Monday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: TEPCO Successfully Tests Cover for Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 1 October 31, 2011 Plant Status Tokyo E...

Dreaming About a Repository

Last week, I sat in on a House hearing about the Blue Ribbon Commission’s draft report . The hearing rapidly departed from the subject and ...

Friday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: First of Japanese Reactor Stress Test Results Sent to Regulator October 28, 2011 Industry/Regulatory/Poli...

Stakes Through the Heart

F rom Treehuggers’ Sarah Hodgson: "Every new nuclear plant licensed and built is a stake thru the heart of energy efficiency, off...

Will Europe Struggle to Keep the Lights On?

A new study from consulting company Capgemini said that Europe may have trouble “keeping the lights on” this winter thanks to the nuclear p...

On The Discovery of Blinky in Argentina

Like a lot of folks, we've been seeing the reports out of Argentina that locals have caught a 3-eyed fish (leading to inevitable Simpso...

Incentivizing Energy

The American Security Project has put up an interesting podcast that asks whether recent events mark the end of the nuclear renaissance. An...

The Sun Rises on New Nuclear

Southern Co. has launched a new print advertising campaign to highlight some of the economic benefits the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant ...

Entergy Rejects Reports SR-90 Found In Connecticut River Is From Vermont Yankee

Late on Friday afternoon, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to NRC Chairman Greg Jaczko accusing Entergy, the owner of the Vermont Yan...

Wednesday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: World Nuclear Operators Approve Post-Fukushima Actions October 26, 2011 Industry/Regulatory/Political Iss...

Is the Future Outlook for Nuclear Energy Bright?

To every debate, there are two sides of the coin. How will nuclear energy stack up in a post-Fukushima world? Heads—nuclear energy will cont...

“We cannot keep the lights on without nuclear energy.”

From Mohamed ElBaradei , the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency: "There will be, in the short term, a slowdown in so...

Friday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: NRC Commissioners Adopt Near-Term Recommendations Industry/Regulatory/Political Issues The U.S. Nuclear Regula...

Germany Counts Cost of Nuclear Shutdown

Nuclear energy. It’s expensive, right? That’s what a lot of our friends at the Union of Concerned Scientists and Greenpeace keep saying. A...

Wednesday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: NRC Creates Long-Term Fukushima Steering Committee October 19, 2011 Industry/Regulatory/Political Issues The U....

Mothers in Nuclear – Yes, They Do Exist

The Clean Energy Insight blog, which is the blog for the North American Young Generation in Nuclear, just published four stories from mother...

Monday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: TEPCO, Government to Revise Timetable for Returning Evacuees October 17, 2011 Industry/Regulatory/Political Iss...

America Technology Gets Ready to Go Big Again with New Nuclear Projects

I hear it all the time lately. “What’s happening to American technology? Are we losing our edge?” No more space shuttle . Steve Jobs log...

Friday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site: IAEA Experts Conclude Japan's Decontamination Efforts Going Well October 14, 2011 Industry/Regulatory...

Nuclear Energy Is Go in Britain

The other day, we ran a bit noting that the British government issued a report that cleared the way for new nuclear build in the United King...

Fluor Invests in NuScale

You know, it’s kind of sad that no one is willing to invest in nuclear energy anymore. Wait, what? NuScale Power celebrated the news of...

60 Years of Energy Incentives – An Analysis of Federal Expenditures for Energy Development from 1950-2010

In 2008, NEI published a study based on an analysis by the Management Information Systems, Inc. that detailed the amount of subsidies that ...