Australia Nuclear Update

From Nuclear Engineering International : The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Australia’s largest and business organisati...

Electricity and Environmental Quality Standards

Over at Knowledge Problem , Michael Giberson is taking a look at the closing of a coal-fired power plant in Alexandria, Virginia: Regulatory...

GE Submits ESBWR to NRC for Design Approval

From yesterday's wire : GE Energy's nuclear business has reached a major milestone in the development of its new reactor design - th...

Nuclear Energy Is "Best Option"

In an editorial today in the Asbury Park Press , James McGovern, a consultant to industry and government on nuclear energy issues, touts nu...

How to Aid Victims of Hurricane Katrina

Instapundit has put together a very useful list you ought to consult before giving any money. Check it out now . Technorati tags: Hurrican...

Bodman: White House Will Tap Oil Reserves

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said today that the White House plans on tapping the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help refine...

Entergy Copes With Katrina Damage

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Entergy has posted a special Web site to track its response to catastrophic storm damage in Louisiana an...

Progress Energy To Investigate New Nuclear Build

From the Raleigh News and Observer Progress Energy said Monday it plans to apply for a license to build a new nuclear plant, placing North C...

Spanish Government Passes Renewable Energy Initiative

The Spanish government on Friday approved a new plan that will cost 23.6 billion euros through to 2010 aimed at boosting the contribution o...

Energy Information Digest

The August issue of Energy Information Digest is now available on the NEI Web site , in the Newsroom . In it, you'll find articles abou...

Hurricane Katrina Update

From the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( PDF ): The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunday dispatched additional personnel to three nucl...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Ed Morse from Economic Trends : Continuing on the energy theme of previous posts, let’s examine another form of energy that could be ve...

On The California Blackouts

In the wake of last week's blackout in Southern California , the San Francisco Chronicle says it's time for the state to develop a ...

Gulf Coast Nuclear Plants Shut Down Ahead of Hurricane Katrina

Off the Reuters wire: The Waterford nuclear power plant near New Orleans shut down in advance of fierce Hurricane Katrina heading toward th...

French Exec: Europe Faces Electrical Shortage Starting in 2008

California isn't the only region in the world with electricity supply problems. Here's something from Forbes , via AFP: Gerard Mes...

Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

Thomas Brooks is the new vice chairman of Constellation Energy and chairman of its commodities group. Brooks also is now the chairman of C...

Anglican Church Says Yes to Uranium Investments

From today's International Herald Tribune : The Anglican Church's investment fund in Australia has decided that nuclear power is not...

Rolling Blackout Hits Southern California

From the AP wire : Sweltering heat and the loss of power from a key transmission line Thursday forced the utility serving Sout...

What Bloggers Are Saying About the CAFE Standards

The response to the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards released Tuesday has many critics charging that the standards are n...

India Unveils Thorium Reactor

Indian scientists today unveiled a revolutionary design for a thorium breeder reactor (ATBR) that can produce 600 megawatts of electricity ...

New Source On Hybrid Cars

Check out HybridCars.com -- a collection of blogs on, you guessed it, hybrid automobiles. To get yourself oriented, check out the first pos...

Nuclear Reactors Make Elle Magazine's Top 25 List

Joining entries such as Martha Stewart and the Supreme Court, No. 14 on the Elle 25 - Elle Magazine's annual list of the top 25 "h...

Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

City Public Service of San Antonio , a subsidiary of South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company , has named Steve Bartley vice president...

Summer Intern Program or National Security Risk?

Here at NEI, one of my colleagues came across a set of correspondence in the NRC's Adams database that was disturbing to say the least....

SCE&G, SCANA to Study Possibility of New Nuclear Plant

Just off the wire : With South Carolina's energy needs continuing to grow, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), princi...

Northeast States to Regulate Greenhouse Gases

From today's New York Times : Officials in New York and eight other Northeastern states have come to a preliminary agreement to freeze p...

Five Parties Short-listed for Building Power Plants in South Africa

The Department of Minerals and Energy has announced that it has short-listed five parties, out of 11 applicants, to build new peaking power ...

Louisiana Governor Supports New Plants

Gov. Kathleen Blanco is backing a proposed $1 billion expansion of Louisiana's Big Cajun II coal-fired power plant, which has received ...

Australia Nuclear Update

In an opinion piece in today's Australian , Paul Gilding, former executive director of Greenpeace International and founding partner of...

Doosan Heavy May Bid on Westinghouse

South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries is considering bidding in a consortium to buy U.S. nuclear power plant builder Westinghouse Elect...

EPA Program Successfully Reduces Nitrogen Oxide Emissions

A report released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency shows improved air quality for more than 100 million people in 21 east...

Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

Leldon Echols was elected Friday to the TXU Corp. board of directors. Echols is the executive vice president and chief financial officer o...

Another Blogger For Nuclear Energy

Here's an interesting sentiment : I'm not an environmentalist, but....we need to save the earth...Through nuclear power. So, what do...

South Africa Plans to Boost Uranium Production

Anticipated rises in the price of uranium over the next decade, driven by demand for a clean, sustainable energy source, have prompted produ...

Senate to Hold Gas Prices Hearing

The Senate Energy Committee announced today that it will hold a hearing next month to determine reasons for the high cost of U.S. gasoline...

Southern Company May Seek New Plant at Vogtle

Big news just off the wire: Southern Nuclear Operating Company, on behalf of the co-owners of the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,...

Coal Might Make U.K. Comeback

The Yorkshire Post Today reports that the rising price of oil and natural gas could mean a comeback for the Yorkshire coal industry: Now, g...

Entergy and the NuStart Consortium

While a combination of safe operations and rising oil and natural gas prices have led many industry observers to reconsider nuclear energy, ...

McCain, Clinton Focus on Climate Change

From the AP wire : Anyone doubting the effects of human activity on global climate change should talk to the people it affects in Alaska and...

Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

Duncan Hawthorne , president and chief executive officer of Bruce Power , has been named chairman of the World Association of Nuclear Operat...

Kudlow and Yergin on New Nuclear Build

Recently, CNBC analyst Larry Kudlow had a brief conversation about new nuclear build with Daniel Yergin of Cambridge Energy Associates. The...

NRC Schedules Oyster Creek Hearing for August 24

From the NRC : The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public information session on Wednesday, Aug. 24, in Lacey Township (Ocean Coun...

Australia Nuclear Update

Nuclear reactors have a good safety record and worries about the disposal of nuclear waste are misplaced, Deputy Whip Alan Eggleston said y...

Obituaries

Harvey Stuart Price, 62, died Aug. 7 of esophageal cancer. Price was an assistant U.S. attorney in Washington before he joined the Nuclear R...

Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

BNFL has invited Lawrie Haynes , chief executive of British Nuclear Group , to join its board. Steven Howe has been appointed the first di...

Another Blogger For Nuclear Energy

From The Reconstruction : It's time for the environmental movement to drop its irrational taboo against nuclear energy and consider it a...

Words of Wisdom

Can you guess who spoke these words? Coal offers great potential. So does nuclear energy produced under rigorous safety standards. It could ...

High Oil Prices Spur Support for Nuclear Energy

The (South) Dakota Voice reports today on a survey by Rasmussen Reports that finds increasing support for nuclear power, which may be dire...

Stat Pack: The Truth About Vermont Yankee

Check out the latest article from the Burlington Free Press pushing to close Vermont Yankee . It's by James Moore of the rabid anti-n...