President Bush Proposes Climate Talks

From the AP : President Bush, seeking to blunt international criticism of the U.S. record on climate change, on Thursday urged 15 major nati...

Rely on Nuclear Australia

Developments in the civilian nuclear energy sector in Australia are coming fast and furious and it's hard to keep up sometimes -- unless...

This Week in Nuclear, Episode #47

Click here to listen to John Wheeler's latest podcast.

A Grand Coalition on Nuclear Energy and Climate Change

We Support Lee says the latest round of G8 negotiations provides an interesting opportunity.

Nuclear Energy and the Alberta Oil Sands

Updates from the Calgary Sun and the Whitecourt Star .

South Africa Identifies Five Possible Nuclear Plant Sites

Details from The Herald (Port Elizabeth, SA).

Uranium and the Daily Reckoning

Last Fall, I spent a couple of days at a conference in Las Vegas where I sat in on a discussion of how to use free content to drive purchase...

The Chinese Nuclear Energy Push

From yesterday's Washington Post : Under plans already announced, China intends to spend $50 billion to build 32 nuclear plants by 2020....

Greenpeace’s Economics of Nuclear Power

Greenpeace International recently issued a report titled “ The Economics of Nuclear Power ” (pdf). The four analysts (commissioned by Greenp...

News from the 2007 Nuclear Energy Assembly

While we've got a skeleton crew working at NEI's offices in Washington, D.C., a significant portion of our staff has spent this week...

Saskatchewan Looking at Nuclear Energy Future?

At least one local politician is thinking about it.

More Details on Norway and Thorium Energy

Get the scoop from Cosmos .

In the U.K. Nuclear Energy Debate, a Question of Language

Details from Michael Kenward .

Paul Newman and Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

One of my colleagues at NEI just handed me the following statement from actor Paul Newman . Newman toured Entergy's Indian Point Nuclea...

NEI Energy Markets Report (May 14th - May 18th)

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

South Africa Wants 20,000 MWe in 20 Years

Details from iafrica.com .

U.K. Energy White Paper Calls for More Nuclear Energy

From the BBC : Nuclear power is needed to help reduce carbon emissions and to ensure secure energy supplies, Tony Blair has said. He spoke a...

Meeting Patrick Moore

When told she was going to meet a co-founder of Greenpeace, reporter Alicia Colon wasn't terribly excited : When I was asked to meet the...

EIA's International Energy Outlook 2007

The Energy Information Administration released yesterday its annual International Energy Outlook for 2007. Here are some highlights from t...

Shell Investigating Nuclear for Alberta Oil Sands

Looks like this is an idea with some staying power: Another multinational oil company is investigating the use of nuclear energy to extract ...

Norwegian Company Expresses Interest in Thorium Reactor

This time, the company interested is Statkraft . Previously, we've seen reports of interest from both Thor Energi and Bergen Energi . ...

Vermont Governor to Veto Vermont Yankee Tax Bill

Details from the Bennington Banner .

Fact Checking Another Sloppy Anti-Nuke

Over at the Huffington Post , John Rosenthal trotted out the same old tired anti-nuke talking points. Unfortunately for him, nuclear engine...

TVA Restarts Browns Ferry Unit 1

From the TVA (release not yet online): The Tennessee Valley Authority restarted Unit 1 at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in North Alabama to...

Nuclear Energy, Increased Temperatures and the Truth About the Steam Cycle

Summer is just around the corner, which means that an old anti-nuke talking point that was first used about a year ago is getting trotted ou...

Why India Needs Nuclear Energy, and a Whole Lot More

One theme we've hit on a lot since we started NEI Nuclear Notes is the fact that billions of people in the developing world are in need...

Dr. Richard Leaky Wants Nuclear Energy for Africa

From an Edmonton Journal story on environmentalists who are now supporting nuclear energy : [D]uring a recent visit to Edmonton, world famo...

Used Fuel, Carbon Emissions and Vermont Yankee

From the Boston Globe : Activists released a new report Friday indicating Vermont has more radioactive nuclear waste per capita than any sta...

Brown to Complete Blair's Plans for U.K. Nuclear Expansion

With U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair set to leave the scene in a few weeks, some folks are speculating on what areas his presumptive successo...

Another Environmentalist for Nuclear Energy

From TPM Cafe : the global warming issue is far graver than the issue of nuclear power plant waste. Therefore I think we should follow our p...

Taking the Measure of Alternative Energy Growth

One of the common claims that anti-nukes like to make about nuclear energy is that it can't be expanded quickly enough to have an impact...

A Salute to Pat Cleary

I wanted to take a moment to note that one of NEI's best friends in the blogosphere, Pat Cleary of Shop Floor , the blog of the National...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Meet realdre .

Marketplace on Used Nuclear Fuel and Recycling

Here's an item I had forgotten to pass along: A feature by PRI's Marketplace on used nuclear fuel and the potential for recycling ....

More on the Wisconsin Nuclear Legislation

Details from the Green Bay Press . For our post from last week, click here .

China: Full Speed Ahead On Nuclear Energy

Two items out of China caught my eye this morning. First, here's a report from XFN-Asia : China's uranium demand is expected to gro...

Patrick Moore Interview with New York Resident

CASEnergy co-chair Patrick Moore sat down for a recent Q&A session with New York Resident . Here's an excerpt: In your work, have y...

USA Today: Nuclear Energy Must Play Larger Role

In the wake of NRC's decision to authorize the restart of Browns Ferry Unit 1 , USA Today is editorializing that nuclear needs to play ...

MIT Forum on Nuclear Energy

The MIT Technology and Culture Forum sponsored a recent forum on the future of nuclear energy on campus back in March: ABOUT THE PANEL DIS...

IBD: Make Nuclear Part of Comprehensive Energy Policy

Investor's Business Daily is calling for a comprehensive national energy policy that must include nuclear energy: The White House also ...

Crunching the Numbers on Nuclear Construction and CO2

For a while now we've been seeing desperate anti-nukes making the ridiculous charge that nuclear energy contributes to greenhouse gas em...

Senator Coleman on Nuclear Energy

In a speech in Minnesota yesterday about national energy policy, Senator Norm Coleman had an interesting way of selling Americans on the ben...

Rep. Dingell at the Detroit Economic Club

Earlier today, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) gave a speech at the Detroit Economic Club entitled, " Strengthening Our Economy & Protecti...

Texas Business for Clean Air -- And Clean Air Energy

I was kicking around the Web this morning when I came across the Web site for Texas Business for Clean Air . When you take a look inside th...

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Energy Policy

At a speech last week at the Greater Houston Partnership, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg laid out his vision for a national energy polic...

AREVA CEO to French Cabinet?

The blog of the German Marshall Fund is reporting that representatives of newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy have approached ARE...

Patrick Moore Bumped from Real Time

Just got the follwing note from one of my superiors at NEI. "Real Time" has undergone some guest changes in the true fashion of th...

Switkowski: Nuclear Power in Australia in 20 Years

From the Herald-Sun (Australia): VICTORIA will have its first nuclear power station in 20 years, the head of the Federal Government's n...

John McCain on Energy Policy

From Newsmax : Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday that America's current energy policy needs revamping with mo...

Wisconsin Committee Votes to End State's Nuclear Construction Moratorium

The reports I'm seeing now are sketchy and incomplete, but taken together the news is pretty clear: A special committee of the Wisconsin...

NEI Energy Markets Report (April 30th - May 4th)

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity price changes were mixed last week (see pages 1 & 2). ...

State Senate Approves Vermont Yankee Tax

The new tax increase on Vermont Yankee that we wrote about earlier this week passed the state senate : Without a word of debate or even a r...

Patrick Moore to Appear on HBO's Real Time

Two weeks ago Sheryl Crow and Laurie David got their chance to take a free shot at nuclear energy on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher , ...

DOE Announces New GNEP Grant

From DOE (not yet online): The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary Clay Sell today announced that DOE will provide up to $60 mi...

U.S. Uranium Sales Down

Details from UPI .

Duke Energy Working to Make Way for New Nuclear

In a conference call detailing Duke Energy's latest quarterly performance, CEO Jim Rogers talked about some of the activities the compan...

More Support for New Nuclear at North Anna

From the Daily Press (Hamptom Roads): A growing Virginia is demanding more electricity, and nuclear plants are a reasonable way to provide ...

The Guys Who Get it Done at San Onofre

Today's Orange County Register is taking a look at a refueling outage at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. What's different a...

The Sarkozy Letter to EFN

With the French presidential election over, the task of governing is now on the shoulders of the newly-elected President, Nicolas Sarkozy . ...

Nuclear Idea Advances in Alberta Oil Sands

Following up on a story from last week , local ruling party officials in Alberta have endorsed the studying the idea of using nuclear energy...

Romanian CANDU Ready to Go Online

Details here .

Congress Pushing for Nuclear Surface Ships?

From Defense News : The prospect of the U.S. Navy once again using nuclear energy to propel its larger surface warships edged a bit closer t...

Show 'Em It's Not a Knee-Jerk

Last Thursday, Eric reported on the nuclear debate in Canada , but he missed what I thought was the most interesting part of the article . T...

Bruce Power and OPG File for Up to Eight New Reactors

From the Globe and Mail : The two companies that operate nuclear power plants in Ontario are seeking the green light to build up to eight ne...

Germany to Increase Nuclear Research Spending, Local Media Puzzled

From Der Spiegel : The fact that the German government renounced nuclear energy in 2000 and pledged to take its last plant off the grid by 2...

Duke Energy Buys Southern Company Out of Lee Nuclear Power Project

Just off the wire : Duke Energy announced today that, subject to board approval, it intends to purchase Southern Company’s 500-megawatt inte...

Taxing Behavior Around Vermont Yankee

Some folks in Vermont want to raise taxes on Vermont Yankee to help pay for a "clean energy" fund . Considering that the state is...

Anti-Nukes Rallying in Wisconsin

With the word out that some in the state would like to lift the moratorium on new nuclear build , the old line anti-nuke groups are planning...

Does it Make Sense to Oppose Nuclear Power?

That's the question that one progressive activist at The Irregular Times is asking: Considering the current climate crisis, it seems cl...

Gore vs. Schwarzenegger

Slate is asking the question: Who is a better spokesman for the environmental movement, former Vice President Al Gore or California Governor...

Asian Development Bank May End Nuclear Opposition

From the AP : The Asian Development Bank may end its long-standing rejection of nuclear energy and embrace it as a green power source for ra...

Double-Checking The Nuclear Numbers in France

They had a presidential debate in France last night, and the moderator asked the two candidates how much of France's electricity was gen...

PBMR May Remain as Eskom Sub

Details from All Africa.com .

IPCC Releases Summary for Policymakers

Click here for one of the documents we've been waiting on out of Bangkok. Thanks to We Support Lee for the pointers.

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

One visit to a plant was enough to convince Peter Chow .

From the IPCC in Bangkok: Expand Nuclear to Help Fight Climate Change

From the New York Times : The world’s established and emerging powers will need to divert substantially from today’s main energy sources wit...

Atomic Rod and Adam Curry

One of the things that's been most fun about blogging in the nuclear industry has been seeing the kind of success many of my newfound co...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Jeremy Raines .

Canadian PM Embraces Nuclear Energy

From Maclean's : Stephen Harper would seem an unlikely pitchman for nuclear power. When the Prime Minister launches into his familiar sp...

Louisiana Adopts CWIP

Details from We Support Lee .

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Make another visit to Noblesse Oblige .

Duke CEO Rogers: Without Nuclear, Congress Won't Reach Climate Change Goals

From the Charlotte Observer : Duke Energy Corp. Chief Executive Jim Rogers said environmentalists and Congress should support nuclear energy...

GE Nuclear Wins Deal With Dominion

From the Wilmington Star : GE Energy's nuclear division announced a deal Tuesday to build parts of the core infrastructure of a new nucl...