Energy Information Digest

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

NEI Energy Markets Report (February 20th - 24th)

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity prices were mixed to decreasing across the country (see pa...

South Africa Nuclear Update

Blackouts are continuing in Cape Town , but now there seems to be an additional reason outside of bad timing and poor resource planning : So...

Spence Abraham Joins AREVA

He's been named non-executive chairman of AREVA, Inc ., and will focus on U.S. business development. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , N...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Bob Owens, the Confederate Yankee , who is interviewed in today's edition of the Washington Post . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy ...

Russia and Natural Gas Imperialism

More details on the "pay up or freeze" natural gas deal between Russia and Ukraine are beginning to leak out. Here's Jackson...

Around the Energy Blogs

It occurred to me over the weekend that we haven't been visiting a number of our neighbors in the energy blogosphere, and it's far p...

U.K. Nuclear Update

Just in from Scotland : Unions are heading a drive for new nuclear power stations to be built in Scotland. A resolution calling for the nuc...

NAM Blog Interview with Gov. Huckabee

Our friend Pat Cleary over at NAM interviewed Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on a raft of issues related to competitiveness, including energy ...

NPR on New Nuclear Build

Today from 2:20 to 3:00 pm U.S. EST, EPRI Vice President Dave Modeen and Arjun Makhijani from IEER will appear on Talk of the Nation'’...

Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

Bill Habermeyer , president and CEO of Progress Energy Florida, will retire in May. After retiring from the U.S. Navy as a rear admiral in 1...

Australia Nuclear Update

From the Sydney Morning Herald : Prime Minister John Howard backed nuclear power for Australia provided it was economically feasible. "...

Suicide Attack on Saudi Oil Facility

From the AP : An explosion occurred Friday at a major oil refinery in Buqayq, eastern Saudi Arabia, a Saudi oil official said. The explosion...

FuturePundit on Energy Week

Randall Parker took a look at President Bush's activities around energy policy this week, and he's written a review . UPDATE : Jeff...

Slashdot on New Nuclear Build

Readers at tech bulletin board, Slashdot , are discussing the merits of new nuclear build , and they're using an article from Physics To...

South Africa a Preview of the Future?

Wonder what the next 10 years might look like if America doesn't start building more baseload capacity? Look no further than South Afric...

Nuclear Energy Insight

The latest issue of Nuclear Energy Insight is now available online. In it, you'll find an article on a landmark agreement among Northea...

Platts Conference Presentations

The folks at Platts have been kind enough to publish the presentations from the nuclear energy conference they hosted last week here in Wa...

A Question of Priorities

Anthony Rogers is thinking out loud about some incidents that took place over the weekend. Technorati tags: Nuclear Power , Electricity , E...

Nuclear Energy: More Than Meets the Eye in Agriculture

As many of my readers have probably already surmised, I don't confine my writing and commenting on nuclear issues just to NEI Nuclear No...

Nuclear Energy on CNBC's Power Lunch

My colleague Steve Kerekes appeared on CNBC's Power Lunch a few hours ago to debate the merits of new nuclear build with Tyson Slocum o...

NEI Energy Markets Report (February 13th - 17th)

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity prices were mixed across the country (see pages 1 & 2)...

China Nuclear Update

A joint energy conference between China and the European Union opened in Shanghai on Monday, and earlier today, Shen Wenquan, deputy chief ...

And Coming Up in the Outside Lane...

The effort to license and build new nuclear power plants in the US is now being characterized in racing terms. Market Watch is carrying a...

President Bush and Energy Week

President Bush is on a week long effort to promote his Advanced Energy Initiative, and he kicked it off Saturday on his weekly radio address...

Note on Copyrights and Fair Use

Recently, I've noticed that in our comment strings that a few folks have started to cut and paste full text articles from daily newspape...

NEI Energy Markets Report

NEI has begun posting an Energy Markets Report (pdf) for readers on our website . This report is an eight page snapshot of what went on in ...

Schwarzenegger to Push for Emissions Reporting

From the San Francisco Chronicle : Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration is expected this month to release a plan to combat global...

Nuclear Industry Communicators Meet in Vienna

A number of my NEI colleagues made presentations at the Conference on Public Information Materials Exchange (PIME) this week in Vienna. PIM...

Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

John Swailes is the new vice president and plant manager at Louisiana Energy Services’ (LES) National Enrichment Facility outside Eunice, ...

The Virtual Nuclear Tourist

Joseph Gonyeau has spent thirty years visiting nuclear power plants, and he likes what he sees. He's put together a compilation of all h...

EIA Releases Annual Energy Outlook

Get your copy by clicking here . Click here to read David Bradish's look at the report's early reference case. Thanks to the Energ...

Peak Oil Debunked?

Since we often point to sources that support the theory of Peak Oil , I thought it was only fair to point to a blog that believes the contra...

Canada Nuclear Update

Caught between environmental commitments and a need for new sources of baseload power generation, the Ontario Power Authority wants to make...

Peak Oil Advocate: Oil Production Peak Reached in December 2005

There's been plenty of talk over the past few days about an announcement that Princeton geology professor emeritus and former Shell geol...

Dutch Nuclear Update

From Xinhua : Half of the Dutch population supports an expansion of nuclear power after a government official indicated the intention to bui...

Obituary: Former NEI Vice President Jim Phelan

Just had some sad news passed to me by our Government Affairs staff: Jim Phelan, one-time NEI Vice President of Government Affairs passed aw...

Secretary Bodman Addresses Platts Conference in Washington

The Platts Nuclear Energy Conference is being held in town this week, and Energy Secretary Sam Bodman delivered an interesting speech : I t...

Meserve: Barriers to New Nuclear Build Can Be "Overcome"

In a speech this weekend at the Los Alamos National Laboratory , former NRC Chairman Richard Meserve sounded bullish on the future of nuclea...

Nuclear Revival Coverage in the San Francisco Chronicle

There were a pair of pieces in yesterday's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle that deserve your attention. Click here to read a pi...

Italy Nuclear Update

Why is Italy thinking twice about the decision the nation made back in 1987 about the future use of nuclear energy ? One of the main effects...

New Nuclear Energy Blog

Click here to visit a new blog following news from the nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho Japan . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy ...

U.K. Nuclear Update

There are rumblings that the minority Conservatives, a traditional supporter of nuclear energy in Britain, are re-considering their position...

NEI CNO on CNBC's Squawk Box

Marv Fertel, NEI's Chief Nuclear Officer, will be appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box tomorrow morning at 7:10 a.m. U.S. EST. He'll...

CBS News on Nuclear Energy

Click here for a report from CBS News' Jim Axelrod on the resurgence of the nuclear energy industry. It orignally ran on February 2, bu...

The G8 Minus 1?

With the aftershocks of the Russian natural gas cutoff to Europe still reverberating around the continent, the EU is looking to make common...

Turkey Nuclear Update

In Washington for a meeting with Energy Secretary Sam Bodman, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Hilmi Guler announced that hi...

Nuclear Energy: 2.75 Billion Gross Megawatt-Hours Strong

Just off the wire : The world's nuclear generators in 2005 appear to have matched their record 2004 output, according to Platts Nucleoni...

Art Meets Nuclear Energy

Courtesy of the people at the Torness Nuclear Power Station in Scotland . Take a look. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , El...

NAS Releases Report on Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Yesterday the National Academy of Sciences released a report entitled, Going the Distance? The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Hig...

2005 Refueling Outages

The U.S. nuclear industry's refueling outage durations have improved substantially over the past 30 years. In the 80s and early 90s, the...

Russian Minister: Nuclear's Share of Electric Generation Must Increase

From RIA Novosti : More nuclear power plants need to be built to avoid the threat of an energy crisis in Russia, the country's top nucle...

German Nuclear Update

The debate continues. From UPI : German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are increasingly unhappy with the plan to shut down b...

The Evangelical Climate Change Initiative

From the New York Times : Despite opposition from some of their colleagues, 86 evangelical Christian leaders have decided to back a major i...

Instapundit on the Future of Nuclear Energy

Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit , writes in TCS Daily this morning that it's time for America to consider expanding the use of nuclear ...