NEI Statement on Senate EPW Hearing on Yucca Mountain

The following statement comes from NEI's Media Relations Department: The U.S. Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works held ...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - October 22 - 26, 2007

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices at the listed hubs below decreased about $4-15...

Nightly Business Report on Nuclear Energy

This week on the Nightly Business Report on PBS, the program is taking a look at the future of nuclear energy with reports each evening as...

TVA Expected to Apply for New Reactors

Details via the AP . Expect some video later today.

The Truth About Nuclear Energy and Renewables

Kyle Woodlock, the grad student at Georgia Tech who kicked off his YouTube career with a rebuttal to Harvey Wasserman and his "No Nukes...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Futurismic .

We Support Lee Reviews "The Power to Save The World"

Ruth Sponsler has a review of Gwyneth Cravens' new book, The Power to Save the World . Be sure to give it a look. I'm sure many o...

Visiting a Swedish Nuclear Power Plant

While Sweden might have passed a referendum to phase out its nuclear generating capacity back in 1980, that hasn't stopped 3 million Swe...

Imagining a "Better Place" with All Electric Vehicles

From the New York Times : Shai Agassi, a Silicon Valley technologist who was in competition to become chief executive of SAP, one of the wor...

More Grief for the "No Nukes" Crowd

In today's edition of the Washington Times , Jack Spencer of the Heritage Foundation takes on Bonnie Raitt and friends over their new mu...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

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NEI's Nuclear Performance - September 2007

Here's a summary of U.S. nuclear plant performances last month: For September 2007, the average net capacity factor reached 93.7 percent...

Edwards, Giuliani, McCain and Obama on Nuclear Energy

Here's another YouTube find: Representatives from the Presidential campaigns of Senator Barack Obama, Senator John Edwards, Mayor Rudy G...

Now Available: October Issue of Nuclear Energy Insight

The October issue of Nuclear Energy Insight is now available online. In it, you'll find an article about the first full license applica...

Michael Williams on Nuclear Energy

I was kicking around YouTube again today, and came across a video that had been posted some time ago by Michael Williams, Chairman of the Te...

Nuclear Energy and Loan Guarantees, Part III

In our final installment on nuclear energy and loan guarantees, Richard Myers, NEI's Vice President of Policy Development , explains why...

Nuclear Energy and Loan Guarantees, Part II

Yesterday, I forwarded a note from Richard Myers, NEI's Vice President of Policy Development , concerning nuclear energy and loan guaran...

Report from North Anna

JoAnn Sperber, NEI 's Director of Member Communications, was on the scene in Virginia last night for the latest in a series of meetings ...

Nuclear Energy and Loan Guarantees, Part I

Over the past few days, I've run into more than my share of angry and exasperated colleagues here at NEI . The reason: All the attentio...

Salon Features YouTube and Nuclear Energy

If there's one media outlet that's gotten the story right over the online battle over nuclear energy and loan guarantees, it's S...

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No Nukers Get Brutal Reception Online

I was just taking a quick look around the Web when I found a USA Today piece on the "No Nukes" revival that arrived in Washingto...

Making the Case for Maine's Nuclear Power Council

Last week we pointed to a story about how Maine State Rep. Bob Walker was proposing legislation to create a state Nuclear Power Council . I...

NPR on the "No Nukes" Video

Today on Morning Edition, NPR has picked up on the "No Nukes" music video that a group of aging rockers released a little more th...

Uzbekistan Invites Japan to Help Exploit Uranium Deposits

Details from High Five .

The Sierra Club Discovers Blogging

And let me be the first one to welcome Clean Energy Watch to the Blogosphere. I tripped over them today because -- surprise, surprise -- t...

Toshiba Expands Isogo Nuclear Engineering Center

Details from Huliq .

Solving "Fission Impossible"

From Daniel Gross at Slate .

Just One Second, Harvey ...

Back at YouTube this weekend, anti-nuke activist Harvey Wasserman posted a video rebuttal to Elizabeth King's debut on YouTube last wee...

So Just What Kind of Power Plant Would You Like?

In Kansas, local regulators have rejected approval of air permits for a new coal-fired power plant arguing that greenhouse gases threatens ...

DOE Certifies License Support Network for Yucca Mountain

Today the Department of Energy certified the public availability of documentary material relevant to the Yucca Mountain licensing process o...

Toshiba to Seek U.S. Approval for Small Reactor

Details from Bloomberg .

Maine Legislator to Create Nuclear Power Council

Details from MaineCoastNow.com .

Recovering Uranium from Coal Ash

Details from Atomic Insights .

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

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NEI on YouTube

With all the video work we've been doing over the past two weeks, I thought it might be a good idea to create a space for NEI and its fr...

Another College Student for Nuclear Energy

University of Wisconsin student Nathan Braun watched last week's "No Nukes" video and came away less than impressed : While i...

The Passive Safety Features of the GE ESBWR

Here's some neat video we just got our hands on: An explanation of the passive safety systems of the General Electric ESBWR nuclear powe...

FP&L Files Paperwork with Florida PSC on Need for Additional Reactors

From FP&L : Florida Power & Light Company today proposed making nuclear power a bigger part of Florida’s energy future. In the firs...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Nuclear Energy Can Save US .

Rod Adams on Cleantech Podcast

Our friend Rod Adams is a guest on this week's Cleantech podcast . The topic? What else besides nuclear energy. Click here to liste...

Another College Student for Nuclear Energy

Talk to Chuck Leisure at Georgetown.

New Nuclear in Utah?

Get all the details from Idaho Samizdat .

NEI's Energy Markets Report - October 8 - 12, 2007

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Except for SP 15, electricity peak prices fell $3-12/MWh at the hubs l...

John Edwards and his Backwards Anti-Nuclear Energy Stance

Presidential candidate John Edwards was endorsed by Friends of the Earth Action last Sunday primarily because of his stance against nuclear ...

Lithuania Fights EU to Keep Plant Open

Facing rising electric rates and a dangerous over-reliance on Russian natural gas, the Baltic nation is fighting to keep ...

Rudy Giuliani on Nuclear Energy

Back in August, we linked to a news item that talked about Republican Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani expressing his support for nuclea...

Bechtel Wins TVA Contract for Watts Bar

Details from Knox News .

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit The Far Side of Technology . UPDATE : More from Quad4B , Exit 78 and Ian Muir .

IAEA: Increased Demand May Triple Uranium Reserves

Here's a clip for all the anti-nuke activists who say we're running out of Uranium. From Reuters : High uranium prices will spur ex...

Eleanor Clift Pushing China on Nuclear Energy?

in more than one instance, we've referred to the incredible challenge that China faces as it rapidly industrializes. On the one hand, i...

NPC: U.S. Must Expand Use of Nuclear Energy

From Nuc Net : The world “will need all economic, environmentally responsible energy sources,” including nuclear energy, to ensure an adequa...

NMC to Reincorporate

Details from World Nuclear News .

Others Fighting No Nukes Crew

Shortly after we posted a video response by Elizabeth King to a new appeal from the "No Nukes" crew , we saw a number of other fol...

Taking On Raitt, Nash and Browne on Nuclear Energy

I'm sure by now many of you have seen the video produced by NukeFree.org , starring Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash and Jackson Browne -- some...

“Volvo in nuclear energy retreat”

This morning I had a good laugh after reading this : Truck maker Volvo has announced that it will cease buying Swedish nuclear power at the ...

The Patrick Moore Interview: On His Own Conversion on Nuclear Energy

In today's installment of our interview with Dr. Patrick Moore of the CASEnergy Coalition , Dr. Moore talks about his own conversion on ...

Tech Talk on the American Nuclear Energy Revival

After reading a BBC piece on the revival of the American nuclear energy industry , Tech Talk, the blog over at IEEE Spectrum, had this to sa...

Russian Duma Passes Nuclear Consolidation Bill

Details from the Moscow Times .

Another Hacker for Nuclear Energy

Just a message board posting that made me smile.

EDF CEO: Nuclear to Take Center Stage in Climate Change Battle

From Thomson Financial : EDF chief executive officer Pierre Gadonneix backed greater use of nuclear power as a way of combating climate chan...

Patrick Moore on the Energy Situation in Ontario

Know that we were on the cusp of an election in the Canadian province of Ontario in which energy was a big issue, I asked Dr. Patrick Moore...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - October 1 - 5, 2007

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

The Patrick Moore Interview: On Nuclear Energy and Low CO2 Emissions

In today's installment of our interview with Dr. Patrick Moore of the CASEnergy Coalition , he addresses the link between nuclear energy...

When Pro-Nuclear Readers Fight Back

Over at Gristmill , David Roberts is up to his nuclear energy-bashing best again, but this time, the readers of his blog aren't putting ...

Sweden's Continued Embrace of Nuclear Energy

More than 30 years after voting to phase out nuclear energy, Sweden finds that it just can't get along without it .

Tracking Clinton, Obama and Edwards on Nuclear Energy

Over at both MyDD and DailyKos , a diarist named TomP something of a voters guide to the positions of the leading Democratic candidates for...

An Interview With Skip Bowman

A couple of weeks back, our President and CEO, Skip Bowman, sat down for a Q&A with ZDNet : Q. Has the performance of nuclear plants imp...

Belarus to Build New Nuclear Plant

Details from the BBC .

Poll Respondents are Randomly Selected, New Nuclear Plant Sites Are Not

Earlier this evening Nuclear News Flashes from Platts moved a news item that didn't gibe with a lot of what I've read about public ...

The Weather Channel and Nuclear Energy

In a post over at The Weather Channel's Climate Blog , Dr. Heidi Cullen, the channel's climate expert, is examining public acceptanc...

The Patrick Moore Interview: On Greenpeace and the Anti-Nukes

Earlier today, we linked to a clip of Dr. Patrick Moore talking about "independent thinkers" and nuclear energy. In this afternoo...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Say Anything . UPDATE: More from NAM Blog .

The Patrick Moore Interview: On Independent Thinkers and Nuclear Energy

Yesterday, I posted a link to a clip of Dr. Patrick Moore talking about his work with the CASEnergy Coalition . In today's installment ...

An All Electric French Jeep

It's called the Tender Scarlette. Read all about it at Hybrid Cars . Of course, because it's French, it might as well be a nuclear ...

SUNY to Investigate Nuclear Energy Curriculum

From Mid Hudson News : State Assemblyman Joel Miller of Poughkeepsie has proposed a college curriculum be developed to train students in th...