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

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity prices experienced large drops in the East, Southeast and ...

LaSalle Station Holds Top Two Spots For World Record Continuous Runs

From Exelon : Both LaSalle County Generating Station operating units hold the top two spots worldwide for longest continuous runs of light-w...

NEI's Nuclear Performance Monthly (January 2007)

Here's a summary of U.S. nuclear plant performances last month: For January 2007, NEI estimates the average net capacity factor reached ...

Al Gore's Electric Bill

In the wake of Al Gore's Oscar win on Monday night, some folks over at the Tennessee Center for Policy Research decided to have some fun...

Data Center Power Usage to Grow by 40% by 2010

Hmm. What is a data center, and why should we be concerned? A data center is a facility that provides a safe, secure, powered home for compu...

Stewart Brand Looking for "Green Nuclear Engineers"

In today's edition of the New York Times , John Tierney talks to Stewart Brand : Stewart Brand has become a heretic to environmentalism,...

Wall Street Journal Starts Energy Blog

They're calling it Energy Roundup . Looks like they soft launched it in the middle of the month. Just check their archives, and they ha...

TXU's $32B Buyout

From the Statesman : TXU Corp., Texas' largest electricity producer, said Monday it has agreed to be sold to a group of private-equity f...

Nuclear Policy Outlook Now Available Online

The January-February 2007 issue of Nuclear Policy Outlook , a publication formerly only available to NEI members, is now available online. N...

Company Forms to Build Australia's First Nuclear Power Plant

From The Advertiser (Australia): THREE of Australia's richest men have formed a private company to set up the first nuclear power plant...

Patrick Moore Supporting New Nuclear in Fresno

The co-founder of Greenpeace was in Fresno last Thursday night supporting the idea of building a nuclear power plant in that electricity-sta...

Online Poll on Nuclear and Carbon Emissions

The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies just completed a poll asking the question: " Is nuclear part of the solution to car...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Birdblog .

Nuclear Energy Insight

The February issue of Nuclear Energy Insight is now available online. In it, you'll find an article on the reactor restart project at T...

Greenpeace's Angry Kid Backfires

We all know that Greenpeace is a natural when it comes to needless fear mongering , but this latest "public service" video on ener...

Can Nanotechnology Unlock Waste Heat from the Steam Cycle?

The Foresight Nanotech Institute is talking about it.

Romania Seeks to Increase Nuclear's Share of Electricity Production

Details from Xinhua .

Turkey Moving on New Nuclear

A bill designed to encourage the new nuclear build in Turkey is moving through Parliament.

Russia Seeks to Invest in South African Nuclear Ventures

Or so said the Russian natural resources minister during a visit to Pretoria earlier this week . More details and discussion, here .

The Atomic Show #50

Congratulations to Rod and Shane for reaching the 50 show milestone .

NEI's 2007 Wall Street Briefing

This morning in Manhattan, NEI conducted its annual Wall Street Briefing. Details from the NEI press release : The challenge of building th...

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

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity prices were mixed to decreasing throughout the country las...

Professor Takes Issue with Greenpeace Estimates in Belgium

In Belgium, the local chapter of Greenpeace is calling on the government to close that nation's nuclear power plants earlier than schedu...

Latest Nuclear Stats - February 2007

For all you stat gurus out there, I'm going to begin periodically posting new and updated statistics as they come out. Here you go. Elec...

Indie-Filmmaker Answers Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth

Ruth Sponsler has found a recent college grad who isn't afraid to take on the conventional wisdom being spouted by Al Gore on nuclear e...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet Willy Callit .

Another Democrat for Nuclear Energy

Another diarist over at Daily Kos , wolverine 06 , is making the case that Greens need to take another look at nuclear energy : IMO, Greens ...

Ireland's ESB Thinking About Nuclear Energy

That's ESB as in Electricity Supply Board , Ireland's largest electric utility. The following item ran this morning in RTE Business...

FuturePundit Asks a Question About Nuclear Energy

Randall Parker, the brains behind FuturePundit , has been reading an EPRI study about the prospect of the electric industry being able to c...

Lovelock: Greenpeace Making "Incredible Mistake" on Nuclear Energy

At the end of last week, we linked to a number of bloggers who took issue with the decision of the High Court in London to scuttle the U.K....

Brits Not Happy With High Court on Energy Review

Plenty of folks in the U.K. aren't happy with the decision by the High Court to send U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair's government ba...

NPR Profile of NRC Commissioner Edward McGaffigan

A report from David Kestenbaum .

Energy Diversity at Heart of Duke's Plan for North Carolina

In today's edition of the News and Observer , Duke Energy Chairman, President and CEO Jim Rogers lays out the rationale for his company&...

STP Sets Another Generation Record

Off the wire from the South Texas Project (release not available online): For the third consecutive year, the South Texas Project nuclear p...

NRG President: End Game for Texas is Nuclear

More from the Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) Annual Meeting, this time from the Houston Chronicle : David Crane, president and...

NEI Energy Markets Report (February 5th - 9th)

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity prices were mixed to decreasing throughout the country las...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Immodest Proposals .

Another Democrat for Nuclear Energy

At a luncheon hosted by our friends at NAM , House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC), offered an unqualified endorsement of nuclear energy .

South Africa May Build as Many as 36 New Nuclear Power Plants

Earlier this week we learned that South Africa is making plans not only to purchase a conventional nuclear power station, but also to begin ...

Bodman: Nuclear is "Only way to meet our future needs for power"

Energy Secretary Sam Bodman in a speech delivered to the annual meeting of Cambridge Energy Research Associates in Houston yesterday: Nucle...

Plans for New Nuclear Move Ahead in Idaho?

Details from the Bedford Bulletin .

High Court Rejects U.K. Energy Review

The big news out of Europe this morning is a decision from the High Court in London that the U.K. energy review released in 2006 that inclu...

Nuclear Energy a Political Issue in Ontario?

Steven Aplin has the details.

NAM Releases Energy Security Report

Our friends over at the National Association of Manufacturers today released Energy Security for American Competitiveness , a comprehensive...

China Wants Two Units From AREVA

From the New York Times : The French state-run company Areva has unexpectedly agreed to a $5 billion deal to build two nuclear power plants ...

Florida PSC Adopts Pro-Nuclear Incentives Package

From Gainesville.com : In a move that could provide more financial incentive for building nuclear power plants, the Florida Public Service C...

Lieberman and McCain Urge Congressional Colleagues to Promote Nuclear Energy

In today's edition of the Boston Globe , Senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ) got busy re-introducing the Climate Stewar...

Patrick Moore Profiled in the Wall Street Journal

Today's Wall Street Journal profiles our friend, Dr. Patrick Moore of Greenspirit Strategies, and highlights his support of nuclear ene...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet David Dundas from the U.K.: t’s fair to blame Green parties for global warming; they have campaigned long and hard to ban nuclear ener...

Siemens CEO: Shutting Down German Nuclear "Environmentally Unsound"

Klaus Kleinfeld, the CEO of Siemens AG, said yesterday that proceeding with the planned shutdown of Germany's nuclear power plants would...

South Africa to Build Second Nuclear Power Plant

Yesterday in Cape Town, South African Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin announced that the nation would soon build a second nuclear pow...

Uranium One Agrees to Takeover of UrAsia Energy

From The Independent : Canada's Uranium One has agreed a $3.1bn (£1.6bn) reverse takeover of UrAsia Energy, which has a London listing,...

DTE Pursuing Possible New Nuclear Plant at Fermi Site

Earlier today, DTE Energy President and CEO Tony Earley delivered a speech on the future of nuclear energy at the Detroit Economic Club. I...

Does Pelosi's Statemet on Nuclear Energy Open the Way for a Larger Compromise?

Following up on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's surprising announcement that she was keeping an open mind about how nuclear energy could pl...

Citigroup Issues Study on Climate Change and Investment Strategy

From Marc Gunther : Climatic Consequences , a 120-page report from Citigroup analysts Edward M. Kerschner and Michael Geraghty, ranges far a...

More on Erik Moe's Power Bill

Last week, we introduced you to Erik Moe , a graphic designer and resident of Chicago who was shocked to find that 92% of his electricity wa...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Here's one U.K. resident who is sold on nuclear energy . UPDATE : And here's someone else who's thinking along similar lines .

Local Pols Picking on Vermont Yankee

Over at The Prog Blog , Rep. Sarah Edwards of Vermont is attacking Patrick Moore for his efforts in support of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Po...

Claiming the Earth Challenge Prize With Nuclear Energy

Yesterday, former Vice President Al Gore and Virgin Airways CEO Richard Bransom announced the establishment of a $25 million prize for green...

EEI Adopts Global Climate Change Principles

As we reported yesterday, the members of the Edison Electric Institute voted on a set of policy principles designed to "guide their eng...

Princeton’s Stabilization Wedges

From one look at how the world could work to constrain greenhouse gases over the long-term, look no further then Princeton University’s Carb...

House Speaker Pelosi: "Nuclear has to be on the table."

From the Raw Story : Citing "a growing chorus of voices," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called Thursday for "mandatory ac...

EEI Voting on Greenhouse Gas Legislation Position

From Bloomberg : U.S. utility chief executive officers are voting today on a statement that would express support for federal legislation t...

Russia Reasserts State Control of Civilian Nuclear Sector

From RIA Novosti : President Vladimir Putin recently signed the so-called "tunnel law," which is opening new vistas for Russia'...

Nuclear Power Plants and Ecological Protection

While anti-nukes like to smear nuclear power plants with the charge that they spoil the environment, the truth is a far different story. Fr...

A Realistic Assessment of Wind in Minnesota

A couple of days ago, Aaron Fontaine (an avid reader of NEI Nuclear Notes ), asked us to look at how realistic the state of Minnesota’s goal...

China to Invest in Aussie Uranium Mine

Details from Kalteng.net .

"How Much Electricity from Nuclear Energy?"

Click here for a post by a Chicago blogger who came by some interesting information in his last bill stuffer.

Knight: Sierra Club Ideas Would "Collapse the Economy"

Over at The Denver Post , columnist Al Knight has cracked the code with another member of the "no solutions" gang on questions of ...

NEI Energy Markets Report (January 29th - February 2nd, 2007)

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

C-Span Alert: Reps. Bartlett and Gilchrest to Discuss Fossil Fuel Use, Peak Oil and Climate Change at 5:15 U.S. EST

From the office of Rep. Roscoe Bartlett : Congressmen Roscoe Bartlett and Wayne Gilchrest will discuss the interrelationships between energy...

New Nuclear in Thailand?

Details from Business Week .

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy?

James Lovelock has Stephen Retherford thinking it over. Be sure to stop by and tell him what you think.

Will Nuclear Power Be "Made in China"?

Thoughts from the Brown Journal of World Affairs .

NPR on Europe and Nuclear Energy

Today on NPR 's Morning Edition, reporter Emily Harris took a look at European nations that are reconsidering nuclear power : More Euro...

AREVA: Journey to the Center of Energy

As a communications professional working in the energy business, it's easy to get frustrated when some folks fail to make the connection...

Nuclear Engineers on John Edwards and Yucca Mountain

Elizabeth McAndrew-Benavides and her husband watched John Edwards on Meet The Press on Sunday , and they weren't happy with what he had ...

Atomic Insights: Don't Give Up on the Anti-Nukes

After reading the latest nonsense from groups like Greenpeace and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy , it's hard not to despair tha...

This Week in Nuclear: Episode #42

Earlier this week, John Wheeler published his latest podcast . Click here for the transcript.

Bush Administration Asks for $24.3 Billion for DOE

The Bush Administration released its FY'08 Budget yesterday . NucNet has all the details on the budget request for the Department of En...

DTE's Tony Earley to Address Detroit Economic Club

Just off the wire : On Monday, February 12, 2007, the Detroit Economic Club (DEC) is pleased to host Anthony Earley, Jr., chairman & CEO...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Dan Yurman .

Tim Russert Sets Yucca Mountain Trap on Meet The Press for John Edwards

MyDD has all the details. Click here for links to the interview. UPDATE : Here's the relevant segment of the transcript : MR. RUSSERT...