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Greg Crockett named President for second term Idaho Falls, ID. December 14, 2009 – At its December Board meeting, the Partnership for Science and Technology elected officers and board members for 2010. Officers Greg Crockett (right), a partner in the law firm, Hopkins, Roden, Crockett, Hansen and Hoopes...

Two of the state’s newspapers focus on the topic An old journalistic tradition is that editors wait until Sunday for their biggest and most significant in-depth news stories and editorials. That tradition is alive and well in Idaho this weekend with a major feature story in the Idaho Statesman and an...

Haunted by the goblins of the cold war, a Boise-based group is obsessed with a uranium enrichment plant A relic with knee-jerk anti-nuclear reflexes from the cold war has revived itself to oppose Areva's planned $2.4 billion  uranium enrichment plant in Idaho.  The Boise-based Snake River...

Partnership for Science & Technology joins social media The Partnership for Science & Technology (PST), a non-profit, pro- nuclear group, launched its Facebook page this week.  It is is a non-profit, public interest organization advocating for advancement of science, energy and technology...

CEO says he’s look at Idaho State Lands Over at the Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker has a piece that indicates there is more confusion about plans by Alternative Energy Holdings Inc. (AEHI) ( OTC:AEHI ) for a new nuclear reactor at a site near Mountain Home, ID , in Elmore County.  Barker...

Simpson, Crapo, Risch in record level of pro-nuclear activates; even the state’s lone Democrat is on board Simpson reports substantial increases in nuclear R&D funding and for cleanup Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson , (right) a member of the House  Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water...

Names Robert Poyser as VP Operations for Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility French-owned energy giant Areva opened an office in Idaho Falls on  March 2 for its subsidiary, Areva Enrichment Services LLC , and appointed three executives who will oversee construction of the multi-billion dollar Eagle Rock...

Idaho penny stock firm files a 10-Q The Idaho Statesman reports that Alternate Energy Holdings Inc.  ( AEHI:PK ) says the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has accepted its registration statement.  The 10-Q form filed by AEHI last week reports the firm, now based in Eagle, ID, has...

The federal agency will kick off public participation in the licensing process for the Eagle Rock uranium enrichment plant Areva's planned $2.4 billion uranium enrichment plant , to be built  about 18 miles west of Idaho Falls as the crow flies, needs a license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory...

Peter Rickards denies the charges The Mountainhome news reports that Twin Falls podiatrist and anti--nuclear activist Peter Rickards was taken into custody by an Elmore County Sheriff's Deputy and cited for trespassing and battery stemming. The arrest stems an alleged altercation with an Idaho Energy...

What's next for pro-nuclear advocates in Idaho? The Partnership for Science & Technology ( PST ) played  an important role working with elected officials and economic development groups in Idaho to help land Areva's $2 billion uranium enrichment plant . This is a huge victory shared...

Process heat applications could drive the project South Africa’s fourth-generation nuclear power technology, the pebble-bed modular reactor ( PBMR ), has a real chance that it could be demonstrated, in a process heat application, at the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) near Idaho Falls, ID, according...

Idaho Falls was worried the Senate might ice the puck and stop their efforts The Associated Press reports that the Idaho Senate Local Government & Taxation Committee, in a squeaker of a vote at 5-4, approved a measure that would cap the taxable value of a possible Areva uranium enrichment plant near...

Uranium enrichment plant targeted for site near the INL The Associated Press reports Areva Inc., a French government-controlled nuclear energy company, is in talks with officials in Idaho and other U.S. states over a planned $2 billion uranium enrichment facility that by 2014 could supply fuel to commercial...

What scared them off? AP is carrying a report this afternoon (Sunday Jan 27) that MidAmerican is pulling out of its plans to build a nuclear power plant in Payette , ID. Elected officials in southwest Idaho say they've been told plans for a proposed nuclear power plant have been abandoned. The firm...

Rocky Barker continues his excellent coverage Possibility of new nuke plant concerns western Treasure Valley residents rbarker@idahostatesman.com Edition Date: 12/23/07 Idaho Statesman Here's the timetable for development of a new nuclear power plant in Payette, Idaho . A team of engineers, geologists...

Idaho Statesmen says 400 came to public meeting Meeting on Payette nuke plant plan draws 400 Residents and activists pose tough questions to the developer, but some see benefits to the area. Will MidAmerican build a nuke plant in Payette County? BY ROCKY BARKER - rbarker@idahostatesman.com Edition Date...

This time it is not a penny stock outfit The Idaho Statesman reports that a company is reportedly conducting tests at a site in Idaho's Payette County for a nuclear power plant. MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co. officials said even if the site is found acceptable it would be years before such a plant...

This OP ED appeared in the Idaho Statesman today. Since the paper doesn't rack outside of the Boise area, and content rolls off its web page, I'm posting the full content here with the author's permission. November 06, 2007 Lane Allgood, Executive Director Partnership for Science and Technology...

Idaho Guv: Nuke Power Beats Wind, Solar http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071003/id_governor_nuclear.html?.v=1 via free WiFi from Manchester, NH, airport Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com ...read more