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...

China Looks to Build Nukes in Interior Regions

Details from Forbes .

On Carbon Taxes

Yesterday the New York Times took a look at proposals for carbon taxes . FuturePundit has some thoughts.

China Rejects Binding Emissions Limits

From the AP : BEIJING,: China will reject any agreement that calls for binding limits on carbon dioxide emissions that will replace the Kyot...

Report: Energy Considering Recycling Fuel from Closed Reactors

From Energy Daily (Subscription Only): In next year's budget request, the Energy Department is planning to ask Congress for authority t...

Gwyneth Cravens on Palo Verde and Nuclear Power Plant Security

Gwyneth Cravens, author of Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy , recently took a tour of the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Pl...

Swiss Face Electricity Crunch

From 24 Heures : Axpo is facing having to shut down two aging nuclear reactors at Beznau, while contracts for delivery of electricity from F...

AREVA to Build First EPR in U.S.

Details from Marketwatch .

Greenpeace Works to Block Third Reactor in Brazil

Details from CNN .

Protesters Shut Down Washington Citibank Branch with Anti-Coal Message

From Life Cycle Analysis : Bringing to a dramatic close the successful POWERSHIFT 2007 conference in Washington, D.C., hundreds of youth an...

German Press Finally Figures Out the Nuclear Energy Conundrum

Couldn't help but shake my head when I read this paragraph from Spiegel Online : As energy companies plan several new coal-burning power...

New Steam Generators Arrive at Diablo Canyon

Details from KSBY-TV .

Another College Student for Nuclear Energy

Meet Mike Otto at the University of Alberta.

Senator Clinton Releases Energy Policy Plan

In a speech yesterday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Senator Hillary Clinton laid out her energy policy for her presidential campaign. Here's...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Here's Jay Reding : The best analogy is the stock market: you’d be an idiot to hold all your money in one stock. Right now our portfolio...

Entergy Creates Nuclear Energy Spinoff

From the Wall Street Journal : Entergy Corp. plans to spin off about half of its nuclear-power plants and create the nation's first stan...

Fighting Anti-Nuclear FUD in South Africa

Over the course of the past several weeks, I've noticed a lot of anti-nuclear activity coming out of South Africa. Now, by way of the b...

Czech PM Calls for Debate on Nuclear Energy

Details from the AP .

Life Without Vermont Yankee

Hitting the wires earlier today was an AP story out of Vermont that took a look at the debate about renewing the operating license of Vermon...

Security Incident at Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant

By now many of you have seen the panicked headlines over at the Drudge Report concerning a security incident at the Palo Verde Nuclear Power...

OPG on the CANDU Reactor

Our friends at Ontario Power Generation have started to post their own videos, including this basic explanation on how their CANDU reactors ...

Glenn Beck on the "No Nukes" Relapse

Here's a funny clip from late last week where CNN's Glenn Beck weighs in on the return of the musicians from the "No Nukes...

New Nuclear for Minnesota?

Get the skinny from Minnesota Public Radio . For a previous post on the state's energy situation from David Bradish, click here .

Renewables Industry Seeks to Secure Incentives

Details over at Atomic Insights .