10 years approximately 12 million cubic  yards of the MOAB uranium mill tailings will take a final journey of just 30 miles and end a disturbing episode in the history of the West.  This week the Department of...

Idaho's invisible nuclear power plant company may not recover from the latest round of financial woes The Associated Press is reporting that Alternative Energy  Holdings Inc ( PK:AEHI ) is at risk of going out of business because it's lost so much money, according to an auditor that reviewed...

(An occasional column on money and mining news items) The rise of nuclear energy, a second act if ever there was  one, has given uranium a shot in the arm in western states in the U.S. Interest in uranium mining is growing and with it comes another growth industry - the production of press releases...

The utility has 15 GWE of coal-fired power plants The Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) should early next year detect on its political radar the rising star of carbon taxes and cap-and-trade legislation in the U.S. Congress.  According to the Congressional Budget Office ( CBO ), a carbon tax price...

Investors say the price and terms were not acceptable The board of Electricite de France has seen its 12 billion (pounds)($23.8 billion) offer for British Energy Group rejected by that firm's primary shareholders. The Financial Times reported that the bid was turned back because the shareholders...

Rod Adams Atomic Podcast has an online discussion about small reactors Atomic Show #101 - Small nuclear power plants  round table with Dan Yurman, Charles Barton, Kirk Sorensen (MP3 - 26.2 MB - 02:15:53 M)  Click here to listen Rod writes in the introduction to the podcast . . . Show 101 is...

Two issues must be addressed, and four more will affect its future The future of the Indian Point nuclear power station has been rocking on waves of public discontent like a rubber duck in a nor'easter gale . The lastest in a series of fronts that have moved through the region is that the Indian...

An ancient nation is pouring on the coal to use nuclear energy in the 21st century Flash - IAEA votes for India nuclear deal The Financial Times of London reports that India in in a speed run to get U.S. congressional approval of its nuclear technology exchange deal and open access to buying uranium...