Thorium: No Silver Bullet for Nuclear Industry. A new Briefing, authored by Oliver Tickell, explodes the idea that nuclear reactors using thorium as fuel might ...
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Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry. Nuclear Activities
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Thorium: No Silver Bullet for Nuclear Industry | Claverton Group
Thorium: No Silver Bullet for Nuclear Industry | Claverton Group
Thorium: No Silver Bullet for Nuclear Industry. A new Briefing, authored by Oliver Tickell, explodes the idea that nuclear reactors using thorium as fuel might ...
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Thorium: No Silver Bullet for Nuclear Industry. A new Briefing, authored by Oliver Tickell, explodes the idea that nuclear reactors using thorium as fuel might ...
www.claverton-energy.com/
Can Solar And Wind Power Save Our Rivers?
Can Solar And Wind Power Save Our Rivers?
Huffington Post
Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) and their most popular version, the Liquid Fuel Thorium Reactor (LFTR) do not need water cooling. None at all.
Huffington Post
Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) and their most popular version, the Liquid Fuel Thorium Reactor (LFTR) do not need water cooling. None at all.
The Huge Shift in Our Energy System That's Happening Right Now in 1 Chart
The Huge Shift in Our Energy System That's Happening Right Now in 1 Chart
By Jul 13 2012, 3:25 PM ET 29 The power coming through your electrical socket is undergoing the fastest, largest change in American history.http://www.theatlantic.com/tec
New Details About Problems at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant :
New Details About Problems at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant :
By contacts@theintelhub.com
Data released by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a leaked analysis by Southern California Edison provide some new insights into the situation at the San Onofre nuclear plant. The plant has been shuttered since Jan. 31, when a ...
By contacts@theintelhub.com
Data released by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a leaked analysis by Southern California Edison provide some new insights into the situation at the San Onofre nuclear plant. The plant has been shuttered since Jan. 31, when a ...
Vattenfall says suing Germany over nuclear exit
Vattenfall says suing Germany over nuclear exit
Frankfurt (AFP) July 12, 2012
Swedish power group Vattenfall said Thursday it was joining bigger
rivals E.ON and RWE in filing a complaint with Germany's top court
seeking compensation for Berlin's decision to abandon nuclear power.
"We have recently lodged a complaint with the Constitutional Court," a
spokeswoman for Germany's third biggest nuclear energy producer told
AFP.
New EIA Website Is The 'FRED' Of US Electricity Data
New EIA Website Is The 'FRED' Of US Electricity Data
http://www.businessinsider.com/new-eia-website-is-the-fred-of-us-electricity-data-2012-7?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+clusterstock+%28ClusterStock%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
We've spent the past half hour playing around with the Beta version of Enerdat, a new interactive chart site from the EIA showing data about the U.S. electricity sector (via Condor Options' Jared Woodward).It's still very much in beta, but it definitely has the potential to be the government's next FRED (though of course, nothing can ever actually compare with FRED).
Enerdat's main virtue (so far) is its centralization of data. It took 10 seconds to come up with the following charts comparing electricity generation by source over the past decade.
Here's natgas...
And coal...
And solar...
Made in Japan? Fukushima Crisis Is Nuclear, Not Cultural
Made in Japan? Fukushima Crisis Is Nuclear, Not Cultural
Truth-Out -
Since the release of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent
Committee's official report last week, much has been made of how it
implicates Japanese culture as one of the root causes of the crisis. The
committee's chairman, Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, ...
Nuclear tragedy in Japan shows need for safety upgrades
Boston Globe -
THE GLOBE'S July 10 editorial “Fukushima probe shows new openness in
Japan” reminds us that, while we cannot prevent natural disasters, we
should re-double efforts to strengthen nuclear power safety to prevent a
similar tragedy here.
Newt Gringrich Warns Of Vulnerable Power Grid
Newt Gringrich Warns Of Vulnerable Power Grid
Posted: July 13, 2012
UAE: Nuclear will be the energy bridge for the region
UAE: Nuclear will be the energy bridge for the region | Nuclear Energy Insider analysis.nuclearenergyinsider.com
NUCLEAR CONSTRUCTION MARKET MAP LAUNCHED.
NUCLEAR CONSTRUCTION MARKET MAP LAUNCHED. http://www.nuclearenergyinsider.com/nuclear-construction-summit/content.php
With rapidly developing construction programs from SCE&G, Southern, Duke, FPL and $26bn of Government projects the new build market value has expanded to $120+ billion. Due to this Nuclear Energy Insider have developed a full market analysis of the US nuclear construction industry.Get the map at http://www.nuclearenergyinsider.com/nuclear-construction-summit/content.php and see...
•Details of the current and planned units under construction in the US today to best aid business planning
•Analysis of national plans for SMR deployment and current project partnerships to stay ahead of the market trends for this new technology
•Plans of $25+ billion in non-power related nuclear construction programs to gain vital insights into the non-traditional new build projects
San Onofre News Update 7/14
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| Local Lecture Addresses Nuclear Costs San Diego Reader (blog) “For San Onofre, [the original cost estimate] was under $180 million dollars. But it was $4.7 billion dollars when finished,” Becker said. She also pointed out that the cost of new seismic studies needed due to the discovery of earthquake faults near ... | New details about problems at San Onofre nuclear power plant
Los Angeles Times -
Data released by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a leaked
analysis by Southern California Edison provide some new insights into
the situation at the San Onofre nuclear plant. The plant has been
shuttered since Jan. 31, when a small leak in one ...
 San Onofre nuclear power plant: More dangerous than imagined
RT -
More than six months after regulators ordered an intense probe of a
California power plant, authorities say that conditions at the San
Onofre nuclear facility are actually much worse than ever thought. “This
reveals a far greater problem than has been ...
Southern California Edison Releases Steam Generator Tube Wear Data
MarketWatch (press release) -
ROSEMEAD, Calif., Jul 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Southern California
Edison (SCE) has released steam generator tube wear data associated with
the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) to the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
Fears over US nuclear plant problem
News24 - Jul 13, 2012
US nuclear regulators published an update on California's San Onofre
power plant, sparking an expert warning that the problem is more serious
than first thought. (Mary Ann Chastain, AP) An old fashioned story by
Mary Louisa Molesworth (1836-1921).
Tube wear detailed at CA nuke plant
San Jose Mercury News - Jul 12, 2012
LOS ANGELES -- Federal regulators Thursday disclosed the most detailed
information to date on damage at California's idled San Onofre nuclear
power plant, where thousands of tubes that carry radioactive water have
eroded at an alarming rate.
NRC releases report on tube wear at California nuclear power plant
Power Engineering Magazine - Jul 12, 2012
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 12 released detailed
information about the worn steam generator tubes at the 2200 MW San
Onofre Nuclear Generation Station in California. The NRC said detection
of wear in the tubes was found in almost ...
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Friday, July 13, 2012
China Leads As Global Clean Energy Investment Jumps 24 Percent
China Leads As Global Clean Energy Investment Jumps 24 Percent ...
By Silvio Marcacci
Global clean energy investment jumped 24% during Q2 2012 to reach $59.6 billion, led by China's 92% financing surge.
CleanTechnica
By Silvio Marcacci
Global clean energy investment jumped 24% during Q2 2012 to reach $59.6 billion, led by China's 92% financing surge.
CleanTechnica
China, India, Brazil and Other Developing Countries Will Soon Consume Most of ...
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More on the Science Linking Fracking Disposal Wells to Earthquakes
More on the Science Linking Fracking Disposal Wells to Earthquakes
StateImpact Texas - Jul 12, 2012
By Terrence Henry Earlier today we reported on a series of quakes
rattling Johnson County, outside of Fort Worth, Texas. The quakes
haven't caused any significant damage, but for a part of the state that
has historically been seismically quiet, ...
Why Earthquakes Are Shaking North Texas: Scientists Investigate Links to ...
StateImpact Texas - Jul 12, 2012
By Sheyda Aboii and Terrence Henry Yet another earthquake has rattled
North Texas. Early Tuesday morning, the city of Keene, 25 miles south of
Fort Worth, experienced what the US Geological Survey says was a 2.4
magnitude earthquake.
Nuclear "Regulatory Capture" -- A Global Pattern
Nuclear "Regulatory Capture" -- A Global Pattern
Huffington Post (blog) -
The conclusion of a report of a Japanese parliamentary panel issued
last week that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster was
rooted in government-industry "collusion" and thus was "man-made" is
mirrored throughout the world.
'Groupism' no excuse for Fukushima meltdown
'Groupism' no excuse for Fukushima meltdown
Winnipeg Free Press - Jul 12, 2012
By Japanese standards, the report released last week by the Fukushima
Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission could be
considered remarkable. Its 641 pages, drawing on town-hall meetings,
household surveys, more than 900 hours of hearings ...
San Onofre Commentary Update
San Onofre nuclear power plant: More dangerous than imagined
RT -
More than six months after regulators ordered an intense probe of a
California power plant, authorities say that conditions at the San
Onofre nuclear facility are actually much worse than ever thought. “This
reveals a far greater problem than has been ...
Southern California Edison Releases Steam Generator Tube Wear Data
MarketWatch (press release) -
ROSEMEAD, Calif., Jul 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Southern California
Edison (SCE) has released steam generator tube wear data associated with
the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) to the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
Fears over US nuclear plant problem
News24 -
US nuclear regulators published an update on California's San Onofre
power plant, sparking an expert warning that the problem is more serious
than first thought. (Mary Ann Chastain, AP) An old fashioned story by
Mary Louisa Molesworth (1836-1921).
Tube wear detailed at CA nuke plant
San Jose Mercury News -
LOS ANGELES -- Federal regulators Thursday disclosed the most detailed
information to date on damage at California's idled San Onofre nuclear
power plant, where thousands of tubes that carry radioactive water have
eroded at an alarming rate.
US nuclear plant problem worse than thought: report
Sin Chew Jit Poh -
LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2012 (AFP) - US nuclear regulators published an
update on California's troubled San Onofre power plant Thursday,
sparking an expert warning that the problem is more serious than first
thought. A reactor at the nuclear power plant ...
San Onofre Power Plant: Tubes Wore Down Faster Than Expected
Huffington Post -
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD 07/12/12 07:48 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Federal
regulators Thursday disclosed the most detailed information to date on
damage at California's idled San Onofre nuclear power plant, where
scores of tubes that carry radioactive water have ...
Tube wear detailed at California's troubled nuke plant
Salt Lake Tribune -
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | AP Los Angeles •Federal regulators Thursday
disclosed the most detailed information to date on damage at
California's idled San Onofre nuclear power plant, where thousands of
tubes that carry radioactive water have eroded at an ...
San Onfore nuclear plant operator says some tube wear not unusual
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By Ed Joyce | 1:10pm The operator of the San Onofre nuclear power plant
said Friday that some of the steam generator tube wear is not
unexpected. Southern California Edison said it has sent federal
regulators a report on the tube wear problems which ...
Nuke Plant Workers Ditch 1317 Bum Components
Patch.com -
More than 1300 of the heat transfer tubes inside the plant's four new
steam generators are taken out of service. By Adam Townsend Diagram of
the steam generators in the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
Technicians at the San Onofre Nuclear ...
Tube Wear At San Onofre Blamed On Settling Of Equipment
KGTV San Diego -
SAN ONOFRE, Calif. -- The unusual wear in the walls of steam generator
tubes at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was primarily caused
by settling of support equipment and mostly did not reach a federal
safety limit, Southern California Edison ...
At San Onofre, allure of nuclear power endures
U-T San Diego -
The allure of atomic power endures in California 55 years after the
nation's first civilian, commercial reactor came online to power a small
city in Ventura County. Today, California's growing push to curtail
greenhouse-gas emissions and smog are ...
ONOFRE DISCLOSES TUBE WEAR DETAILS
U-T San Diego -
With the outage at the San Onofre nuclear plant approaching the
six-month mark, federal safety regulators on Thursday released hundreds
of figures on the extent and location of damage to steam generator
tubing that protects against radiation releases.
Tube Wear Detailed at Southern California Nuke Plant
KMIR-TV - 15 hours ago
By George Severson LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal regulators have released
the most detailed information to date on damage at California's idled
San Onofre nuclear power plant. Records posted Thursday show the extent
of wear in 3400 tubes that carry ...
San Onofre's Steam Generators Worse Off Than Other US Nuclear Plants
Kbps -
By Amita Sharma San Onofre's Nuclear Generating Station's new steam
generators are the most troublesome in the country and tube damage is
more extensive than Southern California Edison has admitted publicly,
according to a new report based in part on a ...
NRC releases details of San Onofre tube wear
OCRegister -
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission provided details Thurday of
steam-generator tube wear at the San Onofre nuclear plant, where
reactors remain offline while operators work on a plan to fix the
problems. By PAT BRENNAN / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER The ...
State May Launch San Onofre Watchdog Panel
Patch.com -
California's attorney general considers an independent oversight
committee for the nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, environmental groups
continue hammering on safety issues. By Adam Townsend The San Onofre
Nuclear Generating Station.
NRC releases report on tube wear at California nuclear power plant
Power Engineering Magazine -
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 12 released detailed
information about the worn steam generator tubes at the 2200 MW San
Onofre Nuclear Generation Station in California. The NRC said detection
of wear in the tubes was found in almost ...
| Southern California Edison Releases Steam Generator Tube Wear Data MarketWatch (press release) ROSEMEAD, Calif., Jul 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Southern California Edison (SCE) has released steam generator tube wear data associated with the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The data ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tube Wear At San Onofre Blamed On Settling Of Equipment KGTV San Diego SCE reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week that most of the wear in the tube wall was less than 20 percent, below the federal threshold of 35 percent. A tube over the limit must be plugged. Most of the wear on the tubes was caused by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Nuke Plant Workers Ditch 1317 Bum Components Patch.com Dietrich told Patch after a June Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting that plant officials hadn't yet made a decision on whether to restart the plant at all. Officials have confirmed that the troubled generating station will be closed at least through ... |
US Shares Mindset Behind Japan's Nuclear Disaster
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Debris cleared at unit 4
Debris cleared at unit 4
13 July 2012
Tepco engineers have cleared away the top section of
Fukushima Daiichi unit 4's reactot building, ready for work to start on
the overbuilding they need for fuel removal.http://www.world-nuclear-news.
Russian Gold!
Russian Gold!
Last week I discussed why the Russians might be asking the NRC for a Design Certification of the VVER. I concluded it had little to do with the supposed “gold standard” of certification the NRC provides. In reality the Russians need any independent certification to participate in the international market with smaller countries that lack resources to do their own certification.Why should we care? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Let’s look at the puts and takes.
Reactor No. 4 at Ohi nuclear plant to be restarted next week
Reactor No. 4 at Ohi nuclear plant to be restarted next week
Kansai Electric will restart nuclear reactor No. 4 at its Ohi plant in Japan's Fukui prefecture Wednesday, nine days after the plant's No. 3 reactor returned to full service. The move is expected to help reduce power shortages in the facility's service area at a time when other commercial reactors throughout the country are still out of operation. The Mainichi (Japan) (7/12)
Kansai Electric will restart nuclear reactor No. 4 at its Ohi plant in Japan's Fukui prefecture Wednesday, nine days after the plant's No. 3 reactor returned to full service. The move is expected to help reduce power shortages in the facility's service area at a time when other commercial reactors throughout the country are still out of operation. The Mainichi (Japan) (7/12)
Areva to supply fuel assemblies for RWE, EnBW power plants
- Areva to supply fuel assemblies for RWE, EnBW power plants
France's Areva entered into supply agreements with German-based firms RWE and EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg. Areva's contract with RWE concerns fuel assemblies for nuclear plants in Gundremmingen and Emsland, while a similar deal will benefit EnBW's No. 2 reactor at its Philippsburg power plant. The Wall Street Journal
Calif. PUC commissioners want review of San Onofre plant
Calif. PUC commissioners want review of San Onofre plant
All California Public Utilities Commission commissioners want a review of the economic and safety considerations of potentially shutting down Southern California Edison's San Onofre nuclear plant, said PUC President Michael Peevey. "We realize the importance of San Onofre to the state of California and the consequences of the problems that have shown up there for ratepayers and for all affected, and we have to deal with this," Peevey said. SNL Financial (free content)
All California Public Utilities Commission commissioners want a review of the economic and safety considerations of potentially shutting down Southern California Edison's San Onofre nuclear plant, said PUC President Michael Peevey. "We realize the importance of San Onofre to the state of California and the consequences of the problems that have shown up there for ratepayers and for all affected, and we have to deal with this," Peevey said. SNL Financial (free content)
Savannah River Site shifts to new construction phase
- Savannah River Site shifts to new construction phase
Shaw Areva MOX Services, the head contractor for the Savannah River Site fuel conversion project, is letting go of about 100 employees at the mixed oxide fuel construction area of the site as the company shifts to a new phase of the project. Shaw Areva spokesman Bryan Wilkes said there will be more staff fluctuations, depending on the startup and completion of different phases of the project. The Augusta Chronicle (Ga.)
Court denies petition to halt construction of Ga. reactors
Court denies petition to halt construction of Ga. reactors
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied a petition by five environmental groups to halt Southern Co.'s construction of new reactors at its Plant Vogtle in Georgia. The court on Wednesday upheld the combined operating license issued in February by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Southern Co. lauded the decision, saying an extended delay in the project would have increased costs and "put thousands of jobs at risk." The Augusta Chronicle (Ga.)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied a petition by five environmental groups to halt Southern Co.'s construction of new reactors at its Plant Vogtle in Georgia. The court on Wednesday upheld the combined operating license issued in February by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Southern Co. lauded the decision, saying an extended delay in the project would have increased costs and "put thousands of jobs at risk." The Augusta Chronicle (Ga.)
Uranium can solve all the woes associated with coal mining Geoff Russelll and Barry Brook July 12, 2012 11:30PM
Uranium can solve all the woes associated with coal mining
- July 12, 2012
Exposed: The Untold Legacy of a Secret Nuclear Weapons Plant Near a Major American City
Exposed: The Untold Legacy of a Secret Nuclear Weapons Plant Near a Major American City
A new book exposes the truth about the secret plutonium factory once designated "the most contaminated site in America."
U.S. declares drought-stricken states largest natural disaster area ever
U.S. declares drought-stricken states largest natural disaster area ever
July 12, 2012 – CLIMATE - The United States Department of Agriculture has declared natural disaster areas in more than 1,000 counties and 26 drought-stricken states, making it the largest natural disaster in America ever. The declaration—which covers roughly half of the country—gives farmers and ranchers devastated by drought access to federal aid, including low-interest emergency loans. “Agriculture remains a bright spot in our nation’s economy,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday while announcing the assistance program. “We need to be cognizant of the fact that drought and weather conditions have severely impacted farmers around the country.” According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, more than half the country (56 percent) experienced drought conditions—the largest percentage in the 12-year history of the service. And according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the period from January through June was “the warmest first half of any year on record for the contiguous United States.” The average temperature was 52.9 degrees Fahrenheit, or 4.5 degrees above average, NOAA said on Monday. Twenty-eight states east of the Rockies set temperature records for the six-month period. A heat wave blistered most of the United States in June, with more than 170 all-time temperature records broken or tied during the month. On June 28 in Norton, Kan., for instance, the temperature reached 118 degrees, an all-time high. On June 26, Red Willow, Neb., set a temperature record of 115 degrees, eclipsing the 114-degree mark set in 1932. -Yahoo
DOE Officials: End of Year Earliest to Expect Final Vogtle Loan Guarantee Approval
DOE Officials: End of Year Earliest to Expect Final Vogtle Loan Guarantee Approval
Final approval of an $8.3 billion loan guarantee for the construction of two new reactors at Plant Vogtle in Georgia won't materialize until the end of the year, at the earliest, Department of Energy officials told House members Thursday.In a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, loan guarantee program chief David Frantz said that none of the program's pending applications are officially scheduled to close this year, Dow Jones reported. While DOE does not set concrete deadlines for finalization of nuclear plant loan guarantees, another DOE official said late 2012 would be the soonest the Vogtle guarantee would be issued.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Further details emerged this week about the conditions faced by workers in the aftermath of the accidents at Fukushima Daiichi, and it was revealed TEPCO may pay $12.5 billion for the first efforts to clean up contamination in the surrounding countryside.Recent developments related to the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant severely damaged following last year's earthquake and tsunami in Japan include:
Asahi: Government Tallying First Cleanup Tab for TEPCO
ANS Friday Nuclear Matinee: The First Nuclear Chain Reaction
ANS Friday Nuclear Matinee: The First Nuclear Chain Reaction
By pbowersox on Jul 13, 2012 01:00 amVery highly recommended. On December 2, 1942, 49 scientists, led by Enrico Fermi, made history when Chicago Pile 1 (CP-1) went “critical” and produced the world’s first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction. Seventy years later, two of the last surviving … Continue reading →
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US NRC Blog Update: NRC Enhances its Fight Against Counterfeits
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The Changing Face of US Oil Production - James Hamilton, OilPrice.com
The Changing Face of US Oil Production - James Hamilton, OilPrice.com
Exelon's 'Nuclear Guy': No New Nukes
Exelon's 'Nuclear Guy': No New Nukes
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i-Nuclear update: Areva confirms bid for Horizon, but Westinghouse, GEH, Rosatom remain coy
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i-Nuclear update: Candu proposal would see four reactors burning MOX in
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