Entergy asks court to remove Vermont from generator approval process

Entergy asks court to remove Vermont from generator approval process
Brattleboro Reformer
In addition, notes the filing, "Whereas the (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) requires Entergy to install a station blackout generator in order to ensure the safety of the VY Station, Vermont has failed to grant Entergy authority to do so in a timely ...http://www.reformer.com/ci_23119922/entergy-asks-court-remove-vermont-from-generator-approval

Robert Gordon: The death of innovation, the end of growth

http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_gordon_the_death_of_innovation_the_end_of_growth.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2013-04-26&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=bottom_right_button 

Japanese court does the right thing for the wrong reason

Japanese court does the right thing for the wrong reason

 

A high court in Japan has rejected the demands of a few Fukushima parents to evacuate tens of thousands of not-at-risk children to other parts of Japan. The court said there was no legal precedent for it. However, they should have used recent scientific reports on the good health of Fukushima children as their reason.

 

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-commentary.html

 

Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Is our greatest fear now our greatest hope? Get the facts. Pandora's Promise, in theaters June 12:

Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Is our greatest fear now our greatest hope? Get the facts. Pandora's Promise, in theaters June 12:

Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: The Rise of Nuclear Fear–How We Learned to Fear the Radiation By David Ropeik |

Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: The Rise of Nuclear Fear–How We Learned to Fear the Radiation By David Ropeik |

Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: The Rise of Nuclear Fear–How We Learned to Fear the Radiation By David Ropeik |

Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: The Rise of Nuclear Fear–How We Learned to Fear the Radiation By David Ropeik |

Senators Propose New Agency to Deal with Waste from Nuclear Power Plants

http://www.powermag.com/nuclear/Senators-Propose-New-Agency-to-Deal-with-Waste-from-Nuclear-Power-Plants_5565.html

Tiny Nuclear Reactions Inside Compact Fluorescent Bulbs?

Tiny Nuclear Reactions Inside Compact Fluorescent Bulbs?http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2013/03/14/tiny-nuclear-reactions-inside-compact-fluorescent-bulbs/?utm_source=followingimmediate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20130314

How Many People Have Really Been Killed by Chernobyl?

How Many People Have Really Been Killed by Chernobyl?

Why estimates differ by tens of thousands of deaths.

By Mary Myciohttp://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2013/04/chernobyl_death_toll_how_many_cancer_cases_are_caused_by_low_level_radiation.html

NASA Selects Small Businesses For Innovative Research And Technology Projects

Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1760
sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov
 

April 24, 2013

 

RELEASE : 13-118

 

 

NASA Selects Small Businesses For Innovative Research And Technology Projects

 

 

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 44 additional proposals from 42 small high-technology companies to enter into negotiations for Phase 2 contract awards through the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.

Valued at about $30.7 million, these selections complement 39 Phase 2 proposals announced in November.

"These additional Phase 2 SBIR selections continue the successful legacy of the SBIR program to bring needed new technologies to NASA and the American marketplace," said Michael J. Gazarik, associate administrator for space technology at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Small businesses are the innovation incubators of the new global technology economy. These companies conduct the early stage research and development that enables future NASA missions in aeronautics, science, and exploration."

NASA's SBIR Program partners with small businesses to catalyze efforts to develop new technologies to support the agency's technology needs. The program addresses specific technology gaps in agency missions and also strives to complement other NASA research investments.

In addition to meeting NASA's needs, the Phase 2 proposals also provide innovative research in areas that have commercial applications.
For a complete list of selected companies, visit:

http://sbir.nasa.gov

SBIR is a competitive, awards-based program that encourages U.S. small businesses to engage in federal research and development and bring new technologies to the global marketplace. It enables businesses to explore new technologies and potentially profit from development of new commercial products and services.

SBIR's three-phase award system provides qualified small businesses, including those owned by women and the disadvantaged, with opportunities to propose unique ideas that meet specific research and development needs of the federal government.

Phase 1 is a feasibility study to evaluate the scientific and technical merit of an idea. Awards last as long as six months. The selected Phase 2 projects will expand on the results of Phase 1 projects selected last year, with as much as $700,000 to support research lasting as long as two years. Phase 3 is for the commercialization of the results of Phase 2 and requires the use of private sector or non-SBIR federal funding.

NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., manages the SBIR Program for the agency's Space Technology Program. NASA's 10 field centers manage individual projects.

NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is innovating, developing, testing, and flying technology for use in NASA's future missions and the greater aerospace community. For more information about NASA's Space Technology Program, visit:

 

http://www.nasa.gov/spacetech

Slideshow: Fukushima Plant Passed Ultimate Test

http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1395&doc_id=262577&dfpPParams=ind_184,industry_alt,industry_gov,bid_22,aid_262577&dfpLayout=blog

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerplant performed beyond its best expectations after being struck by a mammoth earthquake and a 40-ft-high tidal wave in 2011, experts said last week.

More than two years after the earthquake and tsunami struck, studies are now showing that radiation exposure levels were much lower than originally predicted. Thus far, the only deaths directly attributed to the nuclear plant have been related to the evacuation of residents, and not to radiation exposure. ”The powerplant did an incredible job,” Jeff Terry, an associate professor of physics at Illinois Institute of Technology, told Design News. “Even with multiple meltdowns and explosions, there were no radiation-related fatalities.”
The performance of the plant has been a surprise to some. Media reports initially following the disaster predicted thousands, and in some cases, tens of thousands, of fatalities.

Conservatives Come Out for Renewable-Energy Projects

This article appeared in print as Conservatives’ Support for Renewables Grows

http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/conservatives-come-out-for-renewable-energy-projects-20130423?goback=.gde_67258_member_235990613

Japanese-French consortium, China still in running for nuclear plant: Turkish energy minister

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/japanese-french-consortium-china-still-in-running-for-nuclear-plant-turkish-energy-minister.aspx?pageID=238&nID=45522&NewsCatID=348&goback=.gde_2287315_member_235886874

Nuclear News Round Up – 22nd Apr – 26th Apr 2013 4/27

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Nuclear News Round Up – 22nd Apr – 26th Apr 2013

22nd Apr 2013

• UK to sell stake in Urenco nuclear fuel firm
• Crews tackle fire at Hartlepool nuclear plant
• Receptionist/ Office Support Assistant, Sunderland
• EDF Energy tritium alert over Dungeness B groundwater

23rd Apr 2013

• EDF cuts spending on planned Hinkley nuclear power plant
  
• UK oil firm’s new North Sea discovery

25th Apr 2013

• UK swaps plutonium to balance MOX policies

26th Apr 2013

• UK’s oil and gas production fell in 2012
  
• £15m fund to cut costs of deep water wind turbines
• Project Engineer, Westlakes

News Analysis: Chernobyl disaster poses long-term environmental challenges

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2013-04/26/c_132342756.htm

27th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster marked in Ukraine

27th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster marked in Ukraine
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-04/26/c_132343214.htm

First Superfund Solar Facility Opens

http://cleanenergyreport.com/201304252432336/Clean-Energy-General/Public-Stories/first-superfund-solar-facility-opens/menu-id-487.html?S=LI&goback=.gde_78238_member_236033904

Senate Finance Panel Outlines Wide-Ranging Energy Tax Reform Options

http://cleanenergyreport.com/201304252432330/Clean-Energy-General/Public-Stories/senate-finance-panel-outlines-wide-ranging-energy-tax-reform-options/menu-id-487.html?S=LI&goback=.gde_78238_member_236033905

Fukushima Updates 4/27

Japanese court does the right thing for the wrong reason

 

A high court in Japan has rejected the demands of a few Fukushima parents to evacuate tens of thousands of not-at-risk children to other parts of Japan. The court said there was no legal precedent for it. However, they should have used recent scientific reports on the good health of Fukushima children as their reason.

 

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-commentary.html

A Deal for a Molten Salt Reactor in Canada

A Deal for a Molten Salt Reactor in Canada | Energy - Before It's News
Terrestrial Energy Inc. (TEI) founded in late 2012 with Dr. David LeBlanc's patent- pending Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) technology has oil sands production ...
beforeitsnews.com/.../a-deal-for-a-molten-salt-reactor-in-canad...

Is our greatest fear now our greatest hope? Get the facts. Pandora's Promise, in theaters June 12:

http://pandoraspromise.com/top-5-reasons-why-intelligent-liberals-dont-like-nuclear-energy/#.UXtaLnKHNf8.gmail

Exploring our energy future: is it time to go nuclear?

http://www.scienceomega.com/article/1042/exploring-our-energy-future-is-it-time-to-go-nuclear

Baker Center Releases White Paper on Base-Load Electricity ...

Baker Center Releases White Paper on Base-Load Electricity ...

www.utk.edu/.../baker-center-releases-white-paper-baseload-electricity/

Apr 17, 2013 – The paper—entitled “Base-load Electricity from Natural Gas and Nuclear Power: The Role of Federal and State Policy”—is based on a ...http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2013/04/17/baker-center-releases-white-paper-baseload-electricity/

Solar and wind great for ‘off-grid’ power, nuclear best for ‘baseload’

Solar and wind great for ‘off-grid’ power, nuclear best for ‘baseload’ 
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/solar-and-wind-great-for-off-grid-power-nuclear-best-for-baseload-2013-04-12

The Rise of Nuclear Fear–How We Learned to Fear the Radiation By David Ropeik |

The Rise of Nuclear Fear–How We Learned to Fear the Radiation

By David Ropeik |http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/06/15/the-rise-of-nuclear-fear-how-we-learned-to-fear-the-bomb/

Grandfather of global warming fight: Nuclear power saves millions of lives

By Mark Halperhttp://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/grandfather-of-global-warming-fight-nuclear-power-saves-millions-of-lives/16828

Nuclear energy: Radical reactors

For decades, one design has dominated nuclear reactors while potentially better options were left by the wayside. Now, the alternatives might finally have their day.

http://www.nature.com/news/nuclear-energy-radical-reactors-1.11957

Top 5 reasons why intelligent liberals don’t like nuclear energy

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2013/02/06/top-5-reasons-why-intelligent-liberals-dont-like-nuclear-energy/

Nuclear energy: Towards sustainable development

Nuclear energy: Towards sustainable development

Luis E. Echávarri

Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/2076/

Is nuclear fission a sustainable source of energy?

Is nuclear fission a sustainable source of energy?

Matthias Englert, Lindsay Krall and Rodney C. Ewing April 2012
MRS Bulletin, ,Volume37, Issue04, April 2012 pp 417-424
http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0883769412000061

R. James Woolsey on OPEC's Cartel and Its Oil Monopoly

http://on.aol.com/video/r--james-woolsey-on-opecs-cartel-and-its-oil-monopoly-517370924

One giant leap for mankind: £13bn Iter project makes breakthrough in quest for nuclear fusion, a solution to climate change and an age of clean, unlimited energy

It may be the most ambitious scientific venture ever: a global collaboration to create an unlimited supply of clean, cheap energy. And this week it took a crucial step forward. Steve Connor reports

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/one-giant-leap-for-mankind-13bn-iter-project-makes-breakthrough-in-quest-for-nuclear-fusion-a-solution-to-climate-change-and-an-age-of-clean-unlimited-energy-8590480.html

San Onofre Whistleblower Cites "Potentially Catastrophic" Design Flaw

San Onofre Whistleblower Cites "Potentially Catastrophic" Design Flaw

Inside source tells local news channel that cracked generator pipes at nuclear power plant could cause a full or partial meltdownhttp://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/26-1

Thinking Small, Nuclear Power Enters Distributed Era

Thinking Small, Nuclear Power Enters Distributed Era

from Forbes Real Time by Richard Martin, Contributor

The nuclear power industry’s drive to deploy small, modular reactors (SMRs) took a significant step forward this month.  Nuclear technology vendor Babcock & Wilcox formalized its funding agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the mPower reactor project.  With $79 million of federal funds for this year (and a total of $150 million over the five-year program), B&W plans to build a prototype SMR at the Clinch River site in Tennessee, owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority.http://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2013/04/26/thinking-small-nuclear-power-enters-distributed-era/

We need to talk about Sellafield, and a nuclear solution that ticks all our boxes

There are reactors which can convert radioactive waste to energy. Greens should look to science, rather than superstition

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/05/sellafield-nuclear-energy-solution

YouTube interview with Tom Blees on the Integral Fast Reactor

Blees-Graham Interview

 

YouTube interview with Tom Blees on the Integral Fast Reactor. Learn about this new technology that is new and different from the nuclear energy we are used to.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
http://www.thesciencecouncil.com/video-ifr-discussion.html

The Case for Near-term Commercial Demonstration of the Integral Fast Reactor

The Case for Near-term Commercial Demonstration of the Integral Fast Reactor

(To download this white paper as a PDF, click here,)

Demonstrating a credible and acceptable way to safely recycle used nuclear fuel will clear a socially acceptable pathway for nuclear fission to be a major low-carbon energy source for this century. We advocate a hastened timetable for commercial demonstration of Generation IV nuclear technology, via construction of a prototype reactor (the PRISM design, based on the Integral Fast Reactor project) and a 100t/year pyroprocessing facility to convert and recycle fuel.
1. Synopsis
We propose an accelerated timeframe for realizing the sustainable nuclear energy goals of the Generation IV reactor systems. A whole–system evaluation by an international group of nuclear and energy experts, assembled by The Science Council for Global Initiatives, reached a consensus on the synergistic design choices: (a) a well-proven pool-type sodium-cooled fast reactor; (b) metal fuel, and (c) recycling using pyroprocessing, enabling the transmutation of actinides.
Read more... http://www.thesciencecouncil.com/conferences.html#white_paper

Our Nuclear Trash Heap Needs IFRs

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/06/our-nuclear-trash-heap-needs-ifrs/

We all use nuclear energy every day: We take it for granted.

We all use nuclear energy every day: We take it for granted.http://uknuclear.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/we-all-use-nuclear-energy-every-day-we-take-it-for-granted/

NRC Declares Piketon Test Site Safe; Citizens Register Proactive Concerns

NRC Declares Piketon Plant Safe; Opponents Cite 2011 "Incidents" HNN Huntingtonnews.net The NRC staff assessed USEC's performance last year in the areas of safety operations, radiological controls, facility support and other areas. The NRC staff review determined that USEC continued to conduct its activities safely and securely ...http://www.huntingtonnews.net/61151

NRC cautions power plants on water damage and spent fuel containers

NRC cautions power plants on water damage and spent fuel containers York Daily Record Federal officials are cautioning nuclear-powered plants that store spent fuel in dry casks to be on the lookout for water damage. Last week, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued an information notice detailing how moisture can degrade specific ...http://www.ydr.com/business/ci_23109538/nrc-cautions-power-plants-water-damage-and-spent

Related articles

• US NRC Fact Sheet on Storage of spent Nuclear Fuel
• NRC Backgrounder on Dry Cask Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Integral Fast Reactors: Nuclear's Forgotten Clean Energy Solution

Integral Fast Reactors: Nuclear's Forgotten Clean Energy Solution Green Building Elements Because knowledge is so very important, I believe it is time to repost parts of this article now so all readers might understand the daunting nature of our global energy demands, the effects of climate change, and the terrifying amount of radioactive ...http://greenbuildingelements.com/2013/04/26/integral-fast-reactors-nuclears-forgotten-clean-energy-solution/

Battery Could Provide a Cheap Way to Store Solar Power

Combining aspects of high-energy lithium-sulfur batteries with flow battery technology can lower costs. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514266/battery-could-provide-a-cheap-way-to-store-solar-power/

San Onofre Whistleblower Cites "Potentially Catastrophic" Design Flaw

San Onofre Whistleblower Cites "Potentially Catastrophic" Design Flaw
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/26-1

James Hansen: The One Thing We Should Be Doing to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change

James Hansen: The One Thing We Should Be Doing to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change

from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed by Tara Lohan, AlterNet

The country's leading climatologist talks about what our future looks like if we continue along with business as usual -- and what we could do to prevent catastrophe.http://www.alternet.org/environment/james-hansen-one-thing-we-should-be-doing-prevent-catastrophic-climate-change

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review

from Nuclear Power Industry News by Nuclear Street News Team

More rodent-related problems and the possibility of a fall restart for idled reactors were among the developments of note this week at Fukushima Daiichi.
Recent news related to the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant blacked out following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami included ...http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/04/26/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-weekly-review-042602.aspx

Small is Ugly – the case against Small Modular Reactors

[With apologies to E.F. Schumacher, who wrote the important book Small is Beautiful]

http://funologist.org/2012/12/09/small-is-ugly-the-case-against-small-modular-reactors/

Pressure Mounts on US to Export Natural Gas

Pressure Mounts on US to Export Natural Gas

from Marcellus Shale Resources by Contributed Article

By: Javier E. David As the U.S. produces more of its own energy, pressure is mounting on the federal government to move quickly to export its natural gasA naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gases beneath the earth’s surface – often in association with petroleum. bounty—a move that has encountered stiff resistance from some

(More)…http://shalestuff.com/uncategorized/pressure-mounts-export-natural-gas/article07446

Day 72: The Grand Finale- AREVA’s La Hague Nuclear Reprocessing Facility

Day 72: The Grand Finale- AREVA’s La Hague Nuclear Reprocessing Facilityhttp://nuclearliteracy.org/day-72-the-grand-finale-arevas-la-hague-nuclear-reprocessing-facility/?fb_source=pubv1

ESBWR back as proposed North Anna unit

ESBWR back as proposed North Anna unit (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-ESBWR_back_on_for_proposed_North_Anna_unit-2604134.html)
Dominion has reverted to GE-Hitachi's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) as the favoured technology for the third unit at its North Anna plant in Virginia.

China approaches reprocessing commitment

China approaches reprocessing commitment (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR_China_approaches_reprocessing_commitment_2604131.html)
China is to reprocess used reactor fuel at a plant supplied by Areva, according to a letter of intent signed in Beijing yesterday. Areva said it was a milestone that represented a signature on part of a contract for sale.

Fukushima showed no radiation health consequences Posted by Robert Hayes

Fukushima showed no radiation health consequences

Posted by Robert Hayes

http://blog.newsok.com/science-and-technology/2013/04/26/fukushima-showed-no-radiation-health-consequences/

First Strike China omission of no-first-use nuclear doctrine in defense white paper signals policy shift

First Strike

China omission of no-first-use nuclear doctrine in defense white paper signals policy shift

http://freebeacon.com/first-strike/

"New EPA Guidelines for Response to Radioactivity Releases"

"New EPA Guidelines for Response to Radioactivity Releases"

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released draft standards and recommendations for response in the event of a large release of radioactive material into the environment.  Jim Hopf assesses the current and proposed policies and their underlying assumptions - and finds them quite unwise and indefensible.  The draft EPA guidelines are out for public comment, and Hopf urges readers to respond.

http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2013/04/23/new-epa-guidelines-for-response-to-radioactivity-releases/

Tackling Water Scarcity: Five Southern California Water Agencies Lead the Way to a More Sustainable Tomorrow

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Tackling Water Scarcity:

Five Southern California Water Agencies Lead the Way to a More Sustainable Tomorrow

Tackling Water Scarcity:

Five Southern

California Water Agencies Lead the Way

to a More Sustainable Tomorrow

http://assets.fiercemarkets.com/public/sites/energy/reports/californiawaterscarcity.pdf

Former CIA Director: The Grid Is Vulnerable To Attack

Former CIA Director: The Grid Is Vulnerable To Attack

from Forbes Real Time by Jeff McMahon, Contributor

The electric power grid in the United States is vulnerable to attacks that have already begun, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey said in Chicago Thursday night, and America needs distributed generation as backup—primarily in the form of natural-gas cogeneration and solar power.http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2013/04/26/former-cia-director-the-grid-is-vulnerable/

Nuclear News Round Up – 22nd Apr – 26th Apr 2013 from Assystem Energy & Nuclear

Nuclear News Round Up – 22nd Apr – 26th Apr 2013

from Assystem Energy & Nuclear by assystem admin

22nd Apr 2013

• UK to sell stake in Urenco nuclear fuel firm
• Crews tackle fire at Hartlepool nuclear plant
• Receptionist/ Office Support Assistant, Sunderland
• EDF Energy tritium alert over Dungeness B groundwater

23rd Apr 2013

• EDF cuts spending on planned Hinkley nuclear power plant
  
• UK oil firm’s new North Sea discovery

25th Apr 2013

• UK swaps plutonium to balance MOX policies

26th Apr 2013

• UK’s oil and gas production fell in 2012
  
• £15m fund to cut costs of deep water wind turbines
• Project Engineer, Westlakes

Nuclear energy centre to be set up in Haryana, Rohtak MP says Deepender Deswal, TNN

Nuclear energy centre to be set up in Haryana, Rohtak MP says

Deepender Deswal, TNN 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nuclear-energy-centre-to-be-set-up-in-Haryana-Rohtak-MP-says/articleshow/19730252.cms

GE Hitachi deal with Va. utility could bring dozens of jobs

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20130425/ARTICLES/130429723/0/news300

Noam Chomsky: On Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe

http://www.dianuke.org/noam-chomsky-on-nuclear-war-and-environmental-catastrophe/

Yucca Mountain Casts a Long Shadow Over Nuclear-Waste Bill Introduced in the Senate

http://news.yahoo.com/yucca-mountain-casts-long-shadow-over-nuclear-waste-193302451--politics.html

PennEnergy's Top Oil & Gas News 4/26

Top Oil & Gas News
	Norway agrees to arctic water drilling impact study Noway's Labour Party announced it would conduct an environmental impact study to determine if it will open Arctic waters to oil and gas exploration around the Lofoten islands located just above the Arctic circle. Full Article Share:
	PennEnergy Video News Update From the latest U.S. natural gas prices, to Chevron's discovery offshore Australia, to BP's plans in South Africa, all of the week's biggest headlines are in the PennEnergy Video News Update. Full Article Share:

This Week's Most Popular Oil & Gas News
• Report: US natural gas prices reach two-year high
• Natural gas discovery offshore Australia for Chevron
• BP to invest nearly $540MM in South Africa, Mozambique
• Repsol makes three oil discoveries in Alaska
• Statoil: Significant Gullfaks discovery
• Magnum Hunter closes sale of Eagle Ford shale properties
• Anadarko makes natural gas discovery offshore Mozambique
• Halliburton develops multi-zone completion technology
• Parker Drilling acquires International Tubular Services for $125MM
• Eni successfully completes appraisal plan in Mozambique
• Noreco: Dry well on Lupin
• Report: Chevron El Segundo refinery pipe shows sulfidation

What the Nuclear Industry Can Learn from the Oil Industry

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This is how a mature, valuable industry builds support to ward off attacks.

Mining's Final Frontier

The Promise -- and Peril -- of Mongolia's Mineral Resources

Matt Mossman

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139340/matt-mossman/minings-final-frontier?cid=nlc-this_week_on_foreignaffairs_co-042513-minings_final_frontier_4-042513

ANS Update: Friday Nuclear Matinee: Nuclear Power - How It Works

New post on ANS Nuclear Cafe

Friday Nuclear Matinee: Nuclear Power – How It Works by pbowersox

With Unit 6 returning from a planned maintenance outage earlier this week, all 8 reactors at the world's largest nuclear electrical generating station are now online, generating emission-free electricity from the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada ("Full Power at the Bruce").

So... who better to demonstrate "How Nuclear Power Works" than Ontario Power Generation, owners of "The Bruce" (and owner/operators of the Pickering and Darlington nuclear generating stations)?  Unless it would be Bruce Power, licensed developers and operators of the Bruce station.  But let's start here with a fine feature by OPG.  Enjoy!

(also including bonus features on Hydroelectric Power and Thermal Power which are quite interesting in their own right)

Thanks to Ontario Power Generation

pbowersox | April 26, 2013 at 1:00 am | Tags: bruce nuclear generating station | Categories: Education, Nuclear Matinee | URL: http://bit.ly/11GcA8c

Power Engineering Top Stories 4/26 Mississippi Power incurs $540mn loss over IGCC plant

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	The U.S. solar industry puts people to work in all 50 states California leads the nation in people employed in the solar industry. Read More Share:
	Coalition of states threaten EPA with lawsuit over New Source Performance Standard EPA has 60 days to finalize the rule before the lawsuit is filed. Read More Share:

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	Weekly Coal Production Update The Weekly Coal Production (WCP) Report provides estimates for U.S. coal production by state based on railroad car loading data. Read More Share: