http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/
Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry. Nuclear Activities
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Japan's nuclear shutdown continues to cost 35 billion us dollars per year.
http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/
TEPCO: Fukushima Was Much, Much Worse Than We Said
TEPCO: Fukushima Was Much, Much Worse Than We Said
TEPCO's new appraisal of the Fukushima No. 3 reactor building shows that all – or nearly all – of the fuel rods contained inside melted onto the floor of the containment vessel.http://linkis.com/crooksandliars.com/2/HkxAK
The Daily Startup: Venture Investors Back Nuclear Energy After a Lull
The Daily Startup: Venture Investors Back Nuclear Energy After a Lull
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/08/15/the-daily-startup-venture-investors-back-nuclear-energy-after-a-lull/
Missouri utility still interested in nuclear
Missouri utility still interested in nuclear
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/15/missouri-utility-still-interested-in-nuclear/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
S/Africa seals nuclear power deal with France’s Areva
S/Africa seals nuclear power deal with France’s Areva
http://en.starafrica.com/news/safrica-seals-nuclear-power-deal-with-frances-areva.html
Common Misunderstandings about Nuclear Energy
Common Misunderstandings about Nuclear Energy
An exchange on social media prompted a more lengthy consideration of common misunderstandings about modern nuclear energy. As with any complex topic, tapping into science-based, peer-reviewed expert resources is a good way to foster reasonable open discussion and develop a better understanding of the issues.
http://us.arevablog.com/2014/08/06/common-misunderstandings-about-nuclear-energy/
An exchange on social media prompted a more lengthy consideration of common misunderstandings about modern nuclear energy. As with any complex topic, tapping into science-based, peer-reviewed expert resources is a good way to foster reasonable open discussion and develop a better understanding of the issues.
http://us.arevablog.com/2014/
USEC Maintains Involvement in Centrifuge Project
USEC Maintains Involvement in Centrifuge Project
http://blogs.rollcall.com/energy-xtra/usec-maintains-involvement-in-centrifuge-project/
Delays for SC Nuclear Plant Pressure Industry
Delays for SC Nuclear Plant Pressure Industry
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/delays-sc-nuclear-plant-pressure-industry-25007261
Wind Farms Need 700 Times More Land to Produce Same Energy as Fracking
Wind Farms Need 700 Times More Land to Produce Same Energy as Fracking
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/08/15/Wind-Farms-Need-700-Times-More-Land-to-Produce-Same-Energy-as-Fracking
Tesla Trumps Toyota Part II: The Big Problem With Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
Tesla Trumps Toyota Part II: The Big Problem With Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/462826/tesla-trumps-toyota-part-ii-big-problem-hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicles?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29
Russia, China Reach Agreement to Develop Floating Nuclear Plants
Russia, China Reach Agreement to Develop Floating Nuclear Plants
http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2014/07/31/russia_2c00_-china-reach-agreement-to-develop-floating-nuclear-plants-073101.aspx#.U--T3Rm5I7A
India ‘committed’ to growing nuclear share - WNA
India ‘committed’ to growing nuclear share - WNA
http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2014/08/india-committed-to-growing-nuclear-share-wna.html
IAEA: International Status and Prospects for Nuclear Power 2014
Board of Governors
General Conference
GOV
/INF/2014/13-
GC
(58)/INF/6
Date: 4 August 2014
General Distribution
Original: English
For official use only
Item 16 of the Conference's provisional agenda
(GC(58)/1, Add.1 and Add.2)
International Status and Prospects for Nuclear
Power 2014
http://www.iaea.org/About/Policy/GC/GC58/GC58InfDocuments/English/gc58inf-6_en.pdf
Indian nuclear must grow 15 times for clean future
Indian nuclear must grow 15 times for clean future
04 August 2014
India has to hugely expand nuclear power along with its
entire power system to bring electricity to 300 million people and move
away from coal, according to a study by the International Energy Agency
(IEA).http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/EE-Indian-nuclear-must-grow-15-times-for-clean-future-0408141.html
STUK supports the establishment of a radiation and nuclear safety authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
STUK supports the establishment of a radiation and nuclear safety authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
http://www.stuk.fi/ajankohtaista/tiedotteet/en_GB/news_900/?t=2014-7-14-7-35
Billionaire Investor Peter Thiel Now Wants To Disrupt The Nuclear Energy Industry
Billionaire Investor Peter Thiel Now Wants To Disrupt The Nuclear Energy Industry
http://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-nuclear-energy-industry-2014-8
Russia and China forge new nuclear power partnership
Russia and China forge new nuclear power partnership
Russia and China forge new nuclear power partnership
Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, has been invited to build two nuclear power plant units in China.
http://www.globalconreview.com/sectors/russia-and-china-forge-new-nuclear-power8362653535/Keystone XL Opponents Running Out of New Ideas
Keystone XL Opponents Running Out of New Ideas
By Energy Tomorrow Blog
Ever
since the Keystone XL pipeline first started clearing environmental
reviews by the U.S. State Department, opponents basically have been left
with arguing that State missed one thing or another in an effort to
drag out the federal review. Of course, the credibility of the tactic
has suffered evaporation with each successful State review, now
Top New York-based Energy Startup Companies – Part 4
Top New York-based Energy Startup Companies – Part 4
By Jared Anderson
Breaking
Energy featured the Top 10 New York Energy Entrepreneurs back in June
as part of an extremely popular top 10 series that ran during New York
Energy Week. The entrepreneurs were chosen by their energy industry
peers via an open nomination process that returned a robust list of
candidates. Whittling the impressive list of
Nuclear Construction: Never On Time, Or Budget
Nuclear Construction: Never On Time, Or Budget
By EEnergy Informer
It
seems to be a recurring trend After years where nobody was building
any, 4 new reactors are under construction in the US, supported by all
manner of support, subsidies, government loan guarantees and you name
it. Much rests on how these 4 reactors will turn out in terms of getting
built on schedule and
Keep reading →v
What Ever Happened to These Promising Energy Technologies? -
What Ever Happened to These Promising Energy Technologies? -
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/what-ever-happened-to-these-promising-energy-technologies/
What
Ever Happened to These Promising Energy Technologies? - See more at:
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/what-ever-happened-to-these-promising-energy-technologies/#sthash.zqNeqSoO.dpuf
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/what-ever-happened-to-these-promising-energy-technologies/
Book Review: Critical Masses
Book Review (Part 1 of 2): Critical Masses
http://atoms4ca.tumblr.com/post/93940226103/book-review-part-1-of-2-critical-masses
Book Review (Part 2 of 2): Critical Masses
http://atoms4ca.tumblr.com/post/94513900168/critical-masses-2_____________________________________________________________________________
Critical Masses was written by Thomas Raymond Wellock, who is currently serving as the Chief Historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The book was published in 1998; he wrote it as his dissertation in satisfaction of the requirements for a Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Berkeley (“Cal”). Previously, he had received an M.A. in history at the University of Toledo and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. According to his introductory NRC blog post, Dr. Wellock was first a nuclear engineer before the dramatic career change of becoming a historian:
After receiving my B.S. in mechanical engineering, I tested nuclear reactors on submarines for General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, and worked as an engineer at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station near Toledo, Ohio.In the acknowledgements, Wellock discusses how he personally interviewed dozens of activists who were at the forefront of California’s anti-nuclear movement. His effort clearly paid off, as demonstrated by the astonishing degree of candor that he was able to extract from his subjects with respect to the things they said to each other outside of the public eye. My main objective with this post is to publicize Wellock’s findings, which clearly show beyond a shadow of a doubt that California’s anti-nuclear opposition has been founded (for the most part) on falsehoods, baseless fear-mongering, myopic lack of perspective, and an anti-growth ideology that most voters would reject if only they knew that it was the bedrock of anti-nuclear opposition.
Atomic Show #220 – Atoms for California
Atomic Show #220 – Atoms for California
Andrew Benson from Atoms For California contacted me last week to find out if I was interested in having a conversation about the history of nuclear energy in California, with a special focus on the history of the antinuclear movement in that trend-setting state. It sounded like a great idea for an Atomic Show so I jumped at the chance.
I hope you all enjoy the show.
Here are links to publications discussed during the show.
Critical Masses (part 1): http://atoms4ca.tumblr.com/post/93940226103/book-review-part-1-of-2-critical-masses
Critical Masses (Part 2): http://atoms4ca.tumblr.com/post/94513900168/critical-masses-2
Just some assorted links about the challenges to a renewables only approach: http://atoms4ca.tumblr.com/post/94608672208/assorted-graphs-renewables-only-challenges
http://atomicinsights.com/atomic-show-220-atoms-california/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AtomicInsights+%28Atomic+Insights%29
INPO
[PDF]
Lessons Learned from the Nuclear Accident at the ... - WANO
www.wano.info/Documents/Less...
document, or that the use of any information, apparatus, method, or process .... experience and best practices, including addressing lessons learned from core- ...http://www.wano.info/Documents/Lessons%20Learned.pdf
World Association of Nuclear Operators
Tsunami Assessment Method for Nuclear Power Plants in Japan
Tsunami Assessment Method for Nuclear Power Plants in ...
www.jsce.or.jp/committee/ceofnp/Tsunami/eng/JSCE_Tsunami_060519....
May 19, 2006 - February 2002. The Tsunami Evaluation Subcommittee,. The Nuclear Civil Engineering Committee,. JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers) ...http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/ceofnp/Tsunami/eng/JSCE_Tsunami_060519.pdfFukushima Follow-Up
Quentin
Projet de Fin d'Etudes d'Ingénieur chez EDF
As you may imagine, many analysis reports on the accident have been made since then, both from Japanese (TEPCO, regulatory authorities, parliament, …) and foreign institutions (INPO, ANS, …). Unfortunately, no analysis from any of those sources is entirely reliable: Japanese may lack objectivity, other may lack accuracy on data or information.
Amongst all of those documents, I would advise:
* TEPCO’s report on the accident for the technical point of view and the theoretical organization of the crisis management teams within the company (Let's insist on theoretical). Probably not objective but well documented
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCcQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tepco.co.jp%2Fen%2Fpress%2Fcorp-com%2Frelease%2Fbetu12_e%2Fimages%2F120620e0104.pdf&ei=ZGTjU8eMMcLwOu3QgZAE&usg=AFQjCNEEyhggCxfwurHKw0dyyssfnvSWZw&sig2=emqFHsSQT078Nv0NH15Qog&bvm=bv.72676100,d.ZWU&cad=rja
* INPO’s report adds more information on the measures taken by TEPCO after the "Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Act"
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCwQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcryptome.org%2F0005%2Fdaiichi-inpo.pdf&ei=02TjU5p2wo07k9qBkAQ&usg=AFQjCNGGgRqUqqKYaG9ZCYpwu380zmt5LA&sig2=QzMN09ejFizxxUUn-91nFA&bvm=bv.72676100,d.ZWU
* the American Nuclear Society analysis, concerning countermeasures to be considered (hardware and software). Most of them have already been stated in the discussion before.
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffukushima.ans.org%2Freport%2FFukushima_report.pdf&ei=nWXjU-iUEeOV0QXx2IDgBg&usg=AFQjCNE9_laNGjm34Ab5Jn1pERZqNFymlw&sig2=0KAT4x_gVkcV_-JQnEf_eQ&bvm=bv.72676100,d.d2k
* The commission mandated by the Japanese parliament (Diet) drew quite a sharp criticism of the organization of the crisis management teams, either on site, at TEPCO’s headquarters or even at the government level. More interesting, they managed to conduct a survey of workers on site and neighboring residents about their perception of crisis preparation.
https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCcQFjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nirs.org%2Ffukushima%2Fnaiic_report.pdf&ei=02XjU8bEF8Ok0QWHmoD4Ag&usg=AFQjCNEN3Pi3Adxm1SQ5j0J-2tNBGwjg-A&sig2=MgI7TWTd1P2d4v2zAeJrbg&bvm=bv.72676100,d.d2k&cad=rja
As you may imagine, many analysis reports on the accident have been made since then, both from Japanese (TEPCO, regulatory authorities, parliament, …) and foreign institutions (INPO, ANS, …). Unfortunately, no analysis from any of those sources is entirely reliable: Japanese may lack objectivity, other may lack accuracy on data or information.
Amongst all of those documents, I would advise:
* TEPCO’s report on the accident for the technical point of view and the theoretical organization of the crisis management teams within the company (Let's insist on theoretical). Probably not objective but well documented
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCcQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tepco.co.jp%2Fen%2Fpress%2Fcorp-com%2Frelease%2Fbetu12_e%2Fimages%2F120620e0104.pdf&ei=ZGTjU8eMMcLwOu3QgZAE&usg=AFQjCNEEyhggCxfwurHKw0dyyssfnvSWZw&sig2=emqFHsSQT078Nv0NH15Qog&bvm=bv.72676100,d.ZWU&cad=rja
* INPO’s report adds more information on the measures taken by TEPCO after the "Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Act"
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCwQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcryptome.org%2F0005%2Fdaiichi-inpo.pdf&ei=02TjU5p2wo07k9qBkAQ&usg=AFQjCNGGgRqUqqKYaG9ZCYpwu380zmt5LA&sig2=QzMN09ejFizxxUUn-91nFA&bvm=bv.72676100,d.ZWU
* the American Nuclear Society analysis, concerning countermeasures to be considered (hardware and software). Most of them have already been stated in the discussion before.
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffukushima.ans.org%2Freport%2FFukushima_report.pdf&ei=nWXjU-iUEeOV0QXx2IDgBg&usg=AFQjCNE9_laNGjm34Ab5Jn1pERZqNFymlw&sig2=0KAT4x_gVkcV_-JQnEf_eQ&bvm=bv.72676100,d.d2k
* The commission mandated by the Japanese parliament (Diet) drew quite a sharp criticism of the organization of the crisis management teams, either on site, at TEPCO’s headquarters or even at the government level. More interesting, they managed to conduct a survey of workers on site and neighboring residents about their perception of crisis preparation.
https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCcQFjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nirs.org%2Ffukushima%2Fnaiic_report.pdf&ei=02XjU8bEF8Ok0QWHmoD4Ag&usg=AFQjCNEN3Pi3Adxm1SQ5j0J-2tNBGwjg-A&sig2=MgI7TWTd1P2d4v2zAeJrbg&bvm=bv.72676100,d.d2k&cad=rja
Technical Lessons Learned from Fukushima and Possible Corrective Actions for Nuclear Industry: An Initial Evaluation
SYSTEMS
ENHANCED
PERFORMANCE
PROGRAM
Technical Lessons
Learned from the
Fukushima
-
Daichii
Accident and Possible
Corrective Actions for the
Nuclear Industry
:
An Initial Evaluation
http://mitnse.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/fukushima-lessons-learned-mit-nsp-025_rev1.pdf
Friday, August 15, 2014
Nuclear’s Reliability Vital for Industrial Users
Nuclear’s Reliability Vital for Industrial Users
- Power interruptions to manufacturers are costly
- Chemicals, metal refining and computer industries among largest users
- Reliable U.S. grid attractive to manufacturers returning from overseas
http://www.nei.org/News-Media/News/News-Archives/Nuclear-s-Reliability-Vital-for-Industrial-Users
Saudi Arabia To Cooperate With China On Nuclear
Saudi Arabia To Cooperate With China On Nuclear
http://www.nucnet.org/all-the-news/2014/08/15/saudi-arabia-to-cooperate-with-china-on-nuclear
The U.S. Gulf Coast at Night
The U.S. Gulf Coast at Night
ISS040-E-090540
(9 Aug. 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the
International Space Station photographed this nighttime image showing
city lights in at least half a dozen southern states from some 225 miles
above the home planet. Lights from areas in the Gulf Coast states of
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, as well as some of the states
that border them on the north, are visible.
Image Credit: NASA
Image Credit: NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/content/the-us-gulf-coast-at-night/#.U-6QzEhH1FU
Nuclear at a Crossroads
Wind, nuclear, and gas resources must work together – not at cross-purposes.
- See more at: http://www.fortnightly.com/fortnightly/2014/07/nuclear-crossroads#sthash.lutD44bw.dpuf
Wind, nuclear, and gas resources must work together – not at cross-purposes.
- See more at: http://www.fortnightly.com/fortnightly/2014/07/nuclear-crossroads#sthash.lutD44bw.dpufhttp://www.fortnightly.com/fortnightly/2014/07/nuclear-crossroads
Molten salt nuclear reactor that eats radioactive waste gets funded
Molten salt nuclear reactor that eats radioactive waste gets funded
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187917-startup-gets-funding-for-its-molten-salt-nuclear-reactor-that-eats-radioactive-wasteFitch Revises SCG and SCE&G Rating Outlook to Negative
Fitch Revises SCG and SCE&G Rating Outlook to Negative
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fitch-revises-scg-and-sceg-rating-outlook-to-negative-2014-08-15When healthy fear becomes unhealthy - Nuclear Waste
When healthy fear becomes unhealthy - Nuclear Waste
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140814212335-37235184-when-healthy-fear-becomes-unhealthy-nuclear-waste
Transport of spent fuel after dry storage
Transport of spent fuel after dry storage
It now appears that spent fuel may be stored in interim dry stores for longer than was expected. The safety analysis requires knowledge of the characteristics and behaviour of materials under these storage conditions. Despite much R&D, questions about material properties remain open. Two key issues are residual water after drying and subsequent radiolytic generation, and the possibility of cladding embrittlement caused by thermal transients during the cask drying process and its impact on the cooling of stored fuel. By Maurice Dallongeville, Hervé Issard, Elisa Leoni and Aravinda Zeachandirin
http://www.neimagazine.com/features/featuretransport-of-spent-fuel-after-dry-storage-4341258/
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• Energy secretary to visit troubled nuke dump
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• Geenex, ET Solar to develop 20 MW solar project in North Carolina
• Turkey Point 3 nuclear reactor automatically shuts down
• Clean Power Plan open for public comment
• Groups want Indianapolis Power & Light to test water
• Construction underway at Iowa's Red Rock hydro plant
• Iberdrola begins construction on the Pier II wind energy farm in Mexico
• Capstone awarded contract for 25 microturbines for E-Finity Distributed Generation
• NRG Yield completes purchase of California wind energy project
• University of Maryland saves with BGE’s new combined heat and power plant
• Juhl Energy completes acquisition of Iowa wind farms
• Kellogg wants suppliers to report carbon emissions
• NRC increases oversight at Duke Energy nuclear power plant
• EIA: US steam coal sees dramatic decrease in imports
• GE to supply Jenbacher gas engines for distributed power generation projects in Pennsylvania
• V.C. Summer nuclear power plant new builds delayed a year
• Renewables, natural gas use to increase in 2015 as coal retirements begin
• Energy secretary to visit troubled nuke dump
• Last of Japan’s nuclear power plant operators applies for safety checks
• Geenex, ET Solar to develop 20 MW solar project in North Carolina
• Turkey Point 3 nuclear reactor automatically shuts down
• Clean Power Plan open for public comment
• Groups want Indianapolis Power & Light to test water
• Construction underway at Iowa's Red Rock hydro plant
• Iberdrola begins construction on the Pier II wind energy farm in Mexico
• Capstone awarded contract for 25 microturbines for E-Finity Distributed Generation
• NRG Yield completes purchase of California wind energy project
• University of Maryland saves with BGE’s new combined heat and power plant
• Juhl Energy completes acquisition of Iowa wind farms
• Kellogg wants suppliers to report carbon emissions
• NRC increases oversight at Duke Energy nuclear power plant
• EIA: US steam coal sees dramatic decrease in imports
• GE to supply Jenbacher gas engines for distributed power generation projects in Pennsylvania
• V.C. Summer nuclear power plant new builds delayed a year
• Renewables, natural gas use to increase in 2015 as coal retirements begin
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