Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Nov 2, 2009, 9:55 am
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 renaissa...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Nov 1, 2009, 9:43 pm
At TVA shrinking demand for electricity shifts strategy focus to the long term The Watts Bar II unit in east Tennessee is the only nuclear reactor under construction in the U.S. According to TVA, ...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Nov 1, 2009, 6:26 pm
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 ...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Nov 1, 2009, 12:17 pm
Two leading senators sign on with Colorado Sen. Mark Udall Colorado Senator Mark Udall, (right) has introduced a bill to authorize federal R&D for small, modular reactors. Udall said in a speech...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Nov 1, 2009, 10:21 am
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. ...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 31, 2009, 11:10 pm
Two units are being acquired from Russia and a domestic design is in the works China’s massive drive to build 70 GWe of conventional light water reactors by 2020 will be augmented by an emerging...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 28, 2009, 12:39 pm
Toshiba shocks San Antonio CPS Energy. City Council postpones $400 million bond vote. The estimated cost of two new 1,350 MW ABWR reactors to be built by Toshiba for NRG at the South Texas Project...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 25, 2009, 11:28 am
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 tr...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 24, 2009, 3:47 pm
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 h...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 23, 2009, 6:43 pm
Landmark nuclear deal clears congressional review The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has an open road to implement its nuclear energy agreement with the U.S. Reuters reports that the U.S. Congress, ...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 23, 2009, 7:55 am
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 reali...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 22, 2009, 6:33 am
If a butterfly flaps its wings in Ohio, does it matter in Wyoming? (Portions of this blog post also appeared in Fuel Cycle Week, V8:N349 10/21/09 published by International Nuclear Associates, Was...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 21, 2009, 6:56 am
Europe’s reality check on global warming is that it is shifting to nuclear energy By: Tamar Cerafici * Tamar is offering this month’s column from Varberg, on the southwestern coast of Sweden ...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 20, 2009, 5:58 pm
This is the third site selected in the firm’s search for a suitable location Alternative Energy Holdings Inc. (OTC:AEHI) announced Oct 20 it has selected a new site for its planned nuclear reacto...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 20, 2009, 11:17 am
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 s...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 19, 2009, 1:55 pm
Pranksters create turmoil at National Press Club The Washington Post reports that a press conference held at the National Press Club today (Oct 19) purporting to be a statement by the U.S. Chamber ...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 18, 2009, 11:12 am
Halloween comes early for the AP1000 Westinghouse engineers are burning the midnight oil in Pittsburgh this week, and it’s not because they are filling trick-of-treat goodie bags. The reason is th...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 18, 2009, 11:08 am
Baseload demand gets a rhetorical workout Psst! Wanna see some rhetorical fireworks about nuclear energy and coal? Then reserve a free seat at the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) forum Oct 29th ...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 17, 2009, 1:31 pm
DOE fails to get the $30 million it promised last August The Energy & Water appropriation, sent by Congress this week to the White House, does not include $30 million promised by the Department of E...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 16, 2009, 10:52 am
Former chairman asks President Obama to fill his seat NRC Commissioner Dale Klein (left) has submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama. Klein also committed to serve in his post until his...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 15, 2009, 10:10 pm
Just how smart do we have to be? Energy Collective webinar will tackle this issue in a live webinar ~ October 28, 1 PM EST Join a panel of experts as they discuss how to modernize the nation'...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 15, 2009, 8:17 pm
Blog action day points to progress at Copenhagen in December Today, October 15, 2009, is blog action day focused on the issue of climate change. So far it involves 10,884 blogs, 13 million readers...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 15, 2009, 4:33 pm
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 energized itself to oppos...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 14, 2009, 9:45 am
The Truth about Nuclear Energy -- to be told -- at the Denver Art Museum, 7 PM Thursday, October 22nd 2009 Is nuclear power a "Green" energy solution? Is it a viable option for mitigating clima...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 11, 2009, 4:07 pm
Rep. Mike Simpson brings sustained funding for key nuclear energy R&D programs Funding in the next federal government fiscal year (2010) for the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) will take a jump th...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 11, 2009, 12:30 pm
Environmental and energy bloggers added The blogsphere expands rapidly albeit not like galaxies at the speed of light in outer space though sometimes it feels that way. This week I made some addi...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 10, 2009, 1:08 pm
Both commissioner seats are open George Apostolakis is a professor of nuclear science at MIT and William Magwood is a former DOE nuclear energy official. The White House announced the nominations Fri...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 9, 2009, 7:47 pm
Nuclear energy advocates can add their voice on the topic of climate change Blog Action Day, Oct 15th, is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the s...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 9, 2009, 10:09 am
An open invitation for dialog on social media and nuclear energy The winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) will take place in Washington, DC, November 14-18, this year, at the OMNI ...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 8, 2009, 8:33 pm
Powertech gets an "incomplete" from South Dakota on its Dewey-Burdock permit This blog post is an edited version of coverage published in Fuel Cycle Week, V8N347 on 10/06/09 by International Nucl...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 7, 2009, 10:18 am
Washington Capitals NHL team gets unprecedented sponsorship deal Among the effects of global warming are signs of earlier than usual melting of ice on Canada’s ponds and lakes which support the ...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 7, 2009, 8:06 am
Depleted uranium and a castle in the sky are in the news The Salt Lake City Tribune reported Oct 6 that Utah politicians are up to their usual tricks of thumping the stump about disposal of deplete...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 5, 2009, 10:25 pm
Siemens to sign off on Rosatom deal by December Reuters reported Oct 1 that German industrial giant Siemens will seal the deal on its joint venture with Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear corporat...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 5, 2009, 10:25 am
Government action is a necessary precursor to award of $40 billion in nuclear reactor construction The Wall Street Journal reports an independent nuclear regulatory body has been set up in the Unit...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Oct 4, 2009, 4:15 pm
By 2020 the government utility will generate 50% of its power from nuclear reactors The fullest expression of the nuclear renaissance to date has been  in 18 license applications to the Nuclear Re...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 29, 2009, 7:02 pm
A discussion forum for subscribers and visitors to the newspaper’s online edition In late summer 2008 the online Wall Street Journal set up a series of community forums to take advantage of emergin...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 27, 2009, 4:33 pm
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...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 27, 2009, 11:11 am
The reason is it has the world’s third largest reserve of bauxite, the raw stuff of aluminum When you think of small, developing nations, and nuclear energy, in the same firing of a synapse, what...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 26, 2009, 10:23 am
Warren “Pete” Miller comes to Idaho Falls DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Warren "Pete" Miller (right) was in Idaho Falls Sept 22 and told a news conference he is "pro-nuclear." "E...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 25, 2009, 10:53 am
Dale Klein says the agency must be clear about what it does and how it explains its decisions to the public Dale Klein, a Commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and its former chair...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 22, 2009, 6:12 pm
DOE official says the Obama administration is “still thinking” about nuclear energy It’s doubtful that Dallas Morning News reporter Elizabeth Souder was intentionally trying to be funny in her...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 22, 2009, 8:35 am
All comments are moderated and here's why Constructive comments that add to the conversation are welcome. I've had my say with the blog post. Comments are a way for you to have yours. Most...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 20, 2009, 11:10 am
Governor goes pro-nuclear and so do the people who want his job What is it about California that always twists what the rest of the country takes for reality into a pretzel? For more than three dec...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 19, 2009, 2:06 pm
It’s open to the public and includes real-time online access Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a workshop at the agency headquarters in Rockville, Md., on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 8 an...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 19, 2009, 12:25 am
This blog post includes edited content which also appeared in Fuel Cycle Week V8N344 09/16/09 published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. Turmoil rocks Uranium Resources It...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 18, 2009, 11:04 pm
A nuclear engineer with an entrepreneurial spirit may do well with one What’s of interest to a nuclear engineer who doesn’t want to get swallowed up in the bureaucracy of a mega utility is that ...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 18, 2009, 11:33 am
The funding opportunity is for design work on a high temperature gas cooled reactor The Department of Energy announced Sept 18 a significant funding opportunity for work on the Next Generation Nuc...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 17, 2009, 9:19 am
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-profi...
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Dan Yurman posted an article on Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes - Sep 16, 2009, 1:22 pm
Dramatic rescue announced at IAEA meeting U.S. Department of Energy officials today know what it is like to be a hero like the Lone Ranger. With a shout, metaphorically speaking, of "hi yo Silve...
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