Four Ways The Ukraine Crisis Could Escalate To Use Of Nuclear Weapons

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2014/04/24/four-ways-the-ukraine-crisis-could-escalate-to-use-of-nuclear-weapons/ 

(Wild)Life In A Nuclear Wasteland: 28 Years After the Chernobyl Disaster

http://www.ibtimes.com/wildlife-nuclear-wasteland-28-years-after-chernobyl-disaster-1576660

Nuclear News Round Up (17th – 24th April 14)

17th Apr 2014

• New concept for offshore nuclear plant
• Energy and Nuclear Top Six Vacancies (Cumbria)
• EDF opens new wind farm and gas plant

22nd Apr 2014

• Canadian Nuclear industry welcomes OPG-Westinghouse agreement

24th Apr 2014

• Eight renewable energy projects approved
• UK centre to shoot for nuclear fusion record
• UK must invest £33bn to start shale gas production

Wind & Solar Can Generate Electricity For Half The Cost Of Nuclear

Wind & Solar Can Generate Electricity For Half The Cost Of Nuclear
Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/26/wind-solar-can-generate-electricity-half-cost-nuclear/#1WLjUcz1jkGitazU.99

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/26/wind-solar-can-generate-electricity-half-cost-nuclear/

Thousands rally in Taiwan against nuclear plant

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/22992464/thousands-rally-in-taiwan-against-nuclear-plant/

Pick Your Poison For Crude -- Pipeline, Rail, Truck Or Boat

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2014/04/26/pick-your-poison-for-crude-pipeline-rail-truck-or-boat/

IBM, Vermont Yankee and Shumlin: A Trip Down Memory Lane

IBM, Vermont Yankee and Shumlin: A Trip Down Memory Lane

http://yesvy.blogspot.com/2014/04/ibm-vermont-yankee-and-shumlin-trip.html#.U1wIK1fwqAg

The World's Resources Aren't Running Out

Ecologists worry that the world's resources come in fixed amounts that will run out, but we have broken through such limits again and again

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304279904579517862612287156

Taipower could face bankruptcy if nuclear plant scrapped

Taipower could face bankruptcy if nuclear plant scrapped
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201404260017.aspx

Here Are The Advantages Of Floating Nuclear Power Stations Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/advantages-nuclear-power-stations-at-sea-2014-4#ixzz301PNh7od

Here Are The Advantages Of Floating Nuclear Power Stations

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/advantages-nuclear-power-stations-at-sea-2014-4#ixzz301PNh7od

http://www.businessinsider.com/advantages-nuclear-power-stations-at-sea-2014-4?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheMoneyGame+%28The+Money+Game%29

How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion

http://www.ted.com/talks/michel_laberge_how_synchronized_hammer_strikes_could_generate_nuclear_fusion?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2014-04-25&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=bottom_left_button

Oak Ridge may take big centrifuge hit

http://knoxblogs.com/atomiccity/2014/04/25/oak-ridge-may-take-big-centrifuge-hit/

Entergy sues DOE for spent fuel costs

http://www.reformer.com/news/ci_25640096/entergy-sues-doe-spent-fuel-costs

Does El Niño Plus Global Warming Equal Global Temperature Records In 2014 And 2015?

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/371706/does-el-ni-o-plus-global-warming-equal-global-temperature-records-2014-and-2015

Carter-Obama Energy Policy: From Gasoline Lines to Pipeline Obstructionism

Carter-Obama Energy Policy: From Gasoline Lines to Pipeline Obstructionism - See more at: http://www.masterresource.org/2014/04/carter-no-to-keystone-xl/#sthash.kvizyDLn.dpuf

 Carter-Obama Energy Policy: From Gasoline Lines to Pipeline Obstructionism
http://www.masterresource.org/2014/04/carter-no-to-keystone-xl/

Natural Gas In New York Marcellus Shale Costs More To Get It Out Than The Gas Is Worth

Natural Gas In New York Marcellus Shale Costs More To Get It Out Than The Gas Is Worth
Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/25/natural-gas-new-york-marcellus-shale-costs-get-gas-worth/#pAGy6GYvlCb9JgfH.99

 Natural Gas In New York Marcellus Shale Costs More To Get It Out Than The Gas Is Worth
http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/25/natural-gas-new-york-marcellus-shale-costs-get-gas-worth/

Rachel Maddow: Will U.S. energy companies disrupt Obama’s Russia policy?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rachel-maddow-will-us-energy-companies-disrupt-obamas-russia-policy/2014/04/24/8c13dab6-ca6a-11e3-95f7-7ecdde72d2ea_story.html

Natural gas, nuclear and oil-fired retirements to top 14 GW by 2023

http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/04/natural-gas-nuclear-and-oil-fired-retirements-to-top-14-gw-by-2023.html

Japan seeking international assistance with Fukushima Daiichi fuel removal

http://enformable.com/2014/04/japan-seeking-international-assistance-fukushima-daiichi-fuel-removal/

Study links polar vortex, California drought to climate change

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/204328-study-links-polar-vortex-california-drought-to-climate-change#ixzz2zw70FEaA

OPINION: US Fuel Ineffective in Ukrainian Nuclear Plants

http://en.ria.ru/world/20140425/189369264/OPINION-US-Fuel-Ineffective-in-Ukrainian-Nuclear-Plants.html

Costs keep mounting for idled reactors

Consequences of turn from nuclear begin to hit home

by Aaron Sheldrick and Osamu Tsukimori

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/national/costs-keep-mounting-for-idled-reactors/#.U1rRV1fwqAi

The transnational dimensions of nuclear risk

http://thebulletin.org/needed-ability-manage-nuclear-power/transnational-dimensions-nuclear-risk

Climate change and the Koch brothers walk into a bar

http://thebulletin.org/climate-change-and-koch-brothers-walk-bar7061

Siemens plans to delist from NYSE

Siemens AG plans to end its listing on the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) on or about May 15, 2014

http://www.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/?press=/en/pressrelease/2014/corporate/axx20140430.htm&content[]=CC

Seabrook Station deemed vulnerable to earthquake threats

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20140425-NEWS-404250403

US Nuclear Fuel in Ukraine Risks Second Chernobyl – Scientists

http://en.ria.ru/world/20140425/189367268/US-Nuclear-Fuel-in-Ukraine-Risks-Second-Chernobyl--Scientists.html

General Electric, Westinghouse keen to develop 12K MW of nuclear power in India

General Electric, Westinghouse keen to develop 12K MW of nuclear power in India

Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/34208910.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

 General Electric, Westinghouse keen to develop 12K MW of nuclear power in India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/general-electric-westinghouse-keen-to-develop-12k-mw-of-nuclear-power-in-india/articleshow/34208910.cms

When Should Nuclear Power Pay for Risk? Is Never Good For You?

http://blog.ucsusa.org/nuclear-power-cost-risk-vogtle-500

Nuclear power replaces fossil fuels, while wind has the effect of locking them in

http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/letters/nuclear-power-replaces-fossil-fuels-while-wind-has-the-effect-of-locking-them-in.24055024

2C in our Rear-View Mirror, Geoengineering Dead Ahead

http://theenergycollective.com/lougrinzo/371496/2c-our-rear-view-mirror-geoengineering-dead-ahead?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29

Dominion talking to US NRC about license extensions for four nuclear units

http://www.platts.com/latest-news/electric-power/birmingham-alabama/dominion-talking-to-us-nrc-about-license-extensions-21531715

Demand Response: People, Not Power Plants, are Driving the Clean Energy Future

Demand Response: People, Not Power Plants, are Driving the Clean Energy Future

By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog

How does Demand Response reduce electricity use? from Environmental Defense Fund Clean energy resources, like wind, solar, and energy efficiency, have certain key advantages over traditional, fossil fuel-based resources: they don’t require expensive, polluting fuels or large capital investment, consume little to no water, generate negligible carbon emissions, and are easily scalable. To take full advantage of

Keep reading →http://breakingenergy.com/2014/04/24/demand-response-people-not-power-plants-are-driving-the-clean-energy-future/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=874e34bde6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-874e34bde6-407304281

LNG Exports to Make US Electricity Bills Jump

LNG Exports to Make US Electricity Bills Jump

By Cristina Brooks

Countering the Russian incursion into Crimea, the House Energy and Power Committee is debating multiplying American LNG exports, and sending shale gas in liquid form to countries overseas, a move that consultants say will raise US electricity prices. A knock-on effect of sending more shale gas abroad is that US electricity companies that have gas-fired

Keep reading →http://breakingenergy.com/2014/04/24/lng-exports-to-make-us-electricity-bills-jump/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=874e34bde6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-874e34bde6-407304281

PennEnrgy's Top Oil & Gas News 4/25

Top Oil & Gas News
	Explosion shuts down Williams gas processing plant in Wyoming Williams Partners L.P. and Williams reported an explosion and fire at approximately 2 p.m. Mountain Time at their natural gas processing facility in Lincoln County, Wyo., near the town of Opal. There were no reported injuries or damage to property outside the facility. Full Article Share:
	PennEnergy Video News Update From Osaka Gas' interest in US shale, to Hess' Thailand asset sale, to a big acquisition in Kansas for Worthington, 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
• Hess announces sale of Thailand oil and gas assets
• BP to sell interest in four Alaska North Slope oil and gas assets
• Worthington Energy acquires oil and gas leases in Kansas
• Osaka Gas may invest in US shale gas development
• Summit Natural Gas completes 68-mile pipeline
• APPEA: Time to lift barriers on New South Wales natural gas development
• Gazprom and Austria discuss alternative Russian gas routes to Europe
• Lukoil agrees to exploration in Kalmykia
• Gazprom and Turkey look into possible gas pipeline capacity increase
• Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes form subsea production alliance
• Century Energy completes sale of Vawn oil exploration assets
• Technip agrees to sell majority share in Seamec
• First oil from Russian Arctic shelf offshore field loaded

Energy Insights

Skills shortage main challenge for oil & gas employers in 2014 Oil and gas industry employers in the UK are facing significant skills shortages according to the Oil & Gas Global Salary Guide, and over 65 percent (68.1%) of employers plan to increase headcount in 2014, exacerbating the already skill-short market, adding pressure to increase salaries to attract candidates, which is based on data from 24,000 respondents. Full Article Share:

Black Swan: How Quickly will the Electric Vehicle Revolution Come? In a previous posting I stated my belief that the pure electric vehicle was the way of the future and that this sector of the automobile industry would grow more or less continuously for the foreseeable future. I decided to do a bit more investigation into how quickly that could happen given trends in vehicle sales over the past few years. I also decided to look into what has been happening with fuel economy rates given that retail gasoline prices have more than doubled in North America in the last ten years. Unfortunately, what I found was not terribly encouraging. Full Article

PennEnergy's Top Power Headlines 4/25

Top Power Headlines
	Explosion at Waterport power station blacks out most of Gibraltar (Video) An explosion at the Waterport power station in Gibraltar resulted in a major power outage for residents and shut down business for several online gambling firms on a key sporting day Full Article Share:
	Top 10 cities with the most ENERGY STAR certified buildings While renewables play an important role in the environmentally sound use of energy another critical approach is basic energy efficiency. Presented here are the top 10 U.S. cities with the most EPA ENERGY STAR certified buildings. Full Article Share:

Top Power News
• LS power to acquire 3,500 MW of gas power for $1.57B
• Google, MidAmerican enter 407 MW wind power agreement
• Infographic: The Forgotten Struggle of the U.S. Power Grid
• Planned power plant closures grows to 7,740 MW in Germany
• Managing renewable energy intelligently
• EDF opens 62 MW wind farm, 1.3 GW gas plant
• KSB to supply pumps for world's most modern coal-fired plants
• Singapore steps up nuclear research and education
• Reducing Energy’s Water Footprint
• Alstom wins $41MM components contract for new coal plant

PennEnergy Blogs

Embracing Social Media In an age of social media and smartphones, people are communicating more than ever. But how engaged are they? And how do companies ensure they are heard amongst all that chatter? Full Article Share:

Exclusive Energy Efficiency Research Results

Increasing Efficiency in Power Generation Interested in how a new generation of natural gas engine oil can help power operators optimize equipment productivity and protection? View a webcast today which discusses the potential impact of Mobil’s latest gas engine oil, Mobil SHC Pegasus, on the power generation sector – with experts from Mobil Industrial Lubricants, Dresser Waukesha, 2G Driver GmbH and Oil, Gas and Petrochem Equipment. Share:

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Digging Themselves in Deeper

Why Big Oil is doubling down on Putin's Russia.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/04/22/digging_themselves_in_deeper_big_oil_putin_russia

Oil Spill Clean Up In Arctic Waters Requires Increased Infrastructure

Oil Spill Clean Up In Arctic Waters Requires Increased Infrastructure
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 25, 2014 - A changing climate is increasing the accessibility of U.S. Arctic waters to commercial activities such as shipping, oil and gas development, and tourism, raising concern about the risk of oil spills. A new report from the National Research Council says that a full suite of proven oil response tools is needed to address potential oil spills in U.S. Arctic waters, but not all of them are readily a ... morehttp://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Oil_Spill_Clean_Up_In_Arctic_Waters_Requires_Increased_Infrastructure_999.html

ANS Nuclear Cafe Nuclear Video Matinee: Offshore Nuclear Plants

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Nuclear Video Matinee: Offshore Nuclear Plants By ansnuclearcafe on Apr 25, 2014 01:00 am Jacopo Buongiorno of MIT discusses some of the advantages of a nuclear reactor concept under development in collaboration with industry and other universities: floating off-shore nuclear power plants, constructed entirely in a shipyard, anchored off the coast, linked to the … Continue reading → Read in browser » More to read: TMI operators did what they were trained to do Nuclear Energy Blogger Carnival 205 Nuclear video matinee: Africa looks to nuclear power Pioneering STURGIS will go to shipbreakers ANS Annual Meeting: Special Session on Past and Present Critical Experiments

Opinion: Our Energy Future – 2050

By Fusion Power Corporation
http://breakingenergy.com/2014/04/25/opinion-our-energy-future-2050/

Energy Quote of the Day: ‘When Asking for Billions of Dollars, that’s the Way it Works’

By Jared Anderson
http://breakingenergy.com/2014/04/24/energy-quote-of-the-day-when-asking-for-billions-of-dollars-thats-the-way-it-works/

Clapper's Media Crackdown: Gone Too Far?

http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/clappers-media-crackdown-gone-too-far-10343

U.S. Plans Changes at Nuclear-Waste Repository After Two Accidents

Underground New Mexico Facility Had Been Held Up as Success Story by Government Officials

By John R. Emshwiller
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304788404579519801829443082?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304788404579519801829443082.html

DOE Issues WIPP Radiological Release Investigation Report

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) released the initial accident investigation report related to the Feb. 14 radiological release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico.
“The Accident Investigation Board reviewed procedures related to safety, maintenance, and emergency management to better understand the aboveground events surrounding the radiological incident,” said Matt Moury, EM Deputy Assistant Secretary, Safety, Security, and Quality Programs. “The Department believes this detailed report will lead WIPP recovery efforts as we work toward resuming disposal operations at the facility.”
The report is comprised of two phases. The document released today includes the initial investigation that focused on the release of radioactive material from the underground facility into the environment and related exposure to aboveground workers, as well as the actions taken by Nuclear Waste Partnership, the management and operations contractor at WIPP, and federal employees in response to the release. Once entry teams determine the source of the radiological event, the board will gather additional information and release a supplemental report that focuses on the direct cause of the release and worker protection measures in the underground.
“This report will serve as guidance for the recovery team moving forward,” said, Joe Franco, DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office Manager. “We understand the importance of these findings, and the community’s sense of urgency for WIPP to become operational in the future. We are fully committed to pursuing this objective.”
WIPP has already begun implementing corrective actions to address many of the issues raised in the report. These include enhanced work planning, nuclear safety controls, deploying experienced supplemental contractor and federal staff to assist, and implementing additional senior contractor and federal oversight. A formal corrective action process will also be implemented to ensure that all of the issues raised in the report are addressed.
Click here to read the report.

http://www.energy.gov/em/articles/doe-issues-wipp-radiological-release-investigation-report

WIPP Report: Safety oversight lacking at Carlsbad DOE office; no cause found for radiation leak

http://www.currentargus.com/carlsbad-news/ci_25629909/wipp-report-safety-oversight-lacking-at-carlsbad-doe

What's Ahead for U.S. Nuclear Programs?

http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2013-12-11/whats-ahead-for-u-dot-s-dot-nuclear-programs

A Botched Plan to Turn Nuclear Warheads Into Fuel

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-24/u-dot-s-dot-botches-plan-to-turn-nuclear-warheads-into-fuel

Who's Holding You Hostage? Tips from a Former FBI Negotiation Trainer on How to Get Through to Anyone

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Who's Holding You Hostage? Tips from a Former FBI Negotiation Trainer on How to Get Through to Anyone The first make-or-break step in persuading anyone to do anything is getting them to hear you out. But one of the most effective ways to make that happen is to start listening to them. Join Dr. Mark Goulston, a clinical psychiatrist and former FBI hostage negotiation trainer, in this live webcast as he teaches you how to get through to absolutely anyone. Register today! Date: Wednesday, May 21st Time: 11 AM PDT | 2 PM EDT Sponsored by: Citrix

Solar power has a long way to go to be a cheap environment savior

Solar power has a long way to go to be a cheap environment savior

http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/04/solar-power-has-long-way-to-go-to-be.html

Cheap Nuclear UC Berkeley's Per Peterson Pursues Radical New Design with Off-the-Shelf Technologies

Cheap Nuclear

UC Berkeley's Per Peterson Pursues Radical New Design with Off-the-Shelf Technologies

http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/programs/energy-and-climate/cheap-nuclear

17 Emerging Energy Technologies That Will Change The World

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/17-emerging-energy-technologies-2014-4#ixzz2zrbYykfB

http://www.businessinsider.com/17-emerging-energy-technologies-2014-4

NRC Q&A Series: Five Minutes with an NRC Experts on Decommissioning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GifRku-N7_Q&feature=youtu.be

Space Based Solar power need robotic assembly in space and reusable rockets for viability

Space Based Solar power need robotic assembly in space and reusable rockets for viability

http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/04/space-based-solar-power-need-robotic.html

Solar Power Is Booming, But Will Never Replace Coal. Here's Why.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2014/04/24/solar-is-booming-but-will-never-replace-coal/

Oregon tells rail companies to keep oil deliveries secret

http://grist.org/news/oregon-tells-rail-companies-to-keep-oil-deliveries-secret/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520April%252024&utm_campaign=daily

Tired of milking your cow? There’s a robot for that

http://grist.org/list/tired-of-milking-your-cow-theres-a-robot-for-that/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520April%252024&utm_campaign=daily

Vermont will label genetically engineered food

http://grist.org/food/vermont-will-label-genetically-engineered-food/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%2520April%252024&utm_campaign=daily

DOE Allots $34M To Keep USEC Uranium Project Afloat

http://www.law360.com/bankruptcy/articles/530705/doe-allots-34m-to-keep-usec-uranium-project-afloat

Kiev needs at least $3 billion for gas overhaul

Kiev needs at least $3 billion for gas overhaul
Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) Apr 23, 2013 - More than $3 billion is needed to overhaul the Soviet-era natural gas transit network in Ukraine, Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuri Prodan said Wednesday. European consumers rely on Russian energy company Gazprom for about a quarter of their annual gas needs, though the bulk of those supplies runs through Ukraine's pipeline network. "In order for the gas transport system to operate ... morehttp://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Kiev_needs_at_least_3_billion_for_gas_overhaul_999.html

Report: GE in Talks to Buy Alstom

http://www.powermag.com/report-ge-in-talks-to-buy-alstom/?hq_e=el&hq_m=2871176&hq_l=11&hq_v=30108e0773

Duke Energy’s Coal Ash Solution Could Cost More Than $10 Billion

http://www.powermag.com/duke-energys-coal-ash-solution-could-cost-more-than-10-billion/?hq_e=el&hq_m=2871176&hq_l=9&hq_v=30108e0773

Rosatom Designs Nuclear Waste Transportation Cask For Fast Reactors

Rosatom Designs Nuclear Waste Transportation Cask For Fast Reactors

http://www.nucnet.org/all-the-news/2014/04/24/rosatom-designs-nuclear-waste-transportation-cask-for-fast-reactors

The Carolinas benefit economically from nuclear industry

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Duke Energy

Nuclear power not only plays an important part in North and South Carolina’s energy mix, it  also provides a substantial economic impact to the Carolinas.
According to a recent study, commissioned by the Carolinas’ Nuclear Cluster, an industry coalition, the total economic impact of nuclear power in the Carolinas is $20 billion.

http://nuclear.duke-energy.com/2014/04/22/the-carolinas-benefit-economically-from-nuclear-industry/

UK centre to shoot for nuclear fusion record By Paul Rincon

UK centre to shoot for nuclear fusion record

By Paul Rincon
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27138087

Industry and NRC Prepare for Pilot Project on Cumulative Impact of Regulation

http://www.nei.org/News-Media/News/News-Archives/Industry-and-NRC-Prepare-for-Pilot-Project-on-Cumu

Marshall Islands sues nine nuclear powers over failure to disarm

Pacific nation that was site of 67 nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958 accuses states of 'flagrant denial of human justice'

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/24/marshall-islands-sues-nine-nuclear-powers-failure-disarm

Nuclear helps Exelon achieve emissions goal

Nuclear helps Exelon achieve emissions goal
Uprates of its existing reactors has helped Exelon meet its self-imposed greenhouse gas emissions target seven years earlier than planned. The utility has called on US policymakers to recognize nuclear's role in meeting the country's emission reduction goals.http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/EE-Nuclear-helps-Exelon-achieve-emissions-goal-2404144.html

China to embrace third-gen nuclear tech in new plants

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1204&MainCatID=12&id=20140424000103

UAE nuclear program gains momentum

http://www.arabnews.com/news/560261

NuScale Power to Hold First Supplier’s Day Event in Conjunction with 2014 Intermountain Energy Summit

Invites All Potential Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Industry Suppliers

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nuscale-power-to-hold-first-suppliers-day-event-in-conjunction-with-2014-intermountain-energy-summit-2014-04-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Nuclear power looks for new ally—environmentalists

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101607976

Tsunami-proof nuclear power plants to float on water

Tsunami-proof nuclear power plants to float on water

http://www.ecoseed.org/technology/17503-tsunami-proof-nuclear-power-plants-to-float-on-water

All at sea Researchers find advantages in floating nuclear power stations

All at sea

Researchers find advantages in floating nuclear power stations

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21601231-researchers-find-advantages-floating-nuclear-power-stations-all-sea?fsrc=rss|sct

European Nuclear Supply Chain Infographic

http://www.nuclearenergyinsider.com/nuclear-supply-chain-europe/content2.php?utm_source=NP:%20the%20next%20gen&utm_medium=Announcement&utm_content=2404&utm_campaign=2450

US NRC Blog Update: A New Look at Reactor Decommissioning

A New Look at Reactor Decommissioning

Leave a comment Posted by Moderator on April 24, 2014

David McIntyre

Public Affairs Officer

 

 Four nuclear power plants closed in 2013 and another is expected to shut down later this year. That puts decommissioning in the spotlight – so the NRC has produced a new video explaining how it’s done.
By way of background, the owners of Crystal River 3 in Florida, Kewaunee in Wisconsin, and San Onofre 2 and 3 in California already have taken the first steps toward decommissioning their plants. They’ve certified that they permanently ceased operations and removed the fuel from the reactors into their spent fuel pools. Their licenses no longer allow them to operate the reactors.
The owners of Vermont Yankee will do the same when that plant stops operating as scheduled late this year.
The companies then have up to two years to develop and submit decommissioning plans – called the post-shutdown decommissioning activities report, or PSDAR. The report includes a description and a schedule for decommissioning activities and their estimated cost. The report also includes a discussion of why any anticipated environmental impacts have already been reviewed in previous reports on the plant. Crystal River submitted its report last December.
Plant owners typically combine two decommissioning approaches: DECON, in which the plant is dismantled and the site cleaned up to the NRC’s specifications, and SAFSTOR, maintaining the plant as is for a period of time before final cleanup. Waiting allows the radioactivity at the site to decay, making cleanup easier. (A third approach, entombing the reactor in place, has never been used by NRC licensees.)
Two years before the license is to be terminated, the plant owner submits its License Termination Plan to the NRC. The NRC surveys the site to verify the cleanup has been successful before terminating the license (or amending it if spent fuel is still stored there).
We hope you’ll take a few minutes to view the new video. Even more information about the decommissioning process can be found on the NRC website.

San Francisco: Nation’s Energy Leaders Discuss Energy-Efficient Future

By Ellen Hayes

http://www.pgecurrents.com/2014/04/23/san-francisco-nation%E2%80%99s-energy-leaders-discuss-energy-efficient-future/