NEI Energy Markets Report (January 22nd - 26th, 2007)

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...

Nuclear Power Plant Contributions to State and Local Economies

NEI has written about 10 economic benefits studies so far on 22 U.S. nuclear plants which discuss the contributions the plants make to the...

The Economic Impact of a Nuclear Power Plant

An Australian blog, Falkayn's Nest , is asking hard questions after reading a study authored by anti-nukes that claims local opposition ...

Fighting for Nuclear Energy in Vermont

Patrick Moore is back in Vermont, fighting local anti-nukes over the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. From the Barrie-Montpelier Times A...

Blogger: President Needs to Give More Focus to Nuclear Energy

Blogger Pejman Yousefzadeh writing in The American : President Bush’s State of the Union address weighed in heavily on the issue of finding ...

British Energy to Seek Proposals for New Nuclear Build

From Bloomberg : British Energy Group Plc, the country's largest power generator, plans to solicit proposals for the construction of new...

Patrick Moore Statement to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

From the transcript (MS Word): The climate change debate has made one thing abundantly clear: Global warming is an environmental reality th...

Charles Osgood on the "Nuclear Gold Rush"

With utilities rushing to secure sites to build new nuclear power plants, Charles Osgood of the CBS Radio Network has taken notice : Right n...

South Africa Approves Production of PBMR Fuel

That's the word from today's edition of the Cape Argus . For more PBMR news, visit the Pebble Bed Reactor blog . Technorati tags: Nu...

How to Replace One Cubic Mile of Oil

From IEEE Spectrum : The fact that energy sources and uses are stated in so many different kinds of terms is increasingly seen as not merely...

NRC Issues Final Rule on DBT for Nuclear Power Plant Security

From NRC : The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved a final rule that enhances its security regulations governing the design ba...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit White Nuclear Snowflake . UPDATE: Be sure to visit ST Crowley too. Technorati tags: Nuclear Power , Nuclear Energy , Environment , E...

Kansas House Committee Passes Nuclear Energy Incentives Legislation

Legislation in Kansas that includes incentives to build an additional nuclear reactor on the grounds of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant ,...

NY Times Reporter Misses The Nuclear Energy Bus In Davos

Here's an article from yesterday's New York Times that caught my eye. It's by Mark Landler and he's reporting from the Wor...

The DailyKos on Energy and Subsidies

A couple of weeks back, my colleague David Bradish published a post that cleared away a lot of the smoke that anti-nukes blow to conceal the...

UPI Poll: Solid Majority Of Americans Believe Nuclear Power Is Safe

From UPI : A solid majority of U.S. respondents to a UPI-Zogby International poll said they believe nuclear power is safe. Some 27.5 percent...

Vermont Yankee Gets IBEW Vote of Confidence

In Vermont, anti-nukes working to shut down Vermont Yankee probably don't face any tougher opponent than the union brothers of IBEW Loca...

MSNBC Story on the Economics of New Nuclear Build

After four days of looking at the nuclear energy industry through the prism of Washington lobbying , MSNBC's last piece of reporting on ...

An Environmentalist Wants to Talk Nuclear Energy

After reading MSNBC's five-part hit job on the global nuclear industry , Michael at Groovy Green asked this of nuclear energy supporter...

NEI Energy Markets Report (January 15th - 19th)

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

Update on MSNBC Nuclear Poll

Over at MSNBC , Mike Stuckey's week-long anti-nuclear energy jihad continues , but it doesn't seem to be having the effect he intend...

Fighting Nuclear FUD From Davos

Over at the World Economic Forum, Lester Brown is taking his best cheap shot at nuclear energy . Unfortunately for him, my colleague David B...

Hobson on SOU: Where's The Nuclear?

Today's Columbus Dispatch includes reactions to last night's State of the Union speech from a number of Ohio politicians including ...

NEI Nuclear Performance Report (December 2006)

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

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Terra Rosa : The bottom line is this: renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and biofuels will be a huge part of our energy future...

AAEA at White House SOU Pre-Briefing

Norris McDonald of the African-American Environmentalist Association attended a briefing at the White House this morning on tonight's S...

For Some, Nuclear Power Is An Inconvenient Truth

Here's Laurie Goodstein from the Toronto Sun : Let’s assume that Al Gore and, in our country, Stephane Dion, Jack Layton, and (very rece...

One Environmentalist Confronts the Nuclear Question

After reading an article in the San Francisco Chronicle where one Nobel Prize winner endorsed a wide-scale expansion of nuclear energy as ...

Japan and China May Pursue Nuclear Energy Cooperation

Form Kyodo News : Japan and China are considering compiling an action plan by the end of this year for full-fledged cooperation on nuclear p...

MIT Study: Geothermal Could Provide 10% of Energy by 2050

Yesterday, MIT released a study that said that America could derive 10% of its energy production from geothermal sources by 2050 -- and it...

New Nuclear In Kansas?

From the AP : Although no one currently is planning to build a nuclear plant in Kansas, state lawmakers will consider making that possibilit...

Deutsche Bank Report: “Shutting down nuclear is inconceivable as a serious policy.”

From the Financial Times : Germany’s plan to phase out nuclear energy will make it miss its CO2 emission targets, raise electricity prices, ...

MSNBC Series on the Nuclear Renaissance

This week at MSNBC , the online news service is running a five-part series on the renaissance of nuclear energy in the U.S. To say the lea...

New NEI Advertisement in Roll Call

There's a new NEI advertisement that's running in two editions of Roll Call this week: For a closer look, click here (PDF).

C-Span Programming Alert

Appearing this morning on C-Span : News Conference Greenhouse Gases U.S. Climate Action Partnership Washington, District of Columbia (United...

Anti-Nuke Opposition in Canada Seems Muted

The probability of a grand bargain in Canada on nuclear energy and carbon emissions is looking more and more likely every day: As I and oth...

Polar Bears for Nuclear Energy

From the Detroit News : Have a good weekend.

Don't Turn the Lights Out Yet

Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister Roumen Ovcharov said that the country should try to negotiate a way to restart the recently shutd...

Massachusetts to Join RGGI

From the AP : Gov. Deval Patrick, making good on a campaign pledge, will announce Thursday that Massachusetts will join the nation's fir...

Is Sweden Losing Its Nuclear Expertise?

Finland's top nuclear safety regulator thinks so : In the view of Jukka Laaksonen, director-general of Finland's Radiation and Nucl...

GAO Report: NRC Needs Increased Funding to Handle Heavier Workload

From the AP : The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ability to hire enough workers to manage the expected onslaught of new nuclear reactor...

NEI's Energy Markets Report (January 8th - 12th)

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity prices were mostly increasing throughout the country last ...

Arguing Nuclear Economics in Fresno

Over at Central Valley IndyMedia , Alan Cheah and Mark Stout were asking questions about the economics of new nuclear build in Fresno . Davi...

House Speaker to Create Global Warming Committee

That's the word from The Corner . UPDATE : Details here : House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, intent on putting global warming atop the Democra...

Palisades Receives License Renewal

Palisades is now the 48th nuclear power plant granted license renewal by the NRC to extend the plant's operating life 20 years. With th...

Are Democrats Giving Nuclear Energy a Second Look?

Some interesting thoughts from our friends Rod Adams and Ruth Sponsler . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Electricity , En...

Earth Day Canada Kicks Up The FUD on Nuclear Energy

Earth Day Canada has just started a new blog called Eco Kids . Earlier today, they decided that their topic of the day would be nuclear po...

More on Utilities Supporting Climate Change Bill

MSNBC reports In a sign that US electricity companies are recognising that the Democratic-controlled Congress will seek to impose aggressi...

In Support of Diablo Canyon License Renewal

North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN) member Chad Sorensen authored an op-ed that appears today in The Tribune of San Luis Ob...

Leading Utility Companies to Support Climate Change Legislation

Just got a note from one of my colleagues in the media group: Reports from CQ and The Hill show that there's a 10:30 a.m. news conferen...

Czech Republic Considering New Nuclear Build

It's a debate that sounds a lot like the one in Germany . Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy , Nuclear Power , Environment , Energy , Poli...

A Uranium Comeback in South Dakota?

From Mining Exploration : Uranium exploration could begin anew in the southwestern Black Hills, and a uranium mining technique new to South ...

Can Germany Live Without Nuclear Energy?

That's the question that Spiegel Online is asking today. Also, be sure to read a companion piece on the global nuclear renaissance . T...

Merkel Challenges Anti-Nukes on Future Energy Plans

German Prime Minister Angela Merkel seems determined to force her anti-nuclear partners in her coalition government to start providing some ...

Senators McCain and Lieberman to Reintroduce Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act

From Reuters : Six U.S. senators, including potential 2008 presidential contenders from both major parties, unveiled legislation on Friday t...

World Nuclear News Debuts

Our friends at the World Nuclear Association and the World Nuclear University have combined forces to produce World Nuclear News . From th...

Obituary: Former Westinghouse Executive John W. Simpson

From the Washington Post : John W. Simpson, 92, a Westinghouse executive and electrical engineer who became an early figure in the developme...

FP&L Nears New Build Announcement

From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel : Florida Power & Light Co. plans to announce the site for a proposed nuclear power plant in the sta...