A Good Time to Speed Up – Vietnam, Iowa, FOE

Not getting respect : “We also have a good chance in Vietnam,” the minister added. “The United States, France, Canada, Russia, Japan an...

Stakes Through the Heart

F rom Treehuggers’ Sarah Hodgson: "Every new nuclear plant licensed and built is a stake thru the heart of energy efficiency, off...

Striving for a Better Life

NEI, the nuclear industry and a stack of community colleges have a program to offer certification in several nuclear energy specialties. The...

FPL Finds New Nuclear Units at Turkey Point Still Economical

Last week, Florida Power & Light, subsidiary of NextEra Energy, submitted their annual filings on the need for two more nuclear units at...

Iodine, Anti-Nuclear, St. Lucie

Uh-oh. The level of Iodine-131 found at the Queen Lane treatment plant is the highest of 23 sites in 13 states where the particles hav...

Down Florida Way

Doings in Florida - Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were holding a public meeting Wednesday on their review of the S...

The View from Turkey Point

Interesting doings in Florida today: The Florida Public Service Commission rejected arguments from environmentalists and clean-energy...

FPL Testimony Rebutting Southern Alliance for Clean Energy's Claims on New Nuclear Plants

It's been two years since Florida Power & Light petitioned (pdf) their public service commission to receive approval to build two ...

The Money Trap

If we didn’t like nuclear power very much and our arguments against it were running a little thin, we might consider using current events a...

More on Last Week's Florida Power Outage

For those who have not heard what the cause was : A Florida Power & Light engineer not following proper procedure was the sole cause of ...

FP&L Files Paperwork with Florida PSC on Need for Additional Reactors

From FP&L : Florida Power & Light Company today proposed making nuclear power a bigger part of Florida’s energy future. In the firs...

FP&L Seeks Uprates at St. Lucie, Turkey Point

Details from the Palm Beach Post . For some more data on power uprates at U.S. nuclear plants, click here , here and here .

FPL Outlines Nuclear Energy Expansion Plans

From the Palm Beach Post : Florida Power & Light Co. on Wednesday announced a nuclear power plan that could see customers of the state...

More on Crocodiles and Turkey Point

A few weeks back, we noted a CBS News feature on how Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant has helped spark a comeback for the American Crocodile...

The Florida Crocodile Comeback, Courtesy of Nuclear Energy

As part of being a good neighbor, American nuclear power plants do their level best to preserve the local environment in and around their o...