Weekly Update

From NEI’s Japan Earthquake launch page: NEI Weekly Update on Fukushima Daiichi Plant Status: Priorities this week at Fukushima continued to...

Build From, Not Run From

U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce says the U.S. nuclear energy industry doesn't have technological problems — it has "political problems.&...

Exelon and Constellation Merge; E.ON; Japan

Here's the news, via World Nuclear News : Exelon and Constellation Energy have announced a $7.9 billion merger. Under the name Exelon, ...

“This is a huge step for Iowa”

"This is a huge step for Iowa, and it is a huge step if we believe we want to grow the great state of Iowa," said Rep. Chuck S...

On Vermont Yankee and States’ Rights

Over at the ANS Nuclear Cafe , Meredith Angwin who blogs at Yes Vermont Yankee , makes the case for why the NRC has jurisdiction over nuclea...

Japan to Tennessee

Terrific article at Bloomberg that takes a first try at crafting a minute by minute account of what happened at Fukushima Daiichi on March...

Video of Radiation Shield to go Over Chernobyl

In light of today’s quarter-century anniversary of the accident, below is a fascinating nine minute video by the French consortium Novarka ...

The World and the Safety Agency

How’s the world coping? Turkey : Speaking about a trip to Ukraine last week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster a...

No Fear Detected

The headline blares “Indiana fears future of nearby nukes ,” then fails to find anyone in Indiana fearing those nearby nukes. There’s an ...

Weekly Update on Fukushima Daiichi

From NEI’s Japan Earthquake update page . Of course, we’ll bring you information during the week, too, if something significant takes place ...

Renewables did not surpass nuclear in 2010

Cleantechnica has a post referencing a report (pdf) from the Worldwatch Institute that claims renewables (wind, solar and biomass) have su...

Italy, Poland (and Its Neighbor Germany), Exxon

Italy has decided to forestall any decision on proceeding with nuclear energy in the wake of Japan. But they need a plan: Italy curren...

Thursday Update

From NEI’s Japan Earthquake launch page: UPDATE AS OF 11 A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, APRIL 21: As workers continue to pump cooling water into...

ANS Nuclear Cafe - “Why is there irrational fear of radiation?”

A number of folks at the Cafe have contributed thoughts on why the public fears radiation and nuclear energy. Much of the fear, they discus...

Indian Point, Vermont Yankee, V.C. Summer

If you happen to live in New York's 26th Senate District, which contain the Indian Point nuclear plant and is represented by state Senat...

Analysis of Replacing Japan’s Nuclear Plants With Other Technologies

Over at Forbes’ blog, Sara Mansur has dug into the numbers to see what it would take if nuclear were phased out in Japan: If nuclear ...

A Certain Logic in Russia

There’s a certain logic here: Kiriyenko said the impact from the Fukushima plant disaster would not only increase safety concerns but...

Robots at Fukushima

What everyone’s been waiting for: Robots : A U.S.-made robot built for bomb disposal were set to make its way into a reactor building ...

NRC Chairman Jaczko Responds to Questions from EPW Chairman Boxer on Fukushima-Daiichi

On March 17, Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) asked for a thorough review and posed a number of question...

U.S. District Court to Decide Vermont Yankee’s Future

Entergy filed a complaint today with the U.S. District Court to seek “a judgment to prevent the state of Vermont from forcing the Vermont Y...

TEPCO’s Plans to Stabilize Fukushima-Daiichi

Yesterday, TEPCO released their plans on how to stabilize the plant in the short term. Below is a one-page overview of the plans (pdf). ...

UCS Science: How Many Cancers Did Airlines Really Cause?

There is a lot of confusion about how many excess cancer deaths will likely result from exposure to radiation at low-dose and low-dose-rates...

INL Director Discusses Lessons Learned from TMI, Fukushima

Idaho National Laboratory's Director John Grossenbacher explains how the U.S. nuclear industry has boosted its safety procedures as a ...

Nuts in April – the German Energy Plan

With Germany aiming to shut down its nuclear energy plants by 2022, it needs replacement energy and quickly. Prime Minister Angela Merkel h...

Friday Update

From NEI’s Japan Earthquake launch page: UPDATE AS OF 11 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Tokyo Elect...

More on Level 7

About a week ago, the Japanese government rated the event at Fukushima Daiichi at level 7, the highest such level on the International Nucl...