November, 2010

Third Way / Idaho National Laboratory to host Summit on the Future of Nuclear Energy The event will bring together government, private sector leaders including Energy Secretary, White House, NRC Chair, Members of Congress, and Industry CEOs, Washington, DC – Third Way and the Idaho National Laboratory...

Areva commits to 2012 for Oli 3 The much delayed and increasingly costly Olkiuoto 3 nuclear reactor being built by Areva in Finland may see revenue service in 2013. Areva announced in a press statement Nov 29 that the first fuel will be loaded in late 2012. The reactor will be connected to grid in 2013...

South Korea worries about risks related to Turkey’s long term stability A month ago the buzz was that Turkey would ink a deal for its second nuclear power station.  News media reports from South Korea and Turkey suggested another victory for the same consortium that won a $20 billion contract with...

This is satire. Any resemblance to reality is a coincidence! Hat tip to Stephen Power at the Wall Street Journal # # # Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com ...read more

A weekly roundup of interesting posts This is the weekly Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers with contributions from the leading pro-nuclear blogs in North America. The blog posts here are selected by the bloggers themselves as the best posts for the past week. If you are looking for the voice the nuclear...

Leading climate scientist argues for their use to combat global warming Barry Brook, the publisher of the widely read blog Brave New Climate , (right) has a paper in Energy ( Elsevier ) advocating that Australia should make large scale investments in nuclear power in response to the challenge of climate...

Powertech sues Colorado over new mining regulations Powertech ( TSE:PWE ), a Canadian firm developing an ISR mine in Nunn, Colo., sued the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board Nov 1 over new regulations implementing a state law passed in 2008. The lawsuit represents a reversal of a previous position...

Trade group has a mixed outlook for the future of nuclear energy in the U.S. The plenary session of the winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society held in Las Vegas earlier this month is a place where luminaries of the industry can be assured of an attentive audience. So it comes as no surprise that...

It is the largest investor stake so far in the project International Isotopes ( OTC:INIS ), which is developing a uranium deconversion and high purity fluorine gas production plant in Hobbs, NM, announced it has raised $5.8 million in a private placement. It is the largest investor stake in the firm...

Live Webinar Nov. 30   1 PM ET / 10 AM PT Free registration here New sourcing techniques for natural gas have a great potential impact on the makeup of global energy consumption for some time to come. The role that larger natural gas supplies will play in a push by many countries toward more...

The utility could be the first customer for B&W's 125 MW units Babcock & Wilcox may be getting some early holiday cheer from the news that the Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) is seriously talking about acquiring six of the B&W 125 MW mPower small modular reactors (SMRs). At an estimated...

Gwyneth Cravens and I collaborate on it I am pleased to report that the New York Daily News has published an OP ED in defense of the Indian Point twin reactors which New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has vowed to close. We identify the reasons why this is a bad idea, and we caution the newly elected governor...

Coalition of utilities will seek an early site permit Once considered deader than the proverbial doornail, the proposal for a second reactor at Ameren's Callaway site has risen like the mythical phoenix bird. It's flight is aided by support from a broad coalition of electric utilities, which...

My view is the answer is no Nuclear energy bloggers often refer to anti-nuclear activists as "green groups" and often use the term "environmentalists" in the same paragraph. In thinking about this, I have come to the conclusion that ant-nuclear activists are not environmentalists...

Hamad Al Kaabi is a nuclear engineer In December 2009, the United Arab Emirates awarded a $20 billion contract to a consortium of South Korean firms to build four nuclear reactors on a remote desert location along the Persian Gulf. The consortium, led by state-owned Korea Electric Power Corp. ( KEPCO...

The nation’s nuclear regulatory agency responds in a public letter to misleading statements Hat tip to Rod Adams at Atomic Insights Michael Binder, President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission ( CNSC ), (right) has written a terrific letter which attacks a crucial propaganda tactic pursued aggressively...

The country’s new nuclear build will include more than a dozen reactors This is an edited version of my coverage in Fuel Cycle Week V9:N399 10/28/10 published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC India's state-owned nuclear energy firms are reported to be in discussions with Cameco...

Coles Hill deposit is focus of the review A $1.4 million study of the potential environmental impacts from mining the massive uranium resource in southwestern Virginia is being conducted by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The group of experts held its first public meeting in Washington, DC, the...

Nuclear energy advocate departs from stump speech When Patrick Moore (right) first got started with his Clean & Safe Energy Coalition to promote nuclear energy, his target was a nexus of green groups that opposed it. However, in an interview and in a speech to the nuclear industry in Cleveland last...

The American Nuclear Society meeting is taking place in Las Vegas 11/7-11. It has several sessions on social media and the nuclear energy industry. ANS Conference Twitter hash tag: #ans10 A meet-up of anyone attending the ANS winter meeting in Las Vegas who is interested in the use of social media in...

Special edition for ANS Winter Meeting The 26th weekly Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers with contributions from the leading pro-nuclear blogs in North America is now up at ANS Nuclear Cafe . The blog posts here are selected by the bloggers themselves as the best posts for the past week. If you are...

A television program interviews environmental leaders endorsing nuclear energy ( NucNet ) A group of environmentalists across the world believe that, in order to save the planet, humanity must embrace the very science and technology they once so stridently opposed. A key group of green leaders has changed...

The combined value of the two deals could be worth $11 billion Russia and Vietnam signed a $5.6 billion deal Oct 31 to build two Russian VVER 1,000 MW reactors. In the same week Japan announced it is closing a deal with Vietnam to build two more reactors in the same power range. With the Russian reactors...

Getting the government to give up its uranium enrichment program is the key issue Iran started this month inserting 163 fuel assemblies into a Russian built 1000 MW VVER light water reactor located at Bushehr on Iran's Persian Gulf coast. In a few months, technicians will withdraw controls rods to...

US NRC: Global nuclear energy revival expected NRC Commissioner William C. Ostendorff speaks to Energy IQs Bryan Camoens on why international cooperation is valuable when it comes to nuclear energy. Commissioner Ostendorff also touches on the lack of skilled nuclear related workers and why massive growth...