NEI Nuclear Performance Report (April 2006)

Here's a summary of U.S. nuclear plant performances last month: For April 2006, NEI estimates the average net capacity factor reached 80...

NEI Energy Markets Report (May 22nd - 26th)

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity prices were decreasing in the West and mixed to decreasing...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Tom Faranda . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Energy , Technology , Electricity

Canada Needs More Nuclear Energy

Or so says Stephen Aplin of Ottawa . Stop by and see what he has to say. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Energy , Technol...

Nuclear Energy Debate at Daily Kos

News from Australia of a potential breakthrough in uranium enrichment , has set off an interesting discussion on the merits of nuclear energ...

Gov. Engler on Nuclear Energy

Over in the Detroit News , John Engler, President of the National Association of Manufacturers , made a pitch for expanding the use of nucle...

Greenpeace's Freudian Eco-Slip

From Monday's Philadelphia Inquirer : Before President Bush touched down in Pennsylvania Wednesday to promote his nuclear energy policy,...

Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

Alex Marion will fill the newly created role of executive director of nuclear operations and engineering at NEI , effective June 1. He curre...

Nuclear Energy Insight

The latest issue of Nuclear Energy Insight is now available online. In it, you'll find an article on a new Wall Street report that says...

Memorial Day

The NEI offices in Washington, D.C. are closed today in observance of today's Holiday. From everyone at NEI, we'd like to urge you ...

Nuclear Energy Hearing Alert

Just off the wire from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee : Media Advisory: Full Committee to Hold June 12 Hearing Who : ...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Freedom for Fission . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Electricity , Environment , Energy

More on Russia and European Energy Security

In an interview with the International Policy Network , Andrei Illarionov, a former policy advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, says...

More Inconvenient Facts for Al Gore

Here's Gregg Easterbrook at Slate on some inconsistencies in Al Gore's new documentary, An Inconvenient Truth : Broadly, An Inconve...

For Our Readers in the U.K.

Take a look at Supporters of Nuclear Energy . Also, over at Potential Energy , the debate over future nuclear build in the U.K. continues, w...

More on John McCain and Nuclear Energy

Senator John McCain is attracting some positive attention from Bloggers courtesy of his speech earlier this week in New Hampshire . Here...

Thorium Energy Blog

Last year in a post about the uranium supply , my colleague Clifton Farrell briefly mentioned the possibility that thorium could be used to ...

Senator Clinton on Energy Policy

Senator Hillary Clinton gave a speech on energy policy at the National Press Club earlier this week , and in stark comparison to President ...

Bush: Nuclear Energy Can Help in Fight Against GHG

President Bush made a strong pitch for an expansion of nuclear energy (registration required) in his speech yesterday at Limerick Generatin...

Mr. Tooth Fairy Rides Again!

We're still waiting on a press report and a transcript from President Bush's speech on energy policy that he was scheduled to deliv...

Asking the Wrong Question on the Left Coast

In an interview with Steve Chu, director of Lawrence Berkeley Livermore Lab , Michael Kanellos of CNet makes a common mistake about project...

CECA: America Needs More Nuclear Energy

From UPI : With projected energy costs expected to increase by 30 percent by 2025, a U.S. energy public interest group Wednesday recommended...

Blogger at NEA 2006

We've still got a boatload of material to talk about from last week's Nuclear Energy Assembly , but this morning I wanted to point t...

Putin on Nuclear Energy

Over at Intellibriefs , we found a transcript of Russian President Vladimir Putin's state of the nation address where he touched on the...

Omitting Some Inconvenient Facts

New York Times columnist John Tierney just previewed former Vice President Al Gore's new documentary on global warming (free text here...

Nuclear Energy and Genetic Algorithms

From UPI : Designing complex systems such as nuclear reactors for use in space is a complex task, but U.S. scientists have made it easier us...

Senator McCain Renews Call for New Nuclear

Senator John McCain was in New Hampshire last night and repeated his call for the expanded use of nuclear energy : The United States needs t...

The Cost of Nuclear Energy

The battle in the press over the future of nuclear energy in the U.K. continued today, with Robert Davies of AREVA taking to the pages of th...

President Bush to Visit Limerick Nuclear Generating Station

He'll be at the plant tomorrow to give a speech on energy policy . Stop by here tomorrow for details. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy ...

The American South and the Return of Nuclear Energy

In last week's edition of The American Enterprise , columnist William Tucker took a look at how the American South is taking the lead i...

Myths and Facts about Yucca Mountain Legislation

Expect to begin hearing a lot more about pending Yucca Mountain legislation in the coming weeks. Senate Bill 2589 has been introduced to h...

The Trojan Cooling Tower Implosion

One big piece of news over the weekend was the long-planned demolition of the cooling tower at Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Oregon . Click...

Just the Facts...

Here's a recent announcement over at Potential Energy that cheered me: Hello everyone, I'm responsible for moderating the comments ...

Moved by Patrick Moore

Here's another environmentally concious blogger , and a member of Greenpeace, who thinks it's time for more widespread adoption of n...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Steve Schulin . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Electricity , Environment , Energy

News From NEA 2006

Some local reporters are taking advantage of the critical mass of nuclear energy professionals in San Francisco for NEA 2006 to put together...

Vietnam Nuclear Update

Earler this week, we told you about Vietnam putting together a financing package to build that nation's first nuclear power plant . Now...

GE Nuclear Breaks Ground on New Facility in Wilmington

From the AP : GE Energy, which moved its nuclear business from California to Wilmington three years ago, has broken ground here on a plant h...

President Bush Addresses NEA 2006

Click here for the video. Here's the transcript: I am grateful to Tony Earley [chairman and CEO, DTE Energy and chairman of the board,...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Ejecutive . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Electricity , Environment , Energy

From the Nuclear Archives...

...Comes a magazine advertisement for a Bendix research reactor . Thanks to Modern Mechanix for the pointer. Technorati tags: Nuclear Ener...

The 2006 Nuclear Energy Assembly: Rowe and Earley Elected Chairman and Vice Chairman

Out in San Francisco, NEI is holding its annual meeting, the 2006 Nuclear Energy Assembly . Although the general session didn't get unde...

NEI Energy Markets Report (May 8th - 12th)

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity consumption is expected to increase only slightly in 2006 ...

Nuclear Notes From Asia

Vietnam is ready to issue bonds to pay for the construction of that nation's first reactor... Indonesia continues to target 2015 for t...

Australia Nuclear Update

Aussie Prime Minister John Howard was in Washington this week to talk nuclear energy with top officials of the U.S. Government : "It ma...

Blair Rocks Britain With Pro-Nuclear Vow

As you might expect, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair's speech last night backing new nuclear build in the U.K. is stoking conversation ...

New Podcast: The Atomic Show

We've already introduced you to John Wheeler, host of This Week in Nuclear . Now, take a listen to The Atomic Show . Technorati tags: N...

Blair: Nuclear Energy, "Back with a vengeance"

Some may say that U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair is only counting the days before he leaves 10 Downing Street, but that's not the case w...