Another Al Gore Supporter for Nuclear Energy

Over at the Huffington Post , Raymond J. Learsey is praising Al Gore, and proposing that nuclear energy be part of the solution : But seriou...

60 Minutes to Profile French Nuclear Industry

According to my colleague in media relations, Steve Kerekes, 60 Minutes is putting the finishing touches on a report on the French nuclear ...

Energy Information Digest

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

Sierra Club Sues Pentagon Over Wind Farms

From AFP : The Sierra Club filed a federal lawsuit in San Francisco charging the US Department of Defense (DOD) with blocking the constructi...

Turkey and Russia May Deal on Reactors

Turkey wants to build three nuclear reactors by 2015 . And Vladimir Putin wants to make sure that Russia builds them . Meanwhile, more deta...

India's Bihar May Get a Reactor

So says DailyIndia.com . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Energy , Technology , Environment , Electricity , India , Bihar

Sweden Nuclear Update

The World Nuclear Association is reporting the results of a poll on nuclear energy in Sweden : 85% support nuclear power in Sweden The sup...

German Utility Mulls European Markets for New Reactor Build

Unable to build nuclear capacity at home due to a long-standing moratorium on new reactor build , German utility E.On may is looking to buil...

S&P: Nuclear Power is "Heating Up"

S&P Ratings News just published a research note entitled "Nuclear Power Is Heating Up Again: Interest in the energy source is o...

U.K. Nuclear Update

In a reception for magazine editors at 10 Downing Street, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair reiterated his support for new nuclear build, conte...

Russia to Consolidate Civillian Nuclear Agencies

From Reuters : Russia will restructure its nuclear industry over the next year to boost atomic power generation, its nuclear chief said on T...

Debunking Anti-Nuclear Talking Points

There are a pair of letters to the editor that appeared in today's edition of the Financial Times that offer good rejoinders to a numbe...

Seed's Nuclear Crib Sheet

For those of you who would like a simple primer on nuclear energy, check out Seed 's Nuclear Crib Sheet , available as a GIF or a PDF ....

NEI Nuclear Performance Report (May 2006)

Here's a summary of U.S. nuclear plant performances last month: For May 2006, NEI estimates the average net capacity factor reached 83.4...

NEI Energy Markets Report (June 19th - 23rd)

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity prices increased last week (see pages 1 & 2). Gas pric...

Industry Encouraged by Senators’ Effort to Find Common Ground on Used Nuclear Fuel Management

Earlier today the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee'’s Energy and Water Development Subcommittee today approved a fiscal year 2007 a...

President Bush on Global Warming

Yesterday at White House event launching America Supports You , an umbrella group dedicated to supporting men and women in the military and ...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Scott Kirkwood . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Energy , Environment , Electricity

U.K. Nuclear Update

With oil and natural gas production in the North Sea declining , the Royal Society of Edinburgh says that Scotland needs to keep energy alt...

Toshiba Has High Hopes for Westinghouse

There was some interesting nuclear energy news made at Toshiba's annual shareholders meeting yesterday: Japan's Toshiba Corp. said ...

NRC Renews Licenses for Brunswick 1&2

Congratulations to the team at Progress Energy on the news that NRC has renewed the operating licenses for Brunswick 1&2. The Brunswi...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Kuro5hin . Thanks to Noblesse Oblige for the pointer. UPDATE : Thomas Goering wants more nuclear energy too. Technorati tags: Nuclear...

More Advice for Al Gore From Robert Scoble

Ex-Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble read Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth over the weekend, and he writes that there was a glaring ommis...

Paul Johnson: America Needs New Nuclear Build

In an upcoming edition of Forbes , historian Paul Johnson proposes a solution for America's long-term energy challenges : In the past I&...

Supreme Court to Hear Global Warming Case

Just off the wire from the AP : The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether the Bush administration must regulate carbon dioxide to ...

Duke's Oconee 1 Back at Full Power

From Reuters : Duke Energy Corp.'s (DUK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 846-megawatt Unit 1 at the Oconee nuclear power station in South Ca...

NRC Issues License to LES for National Enrichment Facility

Congratulations to Louisiana Energy Services on the news that was released late Friday that NRC had issued a license for the $1.5 billion ...

Greenpeace and the Reality of Reactor Safety

Back in April when Chernobyl's 20th anniversary was approaching, Greenpeace published a report titled An American Chernobyl: Nuclear &q...

More on Thorium

FuturePundit takes a look at thorium reactors . For more, be sure to visit our friends at Thorium Energy and stop by the discussion at Pe...

Czech Nuclear Update

From The Prague Daily Monitor : The price of electricity could grow substantially in the future if a coalition of the Civic Democrats, Chris...

Nuclear Card Game

Our friends over at Nuclear Engineering International have decided to get into the card playing business : See how the world's nuclear ...

The Atomic Show: Episode #19

Here's a preview of this week's podcast : This week Shane and I talked about recent nuclear developments in Canada, about the Ontari...

Senate Hearing On New Nuclear Plants

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the construction of new nuclear power plants earlier today, and our fri...

House Hearing On Reactor Oversight Process

Earlier this week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing reviewing NRC's reactor oversight process or ROP . Testifyin...

U.K. Nuclear Update

British Energy announced it plans to extend the life of the Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station 5 to 10 years past its original 2014 decommiss...

Canada Nuclear Update

Just a week after the Ontario provincial government announced plans for new nuclear build, a national advisory group said the plan didn'...

China and South Africa Sign Nuclear Cooperation Deal

From the Mail and Guardian (South Africa): Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in South Africa on Wednesday on a groundbreaking visit during...

Odds and Ends

I've got a few links that deserve your attention before I leave for the day: Congrats to the team at Bruce Power on the re-start of Unit...

Will We Drill on the OCS?

Over at NAM Blog , our friend Pat Cleary has been tracking the progress of legislation that would lift the moratorium against energy explora...

Senate Negotiators Break Impasse on Cape Wind

Just off the wire from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee : Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resrouces Chairman P...

New York Post: "Nuclear or Bust"

In the wake of last week's speech on energy policy by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani , the New York Post is endorsing new nuc...

NEI Energy Markets Report (June 12th - 16th)

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

Rolling Blackouts in New England?

After reading an article in the Boston Globe on the possibility of rolling blackouts in New England , my friend Chris Lynch had this to sa...

NRG to Spend $16 Billion on New Generation -- Including Two New Nuclear Reactors

Just off the wire this morning -- from NRG 's press release (not available online): NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) today announced plans ...

Short duration nuclear blog post

My friend, R Margolis, was invited to submit an article as a guest blogger here , on a primarily climate-change focused blog, at Stolen Mome...

Ted Turner Willing to Give Nuclear Energy a Hearing?

It would appear that way. Here's "Captain Outrageous" in an interview with The Sunday Paper earlier this month: Ted Turner k...

Asking Some Uncomfortable Questions

Our friend Norris McDonald snuck into a press event promoting the release of Insurmountable Risks: The Dangers of Using Nuclear Power to Co...