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Dec 16, 2009, 11:42 am
Areva CEO brings his message about the facts of nuclear energy to the run
Jacques Besnainou, CEO of Areva in the U.S., (left) is running for president of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). He br... Comment - Like
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Dec 14, 2009, 6:31 pm
Nuclear power must be tripled globally to make a difference in reducing growth of greenhouse gases
Nuclear power may be a critical component in America’s energy future, but its capacity as a reliabl... Comment - Like
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Dec 14, 2009, 6:29 pm
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 2... Comment - Like
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Dec 13, 2009, 2:15 pm
The climate change conference seems to be full of political fig leafs
As someone who has read as much of the coverage of the UN climate change conference as I can stand, I come away with a feeling th... Comment - Like
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Dec 13, 2009, 7:49 am
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... Comment - Like
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Dec 11, 2009, 12:27 pm
It’s the slowest day in the weekly news cycle except Saturday
Update: 12/11/09 (below)
The White House has announced a new nomination for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to replace outgoi... Comment - Like
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Dec 10, 2009, 3:45 pm
This blog post is an edited version of a report published in Fuel Cycle Week, V8:N356, 12/09/09 by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC.
This report contains additional details and l... Comment - Like
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Dec 9, 2009, 11:59 am
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 Conferen... Comment - Like
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Dec 8, 2009, 10:55 pm
Media Contact: Lane Allgood (208) 313-4166
Idaho Falls, ID - December 8, 2009 – The Partnership for Science and Technology (PST) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2009 Energy Advocate Awa... Comment - Like
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Dec 8, 2009, 5:34 pm
Here are some places to catch up on what’s happening in Denmark
The opening waves of two weeks of all climate all the time from Copenhagen are crashing ashore on to the beach of the news reading... Comment - Like
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Dec 6, 2009, 11:06 am
It’s not too 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... Comment - Like
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Dec 6, 2009, 8:29 am
A series of groundbreaking deals are part of a drive to build 20 GWe by 2020
The visit to the U.S. of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the week before Thanksgiving was marked by a series of eve... Comment - Like
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Dec 3, 2009, 12:59 pm
Debut issue of a new monthly column
This is a new monthly column for this blog. In addition to the Western Lands Uranium Gopher, which covers the industry in the U.S., I'm expanding blog c... Comment - Like
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Dec 2, 2009, 4:35 am
A Canadian think tank says it knows - there isn’t one - at least for now
Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. (AECL) has not had an easy time over the past several years. Despite record levels of financia... Comment - Like
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Dec 1, 2009, 3:37 pm
At the EnergyCollective climate analyst Jesse Jenkins asks for dialog
Over at the EnergyCollective (TEC) climate analyst Jesse Jenkins is working on the existential nature of green political corre... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2009, 6:53 pm
Taking a break for Thanksgiving
The blog will be dark for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Blogging on nuclear energy news will resume the following week. See my 4th annual publication of Dan’s 2nd Da... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2009, 5:56 pm
... supremely bad idea.
History of the cooking instructions
Scoville, Idaho, is the destination for Union Pacific rail freight for the ... day. The flavors will have had time to mix with the ing... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2009, 5:44 pm
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 n... Comment - Like
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Nov 21, 2009, 12:22 pm
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 be... Comment - Like
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Nov 20, 2009, 1:29 pm
Rocky Barker has a comprehensive report in the Idaho Statesman (11/20/09) on the latest developments with AEHI's proposals to build a nuclear reactor in Idaho.Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogsp... Comment - Like
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Nov 18, 2009, 8:54 pm
News media coverage and blog posts take different paths towards the same destination
At the American Nuclear Society winter meeting taking place in Washington, DC, this week, two sessions highli... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2009, 9:59 pm
Firm kicks-off effort to prepare a submission to the NRC for safety review
Hyperion Power Generation, which is designing a small, 25 MWe, nuclear reactor, revealed design details Nov 18 (slides) abou... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 8:33 pm
Sen. Alexander and Webb put their oars it the water, but NRC’s Jaczko says the nuclear industry is sinking its own ship
As dutiful attendees to industry conferences know, the first 45 minutes of a ... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 9:08 am
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Nov 14, 2009, 4:15 pm
But world governments must open their wallets first
Guest Blog Post by Tamar Cerafici*
This is my last post from Sweden, as things heat up for the climate change conference next month in Copenhagen w... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 7:14 pm
Anti-nuclear groups claim the end of a fuel test is “huge setback” for the utility
A rapid-fire exchange of press releases this week Friday, Nov 13 made short order of a claim by Friends of th... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 12:35 pm
Mobile live blogging for ANS winter meeting coverage now enabled. Tweet hash tag is. #ans09Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 3:38 pm
MOX fuel loaded in Japan
Japan took another step to insure its energy independence this month when it began loading MOX (Mixed Oxide Fuel) at the Genkai #3 nuclear reactor owned and operated by Ky... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 3:38 pm
Green groups chase uranium miners in Montrose County, Colorado
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Nov 11, 2009, 2:30 pm
Scientific American has some odd ideas about sustainable development and nuclear energy
Over at Brave New Climate Barry Brook and others have published reviews of an article published in the November... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2009, 11:30 am
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... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2009, 9:23 am
Nuclear Becomes ‘A Real Business Opportunity’ For China and India
This is the full text of an interview with William Ramsay, (right) director of the energy program at the Institut Français des R... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2009, 9:53 pm
There’s a lot going on at the American Nuclear Society conference in Washington, DC, Nov 15-19
If you work in the nuclear energy industry, the “can’t miss” conference is ANS Winter Meeting & ... Comment - Like
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Nov 8, 2009, 6:00 pm
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... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2009, 10:51 am
A new generation of nuclear power stations will be built to prevent an energy crisis
The award for decisiveness in energy policy this month goes to Ed Miliband, Energy & Climate Change Secretary (... Comment - Like
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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... Comment - Like
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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, ... Comment - Like
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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 ... Comment - Like
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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... Comment - Like
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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. ... Comment - Like
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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... Comment - Like
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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... Comment - Like
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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... Comment - Like
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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... Comment - Like
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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, ... Comment - Like
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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... Comment - Like
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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... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2009, 6:56 am
Europe’s reality check on global warming is that it is shifting to nuclear energy
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