Friday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: Three Fukushima Reactors Below Boiling Point September 30, 2011 Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co...

What Is An "Unusual Event?"

While keeping my ear to the ground on Twitter today, I came across this message from the editor at West Chester Patch. For those of you unf...

NRC Issues Press Release Concerning North Anna Re-Start

The following press release was just issued by NRC. NRC CONFIRMS POST-EARTHQUAKE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NORTH ANNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT The Nu...

Readers Weigh In On CJR's Look at AP Series on Nuclear Energy

A few days back, I pointed to a piece by the Columbia Journalism Review that took a look at NEI's dispute with the Associated Press o...

The Name on the Dotted Line

This is posted on the White House’s We the People website, which allows we the people to create polls and collect signatures to show suppor...

Wednesday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: Fukushima City to Decontaminate 110,000 Residences September 28, 2011 Industry/Regulatory/Political Issue...

Changing Minds in Subtle Ways

Energy Secretary Steven Chu wants you to know: “The rise of automobiles was driven by environmental pollution,” Chu said, explaining that h...

Memories of an Earthquake

How serious was the earthquake the hit the east coast last month. Consider: These fine folk are starting at the top of the Washington Mo...

CJR Critiques AP Series on Nuclear Plant Safety

Over the Summer that the Associated Press (AP) ran a four-part series on safety at America's nuclear power plants by reporter Jeff Donn...

Monday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: Japan to Lift Evacuation Advisories for 5 Municipalities Sept. 26, 2011 Industry/Regulatory/Political Iss...

Mandatory Meetings

Later this week, The Nuclear Energy Commission will host what it calls a mandatory meeting between the commissioners and the NRC staff on th...

71st Carnival of Nuclear Energy: Critical Reviews, History and Future Stuff

Today, we have the privilege of hosting the carnival for the seventh time in its young history. We have contributions from ten folks discuss...

NEI Responds to Markey Letter on Nuclear Power Plant Loan Guarantee Program

Earlier today, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Representatives Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) demanding th...

Friday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: Japan PM Says Fukushima will Achieve Cold Shutdown This Year Industry/Regulatory/Political Issues Japa...

The United Nations and Fukushima

Some words from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the United Nations: The Obama Administration is committed to nuclear power as a ...

Reasons to Doubt the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

This morning's edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch has a short piece reporting that the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League is ...

USA Today Errs on Condition of Spent Fuel Pools at Fukushima

We've seen a few recent instances of reporters incorrectly stating the fuel in the pools melted. That's incorrect, as the AP reporte...

Wednesday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: Japan PM Expects Shutdown Reactors to Restart by Next Summer September 21, 2011 Industry/Regulatory/Political I...

Nostradamus at the IAEA

Platts has the story : The share of nuclear power in world electricity supply could shrink over the next 40 years to 6.2%, half what it...

Monday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: Japan Prime Minister Noda to Address United Nations Industry/Regulatory/Political Issues • Japanese Prime...

Solydra and Nuclear Energy Loan Guarantees

A lot of the posts over at the National Journal’s energy blog have been about Solyndra – as one might expect – but the loan guarantee aspect...

Friday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: TEPCO Improves Core Cooling for Fukushima Daiichi Reactors Industry/Regulatory/Political Issues • The Uni...

UCS and The Politics of Naïveté

Sometimes, when you see an attack on the nuclear energy industry, it may have some grain of truth in that a facility did not implement somet...