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Now that he actively supports the nuclear renaissance, the President needs all the help he can get to convince Congress to add $36 billion to the program The Obama administration served up a welcome surprise Feb 16 with a well-honed  speech supporting federal loan guarantees for new nuclear power...

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'...

Social Democrats and green groups wanted to close them in favor of wind and solar power Reuters reports Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have won  enough votes in Germany's election to form a center-right government with the Free Democrats (FDP).  The anti-nuclear agenda of...

Snake River Alliance testimony at NRC hearing targets issues from its own agenda Idaho’s self-appointed nuclear watchdog, the Snake River Alliance (SRA), proved what everyone knows, and that having one around sometimes results in a lot of barking at the wrong things.  For instance, dogs in our neighborhood...

Brussels TV network & newspaper blog about nuclear energy   The European news channel, euronews and the Brussels-based newspaper, European Voice , published by the Economist group, have formed a unique partnership, in association with Shell Oil, in order to seek informed opinions on the key...

Sen. Lamar Alexander has some common sense goals for the loan guarantee program Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander has emerged as an outspoken proponent of nuclear energy. The Wall Street Journal Environmental Capital Blog reported May 29 that he is "ratcheting up" the rhetoric. ...

Newspaper tries to make the case the “nuclear renaissance” of the future has collided with its past – it is wrong. In a wrenching review of problems accumulating at Olliluoto, Finland, and Flamanville, France, the New York Times reports that the so-called “nuclear renaissance,” a vision of the future...

Robert Hargraves takes his Dartmouth class to Vermont Yankee on a field  trip and then lights up Google with a talk on thorium power by: Robert Hargraves Guest Contributor to Idaho Samizdat Students enrolled in the Dartmouth ILEAD course, Energy Policy and Environmental Choices: Rethinking Nuclear...

Robert Hargraves opens his 2009 class online at Dartmouth Last year, Robert Hargraves offered his now acclaimed online class on nuclear energy over the Internet.  This year he’s added new content and launched a new program called “Aim High” to accompany the class. He’s developed material on a little...