NEW PAPYRUS (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
In the November 20 Wall Street Journal Environmental Capital blog , Duke Energy boss, Jim Rogers argues that nuclear power will probably replace coal in the long run in the US by 2050. Additionally, he argues that nuclear power creates more jobs than wind and solar and at a higher level of pay: "In an operation of a nuclear plant, there [are] .64 jobs per megawatt. The wind business–and...
Atomic Insights Blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
I have had a busy week trying to time share between a day job and at least some attendance and coverage of the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting. While searching for other views of the event that I might have missed earlier in the week, I found the below segment titled Nuclear Industry Holds Winter Meeting on Future on Clean Skies News. One thing that might stick in the craw of long time members...
Atomic Insights Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Fox 11 News out of Green Bay, Wisconsin has been airing a story on the future of nuclear power. The most recent segment was a journalistically balanced view about used nuclear fuel - what most people call "nuclear waste". One part of this story that bothers me is that the plant owners and their representatives apparently refused to participate in the production by allowing interviews or camera...
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The staggering cost of new nuclear power From an article by Joseph Room on Center for American Progress: A new study puts the generation costs for power from new nuclear plants at 25 to 30 cents per kilowatt-hour—triple current U.S. electricity rates! This staggering price is far higher than the cost of a variety of carbon-free renewable power [...]
The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
An independent expert commissioned by Greenpeace has found the two nuclear reactors currently being built in Finland and France have serious safety flaws in their design. Dr. Helmut Hirsch, Scientific Consultant for Nuclear Safety says the design of AREVA’s...
The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: Peak Uranium? Our nuclear future might be shorter than we thought ‘We’ve all heard of Peak Oil (even if there’s some doubt about whether we’ve heard the truth over when it’s going to...
Kiplinger Personal Finance (Free subscription) | yesterday
Coming climate change legislation and new technology are leading to a resurgence of nuclear power in America.
NEI Nuclear Notes (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Generally speaking, folks who dislike nuclear energy have lost their footing a bit because the pressing energy issue of the day – climate change – seeks solutions that nuclear energy readily provides. A fair number of former anti-nuclear advocates have put the issues on the scale and found the risks of nuclear energy, as they perceive them, acceptable versus the potential fate of the planet....
The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
“Nuclear power is a dangerous distraction to real solutions.†Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director, Greenpeace International “Have a French nuclear industry that works. That means that we have to rethink the whole industry.†Henri Proglio, the incoming boss of EDF “For...
The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Why should we trust the nuclear industry when it doesn’t trust itself? That’s the underlining question of a Greenpeace report released this week. The Harper government has tabled the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act in Parliament. The bill would, if...
The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: New Greenpeace Chief Calls for Sustainable, Nuclear-Free Power Supply ‘Kumi Naidoo was appointed executive director of the environmental campaign group Greenpeace International this month after two decades leading civil society groups in Africa...
Haqeeqat.Org (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is estimated to have more nuclear warheads than India and the two Asian neighbours along with China are increasing their arsenals and deploying weapons at more sites, two eminent American atomic experts Robert S Norris and Hans M Kristensen have claimed. While Pakistan is estimated to possess 70-90 nuclear weapons, India is believed to have 60-80, claims Robert S Norris and Hans...
PRWeb - Daily News Feed (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
• Senators Lamar Alexander, Jim Webb introduce the 2009 Energy Bill during Monday morning Opening Plenary Session• Conference focused on the promise of nuclear energy as a solution to the nation’s energy concerns and global climate change (PRWeb Nov 18, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Carbon-Free_Energy/Nuclear_Power/prweb3223004.htm
Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
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 highlighted efforts to remove the veil of confusion on three critical issues affecting the public debate on nuclear energy. These issues are that development of civilian nuclear energy leads to proliferation of nuclear...
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Juan Trevino | 02/10/2009
Florida Power and Light (FPL) continues to seek authorization from Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) to raise their fees. The rate hikes if approved some time in January 2010, could provide FPL and additional 1.3 billion USD in profits per year. During 2008, FPL made 1.6 billion in profits but their management believes these are not sufficient for their shareholders, and this is the reason why...
abdulruff | 07/07/2009
Scope of Obama-Medvedev Discourse in Moscow - By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal US, Russian Presidents Obama and Medvedev are in Moscow for their first full-fledged summit on major global issues and world is expected to approach the upcoming summit...
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abdulruff | 28/06/2009
Russia-Africa Ties: Kremlin proposes Mideast Meet -By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal 1. A continent not known for any extra energy resources, Africa has been ignored by neo-imperialist USA and European states who other wise speak about lack of "democracy" and seek "regime changes" for advancing their resources goal don't bother about...
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