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Saturday, September 10, 2016

There Is a Labor Shortage, but Not for Arts Grads

There Is a Labor Shortage, but Not for Arts Grads


https://whchronicle.com/there-is-a-labor-shortage-but-not-for-arts-grads/

Uncle Sam's battery bank: ARPA-E spurs commercialization of innovative storage technology

Uncle Sam's battery bank: ARPA-E spurs commercialization of innovative storage technology

Of 475 DOE-funded energy projects, 45 went on to attract private capital, including many storage applications



http://www.utilitydive.com/news/uncle-sams-battery-bank-arpa-e-spurs-commercialization-of-innovative-stor/425788/

Enbridge to buy Spectra Energy for $28B, creating energy infrastructure giant

Enbridge to buy Spectra Energy for $28B, creating energy infrastructure giant


http://www.utilitydive.com/news/enbridge-to-buy-spectra-energy-for-28b-creating-energy-infrastructure-gia/425777/

What makes this North Korean nuclear test different

What makes this North Korean nuclear test different


https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/09/09/what-makes-this-north-korean-nuclear-test-different/?utm_campaign=Brookings+Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=34104484

North Korea: The Bee Comes Stinging - The Globalist

North Korea: The Bee Comes Stinging - The Globalist

How many nuclear warheads does the United States need? - 00963402.2016.1216497

How many nuclear warheads does the United States need? - 00963402.2016.1216497

Senate GOP Protests Obama’s Planned Nuclear Test Ban Push - WSJ

Senate GOP Protests Obama’s Planned Nuclear Test Ban Push - WSJ

To Launch a Nuclear Strike, Clinton or Trump Would Follow These Steps

To Launch a Nuclear Strike, Clinton or Trump Would Follow These Steps

Science Obama Unlikely to Vow No First Use of Nuclear Weapons

Science

Obama Unlikely to Vow No First Use of Nuclear Weapons
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/science/obama-unlikely-to-vow-no-first-use-of-nuclear-weapons.html

New nuclear-armed missile seen costing U.S. $85 billion, up 36 percent

New nuclear-armed missile seen costing U.S. $85 billion, up 36 percent


http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-wp-blm-missile-b6f05176-7416-11e6-9781-49e591781754-20160906-story.html

Friday, September 9, 2016

Mitch McConnell Ready To Give President Unlimited War Powers | Huffington Post

Mitch McConnell Ready To Give President Unlimited War Powers | Huffington Post

With Clinton nuclear plant, no news is bad news

With Clinton nuclear plant, no news is bad news


http://www.pantagraph.com/business/local/with-clinton-nuclear-plant-no-news-is-bad-news/article_6d33f55e-f961-5437-a4e8-338bd85f6d40.html

Guest Post from Michael Shellenberger Group wants CPUC taken off decision over nuclear power plant



 
Hi Michele,
Check out yesterday's coverage in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Best,
Michael
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Group wants CPUC taken off decision over nuclear power plant

Environmental Progress wants Legislature to weigh Diablo Canyon closure

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By Rob Nikolewski | 4:10 p.m. Sept. 8, 2016 | Updated, 7:23 a.m. | Sept. 9, 2016
In a joint proposal crafted by Pacific Gas & Electric and environmental groups, the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility is scheduled to go offline, starting in 2024.
In a joint proposal crafted by Pacific Gas & Electric and environmental groups, the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility is scheduled to go offline, starting in 2024. Steve Osman — Los Angeles TimesA pro-nuclear environmental group wants the California Public Utilities Commission to step down from considering whether to approve a proposal that would lead to the shutdown of the last remaining nuclear power plant in the state, saying the agency is too riven with controversy to make a fair ruling.
Instead, a Berkeley-based group called Environmental Progress filed a motion on Wednesday urging the CPUC to hand over the fate of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant to the state Legislature.
"The CPUC should not do anything on this proposal because it is in a crisis of legitimacy," said Michael Shellenberger, the president of Environmental Progress. "We're arguing for a legislative remedy that encompasses the full reform that this agency in crisis needs, which may include (the CPUC) just getting disbanded."
The CPUC offered little comment on the 20-page motion by Environmental Progress, with public information officer Christopher Chow writing via email, "we will consider the motion and respond as appropriate."
But Pacific Gas & Electric, the investor-owned utility that operates Diablo Canyon, said it was confident the CPUC process considering the proposed shutdown will be "open and transparent."
"The motion filed by Environmental Progress would only unnecessarily delay this public process from going forward," said Blair Jones, PG&E spokesman in an email, adding that the utility intends to oppose the motion.
By its own admission, the CPUC is under two criminal investigations, including one by the state Attorney General’s Office. The commission has also run up more than $12 million in legal bills to answer subpoenas, search warrants and other demands on its regulators related to their dealings with energy executives.
The commission has hired outside lawyers to process demands for emails and other records related to a 2010 natural gas explosion in San Bruno that killed eight and the 2012 failure of the San Onofre nuclear plant on San Diego County’s north coast.
State agents are examining a secret March 2013 meeting in Warsaw, Poland, between former commission president Michael Peevey and an executive from Southern California Edison, where an early framework was established to take care of $4.7 billion in premature closure costs for the San Onofre plant.
The deal ended up assigning 70 percent of those costs to customers, rather than to shareholders of Edison and co-owner San Diego Gas & Electric.
Regulators in May announced that the commission was reopening the San Onofre plant's cost settlement.
Peevey's home was raided in early 2015, with investigators seizing computers and other items.
A bill aimed at overhauling the CPUC died in the legislative session in Sacramento that ended Aug. 31, disappointing some reform advocates, although two other pieces of legislation calling for changes managed to get through.
The commission has also been involved in a court battle over some 60 San Onofre-related emails between regulators and the office of Gov. Jerry Brown that the CPUC has been withholding.
"There's a set of unanswered questions around the last settlement (San Onofre) that involves parties to this (proposed) settlement involving Diablo Canyon," Shellenberger said.
On June 20, PG&E filed a proposal with the CPUC calling for Diablo Canyon to be completely phased out by 2025. PG&E was joined by a number of labor and environmental groups approving of the closure.
Under the plan, PG&E will make up for the loss of electrical power generated at Diablo Canyon through a combination of greater contributions from renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and energy storage.
PG&E also anticipates its power burden will decrease over time as more of its customers switch from a big utility model to community-choice aggregation, which allows local governments to pool their electricity load.
"The benefit of the joint proposal is it tries to give PG&E and the state nine years to deal with the replacement," said John Geesman, attorney for Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, one of four environmental groups that signed on with PG&E.
Environmental Progress has been a sharp critic of the proposed shutdown, saying the elimination of nuclear power will make the state even more reliant on natural gas.
Shellenberger called the move to get the PG&E joint proposal approved a "rush job," which PG&E officials deny.
The motion filed on Wednesday mentioned that Geesman and Peevey talked to each other when the San Onofre settlement was being considered.
In a later interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune, Geesman said the two men discussed setting up a research group to look into the effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
In Wednesday's motion, Environmental Progress said Geesman did not properly disclose that part of the discussion — called an ex parte communication between a commissioner and outside parties — in a separate filing.
Geesman dismissed the claim in a telephone interview Thursday.
"I did file the required ex parte disclosure," Geesman said. "Under the PUC rules, you are not supposed to disclose what the PUC decision-maker (Peevey) said, only what you said."
Of the Environmental Progress filing, Geesman said, "I'm not sure if I'd call it a motion or a press release."
Shellenberger said his group's call for the CPUC to essentially recuse itself from the Diablo Canyon decision and have the Legislature take over is not a long shot.
"I am confident that when the elected representatives of the California people understand what is in our motion, and really read the evidence, they will seek even stronger reforms and perhaps even an abolishment of the CPUC," Shellenberger said.

Fourth Generation Reactor Technology Development in China


Fourth Generation Reactor Technology Development in China 
http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2016/08/25/fourth-generation-reactor-technology-development-in-china/#sthash.p1v3iN6s.dpbs

Life After Vermont Yankee, Part 2 – An Interview with Meredith Angwin


Life After Vermont Yankee, Part 2 – An Interview with Meredith Angwin - See more at: http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2016/09/09/28870/#sthash.GiYwl2g3.dpuf

http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2016/09/09/28870/#sthash.GiYwl2g3.dpbs

Diablo Canyon Shutdown Gets Personal


Diablo Canyon Shutdown Gets Personal
Diablo Canyon Shutdown Gets Personal
http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2016/09/05/diablo-canyon-shutdown-gets-personal/#sthash.NBRJGX6q.dpbs

These North Korean missile launches are adding up to something very troubling

North Korea's continued hostility and development of nuclear weapons and delivery systems, though little discussed, may turn out to be the most consequential U.S. policy failure of the past quarter-century.  When the ongoing failure of U.S. policy to achieve any of its stated objectives is mentioned, those responsible for the policy counter that they have done everything they might have (other than reexamine the premises on which the policy has rested).  But history does not acclaim failed efforts; it condemns them after the fact.

These North Korean missile launches are adding up to something very troubling


September 9 2016
SEOUL — North Korea is touting technological progress in its nuclear program, saying after a nuclear test Friday that it can now produce “smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear warheads of higher strike power.” But it is also making strides in its missile program, analysts say — advances that could enable it to outsmart missile defense systems, which could make the missiles more attractive to potential customers.
North Korea conducted what it called a “nuclear warhead explosion test” Friday. The country has conducted only five nuclear tests since its program began, but this is the third since Kim Jong Un took power at the end of 2011 and its second this year alone.

North Korea's nuclear weapons: What now?


North Korea's nuclear weapons: What now?

The international standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program has now dragged on for decades, and six-party talks among the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States have been suspended since 2009. Meanwhile, hopes that Pyongyang might curtail its weapons programs due to direct pressure from Beijing have been disappointed so far—already in 2016, the North has conducted its fourth nuclear weapon test and launched a long-range ballistic missile. Against this backdrop, how can nations in the region reinvigorate a diplomatic process toward a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula—or, failing that, how can they best handle the security challenges that a nuclear North Korea poses?

http://thebulletin.org/north-koreas-nuclear-weapons-what-now

Is solar power in nuclear disaster exclusion zones advisable?

Is solar power in nuclear disaster exclusion zones advisable?


http://thebulletin.org/solar-power-nuclear-disaster-exclusion-zones-advisable9868

Practical nuclear questions for the presidential candidates, and the psychology of doom


Practical nuclear questions for the presidential candidates, and the psychology of doom

http://thebulletin.org/press-release/practical-nuclear-questions-presidential-candidates-and-psychology-doom9865

Congress Looks at Nuclear’s Role in Electricity Markets


Congress Looks at Nuclear’s Role in Electricity Markets

  • Former FERC officials say state solutions can raise market complexities
  • Nuclear offers electricity for little cost to keep reliability high
  • EPA’s Clean Power Plan can benefit nuclear if it can work in wholesale market

http://www.nei.org/News-Media/News/News-Archives/Congress-Looks-at-Nuclear-s-Role-in-Electricity-Ma

Obama's Asia trip turns into disaster - Business Insider

Obama's Asia trip turns into disaster - Business Insider

FirstEnergy may support New York-style solution for nuclear plants - Electric Power | Platts News Article & Story

FirstEnergy may support New York-style solution for nuclear plants - Electric Power | Platts News Article & Story

UTPB, private company to push for advanced reactor - Odessa American: Business

UTPB, private company to push for advanced reactor - Odessa American: Business

Energy Department continues push to stop MOX plant | The Augusta Chronicle

Energy Department continues push to stop MOX plant | The Augusta Chronicle

Pressure mounts for government decision on Hinkley

Pressure mounts for government decision on Hinkley
The UK's finance minister, Philip Hammond, has described the terms of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project as a "well-designed transfer of risk". Meanwhile British company Rolls-Royce has for the second time become a 'preferred bidder' for the project in Somerset, and members of EDF Energy's advisory panel have argued it is "strongly in the national interest to press ahead with the plant".http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Pressure-mounts-for-government-decision-on-Hinkley-09091601.html

NRC Blog Update: A Solemn Anniversary

New post on U.S. NRC Blog


A Solemn Anniversary

by Moderator
Stephen Burns
Chairman
This Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. As always, that day is a time for reflection, which the passing years do not diminish. The events of that day still seem as fresh and raw now as they did at the time.
NUREG/BR-0314, Rev. 4, "August 2015 Protecting Our Nation."That was certainly a pivotal day for us as a nation, for us as individuals and us as employees of the NRC. Here, staff went quickly into response mode even as the significance of the day was not yet clear. Senior managers gathered in the Operations Center and at the regional Incident Response Centers; other employees were sent home; security was heightened around the buildings; and licensee facilities were ordered to their highest level of security.
The NRC, like the rest of the country, pulled together and experienced a sense of renewed purpose and affirmation of our values as a democracy. As then Chairman Richard Meserve told employees: These are trying times, but we will persevere.
And we did. In the years since, the NRC increased its focus on security, revised its security inspection program, restructured and enhanced the force-on-force program, strengthened radioactive material controls, updated its Operations Center and exercised regularly for security events in addition to safety events. The NRC responded to the challenge in ways that also still reverberate today and affect nearly everything we do.
The NRC’s excellent publication Protecting our Nation goes into detail about actions the NRC has taken to strengthen security, emergency planning and incident response in the years since. On this anniversary, please take a few moments to read it while we reflect on the tragedy that day still represents for us all.

The Hillary Clinton email story is out of control - The Washington Post

The Hillary Clinton email story is out of control - The Washington Post

These North Korean missile launches are adding up to something very troubling - The Washington Post

These North Korean missile launches are adding up to something very troubling - The Washington Post

N. Korea conducts fifth nuclear test despite global condemnation

N. Korea conducts fifth nuclear test despite global condemnation
The latest test appeared to be much bigger than North Korea's previous detonations, and the U.S. Geological Survey detected an artificial 5.3-magnitude earthquake near the site. North Korea claimed that it could now make warheads small enough to fit onto a missile and warned its "enemies" — specifically, the United States — that it has the ability to counter any attack.
By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-conducts-fifth-nuclear-test-as-regime-celebrates-national-holiday/2016/09/08/9332c01d-6921-4fe3-8f68-c611dc59f5a9_story.html?wpisrc=nl_heads-draw6&wpmm=1

The Future of Work

The Future of Work

Fukushima Commentary 9/4/16 – NY Times Needs To Get Its Fukushima Facts Straight

Fukushima Commentary 9/4/16 –
NY Times Needs To Get Its Fukushima Facts Straight
A NY Times report is fraught with speculation and FUD with respect to Fukushima’s impermeable “ice wall” project. The Times is usually a source of reliable information, but the newspaper fumbled this one. http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-commentary.html

Thursday, September 8, 2016

TVA takes bid for sale of abandoned nuclear plant

TVA takes bid for sale of abandoned nuclear plant


http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2016/sep/08/tvtakes-bid-sale-abandoned-nuclear-plant/385536/

Greenland ice sheet project contributes to repository safety

Greenland ice sheet project contributes to repository safety

08 September 2016
Newly published findings from a five-year international project to study conditions at the surface and below the Greenland Ice Sheet will be used in evaluations of the future safety of deep geological repositories over time frames of up to a million years.


http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-Greenland-ice-sheet-project-contributes-to-repository-safety-0809167.html

Chinese regulatory system must keep up with growth, says IAEA

Chinese regulatory system must keep up with growth, says IAEA

08 September 2016
China's regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety is effective but will need to keep pace with the country's nuclear energy program, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) peer review mission has concluded.


http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Chinese-regulatory-system-must-keep-up-with-growth-says-IAEA-0809164.html

Fukushima Update 9/8/16

Fukushima Update 9/8/16

The alleged thawing of F. Daiichi’s “ice wall” was a major news story this week… Japan’s Press gives the antinuclear Kagoshima governor free publicity… American Dale Klein says Japan should release all purified F. Daiichi water to the sea… A former prime minister calls PM Shinzo Abe a “liar” about Fukushima safety.

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html

We Just Had Five 1,000-Year Floods in Less than a Year. What’s Going On?

We Just Had Five 1,000-Year Floods in Less than a Year. What’s Going On?

Why Is Big Oil Backing Clinton Over Trump?

Why Is Big Oil Backing Clinton Over Trump?
http://www.theenergycollective.com/staffjam/2387495/why-is-big-oil-backing-clinton-over-trump

Holy Grail of energy policy in sight as battery technology smashes the old order

Holy Grail of energy policy in sight as battery technology smashes the old order


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/08/10/holy-grail-of-energy-policy-in-sight-as-battery-technology-smash/

AREVA’s Richland Test Facility Advances Next-gen Nuclear Fuel

AREVA’s Richland Test Facility Advances Next-gen Nuclear Fuel


http://us.arevablog.com/2016/09/07/arevas-richland-test-facility-advances-next-gen-nuclear-fuel/

Nuclear Firm’s $17 Million Bid on a New Reactor Design

Nuclear Firm’s $17 Million Bid on a New Reactor Design


http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/nuclear-firms-17-million-bid-on-a-new-reactor-design

State Letter Reveals Plan for U.S. Legal Commitment to Unratified Nuclear Treaty


State Letter Reveals Plan for U.S. Legal Commitment to Unratified Nuclear Treaty

Senator opposed to back-door ratification of test ban accord


http://freebeacon.com/national-security/state-letter-reveals-plan-u-s-legal-commitment-unratified-nuclear-treaty/

NRC finds 97 percent of nuclear plants perform in top tiers of safety


NRC finds 97 percent of nuclear plants perform in top tiers of safety


https://dailyenergyinsider.com/efficiency/1639-nrc-finds-97-percent-nuclear-plants-perform-top-tiers-safety/

Nuclear Reactors and Flood Protection

Nuclear Reactors and Flood Protection


http://allthingsnuclear.org/dlochbaum/nuclear-reactors-and-flood-protection

Gov’t Red-Tape Is Keeping Americans From Getting Cheap Nuclear Power

Gov’t Red-Tape Is Keeping Americans From Getting Cheap Nuclear Power



http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/08/govt-red-tape-is-keeping-americans-from-getting-cheap-nuclear-power/

Pilgrim Plagued With More Unplanned Shutdowns

Pilgrim Plagued With More Unplanned Shutdowns


http://www.powermag.com/pilgrim-plagued-with-more-unplanned-shutdowns/

NRC Issues Mid-Cycle Letters To 99 Power Plants


NRC Issues Mid-Cycle Letters To 99 Power Plants

http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2016/09/08/nrc-issues-mid_2d00_cycle-letters-to-99-power-plants-091001#.V9HbAbWXQkg

Jordan and Vietnam named as nuclear growth hotspots


Jordan and Vietnam named as nuclear growth hotspots

http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2016/09/jordan-and-vietnam-named-as-nuclear-growth-hotspots.html

Pakistan committed to international obligations as nuclear power, says Foreign Secretary

Pakistan committed to international obligations as nuclear power, says Foreign Secretary


https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pakistan-committed-to-international-obligations-as-nuclear-power-says-foreign-secretary/

Nuclear power is the only sensible way to go


Nuclear power is the only sensible way to go

http://www.iol.co.za/business/opinion/nuclear-power-is-the-only-sensible-way-to-go-2065696

MPs told nuclear power could cost triple the estimate

MPs told nuclear power could cost triple the estimate


http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2016/09/08/MPs-told-nuclear-power-could-cost-triple-the-estimate

Study Finds Greenhouse Gases Doubled the Chances of Louisiana's Flooding Rains

Study Finds Greenhouse Gases Doubled the Chances of Louisiana's Flooding Rains


http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37536-study-finds-greenhouse-gases-doubled-the-chances-of-louisiana-s-flooding-rains

Fossil Fuel Industry Paid for Meetings With GOP Attorneys General to Plan Attack on Clean Power Plan


Fossil Fuel Industry Paid for Meetings With GOP Attorneys General to Plan Attack on Clean Power Plan

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37534-fossil-fuel-industry-paid-for-meetings-with-gop-attorneys-general-to-plan-attack-on-clean-power-plan

Media Trumpet Another Phony "Secret Nuclear Deal" Story

Media Trumpet Another Phony "Secret Nuclear Deal" Story


http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37527-media-trumpet-another-phony-secret-nuclear-deal-story

Diablo Canyon

Future of California's Largest Nuclear Plant, Diablo Canyon, Should Not Be Decided by a California Public Utilities Commission that is Hiding Emails & Under an Active Criminal Investigation



http://www.environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2016/9/8/future-of-californias-largest-nuclear-plant-diablo-canyon-should-not-be-decided-by-a-california-public-utilities-commission-that-is-hiding-emails-under-an-active-criminal-investigation

The Line in the Sand: Finland and the unpredictable neighbor



The ongoing war in Ukraine and Russia’s March 2014 annexation of Crimea have changed Europe. Increased Russian military activity is also felt in the Baltic Sea area, although the heightened tension there is a political and military corollary to the conflict in Ukraine, not something emanating from the region itself. In this sense, it is a sideshow—even with the proximity to Russia’s northern capital, Saint Petersburg.
Yet the war in Ukraine has triggered an intense security policy debate in Finland and Sweden, which are both close nonmember partners of NATO. It is specifically the possibility of NATO membership that is discussed with such intensity in Finland and Sweden, an intensity unlike anything seen since the Cold War. Maintaining this possibility is a crucial means for these Nordic states to manage relations with their large Eastern neighbor.
Russia has fourteen contiguous neighbors and the longest land border in the world. Russia’s frontiers with Finland and Norway are the most stable and well managed. Indeed, the Finnish- Russian border regime had functioned flawlessly since the late 1950s. That is, until fall 2015, when to the great surprise of Norway and Finland, Russia suddenly allowed third-country nationals without proper visas to cross over. http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=64509&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpRMU5UUXlZMkpsWlRobSIsInQiOiJ3aFlNOFZ0XC83TEpFT3VOTjBKS1ZSMldwXC9GM0hmazUxYWlwWnpMUEI3NlR3OFwvaFIyNkRobEpaNUJQTWpYeDM0TTBcLzdxeWVGcDd5RXN6V3U4N01Ba3FRUFM0ZWFXWmJock15Q0RPOEhzZ2M9In0%3D

Photos show nuclear facilities in disrepair Officials say infrastructure is aging

Photos show nuclear facilities in disrepair

Officials say infrastructure is aging



http://www.pahomepage.com/news/photos-show-nuclear-facilities-in-disrepair

Special Forces Counterterrorism Units to Guard Belgian Nuclear Power Plants

Special Forces Counterterrorism Units to Guard Belgian Nuclear Power Plants

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/europe/20160908/1045078671/npp-protection-terrorism-belgium.html


https://sputniknews.com/europe/20160908/1045078671/npp-protection-terrorism-belgium.html

Nuclear association welcomes constructive argument on nuclear power

 

Nuclear association welcomes constructive argument on nuclear power

http://www.ee.co.za/article/nuclear-industry-association-welcomes-constructive-argument-nuclear.html

Controversial nuclear programme to launch at month-end

Controversial nuclear programme to launch at month-end


http://www.fin24.com/Economy/controversial-nuclear-programme-to-launch-at-month-end-20160908

Detailed Report on Europe Class 1E Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation Cables Sales Market 2021


Detailed Report on Europe Class 1E Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation Cables Sales Market 2021

http://www.mynewsdesk.com/in/pressreleases/detailed-report-on-europe-class-1e-nuclear-power-plant-instrumentation-cables-sales-market-2021-1550714?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Alert&utm_content=pressrelease

Former EPA administrator advocates role of nuclear energy in reducing carbon emissions

Former EPA administrator advocates role of nuclear energy in reducing carbon emissions


http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2016/09/former-epa-administrator-advocates-role-of-nuclear-energy-in-reducing-carbon-emissions

Decision on Indian Point relicensing could take another year or more

Decision on Indian Point relicensing could take another year or more

http://www.rocklandtimes.com/2016/09/08/decision-on-indian-point-relicensing-could-take-another-year-or-more/

How X-energy is Re-imagining Nuclear Energy's Future

How X-energy is Re-imagining Nuclear Energy's Future



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eN_U4kVznk&feature=em-uploademail

Is the nuclear industry ready for its digital revolution?

Hi Michele,
The US nuclear industry is set to embark on a digital revolution. The potential savings in time, money and effort make a compelling argument for plants to adopt nuclear technology – one that can no longer be ignored.
But what are the drivers, challenges and possibilities ahead of the nuclear industry’s digital revolution?
Last week, I interviewed several leading nuclear industry names, from digital technology experts to CIO’s to find out what the industry can expect from its leap into the world of digitalization. 
Take a look at the nuclear digitalization interviews here
Its well worth a read – check out who you’ll hear from:
  • Baofu Lu, TWRP I&C System Design Lead, TerraPower
  • Mahmoud Kattan, Director Electrical Control and Instrumentation, SNC Lavalin Inc
  • Robert Austin, Senior Program Manager I&C, Cyber Security, and Software Development, EPRI
  • Sean Lawrie, Partner, Scott Madden
  • Rob Renuart, Managing Director, Renuart Consulting
Kind Regards,
Mike
Michael Vickery
Senior Project Manager
Nuclear Energy Insider
mvickery@nuclearenergyinsider.com
+44 (0) 207 375 7177

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Practical Nuclear Questions for the Presidential Candidates, and the Psychology of Doom

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Practical Nuclear Questions for the Presidential Candidates, and the Psychology of Doom
The 2016 presidential race is unusual in many ways, but a silver lining of sorts has emerged: For the first time since Lyndon Johnson’s famous “Daisy” political ad during the 1964 presidential campaign, the control that the president of the United States wields over the US nuclear arsenal is under serious discussion.

In his introduction to the Bulletin’s September/October issue, editor John Mecklin writes: “The Bulletin is nonpartisan, but it does have an unapologetic bias toward science, expertise, and the long-term preservation of humanity.” To this end, Mecklin has assembled top nuclear experts to provide questions that both journalists and citizens can ask to better understand the US nuclear arsenal, the role of the president in its deployment and use, and how to determine the differences on nuclear policy between the two major presidential candidates.

Given the debates over whether the US should change its nuclear posture to “no first use” and the questions over whether US nuclear weapons in Turkey are secure, knowing the nuclear policy positions of potential commanders-in-chief has never been more important.

Practical Nuclear Questions for the Presidential Candidates

Introduction: Practical nuclear questions for the candidates in an unusual presidential election
John Mecklin

How many nuclear warheads does the United States need?
Frank von Hippel

Questions for the presidential candidates on nuclear terrorism, proliferation, weapons policy, and energy
Siegfried S. Hecker

Six nuclear questions for the next president
Henry Sokolski

Should the United States begin talks to ban nuclear weapons?
Zia Mian

The nuclear Google
Sharon Squassoni

The psychology of doom

The psychological effects of cyber terrorism
Michael L. Gross, Daphna Canetti, Dana R. Vashdi

The largely unacknowledged impact of climate change on mental health
Eva Gifford and Robert Gifford

The psychological power of nuclear weapons
Alex Wellerstein

Fear factor: The unseen perils of the Ebola outbreak
James M. Shultz, Benjamin M. Althouse, Florence Baingana, et al.

The dangers of radiophobia
David Ropeik  

Interview

Adam Segal: Life in the hacked world order
Interviewed by Andrew Ivers.

Other Features

It is already too late to stop the AI arms race—we must manage it instead
Edward Moore Geist

Why cooperative threat reduction still matters—especially for biological dangers
Amy E. Smithson

Financial incentives for reducing proliferation risks
Rachel A. Weise and Gretchen E. Hund

Global Forum: North Korea, nuclear weapons, and the search for a new path forward.

H
opes that Pyongyang might curtail its weapons programs due to direct pressure from Beijing have been disappointed so far—already in 2016, the North has conducted its fourth nuclear weapon test and launched a long-range ballistic missile. Against this backdrop, how can nations in the region reinvigorate a diplomatic process toward a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula—or, failing that, how can they best handle the security challenges posed by a nuclear North?

Editor's note
Lucien Crowder

North Korea, nuclear weapons, and the search for a new path forward
A Russian response
Andrei Lankov

North Korea, nuclear weapons, and the search for a new path forward
A South Korean response
Chung-in Moon

North Korea, nuclear weapons, and the search for a new path forward
A Chinese response
Dingli Shen

Book Review

The quest for cyber norms
Elaine Korzak
Review of Binary Bullets: The Ethics of Cyber Warfare, edited by Fritz Allhoff, Adam Henschke, and Bradley Jay Strawser

All six of the US presidential election articles are free-access in this issue.

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