Friday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: TEPCO Initiates Gas Sampling for Reactors 1, 2 Plant Status • Workers at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s ( TEP...

The Blue Ribbon Commission

The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future was charged by President Barack Obama with recommending ways to move forward with us...

The Latte Fallacy: German Nuclear Shut Down Proving Expensive

One of the big arguments against nuclear is that it simply costs too much. Well, if the latest reports from Germany are anything to go by,...

Rowe; TVA; Debating; Dark and Stormy Nights

Exelon chief John Rowe isn’t very worried about new regulations on the company’s nuclear energy facilities: "We're not in an...

Wednesday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site TEPCO to Install Second Water Decontamination System July 27, 2011 Plant Status • Tokyo Electric Power C...

EPRI Cost Analysis on Energy Technologies

The Electric Power Research Institute has a report out that compares the costs of fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables. The Integrated Gene...

NEI and the Analysts; California Nuclear Dreaming

In case you hadn’t heard – and you really should’ve since it was in our spiffy Twitter feed – but NEI held a meeting for Wall Street’s fina...

Monday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: NISA Says Stress Tests to Restart Reactors Will Take Months July 25, 2011 Plant Status • After a 6.2 ma...

Nuclear Energy and Heat, Solar Energy and Japan

CBS News finds a new hook for their look at nuclear energy: Temperatures began going down Sunday in the eastern half of the country, ...

Friday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: TEPCO Assessment: First Step in Stabilizing Fukushima Reactors Complete July 22, 2011 Plant Status • Ja...

Terror and the Nuclear Energy Industry

The US electric reliability watchdog and the power sector said Thursday that they are working with federal authorities and within the in...

Not Speeding But Not Stopping

The analysts at the Commonwealth of Australia Bank want you to know : "But it is a case of one step backward, two steps forward,...

Wednesday Update

From NEI’s Japan Micro-site : TEPCO Confirms Recovery Plans Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to achieve an improved and ...

Secretary Clinton in India

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is visiting India . There are a skein of issues to discuss, but one with special resonance to us: US...

Tuesday Update

Government Recommends New Regulatory Oversight Agency for Japan Reactors Plant Status TEPCO is scheduled today to install a metal cov...

Friday Update

From NEI’s Japan Micro-site : TEPCO Expects To Meet First Recovery Deadline July 15, 2011 Plant Status • Tokyo Electric Power Co. ex...

Bad Directions: Energy Blog Post Directs Readers to Shoddy AP Series

Around the time of the July 4 holiday, we responded to a four-part series published by The Associated Press that was larded with inaccuraci...

Thursday Update

From NEI’s Japan Micro-site : Plant Status • Tokyo Electric Power Co. has measured high levels of radioactivity inside reactor building ...

NRC’s 90 Day Report from the Fukushima Task Force

Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission published its Fukushima task force’s Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Cent...