35th Carnival of Nuclear Energy – Bullish Views, Big Perspectives and Burgeoning Economies

This week is the 35th week the nuclear carnival has been going on and our fourth time hosting. Always staying up with the latest technolog...

BP Spill Commission Recommends Self-Regulator for Oil Industry Based on Nuclear Model

The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling has released its final report . For those of you with e...

A Wedge of Nuclear Pie

It’s a start : A move to undo Minnesota's 17-year-old ban on new nuclear power plants easily cleared its first committee Tuesday a...

Duke Energy to Merge With Progress Energy

That’s the news. Here are some details : Duke's offer was a 6.4 percent premium over the last 20 trading days, the company said, a...

Texas Opens Waste Disposal Facility to 36 States

Here’s the news : A Texas commission Tuesday set in motion the importation of low-level radioactive-waste from 36 other states, a move...

A Diversity of Opinion

Over in Investors Business Daily, Bernard Weinstein takes positive note of Republican gains in Congress and what he thinks is a concomitant...

Sense and Senselessness

Let’s kick off the year with news that has a, shall we say, rather odd tinge to it: Chinese scientists have mastered the technology f...