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I'm taking the weekend off. Will return to posting Sunday evening.
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Michele Kearney
Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry. Nuclear Activities
Friday, September 7, 2012
Nuclear safety boosted to help avert another Fukushima: expert
Nuclear safety boosted to help avert another Fukushima: expert
Pakistan Daily Times -
Nuclear safety boosted to help avert another Fukushima: expert. *
Experts discuss extreme natural hazards and nuclear safety * Greenpeace
refutes idea that improvements have been made. VIENNA: Many countries
have taken concrete steps to improve ...http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012\09\08\story_8-9-2012_pg4_2
Out of the Nuclear Closet
Out of the Nuclear Closet
Why it's time for environmentalists to stop worrying and love the atom. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/09/07/out_of_the_nuclear_closet
Two-year hiatus in US licensing
Two-year hiatus in US licensing
Approval
of four new reactors could be delayed by as the US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission reconsiders its confidence in long term waste management
arrangements over the next 24 months.http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Two_year_hiatus_in_US_licensing_0709121.html
All Of China's Big Infrastructure Projects In One Huge Slide
All Of China's Big Infrastructure Projects In One Huge Slide
Over the past two days the Chinese government announced the approval of a large chunk of infrastructure projects.The news was very well received by investors, who sent the Shanghai Composite surging nearly 4 percent.
This slide from Nomura highlights every project approved by the National Development and Reform Commission:http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-infrastructure-projects-2012-9?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+clusterstock+%28ClusterStock%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
China Energy Update 9/7
| China Price War Draining Jobs in Germany's Solar Valley: Energy Bloomberg When Thomas Behling returned to his home state of Saxony-Anhalt in 2006, he was drawn by a job in the solar industry and the chance to participate in Germany's renewable energy boom. He was fired in July. Behling's employer, Sovello GmbH, produced its ... | ||
| US SMALL/MIDCAPS-Energy, materials stocks gain on Fed, China Reuters NEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Mid- and smallcap stocks advanced on Friday as expectations for another round of quantitative easing in the U.S. and approval by China of a multi-billion dollar infrastructure program lifted materials and energy stocks. | ||
| Putin: Asia can count on Russia for energy supply Huffington Post Faltering vital signs in China and elsewhere make pushing ahead with more and freer trade an urgent priority for the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, whose leaders are gathered in the Russian Far East port of Vladivostok for their ... | ||
| China Solar Probe A Go In Europe Energy Collective Chinese solar makers, already hit with duties in the United States, could within nine months face similar trade sanctions in Europe, according to the European Commission, which said today it would launch an antidumping investigation into solar panels ... | ||
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| Canada Review of Nexen Bid Litmus Test: Canaccord's Ballo Businessweek The Nexen-Cnooc approval process “will be seen in China as an indication of how open the Canadian economy is for major energy investments,” Balloch, a former ambassador to China, said today at the Bloomberg Canada-Asia Conference in Vancouver. | ||
| SEC Pursues Charges at Two Companies Tied to China Compliance Week Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing is a solar panel maker in San Francisco that raised $9 million from U.S. investors in 2010 to expand a subsidiary in Rugao City, China. The China-based subsidiary would represent most of WEMU's operations and ... | ||
| China Will Have as Much as $2 Trillion to Invest Abroad: Jiang Bloomberg The Chinese economy is only just coming to scale and will have $1 trillion to $2 trillion to invest abroad over the next five to 10 years according to some estimates, said Wenran Jiang, director of the Canada-China Energy & Environment Forum. Jiang ... | RIGZONE - China's CBM Industry: Slow and Steady Progress CBM in China's Energy Landscape. CBM, also commonly known as coal mine methane (CMM), falls under the category of non-conventional natural gas. www.rigzone.com/.../Chinas_ |
12,000 Megawatts of Local Renewable Energy for California
12,000 Megawatts of Local Renewable Energy for California | SPUR ...
Governor Brown has called for the development of 12,000 megawatts of local renewable energy in California by 2020, equivalent to the output of 12 nuclear ...
www.spur.org/.../12000-
Governor Brown has called for the development of 12,000 megawatts of local renewable energy in California by 2020, equivalent to the output of 12 nuclear ...
www.spur.org/.../12000-
Nuclear power news update 9/7
| Nuclear safety boosted to help avert another Fukushima -expert Reuters VIENNA (Reuters) - Many countries have taken concrete steps to improve safety at nuclear power plants to help prevent extreme natural hazards such as earthquakes from causing another Fukushima-style disaster, the chairman of an expert meeting said on ... | ||||||||
| Europe Power-Spot prices rise on tight supply Reuters Germany thus pared a wide discount it had developed this week to France, where the holidays have ended and nuclear power stations are late back from summer maintenance closures. French operator EDF reported five delayed reactor restart dates. | ||||||||
| US Nuclear Units Seeking License Renewal Hartford Courant The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) directed its staff on Thursday to start an environmental review into the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel, following a court ruling that led the agency to stop issuing new reactor licenses. The NRC ... | ||||||||
| Russian nuclear support for Iran limited by distrust MinnPost.com Russia built Iran's first nuclear power plant, once sold Tehran sophisticated weaponry, and refuses to back further international sanctions over Iran's controversial nuclear program, but this apparent coziness belies years of suspicion and growing ... | ||||||||
| Kudankulam reactor to be fuelled around Sep 11, protestors to intensify stir TwoCircles.net Chennai : The loading of 163 enriched uranium fuel bundles in the first unit of the two 1,000 MW Russian reactors at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) will happen around Sep 11, said a senior official of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd ... | ||||||||
| Progress asks PSC for rate increase for nuclear plants [Ocala Star-Banner, Fla.] Equities.com What: Florida Public Service Commission public hearing to review Progress Energy request to increase rates for Crystal River nuclear plant improvements and proposed Levy County nuclear plant. Florida Power and Light's $151 million request also will be ... | ||||||||
| China's Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp Announces Orders for BYD Battery ... Power Engineering Magazine Sponsored by FLSmidth. 09/07/2012. China's Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC) announced this week the results of the bidding for their largest high-power, high-capacity battery back-up stations to date, with BYD Ltd of Shenzhen winning the bid. | ||||||||
| DPJ sets zero-nuclear power goal The Daily Yomiuri The group included the target as a nonbinding one in the final proposal, in view of strong public support for phasing out nuclear power use by 2030 at public hearings and a deliberative opinion poll. To achieve the target, the government would be ... | ||||||||
| French Energy Min: Govt Sticks To 75% Tax Rate Plan For Revenue Above ... Wall Street Journal ... energy next week. Fessenheim, which is at the heart of a national debate over the role of nuclear energy in power generation, sparked new fears this week after two workers were slightly injured during a minor maintenance incident. Write to ... | ||||||||
| FPL's nuclear charges would raise monthly electric bills by $1.65 Sun-Sentinel To pay for its upgrades to Turkey Point and Port St. Lucie nuclear power plants and to get ready for new nuclear units, Florida Power & Light Co. will go before regulators beginning Monday. The state's largest electric utility is asking to pass on $151 ...
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ANS Nuclear Cafe Matinee: Will and Norm Visit the Reed Research Reactor
ANS Nuclear Cafe Matinee: Will and Norm Visit the Reed Research Reactor
By pbowersox on Sep 07, 2012 01:00 amRunning a nuclear reactor is so easy that undergraduates can do it. And they do, at the research reactor at Reed College in Portland, Oregon (by the way, that’s where Steve Jobs went to school). In this *very* cool video, starring Reed College students working with … Continue reading →
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Fukushima Updates 9/7
Here are the topic summaries of today's Fukushima Updates. Click on the link for the full reports...
The
Tokyo government has announced that they want nuclear electricity
supplies reduced to 15% by 2030 and a full abandonment at some point
thereafter... A cross-party group of Diet politicians call for the
immediate decommissioning of more than half of Japan’s nukes... The
Tokyo government says about 25% of the debris left behind by the 3/11/11
tsunami has been disposed of... The Tokyo Electric Company (Tepco)
wants to restart the seven nukes at their Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear
Power Station... President Naomi Hirose of Tepco says it would be
“foolish” for Japan to abandon nuclear energy... Tokyo has lifted the
power conservation targets for three of Japan’s 10 major electric
companies...
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda plans to use legal powers granted to his
office to name members to the nation's new nuclear regulatory body...
The heads of Japan’s three major Fukushima investigative committees
believe the F. Daiichi accident was the result of a national
institutional problem that blurred where responsibilities existed...
Hokuriku Electric Power Co. has refused to tour Social Democratic Party
leader Mizuho Fukushima through the Shika NPS in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Book Review of latest book on Thorium Molten Salt Reactors
Title: Another welcome book about Thorium but more by Robert Hargraves
Summary: Book review of latest book on Thorium molten salt reactors.
Much more than just a plug for the LFTR and MSRs
URL: http://thoriummsr.com/2012/09/
PennEnergy: Week's Most Popular Oil & Gas News
This Week's Most Popular Oil & Gas News
• BP producing oil in the Gulf again
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Offshore oil exploration gets a boost from NASA
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European Commission opens antitrust case against Gazprom
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Shell to construct world's first oil sands carbon capture and storage project
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Updated Keystone XL re-route reflects Nebraskan feedback
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FracRock International announces multi-million dollar agreement in Argentina
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Enbridge and partners to develop new major shale pipeline
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Total acquires 40% interest in offshore Myanmar block
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Apache continues to see progress in the UK North Sea
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Mexico, struggling with natural gas shortage, turns to Texas
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Valero to convert Aruba refinery to terminalling operation
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SPDC completes sale of Nigerian oil mining lease
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Rosneft and ExxonMobil announce selection of offshore structures construction yard
• BP producing oil in the Gulf again
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Gulf of Mexico oil sees slow return after Isaac Full Article |
Gulf of Mexico oil sees slow return after Isaac
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Energy Innovation Under Romney and Obama
by Kevin Bullis
Both candidates say they support renewable energy. Romney, though, would do little to create markets for it.
Read More »http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429096/energy-innovation-under-romney-and-obama/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-09-07
NPEC's Comment on the Department of Energy's Surplus Plutonium
NPEC's Comment on the Department of Energy's Surplus Plutonium ...
This is the comment of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) on DOE's Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and the policy choices the Department derives from that document.
Paulos Corner News Feed - Nuclear...http://nsspi.tamu.edu/pauloscornerarticles/2012-09/npec%27s-comment-on-the-department-of-energy%27s-surplus-plutonium-disposition-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement
This is the comment of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) on DOE's Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and the policy choices the Department derives from that document.
Paulos Corner News Feed - Nuclear...http://nsspi.tamu.edu/pauloscornerarticles/2012-09/npec%27s-comment-on-the-department-of-energy%27s-surplus-plutonium-disposition-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement
Cashing in on nuclear fears
Cashing in on nuclear fears
San Diego Reader (blog)
An internet company has recently gone public in an attempt to turn a profit on the growing awareness of the risks, real or perceived, associated with the as-yet-unannounced resumption of operations at the idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station ...http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker/2012/sep/06/cashing-in-on-nuclear-fears/
San Diego Reader (blog)
An internet company has recently gone public in an attempt to turn a profit on the growing awareness of the risks, real or perceived, associated with the as-yet-unannounced resumption of operations at the idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station ...http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker/2012/sep/06/cashing-in-on-nuclear-fears/
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Energy Storage Update 9/6
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| US natgas futures end lower despite light storage build Reuters The storage report from the U.S. Energy Information showed domestic gas inventories rose last week by 28 billion cubic feet to 3.402 trillion cubic feet. The build was below Reuters poll estimates for a 36 bcf build and well below the year-ago gain of ... | |||
| ENERGY STORAGE BECOMES THE NAME OF THE GAME: BALQON BLQN ... Einnews Portugal /EINPresswire.com/ Speculators and investors see the potential of batteries and energy storage in the automotive sector and Balqon (BLQN) has had the efficient electric vehicle market covered since its inception. But it's easy to forget about the value ... | |||
| Flux Power's Battery Pack Technology Selected for TransPower's New Semi ... Sacramento Bee About Flux Power Flux Power designs, develops, manufactures and sells cost efficient advanced energy storage systems. Incorporated in October 2009, Flux Power began shipping prototype products in the second quarter of 2010 while continuing to develop ... | |||
| US natural gas supplies grew last week Huffington Post The Energy Department's Energy Information Administration reported that natural gas in storage grew by 28 billion cubic feet to 3.402 trillion cubic feet for the week ended Aug. 31. Analysts expected a rise of 32 billion to 36 billion cubic feet ... | |||
| China's Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp Announces Orders for BYD Battery ... 4-traders A "National Energy Application Technology Research and Engineering demonstration project", CGNPC plans to couple these 3.5 Mega-Watt-hour back-up batteries with their nuclear power stations to deliver power up to 2.5MW levels. The energy storage ... | |||
| Chart Industries' CEO Presents at Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference ... Seeking Alpha Our Energy and Chemicals business is most rapid growing part of our business, but we're also seeing significant growth in our Distribution and Storage business. You can see in the center slide or the center pie chart that in 2011, approximately 48% of ... | |||
| ITM Power looks to Germany for green energy storage advance BioEnergy News The collaboration will investigate the potential of energy storage by the production of hydrogen from ITM's electrolysis equipment, with a plant being built to test the performance and operation. 'As a fully integrated energy company, this utility has ... | |||
| SustainX awarded 11 additional patents for energy storage solutions NewHampshire.com SEABROOK - 'We're focused on bringing our grid-scale energy storage technology to market and a broad intellectual property portfolio is a key part of our strategy,' said Tom Zarrella, SustainX President and CEO. 'SustainX now holds more than 450 patent ... | |||
| UK: Government opens Energy Storage R&D Centre Automotive World ... United Kingdom, eMobility. AutomotiveWorld.com. The UK government's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced on 5 September the creation of a new UK Energy Storage R&D Centre at the University of Warwick, for the advance.
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Work on North Korea's New Reactor Advancing, IAEA Says
Work on North Korea's New Reactor Advancing, IAEA Says
North Korea in the last year has made "significant progress" in its work on an experimental nuclear reactor at the Yongbyon complex, according to new findings by the International Atomic Energy Agency.The U.N. nuclear watchdog also said satellite pictures have revealed "certain activities" at areas where the North in the past has detonated atomic devices, Reuters reported on Friday. However, "without access to the locations the agency is unable to provide a technical assessment of the purpose of these activities or of whether nuclear material is being used," according to the yearly report provided to IAEA member countries.
The agency has not been allowed into North Korea since 2009/http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/work-north-koreas-new-reactor-notably-advancing-iaea-says/
Obama HEU Reduction Proposal Insufficient, Health Care Providers Say
Obama HEU Reduction Proposal Insufficient, Health Care Providers Say
By Douglas P. GuarinoGlobal Security Newswire
WASHINGTON – An Obama administration plan to change to the Medicare payment system for radiological isotopes used in diagnostic procedures would not give health care providers enough incentive to end their reliance on bomb-grade uranium, industry officials say.
The Health and Human Services Department in July proposed to pay providers more if they conduct diagnostic procedures on their Medicare patients using isotopes derived from low-enriched uranium. The plan – part of a wide-ranging proposed rule that would make numerous adjustments to the Medicare system -- is the latest attempt by Washington to wean the United States off medical isotopes produced with highly enriched uranium.
Proponents of the effort argue that terrorists could use HEU material to construct nuclear weapons, and that minimizing use of the substance reduces the possibility that it could fall into the wrong hands.
Under the HHS proposal, the government would pay health care providers an extra $10 every time they conducted a diagnostic procedure using radiopharmaceuticals that were “produced by non-HEU methods.” Currently most providers use technetium 99– a product of the decay of molybdenum 99 – derived from highly enriched uranium, but the Obama administration is looking to encourage production by other means.http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/obama-heu-reduction-proposal-insufficient-health-care-providers-say/
Questions raised about India’s Nuclear Safety Agency
Questions raised about India’s Nuclear Safety Agency
Government auditor cites lack of regulatory independence and says overall effectiveness is weakBy Dan Yurman
R. Bhattacharya is head of India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory BoardNuclear fuel bank or nuclear graveyard? By Zhulduz Baizakova
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Nuclear on the National Agenda
Nuclear on the National Agenda
This political season provides a rare opportunity to engage our elected representatives in an energy discussion on the national stage.http://us.arevablog.com/2012/09/05/nuclear-on-the-national-agenda/China-Energy, natural resources tax guidance issued 2012 | KPMG ...
China-Energy, natural resources tax guidance issued 2012 | KPMG ...
A checklist (in table format) of tax guidance issued in the first half of 2012 affecting energy, natural resources sectors.
www.kpmg.com/.../china-energy-
A checklist (in table format) of tax guidance issued in the first half of 2012 affecting energy, natural resources sectors.
www.kpmg.com/.../china-energy-
Trojan Cows and Grid Facts; Op-Ed
Trojan Cows and Grid Facts; Op-Ed
Meredith Angwin expands an op-ed she wrote for a local paper. No matter what the plant opponents say, Seabrook power is not taking Vermont Yankee's place on the local grid. Seabrook is now receiving Vermont money, but the transmission lines and power sources have not changed..
Meredith Angwin expands an op-ed she wrote for a local paper. No matter what the plant opponents say, Seabrook power is not taking Vermont Yankee's place on the local grid. Seabrook is now receiving Vermont money, but the transmission lines and power sources have not changed..
NRC Doings in the News 9/6
| NRC Taking Closer Look at Palisades Plant Closures, Culture WHTC Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert (Nuclear Regulatory Commission photo). COVERT, MI (WHTC) - A supplemental Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection of the Palisades plant in Covert is planned for September 17th through the 28th. | |||||
| NRC Looking Into Wash. Nuclear Plant's 11-Year-Old Mistake KUOW NPR The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission is looking into an 11-year emergency planning mistake at the Northwest's only commercial nuclear power plant. Officials at the Columbia Generating Station in southeast Washington used faulty estimates of how ... | |||||
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| Entergy again points to legislators' nuclear statements Barre Montpelier Times Argus Entergy's lawyers said Vermont's appeal was a continuation of its “attempts to thwart the federal statutory scheme,” in particular the Atomic Energy Act, which gave the responsibility for nuclear safety issues to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ... | |||||
| DPJ panel's draft sets denuclearization as goal Power Engineering Magazine 1) The 40-year maximum on the operation of nuclear reactors should be strictly observed. 2) Only nuclear reactors whose safety is approved by the soon-to-be-established nuclear regulatory commission can be restarted. 3) Further construction of nuclear ... | |||||
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