Revisiting Seabrook

Over at the Concord Monitor , reporter Lisa Arsenault is looking back at the fight over the construction of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant...

Visiting The Grassroots

Folks seem to be talking about nuclear energy everywhere -- including a debate with candidates for the 75th District in the Michigan House o...

Patrick Moore at 2006 NEA

We've referred to Dr. Patrick Moore, the co-founder of Greenpeace and co-chair of the CASEnergy Coalition , many times here at NEI Nucle...

Sound Science, Not Hysteria

Since the start of this blog, I've talked about the need for the debate over nuclear energy to focus on sound science and not hysteria. ...

The Governor Dodges an Energy Bullet

Bill Bradley looks at how Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger avoided getting tripped up by the same issue that toppled his predecessor: The rel...

Ignoring The Facts on Indian Point

A few days ago, I mentioned that many of the folks who had been more vocal about closing the nuclear reactors at Indian Point Energy Center ...

Yucca Mountain Hearing Alert

From Senate Energy and Natural Resources . Now we've got a witness list : The full committee hearing on spent fuel will be held Thursda...

New Plant Integrated Scheduling

Over the past couple of months I’ve been working on an integrated schedule of all the activities related to new plants between the Nuclear R...

A public meeting means you

Sorry for the delayed post, but I've been on the road. This week, Michael Stuart and I traveled to the Golden State at the invitation of...

NEI Nuclear Performance Report (June 2006)

Here's a summary of U.S. nuclear plant performances last month: For June 2006, NEI estimates the average net capacity factor reached 95....

Nuclear Reactor Operator Makes Top 10 Blue Collar Jobs List at Forbes.com

Forbes.com has put together an online slideshow on the Top 10 Best Paying Blue Collar Jobs , and nuclear power plant operator finished at N...

President Bush: We must expand our nuclear power industry."

President Bush addressed a meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers here in Washington yesterday, and he continued to beat the ...

The Automotive X Prize

The folks who held a competition for the first non-governmental human space flight ever are up to their old tricks again. This time they&#...

The Electricity Picture in New England

It isn't pretty. From The Worcester Telegram : More than 60 percent of the region'’s electric power plants are powered by natural g...

Kazakhstan Nuclear Update

New Eurasia takes a look at the latest news. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Environment , Energy , Politics , Technology...

Global Warming Among Top Environmental Concerns for Californians

From the AP : Californians rank global warming among their top three environmental concerns, saying it is more of a problem than water pollu...

Vote for Nuclear!

Are you concerned about nuclear issues and the Fall elections? If so, please take a look at Vote for Nuclear , our one-stop shop for energy...

Counting the Cost in the California Heat Wave

As the California heat wave continues, the state is beginning to count the cost in human lives : Across the state, the death toll continued ...

The Dynamics of International Oil

A primer by Robert Samuelson . Technorati tags: Energy , Technology , Environment , Oil , Economics

Another Aussie Cracks the Anti-Nuke Code

After listening to a television interview with a member of the local chapter of the " no solutions " brigade, one Australian blogg...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet The Realist Party : That's right, the headlines about record temperatures are everywhere and our desire for 68 degree interior temp...

Back to the Basics on Nuclear Energy

For those of you with friends and family in need of a good primer on nuclear energy, you could do worse than the summary provided by the fol...

NEI Energy Markets Report (July 17th - 21st)

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity prices increased again last week due primarily to record h...

BCG Releases Report on Recycling U.S. Used Nuclear Fuel

From The Boston Consulting Group : The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) today announced that its study, Economic Assessment of Used Nuclear Fue...

Yucca Mountain Hearing Alert

Just in from Senate Energy and Natural Resources via e-mail: A hearing has been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resour...

MIT's McFarlane on Yucca Mountain

From Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle : At this point "there's probably an even chance either way that (Yucca Mountain) opens o...

Words of Caution on Amory Lovins

Today's Washington Post contains a profile of Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute , and I suggest you read it all. There'...

Silicon Valley Business Owners Call For New Nuclear Build

With temperatures in Northern California cresting over 100 degrees , and the world's leading social networking service knocked offline f...

NRC Completes Review of Clinton ESP Application

Yesterday from NRC : The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has issued its final environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed Early...

Australian City Ponders Recycling Sewage For "Fresh" Water

From the AFP : Residents of a drought-stricken Australian town will vote this week on whether they're prepared to drink water recycled f...

William Tucker Visits Greenpeace...

And lives to tell the tale . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Energy , Technology , Environment , Electricity , Greenpeace

Time For Nuclear Energy in Hawaii

Hawaii-based Dan Seto says it's time for the Aloha State to take a look at a nuclear reactor. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Jim Mathies . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Energy , Technology , Environment , Electricity

Aussie Opposition Leader Flips on Uranium Mining

From The Australian : KIM Beazley has withdrawn his support for Labor's long-standing ban on new uranium mines in Australia, staking his...

Another Rough Day for the California Electrical Grid

From Reuters : If Californians do not conserve considerably on Monday, rotating outages are possible with demand forecast to reach record le...

Sorting Out Subsidies

Tim Worstall gives a lesson to the Mayor of London. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Energy , Technology , Environment , E...

Educating the Educators

Saturday marked the end of the 2006 Science Teachers’ Workshop , so a report is in order. The Virginia Section of the American Nuclear Socie...

The Summer Blackouts

We Support Lee is taking a closer look. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Energy , Technology , Environment , Electricity

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Budi Sudarsono . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Environment , Energy , Politics , Technology , Economics

Wrapping It Up at Potential Energy

I love posts like this one from Gia Milinovich at Potential Energy : When I started Potential Energy in May my secret hope was that I'd...

Power Out In Queens, Indian Point Protesters Go Silent

100,000 people are without power in the New York City borough of Queens , and Lawhawk has got a question for the region's anti-nuke prot...

Setting The Record Straight with David Lochbaum and the Union of Concerned Scientists

We won'’t spend too much time dissecting or rebutting the Union of Concerned Scientists news release from yesterday. Mostly because it...

One Man Nuclear Truth Squad

Tim Worstall is on the job. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Environment , Energy , Politics , Technology , Economics , Ur...

Should Developing Nations Embrace Nuclear Energy?

That's a question the editors at SciDev.net are asking their readers to help them answer : The arguments for bringing nuclear energy in ...

Howard: Australia Could Be Nuclear Superpower

From the Sydney Morning Herald : Prime Minister John Howard says Australia could become an energy "superpower", but he has angered...

U.K. Nuclear Update

Couple of links from the U.K. today that ought to be off interest: Yesterday, the U.K. government confirmed it would be reducing its ownersh...

The Tesla Roadster?

If you're looking for a 100% electric car, your search might be over. Say hello to the Tesla Roadster . Detail from Wired Thanks to Ins...

Canada Nuclear Update

It was only a month ago that the province of Ontario announced an ambitious plan to upgrade its electrical generating capacity -- a plan th...

Whitman at U.S. WIN

Christie Todd Whitman, former EPA Secretary and co-chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition , delivered a speech earlier this week at ...

Ideological Blinders and the Nuclear Energy Debate

Some folks can't seem to get over the old left/right political fight when it comes to nuclear energy. Here's Polly Toynbee from the...

Marubeni, Ishikawajima-Harima and Shaw Group to Join Toshiba in Westinghouse Bid

From the AP : Japanese companies Marubeni Corp. and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. as well as Shaw Group Inc. of the United States...