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Diarist wagsbags decides to do some myth busting . ...read more

On the most recent edition of Science Friday , James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia Theory, talked about what the world can do to begin to constrain the emission of greenhouse gases. And as long-time readers already know, nuclear energy is one of those solutions. For more from Lovelock, check out our...

The Cultural Cognition Project at Yale University Law School has just completed a new study entitled, Making Sense of - and Making Progress In - the American Culture War of Fact . Among the topics addressed in the study was public acceptance of nuclear energy, and some of the findings like this one caught...

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CNet's Charles Cooper explains why he changed his mind about nuclear energy . ...read more

Since the beginning of the week, we've been busy following the developing story coming out of Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania, where a hidden camera video report by New York's WCBS-TV discovered a group of plant security personnel sleeping in the facility's ready room when they should...

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On September 25 at the inaugural United Association Tripartite Conference in Mokena, Illinois, Bill Hite, General President of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters , delivered a message to politicians all across the U.S.: "The Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union will only support political...

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices experienced modest gains at all the hubs except for SP 15 and Palo Verde. SP 15 and Palo Verde decreased by more than $10/MWh last week as temperatures and demand receded (see pages 1 and 3). Gas prices at the...

Here's a summary of U.S. nuclear plant performances last month: For August 2007, the average net capacity factor reached 97.6 percent. This figure is 0.9 percentage points higher than the same one-month period in 2006. Monthly nuclear generation was 72.7 billion kilowatt-hours for August 2007, compared...

There's a lot of traffic flying around about the video we're seeing coming out of WCBS-TV in New York of guards at the Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant taking a nap in the plant's ready room . Some other things to note: Exelon, the owner of Peach Bottom, has terminated the Wackenhut contract...

In the Canadian province of Ontario, work is well underway to restart Units 1 and 2 at the Bruce A Nuclear Power Plant. Ed Willet, a freelance writer, recently toured the facility and came away impressed . ...read more

From the wire : Nearly 9 out of 10 New Jersey voters agree that more needs to be done to increase the state’s electricity supplies and, by a 2 to 1 margin, support the use of nuclear power to meet that need, according to a new poll released today by the New Jersey Affordable, Clean, Reliable Energy Coalition...

My apologies for the lack of posts today, as I was down on Capitol Hill this morning for the press event announcing NRG's license application with NRC to build an additional two reactors at the site of the South Texas Project . For more details directly from NRG, click here . I was at the event with...

By now, I'm sure most of you have seen the news that NRC has sent a team to Exelon's Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant to investigate allegations that security personnel at the plant had been "inattentive" while on duty. That news followed items in the press from last week that one or...

Next month in New Orleans, NEI is sponsoring its International Uranium Fuel Seminar : Royal Sonesta Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana October 14-17, 2007 Demand for primary uranium and conversion and enrichment services is rising substantially as reactor new-build programs advance. Decades of chronic underinvestment...

Click here and here for details from Ontario. As always, for the skinny on Canadian energy issues, check out Stephen Aplin . ...read more

A discussion at Asymmetrical Information . ...read more

Joseph Mangano is up to his old tricks again, this time in Missouri . For the truth about what he's up to, click here for a look at our archives. ...read more

Now that India is committed to beefing up its own domestic nuclear energy program, it's beginning to worry about China's efforts to secure its own future supplies of uranium . Very interesting. ...read more

In yesterday's edition of the Guardian (U.K.), Robin McKie talked to Jim McDonald, director of Strathclyde University's centre for energy and the environment about what Scotland's future would look like without nuclear energy : 'Scotland requires about 5.5 to 6 gigawatts of electricity...

Last Friday, Gary Petersen and a group of parents and students involved in home schooling in the Toledo area visited the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant . Congrats to Chip Palazzo and everyone at First Energy for continuing to reach out to the community and tell our industry's story. ...read more

At Forbes , Public Service Enterprise Group President and CEO Larry Izzo is touting the benefits of nuclear energy in a balanced energy portfolio : oth wind and solar will remain small parts of the energy mix for the foreseeable future. We will still need large power stations that can supply electricity...

I know we talk a lot about electricity generation here at NEI Nuclear Notes , but it's important to remember that there are plenty of other peaceful uses of nuclear technology that deserve some attention. Over at Wired , they're looking at how companies building space probes are beginning to push for...

Details from GE . ...read more