Nuclear Road Trip

Larry Johnston, a writer for Florida Today , has been taking his readers on a road trip as he travels in a mobile home. Today he writes abou...

Russia Doubles Natural Gas Price for Georgia

In Russia, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. From the Daily Mail : Fears that Russia is using energy supplies as a political...

Truck Carrying Low-Grade Uranium Overturns on North Carolina Highway

From the AP : A tractor-trailer hauling about 6,000 pounds of low-grade uranium overturned Thursday as it exited Interstate 95, authorities...

The Watt: Episode #69

This week's show includes a conversation on nuclear energy with Dr. Paul Howarth of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of ...

More on Energy Incentives

A Musing Environment follows up on David Bradish's analysis from earlier this week. Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , ...

Swedish PM: New Reactors After 2010

Details from the World Nuclear Association . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Environment , Energy , Politics , Sweden , El...

The Long-Term Goal Behind Gazprom's Power Play

Gazprom and the Russian government strong-armed Shell out of one of the world's largest natural gas projects , and now it appears that B...

Utility Asks German Government to Extend Life of Nuclear Reactor

From AFX : Energie Baden-Wurtemberg AG has submitted a request to the German government to prolong the life span of its Neckarwestheim I nu...

NEI Nuclear Performance Report (November 2006)

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

More on the Canadian Nuclear Association Television Ads

The following is a transcript from CBC News (no online reference available) that includes interviews with Murray Elston of the Canadian Nucl...

Canadian Minister: Nuclear to Play Role in Alberta Oil Sands

From The Calgary Sun : Nuclear power in the oilpatch is just a matter of time, according to Canada's Natural Resources Minister Gary Lun...

Energy Information Digest

The December issue of Energy Information Digest (PDF) is now available on the NEI Web site , in the Newsroom. In it, you'll find articl...

The Truth About Government Subsidies for Energy Sources

This is one particular issue we haven’t been able to tackle fully primarily because it is a difficult issue to quantify. How do you define a...

Michigan Needs More Nuclear, Mayor and Labor Leader Says

I just came across this very positive op-ed in Crain's Detroit Business from Monday. Gibraltar, Mich., Mayor James Beaubien is also the...

Wisconsin Energy Sells Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant to FP&L

Details from AFX . For more on the plant (pictured left), click here . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Energy , Technolog...

New Zealanders Won't Be Talking About Nuclear Energy in 2007

Why? Because the Royal Society of New Zealand wants to talk about clean coal instead : New Zealand's nuclear naysayers can rest easy t...

CNA Stands Firm on Public Service Advertising

From the CBC : An organization that represents the Canadian nuclear industry says it has no plans to pull ads that promote nuclear energy de...

North Anna Clears EIS Review

From Reuters : The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined Dominion Resources' (D.N: Quote, Profile , Research) proposal to bu...

Uranium a Better Brand Than Gold?

From the Globe and Mail : Everyone wants to be a uranium company these days, even gold miners. A case in point is First Uranium Corp. of Sou...

NEI Energy Markets Report (December 11th - 15th)

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

NRC: "No Major Concerns" Over Browns Ferry Restart

Details from the Knoxville News-Sentinel . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Energy , Electricity , Environment , Politics ...

EU Trade Chief to Reject "Green Tax"

Details from the Financial Times . Technorati tags: Environment , Energy , Politics , EU

British Union Evaluating New Nuclear Designs

From Anglesy Today : Amicus the union is evaluating the alternative designs for nuclear new build. With Wylfa Nuclear Power Station on Angle...

Duke Energy's Paul Anderson on a Carbon Tax

From Inside Bay Area.com : Leading authorities on climate and energy policy called Thursday for putting a price on greenhouse-gas emissions ...

Subscribe to NEI Nuclear Notes With Feedblitz

Here's a service that we introduced to our readers last month: Delivering NEI Nuclear Notes to your inbox as an email message. We know...

Weyerhaeuser CEO: "We must also be willing to consider nuclear power."

One sector of the economy that's been hit hardest by increased energy costs is forest products. In a recent interview with The Examiner...

President Signs U.S.-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act

This morning, President Bush signed into law the U.S.-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act. The bill will allow shipments of nuclea...

Canada Nuclear Update: Public Opinion Turning in Saskatchewan

From the CanWest News Service : Three quarters of Saskatchewan residents polled in late October support construction of facilities that woul...

On Yucca Mountain, Senator Boxer and The Colorado River

Here's a quote from Senator Barbara Boxer about the Yucca Mountain Project that just didn't sound right when I read it. It ran in ...

GNET Online Poll about Nuclear

Global Network of Environment & Technology (GNET) is running an online poll. The question is Can nuclear-based energy be considered &qu...

TVA Begins Browns Ferry Fuel Load

From TVA : Workers at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant began loading fuel into the Unit 1 reactor today, a key step in returning the unit to safe ...

St. Petersburg Times: "Nuclear may prove to be the best way to go."

Here's the St. Petersburg Times on Progress Energy's plans to build a new reactor in Levy County, Florida : The company put great c...

China Selects AP-1000 Reactor Design

From the AP : U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC has won a two-year battle for a multibillion-dollar nuclear power deal with China, ed...

NEI Energy Markets Report (December 4th - 8th)

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

Breaux and O'Neill Kick Off Energy Initiative

Off this afternoon's wire : Former U.S. Sen. John Breaux of Louisiana and former Long Beach, California Mayor and U.S. Conference of May...

NRC to Hold Meeting on Browns Ferry 1 Re-Start

From the News-Courier : Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials will meet with Tennessee Valley Authority officials Monday from 1 p.m. to 3 ...

More on the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant

Yesterday, we told you about how a member of the European Parliament and supporter of nuclear energy was fighting the closure of Bulgaria...

NAM Blog Tackles More Nuclear Energy Issues

Carter Wood, our new best friend at NAM Blog, has been kicking up some dust lately thanks to multiple blog posts on nuclear energy. First t...

Bulgarian Nuclear Power Plant May Get Last Minute Reprieve

On the same day that Russia threatened Georgia and Belarus with a natural gas cutoff , a member of the European Parliament from Finland aske...

Mike Thomas: Florida Needs More Nuclear Power

In today's edition of the Orlando Sentinel , columnist Mike Thomas is connecting all the dots when it comes to nuclear energy, economic...

Renewed Interest in Uranium Leads to Surge in Federal Mining Claims

From the AP : Metal mining claims on federal lands in the West have increased almost 50 percent in the past four years, in large part becaus...

University of Birmingham Sees Surge of Nuclear Technology Students

In an article about the potential of Thorium reactors , Dr. Paul Norman of the University of Birmingham had this to say about the state of n...

Fresno Nuclear Energy Group Announces Kickoff Plans

From ABC30.com : Wednesday morning, the newly formed Fresno Nuclear Energy Group announced plans to explore building a community-owned nucle...

Russia Threatens Georgia, Belarus with Natural Gas Cutoff

From the FT : Russia is preparing to cut off natural gas supplies to neighbouring Belarus and Georgia unless the two former Soviet republics...

Spiked Online Sponsors Energy Debate

Online magazine Spiked is co-sponsoring a debate on the future of energy in conjunction with the Research Councils of the U.K. They'...

Fresno Mayor Alan Autry on Nuclear Energy

In response to a constituent's question on the possibility of building a new nuclear power plant near Fresno, Mayor Alan Autry responded...

The Small Town Impact of Grid Reliability

In the wake of October's NERC report on grid reliability , the New York Times has a story in today's edition that explains how the ...

Rod Adams Confronts Amory Lovins on Nuclear Energy

Long-time readers know that NEI Nuclear Notes has an ongoing concern with Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute and what he has to s...