January, 2012

This post is the collective voice of blogs with legendary names which emerge each week to tell the story of nuclear energy. If you want to hear the voice of the nuclear renaissance, the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Blogs is where to find it. Past editions have been hosted at Yes Vermont Yankee...

It calls for leadership by Congress and the White House to resolve the current impasse Spent fuel in wet storage The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future released its final report on Jan 26 to the U.S. Energy Secretary, detailing comprehensive recommendations for creating...

The utility is assessing options to use it The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) could be one of the first nuclear utilities to accept mixed oxide fuel (MOX) from the Department of Energy (DOE) for use in its commercial nuclear reactors. The government is building a $4.8 billion factory...

Is this trip necessary? This is my updated coverage from Fuel Cycle Week , V11, N456, 1/19/12 published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced in early January it is starting work on an update to the Waste Confidence decision. With the Obama...

The U.K. pushes back on PRISM and the U.S. gets ready to kick the spent fuel can down the road The UK's idealistic view of how to deal with spent fuel One thing you can say that is the U.K. and the U.S. agree when it comes to avoiding make a decision on surplus nuclear materials...

An editorial published by the Idaho Falls Post Register nails it in one The Materials Fuel Complex (MFC) located 26 miles west of Idaho Falls, ID On November 8 a group of 16 workers at the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) Materials Fuels Complex (MFC) were contaminated by an uncontrolled...

State engineer completes a two-year process to allocate water for twin nuclear reactors in Green River Map of Utah's Green River region The State of Utah has granted water rights to the privately-held Blue Castle project which plans to build a nuclear power station that would generate...

Federal District Court rules against efforts by the State of Vermont to assert regulatory authority over radiological safety issues Efforts by the State of Vermont to regulate a nuclear reactor within its borders were struck down Jan 19 by U.S. District Court Judge J. Gavan  Murtha in Brattleboro...

It is the latest in a series of deadly attacks An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed in Tehran Jan 11 by a bomb  magnetically attached to his car. It is the fifth such attack in the past two years. The scientist was identified as Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan , age 32, who was a mid-level manager at the...

The 87th carnival is up at ANS Nuclear Cafe This post is the collective voice of blogs with legendary names which emerge each week to tell the story of nuclear energy. If you want to hear the voice of the nuclear renaissance, the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Blogs is where to find it. Past...

This blog post is an update of the list posted in October 2010 I have revised the resources tab on top at my blog and have created a new list titled " Books about Nukes " The link will open a new window. The list will be updated over time. The date of this edition of the list is: January...

Jordan short lists three firms and selects six potential sites for a $5 billion project Map of Jordan Jordan's plans to develop a nuclear reactor to supply the country with electricity reached several important milestones this week. Government energy officials completed a site selection...

There is so much excess production capacity for pumps, pipes, and parts that few plan expansion when orders show up This is my updated coverage for Fuel Cycle Week , V11;N454 January 5, 2012 published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC.   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted...

National Nuclear Science Week is designed to recognize the contributions of the nuclear science industry and those who work in it every day. Each day of the week of January 24-28, 2011, the program will be promoting a different aspect of nuclear science. Nuclear science plays a vital role in the...

It is a vertically integrated contract covering the entire front end French state-owned nuclear giant Areva had some good new this week in its U.S. market. The firm signed a unique integrated fuel and services  contract on Jan 4 with Xcel Energy ( NYSE:XEL ) to supply the utility's Monticello...

Concrete cracks in the containment structure aren't the reason for anti-nuclear fervor by Rep. Dennis Kucinich U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-OH The ongoing saga of anti-nuclear opposition to the continued operation of FirstEnergy's ( NYSE:FE ) Davis-Besse nuclear reactor located...

Plentiful Energy: The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor: The complex history of a simple reactor technology, with emphasis on its scientific bases for non-specialists [Paperback] Charles E. Till (Author), Yoon Il Chang  (Author) ( Available on Amazon ) The subtitle of the book is “The complex history...

Congress cuts funding while adding new priorities A Congress that has public approval ratings in the single digits over deficit-related gridlock managed to get some of the federal budget out the door for 2012. The Energy & Water Appropriations bill , which covers funding for the U.S. Department...

Interim Fukushima report lists lapses 27 Dec 2011 ( NucNet ): Japan’s response to the crisis at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant was flawed by poor communication and delays in releasing data on dangerous radiation leaks at the facility, a government-appointed investigative committee...

News items you might have missed in 2011 Nuclear bloggers work differently than the mainstream media and are not shadows of the nuclear trade press. We don't have time to report everything so we try to focus on developments that look like they'll have more than average influence on...