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Budapest hosts annual PIME Conference for nuclear communicators 11 Feb ( NucNet ) The annual PIME meeting ( conference website ) for nuclear communications professionals begins in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday with three days of plenary sessions including a special showcase with presentations on recent...

Proceeds from sale of stake in gold firm fuel drive for growth This report is based on an article in Fuel Cycle Week , V9N360, January 20, 2010, published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. Stock prices referenced in this article are in the currency of the country of origin and cited...

Taxpayers off the hook for cost of new plants ( NucNet ) The British government will not use taxpayers’ money to subsidize  the construction of new nuclear power plants, Philip Hunt , (right) minister of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change said Jan 21. In an online question and...

The people who will operate the reactors of the nuclear renaissance are all under 40.   What are the qualities necessary for the next generation of leadership to run the nuclear reactors that are now on the drawing boards of the world’s commercial electric utilities?  By 2012-2015, most of...

2010 is off to a great start with three new blogs and one re-start There are three new nuclear blogs and one re-start. There’s a lot more activity in the blogsphere as the new year gets underway. It is an exciting time to be involved with the nuclear energy industry and this enthusiasm is reflected in...

A quick look at what to expect in 2010 Every year at this time your faithful correspondent swings for the fences with  fearless prognostications of what will happen in the field of nuclear energy in the next 12 months.  These are big hairy audacious guesses and should not be confused with sober...

UAE mega-nuclear deal gets put on on ice The $40 billion deal for at least three and as many as five nuclear reactors to be built in the United Arab Emirates is on ice, and this time it is serious.  According to a Dec 12 wire service report from Mumbai, India, an executive with a firm reportedly...

Can developing nations get their money for nothing? Guest Column by: Tamar Cerfici* I’m back on US soil and watching the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference or more formally, the 15th Conference of the Parties  ( COP15 ) thanks to the wonders of modern video software.  My last column concerned...

It’s not to early to think about what needs to be done in 2010 Claims that one will turn over a new leaf in January, via new year’s resolutions, often get a bum rap.  For example, will you go to the gym and lose all extra pounds gained during the holiday season?  Usually, the rap is deserved...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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. ...

Two units are being acquired from Russia, but a domestic design is also in the works China’s massive drive to build 70 GWe of conventional light water  reactors by 2020 will be augmented by an emerging effort to also build advanced “fast” sodium-cooled reactors ( large graphic ) that burn and produce...

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...

Rolls Royce plans new nuclear plants with EDF Nuclear engineering firm Rolls Royce will enter into joint ventures with EDF to build four new Areva EPR nuclear power plants in the U.K.   The firms have set a goal of having the first unit enter revenue service by 2017 and have all four generating...

Legendary author of the Whole Earth Catalog has a new book A radio jingle asks the rhetorical question, “If you  remember the 60s, you weren’t there,” which is an inside out joke on the reality altering nature of the decade.  Stewart Brand became one of the icons of the era with his ground...

Nor most of west Texas for that matter Strong stuff is in this week from the staid OECD about nuclear energy and renewable energy.  Also, Nuclear energy may be the solution to global warming, but someone has to pay for it writes Matt Wald, NYT reporter in the December issue of MIT’s Technology Review...

The commissioner seats have been open for some time Both appointments have been rumored for some time.  Last July the New York Times published an assessment by Climate Wire. Business groups were reported to be worried that with the appointment to the NRC of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's...

A fast forward look at what other nuclear blogs are saying This is third installment in a continuing series. Every four weeks or so I'll take a look at what other nuclear energy blogs are talking about and provide some pointers here. At Atomic Insights Rod Adams takes a look at the rapidly escalating...

A fast forward look at some highlights from the past four weeks This is second installment in what I plan as a continuing series.  Every four weeks or so I'll take a look at what other nuclear energy blogs are talking about and provide some pointers here.  At Atomic Insights Rod Adams takes...