NRC Panel Denies Request To End Yucca Mountain

Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) has denied the request by the Department of Energy to withdraw ...

7th Nuclear Energy Carnival and Blog Roll Updates

Charles Barton once again hosted the carnival for the week . Stop by to see what’s in spent nuclear fuel, the latest on the Jevons Paradox, ...

Where Are the Nuclear Forgings? Track 29!

During the period that the United States slowed construction of nuclear energy plants, the subsidiary companies that did large forgings for...

Undue Panic, APEC On Board, Nuclear Subsidies (?)

Here’s an interesting article from Fortune Magazine: Allan Sloan on why overreacting to the Deepwater Horizon spill is counterproductive, ...

Reid and Angle on Nuclear Energy

One of the most interesting races for the Senate this year will be between Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and Republican State Assembly member ...

Heavy Writers and Deep Thinkers - 6th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Is Here

Over the past number of weeks, you’ve seen us highlight nuclear carnivals at other folks’ blogs. This week we’re hosting it. For those ne...

Germany Taxes (Fuel Rods), Sweden Axes (Ban)

We mentioned awhile ago that the German government intends to tax nuclear energy plants because their emission-free nature allowed them to ...

Getting Hotter in Kuwait

We recently lost our Internet connection and cable TV at home due to a fire that cindered some underground fiber. Since two of the things w...

The Saudis, Poyry, and The Think Tank Principle

We’re not entirely sure how to feel about this : Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may mine and enrich uranium to fuel power plants if it ...

Key Nuclear Stats From EPA's Economic Analysis of the "American Power Act"

According to EPA’s core policy analysis of Senators Kerry and Lieberman’s proposed legislation released yesterday , nuclear energy is projec...

And Around We Go – Fifth Carnival of Nuclear Energy Is Up

Brian Wang at Next Big Future has the next in the series .

Murkowski EPA Resolution Goes to a Vote

You may not know it, but the Senate took its first vote in quite a while yesterday on climate change issues. No, not one of the energy bill...

LES’ National Enrichment Facility Begins Operation – Nuclear Industry Continues to Gear Up

A great moment has been occurring the past couple of weeks out in Lea County, Eunice, New Mexico. Last week, Louisiana Energy Services held...

Couple of Reports Illustrating The Big Picture

Yesterday, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, General Electric’s Jeff Immelt and other big name CEOs who are members of the American Energy Innovation ...

The Republican Energy Bill

The Republicans put up an alternative to the Kerry-Lieberman energy bill yesterday via Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.). For starters, it’s muc...

Head Scratchers and Extorting Nuclear

  Here’s a bit of a head-scratcher: The federal regulatory agency charged with ensuring that nuclear plants are licensed and running ...

Samba Power: A Nuclear Re-Start in Brazil

It’s not often we consider nuclear energy in the Americas outside the U.S., but it’s time to take a peek at some interesting developments do...

Crisis Leadership

In addition to the environmental consequences, the political and policy implications of the Gulf Oil spill will unfold across the energy ind...

Fourth Carnival of Nuclear Energy is Up

Charles Barton at Nuclear Green has the latest best posts and he even added a few “blasts from the past” . Awe, memories … well done Charles...

Release the Kraken: Energy Hubs and Simulation

The transition at the U.S. Department of Energy from a business oriented secretary – Samuel Bodman, who also had been Director of M.I.T....

Nuclear Graduates and Safety Rockers

Salem Community College in Carneys Point Township in New Jersey has graduated its first class of nuclear energy technology (or NET) student...

Fossil-Fuel Bias in Indian Point Water Permit Debate?

John Wheeler at This Week in Nuclear keeps hitting hard against New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation: In my furth...

Blog Carnival on Nuclear Energy

If you haven’t already read on other nuclear blogs, our educated and vocal nuclear community has started a weekly carnival to highlight ea...