November, 2009

A report from the UK says change is taking place, but some green groups in the US are still hard over against it . In a news article datelined London, the Washington Post reports some green groups now see nuclear energy “as part of the answer” to the challenge of global warming.  This is good news...

A panel of vendors makes the case for it at the ANS winter meeting It is the burden of all senior executives when serving on panel discussions at industry conferences to walk a fine line between being interesting and engaging with a skeptical audience on one hand and on the other hawking the daylights...

Rocky Barker has a comprehensive report in the Idaho Statesman (11/20/09) on the latest developments with AEHI's proposals to build a nuclear reactor in Idaho. Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com ...read more

Wheels down Idaho Falls Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com ...read more

News media coverage and blog posts take different paths towards the same destination At the American Nuclear Society winter meeting taking place in Washington, DC, this  week, two sessions highlighted efforts to remove the veil of confusion on three critical issues affecting the public debate on...

Firm kicks-off effort to prepare a submission to the NRC for safety review Hyperion Power Generation, which is designing a small, 25 MWe, nuclear reactor, revealed design details Nov 18 ( slides ) about the company's product at the winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society taking place in Washington...

Sen. Alexander and Webb put their oars it the water, but NRC’s Jaczko says the nuclear industry is sinking its own ship As dutiful attendees to industry conferences know, the first 45 minutes of a “plenary” session are often extra snooze time to make up for a night on the town. Once the worthies of the...

#ANS09 hashtag on Twitter for live updates from American Nuclear Society, Washington DC. Nov 16-18 Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com ...read more

But world governments must open their wallets first Guest Blog Post by Tamar Cerafici* This is my last post from Sweden, as things heat up for the climate change conference next month in Copenhagen which is just across a narrow body of water (left) called the Kattegatt. A bit of history: the Kattegatt...

Anti-nuclear groups claim the end of a fuel test is “huge setback” for the utility A rapid-fire exchange of press releases this week Friday, Nov  13 made short order of a claim [ press release ] by Friends of the Earth (FOE) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) that the end of testing of...

Mobile live blogging for ANS winter meeting coverage now enabled. Tweet hash tag is. #ans09 Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com ...read more

Wheels up in one day 4 ANS Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com ...read more

Green groups chase uranium miners in Montrose County, Colorado This blog posted is an edited version of a report published in Fuel Cycle Week , V8:N352 by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC Want to know what comes with the territory running a uranium mine in Montrose County, Colorado? The...

Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) capabilities are highlighted MOX fuel loaded in Japan Japan took another step to insure its energy independence this month when it  began loading MOX ( Mixed Oxide Fuel ) at the Genkai #3 nuclear reactor owned and operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co ( TYO:9508 )  It...

Scientific American has some odd ideas about sustainable development and nuclear energy Over at Brave New Climate Barry Brook and others have published reviews of an article published in the November issue of Scientific American magazine.  Brook writes that the November 2009 issue of Scientific...

A court ruling throws out the government’s RFP saying it violated the terms of its own offer The Agence France-Presse wire service reports that a Turkish court has blocked a 2008 contract award for a new nuclear power plant won by a Russian company. The Union of Turkish Engineers' and Architects'...

Nuclear Becomes ‘A Real Business Opportunity’ For China and India This is the full text of an interview with William Ramsay , (right) director of the energy program at the Institut Français  des Relations Internationales    He talked Nov 9 to NucNet about emerging nuclear markets India...

There’s a lot going on at the American Nuclear Society conference in Washington, DC, Nov 15-19 If you work in the nuclear energy industry, the “can’t miss” conference is ANS Winter  Meeting & Nuclear Technology Expo . It will take place Nov 15-19 at the OMNI Shoreham hotel in Washington, DC...

Worldwide utilities are adding to existing plants or planning new ones U.K. investments in new reactors A consortium composed of Spanish utility Iberdrola, GDF-Suez, and Scottish & Southern has purchased a 500 acre site for $114 million at the Sellafield nuclear site according to the Nuclear Decommissioning...

A new generation of power stations will be built to prevent an energy crisis The award for decisiveness in energy policy this month goes to Ed  Milibrand , Energy & Climate Change Secretary (right) in the U.K. government who has committed the nation to “significant infrastructure construction...

CEO John Rowe tells WSJ focus is on earnings Over at Atomic Insights Rod Adams has a long piece in which he  tries to figure out what Exelon’s John Rowe is really doing about the nuclear renaissance.  Adams has some strong opinions about where Rowe and Exelon are going.  Right now the...

At TVA shrinking demand for electricity shifts strategy focus to the long term The Watts Bar II unit in east Tennessee is the only nuclear reactor under construction in the U.S. According to TVA, it is on schedule and expected to be finished in 2012.  Once it enter revenue service, the $2.5 billion...

What if they held a sale and nobody came? One of the arguments for having the government build nuclear reactors in Canada, via a ‘crown corporation,’ is that the private sector won’t have to take the risks given the enormous amounts of capital needed to pay for them.  That principle is being called...

Two leading Senators sign on with Colorado Sen. Mark Udall Colorado Senator Mark Udall , (right)  has introduced a bill to  authorize federal R&D for small, modular reactors.  Udall said in a speech on the Senate floor he believes nuclear energy is an important part of the nation's...

Twitter is not a substitute for blogging Readers of this blog will note a few changes in recent weeks.  I’ve  been doing less “tweeting” and more in-depth reporting about the nuclear industry.  While Tweeting is important for breaking nuclear news, it is not a substitute for blogging. ...