A Shout Out Over the Fence

Our neighbor here are Blogspot, Rod Adams of Atomic Insights - tops on our blog roll - is currently debating nuclear energy as a viable sol...

The Happiest Place in the World

That of course would be Walt Disney World, but in neighboring Levy county, the next most happiest, Progress Energy is set to build a new nuc...

A Song and Video by Radiation Workers

Check out this awesome video of a song titled "50 Ways to Save a Millirem" by the band Rem Men. Thanks to Blue Crab Boulevard fo...

Spheres of Influence

More on the deal between Egypt and Russia , with Russia supplying Egypt with technology to build a commercial nuclear power plant. Nuclear...

CNN Piece on Kazakhstan's Uranium Boom

Check out the detailed piece from CNNMoney on how Kazakhstan's uranium industry has taken off .

Animating the Issues

AREVA has been notably good with their outreach ads. Here's an animated piece extolling the virtues of nuclear energy through the medium...

Video on Blogging

The video below on blogging is something you may enjoy apart from our usual nuclear energy discussions. A museum dedicated to the news, the ...

Riverkeeper Doesn't Like Indian Point's Independent Safety Evaluation

Well, what's new? I didn't catch this until yesterday, but shortly after Entergy announced an independent safety evaluation will be...

In the Shadow of Other Pyramids

Russia is proving to be quite the power station broker, now adding Egypt to its portfolio of customers, following Iran, China and India. ...

NRG, Toshiba Form Company to Develop ABWR Projects in North America

NRG Energy Inc. has partnered with Toshiba Corp. to create a new company to pursue new nuclear energy projects. Nuclear Innovation North Ame...

NEI's Nuclear Performance - February 2008

Here's a summary of U.S. nuclear plant performances last month: For February 2008, the average net capacity factor was 93.2 percent. Thi...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - March 17-March 21, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices all decreased between $0.30-4.40/MWh. Though p...

The Enemy of My Enemy

One of the odder bits of news involves "Europe's last dictator," Alexander Lukashenko of Balarus, is pursuing a pact with Ira...

NY Times Blog on the High Uranium Prices

Stephen Dubner at the New York Times' Freakonomics blog explained some of the reasons for the high uranium spot prices seen over the pa...

Germany Needs More Nuclear Plants to Avoid Blackouts

Also from the Guardian : Senior German energy executives warned yesterday that Europe's biggest economy faces growing blackouts unless i...

Britain and France Team Up on Nuclear Power

From the Guardian : Britain and France are to sign a deal to construct a new generation of nuclear power stations and export the technology ...

Idaho Samizdat on Indian Point

Dan Yurman shares some thoughts on New York's Indian Point nuclear plant. Be sure to visit : New York is the first state to formally op...

Depleted Cranium Puts the Nuclear Industry Lobbying Dollars Into Perspective

Check it out .

NEI Fact Sheet on Water Consumption at Nuclear Plants

NEI recently updated its fact sheet on water consumption at nuclear plants . Below are some highlights ( the picture to the right is the co...

NAM Board Backs Nuclear Energy

The National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM) board of directors has endorsed nuclear energy as part of a policy revision, the first comp...

Carbon Capture Caprice

The value of carbon capture and clean coal as an alternative to nuclear energy proved to be a winning argument for the Dutch, but the Guardi...

How many nuclear plants does it take to meet the world's energy needs?

Several weeks ago Joshua Pearce at Clarion University in Pennsylvania released a study titled “ Thermodynamic limitations to nuclear energy ...

A Finger in the Dyke

The Guardian reports that the Dutch government is scaling back their nuclear activities in favor of coal with carbon capture. The writer, R...

Independent Safety Evaluation to be Conducted for the Indian Point Nuclear Plant in New York

Here are some of the details : In an effort to provide public assurances about the operation and protection of New York's largest nuclea...

Florida Commission Approves Two New Reactors

The Miami Herald reported on the Florida Public Service Commission's decision to approve two additional reactors at Florida Power & ...

The Morning Call for Nuclear Energy

The Morning Call has an op-ed by Forrest J. Remick of Penn State lauding nuclear energy to its Allentown, Pennsylvania readers. While Remic...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - March 10-March 14, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices changed very little at all hubs except for ERC...

CBS Evening News on Nuclear's Resurgence

Check out this short clip aired on March 16.

Podcast of ANS's Vice President/President Elect

The American Nuclear Society 's Dr. Burchill spoke to students at Vanderbilt University about... ...the factors that are producing the...

The Cradle-to-Grave of the Energy World

Or at least that's the hope of Adelaide University professor Ian Plimer: "I think it is an absolute no-brainer that we should...

Siteworx Wins Award for NEI's New Website

In July 2007, NEI launched its new website with the help of Siteworx who provided "deep expertise in user experience, application dev...

Schwarzenegger on Nuclear Power

Here's the Wall Street Journal blog again : “I think nuclear power has a great future, and we should look at it again,” California Gov. ...

McCain, Clinton and Obama on Nuclear Power

The Wall Street Journal's blog provided some insights on where the three presidential candidates stand on nuclear power. McCain: Dougla...

Jaczko, Svinicki Confirmed as NRC Commissioners

The Senate last week confirmed the nominations of Gregory Jaczko and Kristine Svinicki to serve as commissioners on the Nuclear Regulatory C...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - March 3-March 7, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices increased $1-3/MWh at the Entergy, Palo Verde ...

DOE to File Yucca Mountain License Application in June, Official Says

The Department of Energy expects to file a license application in June for construction of the Yucca Mountain used fuel repository, the prog...

Physical Insights Lays It Down on Mangano's Claims

Kentucky is close to repealing its 25-year moratorium on new nuclear plants. The State Senate has already approved the repeal but in an effo...

Early Sightings in Alberta

With Ontario gung ho on nuclear energy, it's interesting to see a glimmer of interest develop in Alberta . The provincial government has...

Now is the Time to ‘Get Busy’ on Nuclear Resurgence, Sessions Says

“Time’s a wastin’ ” was the repeated message guest speaker Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) imparted to attendees at the Nuclear Regulatory Commi...

Rep. John Shadegg-AZ on Nuclear

From The Hill Blog : The U.S. Department of Labor says it’s safer to work at a nuclear power plant than a bank. For every 200,000 work hours...

INL Reached a Milestone on Nuclear Fuel Performance

From ScienceDaily : The research to improve the performance of coated-particle nuclear fuel met an important milestone by reaching a burnup ...

Toshiba and Westinghouse Expanding in the U.S.

More signs of a nuclear resurgence. From Toshiba : The new company, Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation, started operation this month...

In the Interest of Uranium Miners

Of course, the increased interest in nuclear energy excites attention in parts of the United States where mining represents a substantial sh...

Excellent Opportunities in The Nuclear Industry

John Murawski at the News & Observer provided some insights on the opportunities for young workers to fill the gap of the nuclear indust...

Confused in Namibia About Nuclear Energy

Namibia is seriously exploring nuclear energy, having recently passed legislation to develop a nuclear regulatory framework, but has run int...

New Thinking Needed on Used Fuel Management Policy

A leading think tank called on Congress to address the nation's used nuclear fuel management and give "prompt consideration" t...

China to Build More Nuclear Than Projected

From Reuters : China is expanding nuclear power construction plans faster than earlier planned, a senior energy official told state media on...

Ontario to Go All Nuclear?

That's what this article from Reuters Canada seems to be saying: Ontario, keen to close its remaining coal-fired power plants, sai...

"Megatons to Megawatts" Milestone

Here is an update from the World Nuclear News : A total of 325 tonnes of Russian ex-military highly enriched uranium – equivalent to 13,000 ...

Britain Offers 18 More Sites for Nuclear Plants

From Reuters: Britain said on Thursday it was making 18 more sites available for the next generation of nuclear power stations and gave ope...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - February 25-February 29, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices increased $2-9/MWh at all hubs except ERCOT. T...

U.S. Air Force is Looking at Nuclear Power

From the Heritage Foundation's blog : According to a recent article in Energy and Environment News, the Air Force is planning to build a...

Was Alec Baldwin's Oyster Creek "Forum" Biased?

Chip Gerrity, President of the New Jersey International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers , was at the "forum" and shares his thou...

Nuclear Sun Shine

The Baltimore Sun has an interesting op-ed by Jack Spencer, a research fellow in nuclear energy and Nicolas Loris, a researcher at the Heri...

Virginia Uranium Mining Study Delayed Until 2009

According to NewsAdvance, science lost to politics : Virginia Uranium and its allies in the Assembly proposed a study, as a first step, to e...

"An Imagined Conversation" by Sovietologist

Based on an article at the Orion magazine , Sovietologist wrote an entertaining and informative discussion he would have with the anti about...

A Practical Approach to Environmentalism

David Neiwert has an interesting point to make about the environmental movement and its sometimes blinkered approach to the issues it addre...

Moore Calls on Greenpeace to Support Nuclear

Co-founder of Greenpeace and leading environmentalist Patrick Moore encouraged his former organization to support nuclear energy at a speech...

March 7 discussion on "Yucca Mountain and the Nuclear Renaissance" hosted by the Heritage Foundation

On March 7, the Heritage Foundation will be hosting a discussion: " Yucca Mountain and the Nuclear Renaissance: Assessing the Safety a...