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Saturday, May 4, 2013

The Marriage of Solar Energy and Natural Gas


The Marriage of Solar Energy and Natural Gas

http://shalestuff.com/controversy-2/marriage-solar-energy-natural-gas/article07312?utm_source=feedly

Green Technology Spotlight: Energy Storage for Offshore Wind

Green Technology Spotlight: Energy Storage for Offshore Wind


http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/24847?utm_source=feedly

Sustainability can't be sustained without water

Sustainability can't be sustained without water
http://www.bluephoenixinc.com/2013/05/02/sustainability-cant-be-sustainable-without-water/?utm_source=feedly

A new problem for fracking: Drillers are running out of water


A new problem for fracking: Drillers are running out of water

http://qz.com/80550/water-shortages-threaten-us-shale-gas-boom/

Solar Energy Embarrassingly Less Productive than Coal

Solar Energy Embarrassingly Less Productive than Coal


http://blog.heritage.org/2013/05/02/solar-energy-embarrassingly-less-productive-than-coal/

Saudi Arabia Aim to Increase Oil Production to 15 Million Barrels a Day by 2020


Saudi Arabia Aim to Increase Oil Production to 15 Million Barrels a Day by 2020

http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Saudi-Arabia-Aim-to-Increase-Oil-Production-to-15-Million-Barrels-a-Day-by-2020.html

Energy Storage: The Final Barrier to Wind and Solar’s Success

Energy Storage: The Final Barrier to Wind and Solar’s Success


http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Energy-Storage-The-Final-Barrier-to-Wind-and-Solars-Success.html

Canada’s Oil Sands Threatened by Lack of Market


Canada’s Oil Sands Threatened by Lack of Market

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Canadas-Oil-Sands-Threatened-by-Lack-of-Market.html

Time for Big Green to Go Fossil Free

Time for Big Green to Go Fossil Free
by Naomi Klein
"People are fed up with being told that the best way to fight climate change is to change their light bulbs and buy carbon offsets, while leaving the big polluters undisturbed. And they are raring to take the fight directly to the industry most responsible for the climate crisis."http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/02-6

NASA Technology Roadmap for space power generation and energy storage


NASA Technology Roadmap for space power generation and energy storage
Next Big Future
Fusion power generation technology development should focus on ~ 50 MW aneutronic (p-11B) reactors, direct power conversion (e.g., traveling wave) from high energy charged particle beams, high voltage (~1 MV), high efficiency power management and ...http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/05/nasa-technology-roadmap-for-space-power.html

Solar Scores a Big Win Over Nuclear


Solar Scores a Big Win Over Nuclear
TheStreet.com
Solar power won. Nuclear power lost. If your utility wants to own a new power plant, a utility-grade solar farm is a better deal than a new nuclear power plant. Perhaps that's why Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) is building the world's ...http://www.thestreet.com/story/11911544/1/solar-scores-a-big-win-over-nuclear.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN

Abe pushes nuclear power, medical services in Middle East

Abe pushes nuclear power, medical services in Middle East
Asahi Shimbun
ANKARA—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on May 3 wrapped up a four-nation tour highlighted by achievements in economic diplomacy, particularly in nuclear power and medical services. “Japan has launched a full-fledged economic diplomacy,” Abe told a news ...http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201305040051

The Nuclear Green Revolution

The Nuclear Green Revolution
Energy Collective
Here is a link to a company that is trying to commercialize one: http://www.ambri.com/ (formerly known as Liquid Metal Battery Corp). Their battery, which ...

http://theenergycollective.com/charlesbarton/184571/nuclear-green-revolution 

Does the evidence show that there are no nuclear disasters?


Does the evidence show that there are no nuclear disasters?

http://blog.newsok.com/science-and-technology/2013/05/04/does-the-evidence-show-that-there-are-no-nuclear-disasters/

DiNapoli shareholder proposal for safer nuclear storage fails in Entergy


DiNapoli shareholder proposal for safer nuclear storage fails in Entergy ...
The Republic
ALBANY, New York — Shareholders at Entergy have rejected a resolution by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli that calls for minimizing nuclear waste the company stores in spent fuel pools and transferring it into dry-cask storage. The comptroller's ...http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/43de715058b34021b96ea0953658d4cc/NY--Comptroller-Entergy

Is nuclear fusion power now possible?


Is nuclear fusion power now possible?
Christian Science Monitor
(Related article: The Coming Nuclear Waste Disaster). And now, 34 nations are collaborating in the world's largest scientific collaboration since the International Space Station to construct the $16.9 billion ITER (“International Thermonuclear ...http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2013/0503/Is-nuclear-fusion-power-now-possible

DC Cir. Urged to Halt DOE's $750 Million Nuclear Waste Fees


DC Circ. Urged To Halt DOE's $750M Nuclear Waste Fees
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (May 03, 2013, 8:30 PM ET) -- Two Florida agencies urged the D.C. Circuit on Friday to halt the U.S. Department of Energy's collection of $750 million in annual nuclear waste disposal fees, arguing that the fees are unlawful given that ...http://www.law360.com/articles/438615/dc-circ-urged-to-halt-doe-s-750m-nuclear-waste-fees
 

Department of Labor website reportedly compromised to target nuclear weapons workers

Department of Labor website reportedly compromised to target nuclear weapons workers


http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/3/4298782/department-of-labor-website-reportedly-compromised-to-target-nuclear

Climate Change: Global Temperatures Still Above Average

Climate Change: Global Temperatures Still Above Average
http://theenergycollective.com/jcasola/220341/global-temps-are-still-above-average?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29

Fukushima Updates 5/4

Today's Fukushima Commentary...
 
NBC News Article is Full of FUD
 
NBC News’ article, 'A very fragile situation': Leaks from Japan's wrecked nuke plant raise fears, is clearly intended to feed pre-existing fears using scary speculation, served with an appetizer of uncertainty and a hearty entre of doubt. They focus on the words of two Greenpeace spokespersons. Asking Greenpeace about Fukushima is tantamount to asking Al Qaida about America.
 

Solar Flare: Magnetic Eruption on Sun

Solar Flare: Magnetic Eruption on Sun
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/solar-flare-magnetic-eruption-on-sun/

Yesterday, May 3, 2013, a sunspot was pushed past its limit. The colossal energy
stored in its magnetic field erupted, blasting out a relatively weak solar
flare. But it was enough to trigger a magnificent, towering spire of plasma that
reached the dizzying height of roughly 200,000 kilometers (120,000 miles) over
the surface of the [...]

America's Real Problem with Solar Energy

America's Real Problem with Solar Energy


http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/05/americas-real-problem-with-solar-energy?cmpid=SolarNL-Saturday-May4-2013

Nuclear News Round Up – 29th Apr – 3rd May 13


Nuclear News Round Up – 29th Apr – 3rd May 13


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Fate of Nuclear Energy in Southern California May Dim

Fate of Nuclear Energy in Southern California May Dim
energybiz
Southern California may not go dark this summer. But the future of the nuclear power plants that provide the power there are in doubt. During a conference call, Edison International said that the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, or SONGS, may ...http://www.energybiz.com/article/13/05/fate-nuclear-energy-southern-california-may-dim

The Amount of Oil We Can Recover Keeps Growing


The Amount of Oil We Can Recover Keeps Growing

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514556/the-amount-of-oil-we-can-recover-keeps-growing/?utm_source=feedly

Will Utilities Embrace Distributed Energy?

Will Utilities Embrace Distributed Energy?


http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514526/will-utilities-embrace-distributed-energy/?utm_source=feedly

NRC Says Foreign Ownership Could Preclude Licensing of New South Texas Project Reactors

NRC Says Foreign Ownership Could Preclude Licensing of New South Texas Project Reactors


http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/02/nrc-says-foreign-ownership-could-preclude-licensing-of-new-south-texas-project-reactors-050202.aspx?utm_source=feedly

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review


http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/03/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-weekly-review-050302.aspx?utm_source=feedly

Fair and Unfair Nuclear Editorials

http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2013/05/fair-and-unfair-nuclear-editorials.html?utm_source=feedly

Will Hybrids and Electrics Benefit from Demise of Internal Combustion Engine?


You would think that to the extent the old-fashioned car powered by an internal combustion engine comes into disrepute, because of its noxious emissions and oil consumption, the obvious beneficiaries will be the hybrid-electric and all-electric vehicle. But you might be wrong, to judge from the New York Times's second annual "energy for tomorrow" conference, which was devoted to "Buildi

100 Per Cent Renewables Study Needs a Makeover

Guest Post by Martin Nicholson. Martin studied mathematics, engineering and electrical sciences at Cambridge University in the UK and graduated with a Masters degree in 1974. He published a peer-reviewed book on low-carbon energy systems in 2012The Power Makers’ Challenge: and the need for Fission Energyhttp://bravenewclimate.com/2013/05/02/100pc-renew-study-needs-makeover/?utm_source=feedly

EU energy sector needs trillions of investment

EU energy sector needs trillions of investment

An investment of €1 trillion (£846bn) is needed in the European Union’s energy network over the coming decade to avoid a crisis.http://energyandnuclear.com/2013/05/02/eu-energy-sector-needs-trillion-euros-of-investment/?utm_source=feedly

Nuclear News Round Up – 29th Apr – 3rd May 13

Nuclear News Round Up – 29th Apr – 3rd May 13
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Energy Storage Update 5/3

Energy Storage: The Holy Grail of Our Energy Revolution?
Huffington Post
Pairing "Holy Grail" with "energy storage" is becoming as common a combination as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. At New York's Advanced Energy 2013 Conference this week, where I was one of the speakers, the term was bandied about with great ...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-radvak/energy-storage-the-holy-grail_b_3202944.html


Wind Power — Even Without the Wind
Today's Energy Solutions
These structures, weighing thousands of tons apiece, could serve both as anchors to moor the floating turbines and as a means of storing the energy they produce. Whenever the wind turbines produce more power than is needed, that power would be ...vhttp://www.onlinetes.com/mit-offshore-wind-energy-storage-5313.aspx
 Distributed Energy Storage Benefits on Both Sides of the Meter ...
Solar and wind are excellent sources of clean, renewable energy, but as they contribute a larger share to the generation fleet, their integration will...
www.renewableenergyworld.com/.../distributed-energy-storag...



BYD to build battery factory in Southern California
solarserver.com
BYD's iron phosphate batteries are used in its energy storage systems including its Distributed Energy Storage System, which is designed to accompany solar photovoltaic (PV) generation. The company will also open an electric bus factory in Lancaster ...http://www.solarserver.com/solar-magazine/solar-news/current/2013/kw18/byd-to-build-battery-factory-in-southern-california.html

S&C wins PEI wind-storage deal
reNews Europe
The Wind Energy Institute of Canada (WEICan) has selected S&C Electric Canada to supply a battery energy storage system for a 10MW wind-storage research project on Prince Edward Island. S&C is expected to deliver the unit in September with operations ...http://renews.biz/sc-wins-pei-wind-storage-deal/

Research and Markets: Advanced Phase Change Material (PCM) Market By ...
Wall Street Journal
Energy saving, environment friendliness, and wide range of applications are the main growth driver for PCM market. It offers applications across building & construction, HVAC, textile, fixed refrigeration, cold chain, thermal energy storage ...http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130503-910235.html
International Battery & Energy Storage Alliance Established
CleanTechnica
The UltraBattery is a hybrid energy-storage device, which combines a supercapacitor and a lead-acid battery in a unit cell. However, electricity from renewable sources is intermittent and variable only producing energy when the sun shines or wind blows.http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/03/international-battery-and-energy-storage-alliance-established/
    


Green Technology Spotlight: Energy Storage for Offshore Wind
SustainableBusiness.com
One sphere in 400-meter-deep water could store up to 6 megawatt-hours of power. If spheres were attached to 1,000 wind turbines, that could replace an average coal or nuclear plant. And the energy source would be available (or taken off-line) in ...http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/24847
  

Meeting a community's power needs with battery-based energy storage systems
EcoSeed
At the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, researchers are looking to develop a community energy storage system to plug electricity on the grid as needed. Two requirements for a community energy storage system would be high energy storage ...http://www.ecoseed.org/technology/16433-meeting-a-community-s-power-needs-with-battery-based-energy-storage-systems
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Bob Geldof calls for more nuclear power


Bob Geldof calls for more nuclear power

http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/12/13/environment-bali-geldof-dc-idUSL1314215520071213

Safety of Nuclear Power Plant


Safety of Nuclear Power Plant
Power Engineering Magazine
The safety reviews of the Indian nuclear power plants (NPPs) are carried out by the regulatory authority, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). All nuclear power projects undergo an elaborate in-depth safety review during the consenting stages, viz.http://www.power-eng.com/news/2013/05/03/safety-of-nuclear-power-plant.html

EDF Nuclear Power Talks With UK on Track, Local Official Says


EDF Nuclear Power Talks With UK on Track, Local Official Says
Businessweek
Discussions between EDF and the government over the price for power it earns for the first new nuclear plants in almost two decades have appeared to falter as EDF last month cut staff at the site and EDF Chief Executive Officer Henri Proglio said the ...http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-03/edf-nuclear-power-talks-with-u-dot-k-dot-on-track-local-official-says

Will Repairs to the Oconee Nuclear Plant Cost Duke Energy a Billion Dollars?

Will Repairs to the Oconee Nuclear Plant Cost Duke Energy a Billion Dollars?
Huffington Post
Duke Energy and government regulators have been hiding a not-so-little secret from the people of the Carolinas. Duke's Oconee nuclear power plant, three aged nuclear reactors 30 miles from Greenville, SC, is at risk of a meltdown should an upstream dam ...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-radford/will-repairs-to-the-ocone_b_3208859.html

A New Authority For Nuclear Waste - Forbes

A New Authority For Nuclear Waste - Forbes
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released a draft bipartisan legislation aimed at reaching a long-term solution to the question of where to ...
www.forbes.com/.../a-new-authority-for-nuclear-waste/?...

Fukushima Updates 5/3

 Here are the topics for today's Fukushima updates -
 
Tokyo’s new Fukushima accident investigative committee met on Wednesday... Traces of Tritium have been found in F. Daiichi groundwater... Tepco is installing new storage tanks for radioactive brine at F. Daiichi... Japan has agreed to supply nuclear power technology to the United Arab Emirates; the first sale of nuke technology since the Fukushima accident.
 

Friday, May 3, 2013

TVA Sequoyah, Watts Bar nuclear plants among top 5 in internal complaints, say

TVA Sequoyah, Watts Bar nuclear plants among top 5 in internal complaints, say ...
Washington Post
Roger Hannah, a spokesman for the NRC, said the number of complaints at individual plants don't tell a complete story, but said the agency uses spikes in complaints as indicators in future inspections. “If you have large numbers, we would ask the ...http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tva-sequoyah-watts-bar-nuclear-plants-among-top-5-in-internal-complaints-say-regulators/2013/05/03/3fc6ad36-b405-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html

" Turkey stands to be the first country to use the Atmea1 reactor design by Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN_First_selection_of_Atmea1_nuclear_reactor_0305132.html

" Turkey stands to be the first country to use the Atmea1 reactor design by Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). An accord signed today could see four of the units deployed at Sinop in the early 2020s."

MOP: Penetrator Bomb now Capable of Eliminating Iranian Enrichment Facilities



MOP: Penetrator Bomb now Capable of Eliminating Iranian Enrichment Facilities
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/mop-penetrator-bomb-now-capable-of-eliminating-iranian-enrichment-facilities/

US defense planners have rebuilt the country's biggest bomb, the bunker buster,
to ensure the country can still destroy Iran's fortified underground nuclear
plant.

Pentagon officials have reportedly shown Israeli officials details of the
extensive upgrade in recent weeks to convince their allies that the time to
attack Iran has not run out, according to the [...]

Email U.S., other countries stand to benefit from small reactors

Email U.S., other countries stand to benefit from small reactors
The development of small modular reactors in the U.S. and in other countries will help expand the benefits nuclear energy has to offer, writes C.T. Carley, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Mississippi State University. Such reactors are safe and require less water for cooling than larger ones do, Carley writes. The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.) (tiered subscription model)
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130503/OPINION02/305030010/New-generation-reactors-needed?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Home|s&nclick_check=1 

Edison President Tells Investors Restart May Determine SONGS Fate


Edison President Tells Investors Restart May Determine SONGS Fate
San Clemente Times (blog)
Edison International President Ted Craver told investors on a conference call Tuesday that the Southern California Edison parent company would likely consider shutting down one or both units of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station if the utility ...http://www.sanclementetimes.com/blog/2013/05/01/edison-president-tells-investors-restart-may-determine-songs-fate/

San Diego 6 - San Onofre Nuclear Plant Owners May Retire Reactors
The majority owner and operator of the idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will consider permanently closing one or both reactors if proposals to restart ...
www.sandiego6.com/.../san-onofre-nuclear-plant-owners-may...

N.Korea could start nuclear reactor soon: study

N.Korea could start nuclear reactor soon: study
Washington (AFP) May 2, 2013 - North Korea could be ready within weeks to start operating a light-water reactor that has triggered growing concern amid the regime's vows to build more nuclear weapons, researchers said Wednesday. The US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said that satellite pictures taken in March and April appeared to show that North Korea was doing final work inside the reactor and cleaning up a ... morehttp://www.spacewar.com/reports/NKorea_could_start_nuclear_reactor_soon_study_999.html

The Worst Yet to Come? Why Nuclear Experts Are Calling Fukushima a Ticking Time-Bomb


The Worst Yet to Come? Why Nuclear Experts Are Calling Fukushima a Ticking Time-Bomb

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8972-the-worst-yet-to-come?-why-nuclear-experts-are-calling-fukushima-a-ticking-time-bomb

North Korea could reach U.S. with nuclear arms: Pentagon

North Korea could reach U.S. with nuclear arms: Pentagon

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/03/us-korea-north-usa-report-idUSBRE94200Z20130503

Learning the Right Nuclear Energy Lessons: A New Paradigm for the Future


Learning the Right Nuclear Energy Lessons: A New Paradigm for the Future

http://theenergycollective.com/mzconsulting/219221/learning-right-lessons-new-paradigm-build-brighter-future

Exelon Mulling $3 Billion in New Investments Over 5 Years


Exelon Mulling $3 Billion in New Investments Over 5 Years

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-01/exelon-mulling-3-billion-in-new-investments-over-5-years-1-.html

FirstEnergy finds goldfish in Perry nuclear plant, NRC investigating


FirstEnergy finds goldfish in Perry nuclear plant, NRC investigating

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/05/firstenergy_finds_goldfish_in.html

Duke Energy Drops Proposed Plans For Nuclear Plant Expansion In North Carolina


Duke Energy Drops Proposed Plans For Nuclear Plant Expansion In North Carolina

http://www.rttnews.com/2108564/duke-energy-drops-proposed-plans-for-nuclear-plant-expansion-in-north-carolina.aspx?type=bn

Penn Energy's Top Oil & Gas News 5/3

Top Oil & Gas News
9 oil workers kidnapped by pirates in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Bayelsa State was home to three kidnapping attempts on April 24th. A total of 9 hostages were taken from two vessels by kidnappers, while a third kidnapping attempt was unsuccessful.
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From BP's cost increase in Angola, to New Zealand's exploration hopes, to Enbridge's emergency preparation, all of the week's biggest headlines are in the PennEnergy Video News Update.
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Please take a minute to read the article, link below and express your opinion by voting.

Please take a minute to read the article, link below and express your opinion by voting.

Take a moment to answer the poll in this article asking, "Should Southern California Edison (SCE) shut down San Onofre?" For more than 30 years, San Onofre has safely provided clean electricity, employed thousands of workers and become a bedrock community asset in generating millions of dollars in tax revenue.

ANS Update 5/3 A Boy And His Atom - The World's Smallest Movie

A Boy And His Atom – The World’s Smallest Movie

By pbowersox on May 03, 2013 01:00 am

A group of IBM researchers have created the world’s smallest movie – starring 130 atoms (well, the oxygen atoms of carbon monoxide molecules).  An atomic-scale must-see! That’s definitely a lot of fun.  But the real fun is how they did … Continue reading
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FPL project signals "the smart grid has arrived" declares MIT

FPL project signals "the smart grid has arrived" declares MIThttp://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/Business_Strategy/The-smart-grid-has-arrived-declares-MIT-of-FPL-project-5738.html#.UYPE5Bk1Y7A

 

FPL announces plan to accelerate strengthening of Florida's electric grid during annual storm drill

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130502-912575.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Hypocrisy over Iran's nuclear program

Hypocrisy over Iran's nuclear program
Arab American News
The controversy over Iran's nuclear activities has at least as much to do with the future of international order as it does with nonproliferation. For this reason, all of the BRICS countries [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa] have much at ...http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/index.php?mod=article&cat=commentary&article=6746

Nuclear Iran: What's at stake for BRICS?


Nuclear Iran: What's at stake for BRICS - The Statesman
The Statesman
Conflict over Iran's nuclear programme is driven by two different approaches to interpreting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); these approaches, in turn, are rooted in different conceptions of international order. Which interpretation of the ...http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=454820&catid=39

Utilities Can Recover Nuclear Costs, Florida High Court Rules
Businessweek
(DUK) and NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) to charge customers in advance for nuclear power projects that may not get built is constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled. The high court in Tallahassee today rejected arguments that the law was an improper ...
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North Korea almost done building new reactor. Is that a big deal?


North Korea almost done building new reactor. Is that a big deal?
Christian Science Monitor
In an analysis of commercial satellite imagery posted at the North Korea-centered blog 38 North, Jeffrey Lewis of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Nick Hansen of Stanford University conclude that Pyongyang “is in the final ...http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Wire/2013/0502/North-Korea-almost-done-building-new-reactor.-Is-that-a-big-deal-video?nav=472509-csm_subcategory-leadStory&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=DC%20Decoder%20Nat%20Security%20and%20Foreign%20Policy&utm_campaign=DC%20Decoder%20Foreign%20Policy%2FNat%20Security

Experts divided on controversial nuclear plant


Experts divided on controversial nuclear plant
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, May 2 (CNA) Experts were divided Thursday on the costs of power generation using nuclear energy and the economic impact of aborting construction of Taiwan's controversial fourth nuclear power plant. It costs less to generate electricity using ...http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201305020042.aspx

Gas prices important for future of nuclear power in US - EIA


Gas prices important for future of nuclear power in US – EIA
Gas to Power Journal
In an analysis of a series of possible scenarios, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) found that the projected reliance on nuclear power in 2040 varies between 63GW and 133GW which accounts for 10 percent and 20 percent, respectively of total ...http://gastopowerjournal.com/markets/item/1718-gas-prices-important-for-future-of-nuclear-power-in-us-%E2%80%93-eia#axzz2SEoVxl4V

Utilities Can Recover Nuclear Costs, Florida High Court Rules


Utilities Can Recover Nuclear Costs, Florida High Court Rules
Businessweek
(DUK) and NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) to charge customers in advance for nuclear power projects that may not get built is constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled. The high court in Tallahassee today rejected arguments that the law was an improper ...http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-02/utilities-can-recover-nuclear-costs-florida-high-court-rules
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Nuclear power plant held together with masking tape, broomsticks

Nuclear power plant held together with masking tape, broomsticks
UPI.com (blog)
A worker at the SONGS nuclear power plant in San Diego snapped this photo of a water leak fixed with masking tape, plastic bags, and a broomstick. (Screenshot via ABC 10 News San Diego). Published: May 2, 2013 at 10:14 AM. By KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/05/02/Nuclear-power-plant-held-together-with-masking-tape-broomsticks/7181367502559/

Our take: What will we do with nuclear waste?


Our take: What will we do with nuclear waste?
York Daily Record
Nuclear power has some huge benefits. It can produce a tremendous amount of electricity - and it does not produce greenhouse gases, a huge benefit as we grapple with climate change. It also has some serious drawbacks: Disposal of waste that stays ...http://www.ydr.com/opinion/ci_23152447/our-take-what-will-we-do-nuclear-waste
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Oil and gas messy, let's store nuclear waste . . .
Gisborne Herald
A much better solution is the storage of nuclear waste. The world is desperate for dumping grounds and would pay handsomely to make use of our place. An added bonus is that it needs to be stored for thousands of years so we will all be in easy street ...http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/opinion/letter/?id=32287

Conn. approves new waste storage at nuclear plant


Conn. approves new waste storage at nuclear plant
Boston.com
Millstone Power Station's owner Dominion Resources Inc. asked for permission to expand storage because federal officials have not found a central site for nuclear waste. Spokesman Ken Holt said increasing storage at the local site is not Dominion's ...http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/2013/05/02/conn-approves-new-waste-storage-nuclear-plant/dDKO4YfzQCi9IQ3upQAU7J/story.html


Conn. agency considers request from Millstone to significantly increase ...
The Republic
NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut — The Connecticut Siting Council is set to decide on a request by Millstone nuclear plant to significantly expand nuclear waste storage capacity. Millstone Power Station's owner Dominion Resources Inc. is asking for permission ...http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/7ae00c30109240399fef670d3e9da403/CT--Millstone-Nuclear-Waste