http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702113001569

Size is everything when it comes to batteries

Subsea Surveillance: The Fiber Optic Storm

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Subsea-Surveillance-The-Fiber-Optic-Storm.html

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Energy Department Supporting No-Carbon, Nuclear Technologies

http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2013/06/20130628277818.html#axzz2YJBJ2QsI

India's 500 MWe fast breeder is on track for 2014 completion

India's 500 MWe fast breeder is on track for 2014 completion

http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/07/indias-500-mwe-fast-breeder-is-on-track.html

Rebranding Pandora: Film by Oscar-nominated director shows nuclear is the way

Thorium nuclear reactor trial begins, could provide cleaner, safer, almost-waste-free energy

Thorium nuclear reactor trial begins, could provide cleaner, safer, almost-waste-free energy

Thorium nuclear reactor trial begins, could provide cleaner, safer, almost-waste-free energy

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/160131-thorium-nuclear-reactor-trial-begins-could-provide-cleaner-safer-almost-waste-free-energy

Japanese power firms have no plans to scrap more nuclear reactors: poll

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/06/national/japanese-power-firms-have-no-plans-to-scrap-more-nuclear-reactors-poll/#.UdiakhmEPY1

Egypt’s “Revocouption” and the future of Democracy on the Nile

Egypt’s “Revocouption” and the future of Democracy on the Nile

Posted on 07/04/2013 by Juan Cole | http://www.juancole.com/
The argument over whether what happened in Egypt on Wednesday, July 3, was a coup or a revolution is really an argument over the legitimacy of the actions taken. If it was a revolution, it was perhaps a manifestation of the popular will, and so would have a sort of Rousseauan legitimacy. If it was merely a military coup against an elected president, then it lacks that legitimacy.
In fact, there certainly was a popular revolutionary element to the events, with literally millions of protesters coming out on Sunday and after, in the biggest demonstrations in Egyptian history. You can’t dismiss that as merely a coup d’etat from on top by a handful of officers.
But on Wednesday there was also a military coup, provoked by the officer corps’ increasing dissatisfaction with President Muhammad Morsi as well as a determination not to stand by as the country threatened to devolve into chaos, as rival street crowds confronted one another.
The Minister of Defense and de facto head of the military establishment, Brig Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, was the one who set forward the framework for the change in government. 

More at Link

ElBaradei named Egyptian prime minister

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ElBaradei named Egyptian prime minister

A former UN atomic energy chief and Nobel laureate who is a leader of Egypt’s liberals was named prime minister of his nation’s interim government on Saturday, replacing the ousted Islamist president, according to state television. http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEG7P6/QFRUDM/8724T7/87LQTG/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=6

Missile-defense interceptor test-launched from Southern California coastal base

Published July 05, 2013

Associated Press

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/05/missile-defense-interceptor-test-launched-from-southern-california-coastal-base/#ixzz2YHZT0mHa

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/05/missile-defense-interceptor-test-launched-from-southern-california-coastal-base/

A case for unilateral US nuclear warhead reductions

http://www.thebulletin.org/case-unilateral-us-nuclear-warhead-reductions

Pakistan will remain nuclear as long as India remains nuclear

http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/17816/pakistan-will-remain-nuclear-as-long-as-india-remains-nuclear/

Sacked French minister lays blame on nuclear power, fracking groups Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/sacked-french-minister-lays-blame-on-nuclear-power-fracking-groups-20130705-2phc7.html#ixzz2YHYlwlPx

Sacked French minister lays blame on nuclear power, fracking groups

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/sacked-french-minister-lays-blame-on-nuclear-power-fracking-groups-20130705-2phc7.html#ixzz2YHYlwlPx

http://www.smh.com.au/world/sacked-french-minister-lays-blame-on-nuclear-power-fracking-groups-20130705-2phc7.html

Blue Yucca Ridge

Blue Yucca Ridge

http://users.dma.ucla.edu/~suku/yucca.html

Is Anything Stopping a Truly Massive Build-Out of Desert Solar Power?

Engineers and industry agree that although challenges abound in utility-scale solar in the sunniest places on Earth, we have the technology to go big in the desert

By Dave Levitan

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=challenges-for-desert-solar-power

Western group submits proposal for nuclear power

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-07-03/western-group-submits-proposal-for-nuclear-power

U.S. nuclear policy is sound

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By Barry M. Blechman, Published: July 5

Barry M. Blechman is a distinguished fellow and co-founder of the Stimson Center, a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank that studies peace and security challenges around the world.

The June 23 op-ed by
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/us-nuclear-policy-is-sound/2013/07/05/f0ff86f2-e404-11e2-aef3-339619eab080_story.html

TEPCO reports another rat problem, this time at Fukushima No. 2 plant

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201307040083

Lady Barbara Judge, the British expert hired to help Japan's Tepco rebuild its reputation after the Fukushima disaster, has admitted that most people are worried by nuclear power.

British woman trying to save Japan's nuclear power industry says: 'Radiation is scary'

Lady Barbara Judge, the British expert hired to help Japan's Tepco rebuild its reputation after the Fukushima disaster, has admitted that most people are worried by nuclear power.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10163087/British-woman-trying-to-save-Japans-nuclear-power-industry-says-Radiation-is-scary.html

The first type C package destined for research reactor spent nuclear fuel shipment by air took its first trip from Vietnam to Russia

The first type C package destined for research reactor spent nuclear fuel shipment by air took its first trip from Vietnam to Russia

The best article: http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-HEU_flies_back_to_Russia-0407134.html
For more details about the package: http://www.sosnycompany.com/at_typec_en.html

Europe’s Environmental Disaster

http://epaabuse.com/13185/editorials/europes-environmental-disaster/?goback=.gde_2071322_member_255779586

Croft - Containers for Packaging, Storage and Transport of Radioactive Materials

http://nuclear.energy-business-review.com/suppliers/croft

Fennovoima, Rusatom sign project development deal for Finnish nuclear plant

http://nuclear.energy-business-review.com/news/fennovoima-rusatom-sign-project-development-deal-for-finnish-nuclear-plant-050713?goback=.gde_2071322_member_255848257

A Hybrid Approach to Energy Production

A Hybrid Approach to Energy Production

http://www.energycentral.com/articles/article/2670?goback=.gde_2071322_member_255865820

Fukushima Update 7/6Misleading AP Story on Lady Barbara Judge

Misleading AP Story on Lady Barbara Judge

 

On Friday the AP posted an article about Lady Barbara Judge becoming a safety advocate for Tepco. The article fails to say the fact she was actually hired more than six months ago, and not as an advocate, per se. In addition, several mis-statements about F. Daiichi are posted as fact. The AP has become a bastion of antinuclear confabulation.

 

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

Governor Salmon Supports Vermont Yankee

Governor Salmon Supports Vermont Yankee

http://yesvy.blogspot.com/2013/07/vermont-governor-salmon-supporting.html

Nuclear is Green Energy: Guest Post by Guy Page of Vermont Energy Partnership

 Nuclear is Green Energy: Guest Post by Guy Page of Vermont Energy Partnership

http://yesvy.blogspot.com/2013/06/nuclear-is-green-energy-guest-post-by.html

Nuclear is green energy and intermittent sources can't replace it.  Page gives excellent Vermont examples. (This op-ed has also appeared on other Vermont websites, where it has attracted many heated comments.) http://vtdigger.org/2013/06/26/page-nuclear-power-is-as-green-as-solar-hydro-and-wind/

Nuclear News Round Up (1st – 5th Jul 13)

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Nuclear News Round Up (1st – 5th Jul 13)

1st July 2013

• US Government provides $3.5m for nuclear reactor projects
  
• Loan guarantee for Hinkley Point C

2nd July 2013

• The coming nuclear energy crunch
  
• Fukushima waste incinerator takes shape

4th July 2013

• Will the 21st century be built on nuclear power?
  
• UK energy companies lead Arctic rush for oil
  
• Trident: Lib Dems consider end to continuous at sea nuclear deterrent

5th July 2013

• Cuadrilla plans more shale gas drilling

U.S. Floating Offshore Wind Pilot Project Put On Hold

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/07/floating-offshore-wind-pilot-project-put-on-hold?cmpid=rss

Europe pins great hopes on Russian nuclear energy

http://english.pravda.ru/business/companies/04-07-2013/125022-europe_russia_nuclear-0/

UK power "will be 85% more expensive" without energy storage

UK power "will be 85% more expensive" without energy storage
Energy and Environmental Management (EAEM) Magazine
The price of power in the UK will be 85% more expensive than in Germany (Europe's biggest energy market) by May 2015, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. UK power will cost £53.06 per megawatt-hour in May 2015, compared with €33.30 in ...http://www.eaem.co.uk/news/uk-power-will-be-85-more-expensive-without-energy-storage

Energy Storage web update 7/5

Sustainable Energy to Supply Energy Storage Inverters for US ... CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - July 2, 2013) - Sustainable Energy Technologies (TSX VENTURE:STG), ("Sustainable Energy" or the "Company"), ... www.marketwire.com/.../sustainable-energy-supply-energy-sto...

Report: Installed energy storage market to total 21.8GW by 2023 ... Acknowledging the potential growth for energy storage systems (ESSs) for both solar and wind power as grid instability is expected with significant new ... www.pv-tech.org/.../navigant_research_installed_energy_stora...

Report: Solar And Wind Power To Boost Grid Energy Storage Capacity Navigant Research says energy storage systems (ESS) will become an integral element of grid operators' overall strategies as they adapt to increasing levels of ... www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/.../content.php?...

AP Interview: Woman hired by Japan utility for nuclear safety says restarts need to go ahead

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/05/ap-interview-woman-hired-by-japan-utility-for-nuclear-safety-says-restarts-need/#ixzz2YDvabXWY

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/05/ap-interview-woman-hired-by-japan-utility-for-nuclear-safety-says-restarts-need/

Pakistan approves 2 nuclear power plants

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/130704/pakistan-approves-2-nuclear-power-plants

Decision on Yucca Mountain Overdue

NRC is a year late in issuing final ruling on license application for nuclear waste site.

By Fred Upton and John Dingell All Articles 

The National Law Journal

Read more: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202609561681&Decision_on_Yucca_Mountain_Overdue#ixzz2YDtkdHwI

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202609561681&Decision_on_Yucca_Mountain_Overdue&slreturn=20130605210621

Pandoras Promise stirs nuclear debate among environmentalists

http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2013/07/pandoras-promise-stirs-nuclear-debate-among-environmentalists.html

“Pandora’s Promise” and “Switch” raise the right issues but get nuclear wrong

http://grist.org/climate-energy/pandoras-promise-and-switch-raise-the-right-issues-but-get-nuclear-wrong/

Nuclear Plants to Power Sustainable Development - analysis

Nuclear Plants To Power Sustainable Development – Analysis Eurasia Review Forgotten is the shock and despair triggered by the Fukushima power plant disaster about two years ago. Nuclear power is here to stay. In fact, according to a consensus emerging from an international conference, “for many countries nuclear power is a ...http://www.eurasiareview.com/05072013-nuclear-plants-to-power-sustainable-development-analysis/

ANS Update 5/4: ANS Journal Nuclear Technology July 2013 available

ANS journal Nuclear Technology July 2013 available

By ansnuclearcafe on Jul 05, 2013 01:00 am

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Japan Nears Switching on Reactors After Tepco’s Meltdown: Energy

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-02/japan-nears-switching-on-reactors-after-tepco-s-meltdown-energy.html

Japan says building nuclear safety culture will take a long time

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/04/us-japan-nuclear-idUKBRE96309M20130704

Wyo uranium miner Ur-Energy signs long-term sales deal

http://trib.com/business/energy/wyo-uranium-miner-ur-energy-signs-long-term-sales-deal/article_7791601d-3b42-50b5-bd83-cbde50d45cec.html

Federal loan guarantee offer for Vogtle expansion extended again

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-07-03/federal-loan-guarantee-offer-vogtle-expansion-extended-again?v=1372905694

Don't neglect the nation's nuclear energy option By Mike Corradini, Warren “Pete” Miller and Richard Meserve

Don't neglect the nation's nuclear energy option

By Mike Corradini, Warren “Pete” Miller and Richard Meserve - 07/03/13 09:00 AM ET

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/308975-dont-neglect-the-nations-nuclear-energy-option-#ixzz2YDV9EDEr
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http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/308975-dont-neglect-the-nations-nuclear-energy-option-

Impetus for Japan-Vietnam reactor deal

Impetus for Japan-Vietnam reactor deal (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN_Impetus_for_Japan_Vietnam_reactor_deal_0506131.html)
Meetings of Japanese and Vietnamese ministers this week saw them reaffirm cooperation in nuclear energy. Vietnam is considering offers from established nuclear countries as it seeks to introduce the technology.

Fukushima Updates 7/5

Today's Fukushima Updates topics are...

 

The NRA says Oi station’s units #3&#4 can run until September... A nuke restart debate exists in Niigata Prefecture... Four utilities have notified the NRA they will submit restart applications... Japan’s Atomic Energy Agency has their first fully mobile laboratories for radiation monitoring... While nuclear power is a fourth or fifth-level issue in most of Japan, it is No. 1 in Fukushima Prefecture... Test surveys for radioactive waste storage will begin in Nahara... Tepco has issued a Press handout concerning the rubbish fire at F. Daiichi... Tokyo scientists have found a new radioactive Cesium hotspot on a Fukushima City roof.

 

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

“Nuclear shows up for Ontario electricity fight: Power Workers versus the Gas Association”

“Nuclear shows up for Ontario electricity fight: Power Workers versus the Gas Association”
"The undeclared war that has been quietly raging since the 1990s in Ontario’s electricity sector flared into the open last week, with a new ad from the biggest union. Mincing no words, the Power Workers’ Union put its case starkly: this is nuclear versus natural gas, and Ontario’s electricity future is at stake. According to Steve Aplin of Canadian Energy Issues, this statement could not be more accurate."

Post URL: http://canadianenergyissues.com/2013/06/28/nuclear-shows-up-for-ontario-fight-power-workers-versus-the-gas-association/

Blog URL: www.canadianenergyissues.com

 

Powerful Facts

http://www.urenco.com/custom/574/PowerfulFacts/Default.aspx

This Thorium Reactor Has the Power of a Norse God - Free Republic

This Thorium Reactor Has the Power of a Norse God - Free Republic
Thorium Energy Cheaper than coal with links to related information and scientific references. ... DManA; All. Big fan of LFTR (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor).
www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3039165/posts?page=49Bloggers4UKIP: Energy: The Wonders Of Thorium
Apart from the wonders of Shale Gas, about which I blogged yesterday, there is renewed interest in perhaps even greater wonders of Thorium nuclear ...
www.bloggers4ukip.org.uk/.../energy-wonders-of-thorium.ht...

Power Engineering News Updates 7/5

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