Almost 700 Million People Without Electricity in India

It's almost impossible to get your arms around the sheer size and scope of the blackout that's struck India over the past two days....

99th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

Welcome to the 99th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers, a get together that we at NEI Nuclear Notes have been honored to host from time to ...

94th Carnival of Nuclear Energy – Old Battles, New Technologies and One Scandal

Last week was another busy week in social media. Today we’re hosting the 94th carnival and highlighting 21 posts from 14 blogs. To start, ...

When 51 Percent Say Yes

From the department of unlikely mind changes , India division: An anti-nuclear forum spearheading the stir against Koodankulam Nuclear ...

Thoughtful Indian Columnists

This struck me as a little funny: The Dec. 14 hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will look at how well ...

A Running Debate on Nuclear Energy

We suppose you could call it a running debate : Stating that the country's atomic energy program is self-sufficient in terms of hum...

Not Speeding But Not Stopping

The analysts at the Commonwealth of Australia Bank want you to know : "But it is a case of one step backward, two steps forward,...

Secretary Clinton in India

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is visiting India . There are a skein of issues to discuss, but one with special resonance to us: US...

Build From, Not Run From

U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce says the U.S. nuclear energy industry doesn't have technological problems — it has "political problems....

A Certain Logic in Russia

There’s a certain logic here: Kiriyenko said the impact from the Fukushima plant disaster would not only increase safety concerns but...

Thinking About Safety in India and Nigeria

Like the United States, India wants to take a look at the relative safety of its nuclear plants. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (...

Time, Liability and the Deutsch Again

TIME Magazine’s Joe Klein offers President Barack Obama some advice on working with Republicans this week. Much of it is a little glib, but...

Nuclear Liability in the Shadow of Bhopal

There’s been a lot of work done to expand the relationship of the United States and India, one part of which allows nuclear trade and techn...

Turkey, India, NYC

Enough about the DOE budget, the blue ribbon commission and government stuff! – for today anyway. --- We weren’t quite sure what this m...

“Because Nuclear Power Is Less Costly"

Reuters has put up an interesting “Fact Box” detailing which countries in the middle East and African want to knock together a few nuclear...

Some Light (and Heavy) Nuclear Isotope Readings You May Have Missed Over the Past Week

If you’re not too busy during this second week of my favorite holiday month, there are a number of readings on nuclear energy I recommend (i...

France, America, Russia: India and the Nuclear Trifecta

You may be fairly sure that if a country expresses an interest in partnering with other countries to develop or enhance its nuclear industr...

India Notes NEI on the US-India Agreement

NEI has been supportive of the US-India nuclear trade agreement and worked to help it along its winding trail through the international and...

You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Megawatts

We always found at least one aspect of Soviet culture amusing and that was its tendency to use the most muscular language imaginable to mak...

U.S. - India Agreement Passes in Senate

Last night, the Senate voted 86-13 to approve the U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement ( H.R.7081 ). The deal, agreed to in principle in July 2005...