Why the Renewed Interest in Nuclear Energy?

One of the main drivers behind the passage of the 2005 Energy Policy Act was the inclusion of incentives (investment protection, production...

U.K. Nuclear Update

U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair continues to kick up dust in his home country over the issue of new nuclear build. Looking ahead to this week...

Sproat Nomination Hearing This Week

On Thursday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a nomination hearing for Edward (Ward) Sproat , the Bush administr...

German Nuclear Update

It doesn't look like German Chancellor-designate Angela Merkel is going to back down on her campaign promise to overturn that nation'...

More Bloggers For Nuclear Energy

Meet Synthstuff and Bacon's Rebellion . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Energy , Electricity , Environment

Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

David Amerine is the new senior vice president of Parsons’ infrastructure and technology group. Amerine comes to Parsons from CH2M Hill’s ...

The BU Trustee Scholarship Competition

The author of Something Clever is a female high school student from Seattle, Washington who has been accepted at Boston University . She ju...

Taking a Closer Look at the AP-1000

Green Car Congress is taking a detailed look at the design of the Westinghouse AP-1000 reactor , the reactor that Duke Energy intends to us...

More Strong Polling Results In Canada

New survey results in Ontario conclude that a vast majority - 74 percent - of Toronto residents support nuclear power. This comes on the he...

More Reaction to ABC News' 'Loose Nukes'

In an op-ed in the Indy Star this week, Lefteri Tsoukalas - head of the nuclear engineering department at Purdue University - condemns ABC...

Constellation Announces COL Application

From the wire : Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced that it intends to apply to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a c...

Another Strike Against the "No Solutions Gang"

After reading Stewart Brand's Environmental Heresies , Richard Sprague wrote this about the environmental movement: Today's Sierra ...

German Nuclear Update

This morning on NPR , Rachel Martin took a look at the energy situation in Germany (Real Player or Windows Media required), where the count...

France Shelves Plans for AREVA Stock Sale

From Forbes.com : A sale of shares in state-owned Aeroports de Paris will go ahead but there are no plans to offer a stake in nuclear energy...

Stat Pack: EIA’s Annual Energy Review 2004 (Part 4)

This week, our continuing series on the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Annual Energy Review (AER) looks at natural gas and c...

Survey Says: Ontarians Support Nuclear

A majority of Ontarians support commercial nuclear power , according to a recent survey. Although 60% of those surveyed said they prefer hyd...

Duke Power Announces COL for Two New Reactors

Just off the wire : Duke Power confirmed today it is preparing a combined construction and operating license (COL) application for new nucle...

Correcting Misleading Comments by an Anti-nuclear Extremist

In a comment to a post below, Paul Gunter of the extremist antinuclear organization NIRS , completely mischaracterized the reasons behind a...

DOE Directs Contractor on Repository Design

I’ve spent the vast majority of my career in the nuclear industry working in waste and used fuel management. First, I interned at DOE’s Offi...

Doublechecking The Numbers...

George Monbiot did some number crunching when it comes to the U.K. and new nuclear build. Tim Worstall checked his work and found it want...

Another Blogger For Nuclear Energy

Meet Jennifer Marohasy . UPDATE : Be sure to visit Bullet Holed Messenger too. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Energy , Electricity , Env...

"Lead, follow or get out of the way."

Over at NAM Blog , Pat Cleary has some advice for the " No Solutions Gang ": If the Outer Continental Shelf were opened to explora...

NEI's Bowman to Serve on Baker-Led BP Panel

From today's Houston Chronicle : BP named political heavyweight James Baker as chairman of an independent panel to review safety lapses ...

Three Florida Nuclear Reactors Shut Down in Wake of Wilma

Hurricane Wilma has left 6 million Florida residents without power , and forced Florida Power and Light to shut down reactors at St. Lucie a...

It's Energy Week at NAM Blog

Here's our friend Pat Cleary : With energy prices soaring and everyone starting to realize what 30 years of poor decisions on energy (an...

Industrial Newsroom: Nuclear energy is "our only way out."

The Industrial Market Trends is taking a look at nuclear energy, and his outlook is pretty positive. Here's a short excerpt from Part ...

Another Blogger For Nuclear Energy

Meet Bhaub Korwin . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Energy , Electricity , Environment

Followup On ABC News Message Board

A couple of days back, I mentioned that the message board attached to the " Loose Nukes " special report on abcnews.com had sudde...

POGO/ABC News Followup

The furor over the ABC News series, " Loose Nukes on Main Street ," has settled down to a low roar, but there are still a few loos...

U.S. and India: 'Partners in a Global Nonproliferation Regime'

In a visit today with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns expressed confidence that the U.S. ...

Bulgaria Changes Its Mind About Nuclear Power

Instead of closing the nuclear power plant in the northern town of Kozloduy, the Bulgarian government will build a new plant in the norther...

More on the U.K. Nuclear Debate

There has been a lot of chatter in the last few days about the issue of commercial nuclear energy in the United Kingdom (click here and her...

In Many Communities, NIMBY is No More

Three more communities are lobbying for a new nuclear power plant. According to this article in the Charlotte Observer , Three South Carol...

Welcome Patrick Moore to the Blogosphere

His consulting firm, Greenspirit Strategies , has started its own blog . For now, they seem to simply be reprinting Moore's opinion pie...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Mums in Science . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Energy , Electricity , Environment

Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

Bill Prebil has been named vice president of regional operations for Ameren Corp. Prebil worked for Central Illinois Light Co. before Amer...

Vietnam to Build New Nuclear Plant

The Vietnam Institute of Energy has submitted to the government a pre-feasability study on building a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in...

Nuclear Energy and California's GHG Bill

A little more than a month ago, NEI's President and CEO, Skip Bowman, addressed Town Hall LA on why " America Needs Nuclear Energy ...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Gandalf 23 : I've often said that we need more nuclear reactors in this country. Yes, I work in the oil industry, and yes, that wou...

Maryland Journalism Professor Faults ABC News and "Loose Nukes"

The bad reviews keep coming for " Loose Nukes " and ABC News . Here's what a journalism professor from the University of Mary...

Phone Call From POGO

Just got a call from Beth Daly at the Project for Government Oversight , who explained that their post from last week about the ABC series ...

NRC Commissioner Lyons Addresses Organization of Agreement States

In an Oct. 4 speech , Commissioner Peter Lyons of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission outlined the key opportunities and challenges facin...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Meme First : Oyster Creek generates about 10% of New Jersey's total electrical output (while creating zero air or water pollution),...

Congratulations to...

Our blogging colleague Kevin McCoy of Framatome. As it turns out, Kevin was a co-principal investigator on the Purdue study on advanced nu...

ABC News Gets Dirty With Carnegie and POGO

My respect for ABC News is dropping by the hour. After doing some extra searching, I discovered that the virulently anti-nuclear Project fo...

ABC News Hauls Down "Loose Nukes" Discussion Board

After taking a relentless pounding for their reporting in their " Loose Nukes on Main Street " series, ABC News has erased the dis...

Purdue Engineers Develop Advanced Nuclear Fuel

While some have tried to create news at Purdue University , some nuclear engineers have been spending time making some real news in the area...