U.S. government shutdown nixed top level DOE-China molten salt nuclear talks

 

U.S. government shutdown nixed top level DOE-China molten salt nuclear talks

November 29th, 2013

Posted by Mark Halper

Cancel the Chattanooga Choo Choo. Assistant Energy Secretary Pete Lyons called off his trip to Tennessee’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory when the government shut down last month. He’s pictured here on an ORNL visit earlier this year, but not one relating to the advanced nuclear collaboration with China.

Those of you who object to the U.S. sharing advanced nuclear reactor designs with China might snigger at this news. Those of you who support the collaboration will find it dismaying: Last month’s U.S government shutdown forced the Department of Energy to cancel a rare high level meeting with China regarding the two nation’s ongoing partnership in molten salt reactor development.

http://www.the-weinberg-foundation.org/2013/11/29/u-s-government-shutdown-nixed-top-level-doe-china-molten-salt-nuclear-talks/

Editor's Comment - This is bogus AND nothing precludes them from rescheduling a meeting.