NEI's Nuclear Performance - November 2007

Here's a summary of U.S. nuclear plant performances last month: For November 2007, the average net capacity factor was 89.8 percent. Thi...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - December 10 - December 14, 2007

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices increased at all hubs except for PJM West. Th...

Despite Opposition to Yucca, Reid is "Cool with Nukes"

From newsreview.com : Senator Harry Reid - “If I have a choice between coal and nuclear, it’s an easy choice to make,” Reid said. Reid say...

Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Could Total $20.5B

That's what the Washington Post is reporting : The report on the omnibus bill says the Energy Department should guarantee, among other t...

EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2008

The Energy Information Administration last Wednesday released it's AEO 2008 Overview (pdf). This is a preview to an annual report (due...

Why Am I Not Surprised?

From the New London Day, Parents Say Anti-Nuclear Group Exploited The Death Of Their Child . Just the usual tactics of disbarred Connecticut...

Duke Energy Submits COL Application

From Duke Energy : Duke Energy today submitted a combined construction and operating license (COL) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulator...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - December 3 - December 7, 2007

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices varied across the country last week. The NEPOO...

Total Wants Into the Nuclear Energy Business

So says the company's CEO. Details from the AP .

On Chalk River

For the most part, we concentrate on the news coming out of the commercial nuclear energy industry, but there's an incredibly important ...

Dispelling Myths About Nuclear Energy and Total Lifecycle Emissions. Again.

Once again, the global anti-nuclear lobby has found a reporter willing to parrot its lies and distortions regarding nuclear energy and CO2 e...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit The Poliblogs .

Bob Geldof: "To really help the planet, we have to go nuclear, fast."

Over in the U.K., former rocker Bob Geldof isn't shying away from sporting his pro-nuclear energy credentials at a blog sponsored by Lex...

GE Hitachi Signs Deal with Exelon

From the AP : GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said Tuesday it has received a tentative multimillion-dollar order from power plant operator Exelon ...

John McCain on the Stump on Nuclear Energy

From the AP : Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says the United States needs to reduce its dependence on troubled parts of the wor...

Nuclear Energy Means 350 Jobs for Chattanooga

From Reuters : French industrial power and transport systems group Alstom (ALSO.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it would inves...

New Nuclear Blog

Please welcome Nuclear Green to the public debate.

Moore Piece Sparks Debate Down Under

In yesterday's edition of The Melbourne Age , Dr. Patrick Moore called on his old compatriots at Greenpeace to drop their long-standing ...

Doubts About Euro Wind

Spiked is on the case.

10 Years With Helen Caldicott

Physical Insights is wondering why anyone still listens to her.

State Approves FP&L Uprate Plan

From the Palm Beach Post : Florida Power & Light Co. got approval from utility regulators Monday to add more nuclear power to the electr...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Hooda Thunk? .

What's the Difference Between a Civilian and Military Nuclear Program?

Click here for an explanation from Danger Room .

Kiplinger on the Nuclear Renaissance

Click here for a companion article.

When it Comes to Indian Point, Think Before You Leap

As we're all aware, a bevy of local and state politicians in New York have jumped on the anti-Indian Point bandwagon . But for Westches...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

After reading an article about Gwyneth Cravens and her public about face on nuclear energy, Glenn Reynolds had this to say: Just think how...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit What About Clients? .

Please Build that Nuclear Power Plant Here

That's the message the folks in Matagorda County, Texas are trying to send to Exelon : Matagorda County officials are stepping up their ...

Wired News on Gwyneth Cravens

In the midst of promoting her new book, The Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy , Gwyneth Cravens sat down for an interv...

Another Look at Indian Point ...

... From our friends at NAM Blog .

If Maine Won't Build New Energy Infrastructure ...

... Then New Brunswick will . That also means they'll get the jobs and economic benefits too.

Kyoto, GNEP and the Asia-Pacific Partnership

Some thoughts from Steven Aplin .

NEI's Energy Markets Report - November 26 - November 30, 2007

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices soared with price increases ranging from $10-2...

Defending Indian Point

From LoHud.com : The future of Indian Point is scheduled to be the topic on Journal News/LoHud.com columnist Phil Reisman's radio show t...

Dispelling Myths About Nuclear Energy

Over at the Heritage Foundation, Jack Spencer and Nick Loris wrote an excellent nuclear myth-busting piece on topics about proliferation, t...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

From Another Pundit : If we are ever to break our dependence on foreign energy supplies we are going to have to switch to Nuclear electricit...

Environmentalists Mobilize to Stop Texas Wind Farm

In New York, they want to shut down a nuclear power plant . In Texas, they want to stop a wind farm dead in its tracks : The famed King Ran...

John McCain on Nuclear Energy and Yucca Mountain

Senator John McCain is on the campaign trail in New Hampshire talking about energy and the environment : A key way to reduce harmful greenh...

Mitt Romney on Energy Policy

Czech President Klaus on Nuclear Energy

From CeskeNoviny.cz : Prague- The dream of endless lowering of energy consumption is nonsense and this should be said aloud, Czech President...

British Tories Rethink Nuclear Energy Policy

Details from the Guardian .

Buffet Company to Build Nuclear Power Plant?

That's the news out of Idaho . Check it out.

Spitzer, Cuomo Rachet Up Fight on Indian Point

From the New York Sun : To the alarm of business and energy groups, the Spitzer administration is cranking up its effort to shut down the In...

Germany's Biblis-B to Restart

Details from Reuters .

Remembering Dixy Lee Ray

Lou Guzzo thinks about what might have been.

On Ireland and Uranium Mining

Ireland's minister of energy and natural resources is working to shut down potential uranium mining there , saying it would be hypocriti...

Water Consumption and Nuclear Power Plants

Over the past few weeks, we've seen a lot of stories concerning water consumption and nuclear power plants , which means plenty of anti-...

Congressman Ron Paul on Nuclear Energy

Outside , Grist and Salon are continuing their interviews with Presidential candidates on environmental issues, and today they ran a piece...

Natural Gas Crisis Ahead in Massachusetts?

Dr. Gilbert Brown from South Coast Today (Mass.): Here in Massachusetts, natural gas plants account for roughly half of our electricity gen...

Canada Joins GNEP

Details from David Akin .

NRC Accepts STP's New Reactor Application

From NRC : The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review a combined license (COL) application for two new reactors at the South ...

Investors seem pleased with Dominion

In the latest in a series of announcements and newsworthy events , Dominion (NYSE: D ) seems to be steadily on track to bringing high-tech, ...

NEI's Nuclear Performance - October 2007

Here's a summary of U.S. nuclear plant performances last month: For October 2007, the average net capacity factor was 82.3 percent. This...

Dominion's Press Conference about its COLA

Dang it, one expected special guest wasn't able to attend the press conference but maybe he/she will have a statement. I was looking fo...

Dominion Applies for New Reactor at North Anna

Details from the AP . Of course, if you simply paid close attention to some of the action in our comment strings, you knew this was already...

U.K. to Move Forward on New Nuclear Stations

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not be deterred. Click here for details from his speech earlier this week.

NAM Blogger at AREVA Facility

Kevin Smith, NAM 's director of research, is in France on a trip sponsored by NEI to visit AREVA's nuclear processing center at La H...

AREVA Signs Massive China Deal

Details here at the Wall Street Journal . And others are beginning to notice.

NEI's Energy Markets Report - November 19 - November 23, 2007

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices decreased $3-13/MWh at all hubs except for PJM...

MOX Progress, plus Inconsistency from UCS

Nuclear disarmament took a big step forward on Monday, when the U.S. and Russia announced a new agreement on disposition of surplus plutoni...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - November 12 - November 16, 2007

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices decreased $2-11/MWh at all hubs except for PJM...

Giving credit to the Antis

It was a cold day in February, 2005, during the NRC public meeting for North Anna's Early Site Permit. One antinuclear sage in attendan...

World Energy Outlook 2007 Report

The International Energy Agency released its World Energy Outlook 2007 report last week (purchase required). According to the web page : ...

The Heritage Foundation on Nuclear Energy

Jack Spencer of the Heritage Foundation has published a pair of papers that should make your reading list. First, read Congress Should Not...

CFR Discussion on Nuclear Energy and Climate Change

Last week, the Council on Foreign Relations sponsored an online discussion on nuclear energy and climate change between NEI's Steve Ke...

UniStar Moves Ahead on Calvert Cliffs Project

Off the wire : UniStar Nuclear Energy (UNE), a joint venture between Constellation Energy and The EDF Group (EDF), has submitted an applicat...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - November 5 - November 9, 2007

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices increased $2-9/MWh at the Eastern hubs and dec...

Nuclear Energy Blackout at the WSJ?

Rod Adams wonders why.

In Rome, Nuclear Energy is on Everyone's Mind

A report from the World Energy Congress by Reuters.

French Nuclear Phase-Out?

France's anti-nuclear group Sortir du Nucleaire claims the country can phase-out all of its nuclear plants in five to ten years (in Fr...

Longing for France's Nuclear Electricity

Following a press conference announcing GM's new plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, a blogger from AUTOSAVANT was able to ask GM Vice Cha...

An Interview With a Nuclear Engineer

PayScale talks to Michael Flagg. He's got some interesting insights for anyone who's thinking about a career as a nuclear engineer...

NEI Video at the World Energy Congress

The following is a short reel that's running inside of NEI's booth at the World Energy Congress in Rome this week: As you might imag...

Tucker Carlson on Nuclear Energy

Click here for a clip from Tucker Carlson's MSNBC program that took a look at nuclear energy. There's a lot of talk, along with a...

Exelon Selects ESBWR for Texas

Details from World Nuclear News . For more from GE Nuclear, click here .

On the Incident at Pelindaba

By now I'm sure many of you have read the disturbing news coming out of South Africa concerning the incident at Pelindaba . For a solid...

At the ANS Winter Meeting

My friend Rod Adams has been busy attending the 2007 ANS Winter Meeting here in Washington. Click here and here for his reports.

Yucca Mountain and Presidential Politics

Betsy Newmark is taking a look at the effect that moving Nevada up on the presidential primary calendar is having on policymaking and Yucca...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - October 29 - November 2, 2007

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices moved modestly last week (see pages 1 and 3). ...

Movement in Ontario in Funding Carbon-Free Energy?

Steven Aplin has the details.

California Sues EPA Over Auto Emissions

From the AP : SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California sued the federal government on Thursday to force a decision about whether the state can i...

Another College Student for Nuclear Energy

Meet James Bickford .

Bruce Power Chief: No Free Lunch on Electric Power

From The Record (Ontario, Canada): Alternative energy sources may have a role to play, but Ontarians should not expect them to replace nucl...