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Friday, August 25, 2017

Amec Foster Wheeler awarded UK waste contracts

Amec Foster Wheeler awarded UK waste contracts

Renewal of Production Tax Credit Vital to U.S. Leadership in Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Energy Institute

Renewal of Production Tax Credit Vital to U.S. Leadership in Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Energy Institute

Through the Decades: History of US Nuclear Energy Facilities Responding to Extreme Natural Challenges - Nuclear Energy Institute

Through the Decades: History of US Nuclear Energy Facilities Responding to Extreme Natural Challenges - Nuclear Energy Institute

'Strong indications' Trump won't recertify Iran nuclear deal

'Strong indications' Trump won't recertify Iran nuclear deal

Utility CEO retiring following failure of nuclear project - The Washington Post

Utility CEO retiring following failure of nuclear project - The Washington Post

PressTV-Iran says new nuclear plant ready by 2025

PressTV-Iran says new nuclear plant ready by 2025

IAEA seeks to expand nuclear training model

IAEA seeks to expand nuclear training model

TEPCO may help power company restart aging nuclear reactor:The Asahi Shimbun

TEPCO may help power company restart aging nuclear reactor:The Asahi Shimbun

IAEA Team Reviews Korea's Earthquake Preparedness - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

IAEA Team Reviews Korea's Earthquake Preparedness - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

American Women Step Up as Nuclear Energy Advocates

American Women Step Up as Nuclear Energy Advocates

DOWNLOAD: Staff Report to the Secretary on Electricity Markets and Reliability | Department of Energy

DOWNLOAD: Staff Report to the Secretary on Electricity Markets and Reliability | Department of Energy

DOE Supports Cutting-Edge Grid Technologies. But They're Missing From Its Major Reliability Analysis | Greentech Media

DOE Supports Cutting-Edge Grid Technologies. But They're Missing From Its Major Reliability Analysis | Greentech Media

Release of World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2017 on 12 September in Paris


Release of World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2017 on 12 September in Paris


https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/

Welcome to the Post-American World « LobeLog

Welcome to the Post-American World « LobeLog

The Devil’s Pact: Putin, the Alt-Right, and the Long Shadow of History

The Devil’s Pact: Putin, the Alt-Right, and the Long Shadow of History

Duke Energy requests 16.7 percent rate hike on residential customers | Local Business | greensboro.com

Duke Energy requests 16.7 percent rate hike on residential customers | Local Business | greensboro.com

Duke Asks to Cancel Planned South Carolina Nuclear Reactors - Bloomberg

Duke Asks to Cancel Planned South Carolina Nuclear Reactors - Bloomberg

In photos, North Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works

In photos, North Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works

Shoddy translation in the Western media is increasing nuclear tensions--again | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Shoddy translation in the Western media is increasing nuclear tensions--again | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Japan’s response to North Korea | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Japan’s response to North Korea | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

In photos, North Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works

In photos, North Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup August 25, 2017

Nuclear Roundup
August 25, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

In photos, North Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-icbm-idUSKCN1B416U

North Korea will be surrounded by nuclear-capable F-35s by the early 2020s

http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-surrounded-nuclear-capable-f-35s-2020s-2017-8

North Korea says it can fight 'any war' with U.S. now that it has ICBM nuclear weapons

http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-says-fight-any-war-us-icbm-nuclear-weapons-654693

The North Korean spies Ukraine caught stealing missile plans

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/europe/ukraine-north-korea-spies/index.html

How North Korea Crashed the Atomic Club

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-north-korea-crashed-the-atomic-club-22036

United States

Trump’s tweets could lead to nuclear war, says former CIA agent who wants to buy twitter, ban President

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-nuclear-war-twitter-president-654883

https://www.gofundme.com/buytwitter

He saw a nuclear blast at 9, then spent his life opposing nuclear war and climate change

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/he-saw-a-nuclear-blast-at-9-then-spent-his-life-opposing-nuclear-war

The University of Texas wants to manage Los Alamos National Lab

http://kxan.com/2017/08/25/the-university-of-texas-wants-to-manage-los-alamos-national-lab/

Top Hanford official to leave site in September

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article169115812.html

Mission need approved for lithium production facility at Y-12, but cost, schedule not determined

http://oakridgetoday.com/2017/08/24/mission-need-approved-lithium-production-facility-y-12-cost-schedule-not-determined/

International


'Strong indications' Trump won't recertify Iranian compliance with nuclear deal

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/25/strong-indications-trump-wont-recertify-iran-nuclear-deal.html

Iran warns of 'illegal' US pressure on IAEA after Haley's visit to Vienna

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/08/24/532819/Iran-IAEA-Vienna

Will Trump recertify Iran? Much hangs in the balance

http://thebulletin.org/will-trump-recertify-iran-much-hangs-balance11039

Trump’s suspicious scheme to discredit the Iran nuclear deal

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/347816-trumps-suspicious-scheme-to-discredit-the-iran-nuclear

Space, nuclear security, polar bears: Russia and the U.S. still agree on some things

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/space-nuclear-security-polar-bears-russia-and-the-us

US worried Pakistan's Nuclear-weapons could land up in terrorists' hands: Official

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/60220358.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Can Germany Be Europe’s Nuclear Bridge Builder?

http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/72896

Kingston University academic visits former secret Cold War nuclear facility in Russia

http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/15495847.Kingston_academic

The First Thorium Salt Reactors in Over 40 Years Were Just Switched on in Europe

https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-have-conducted-the-first-thorium-salt-experiments-in-over-40-years

Exclusive: Indonesian militants planned 'dirty bomb' attack - sources

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-security-idUSKCN1B51FW

General Interest


How Howard Hughes Helped the CIA Try to Steal a Russian Nuclear Sub

https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/yww5x7/how-howard-hughes-helped-the-cia-try-to-steal-a-russian-nuclear-sub

Have a beer in our honor

http://thebulletin.org/press-release/have-beer-our-honor11037

Safeguards and the NPT: Where our current problems began

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2017.1362906


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The Energy Collective Daily: Hurricane Harvey Headed for Area with Significant Oil, Natural Gas Infrastructure

Hurricane Harvey Headed for Area with Significant Oil, Natural Gas Infrastructure | The Energy Collective Daily

Link to The Energy Collective

Thursday, August 24, 2017

North Korea WILL SELL nuclear weapons to Syria and Iran under US sanctions, warns expert

North Korea WILL SELL nuclear weapons to Syria and Iran under US sanctions, warns expert

South Koreans want their own nukes but doing so risks wider war

South Koreans want their own nukes but doing so risks wider war

Energy Collective Daily: Forget OPEC, China Controls Oil Prices

Forget OPEC, China Controls Oil Prices | The Energy Collective Daily

Link to The Energy Collective

Modernizing America's Electricity Infrastructure


Dear friends and colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the publication of my book through The MIT Press. 


MIT Press

Modernizing America's Electricity Infrastructure
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A comprehensive, coherent strategy for modernizing America’s electricity infrastructure while ensuring affordable, reliable, secure, and environmentally sustainable electricity services.

Hardcover | $25.00 Short | £19.95 | 320 pp. | 6 x 9 in | 16 figures | September 2017 | ISBN: 9780262036795
eBook | $18.00 Short | October 2017 | ISBN: 9780262342391
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Friends and colleagues of the author can receive a special 30% discount on the book’s list price when ordering it directly through the MIT Press website (https://mitpress.mit.edu/modernizing) until 11/30/2017. Use digital discount code MWILLRICH30 when prompted during checkout. This code can be used more than once, for multiple copies, and for both print and e-editions as they become available.


Overview
America’s aging electricity infrastructure is deteriorating rapidly even as the need for highly reliable electric service—driven by the explosion of digital technology—continues to rise. Largely missing from national discussions, however, is a coherent, comprehensive national strategy for modernizing this critical infrastructure. Energy expert Mason Willrich presents just such a strategy in this book, connecting the dots across electric utilities, independent suppliers, government bureaucracies, political jurisdictions, and academic disciplines. He explains the need for a coherent approach, offers a framework for analyzing policy options, and proposes a step-by-step strategy for modernizing electrical infrastructure, end-to-end, in a way that ensures the delivery of affordable, reliable, secure, and environmentally sustainable electricity services.

Willrich argues that an effective electrical infrastructure modernization strategy must incorporate flexibility, adaptability, and the capacity to coordinate policies at local, state, and federal levels. He reviews the history of America’s electrification, from Edison’s demonstration of the incandescent light bulb through the recent expansion of wind, solar, and energy efficiency as carbon-free energy resources. He describes the current ownership and operation of the electric industry and the complicated web of federal and state policies that govern it.

About the Author
Mason Willrich is an independent energy consultant. During a distinguished career of more than five decades, he has worked as a senior executive in the electric utility industry and the independent power industry as well as in academia and the U.S. government. His books include Energy and World Politics and Non-Proliferation Treaty: Framework for Nuclear Arms Control.

Endorsements
“Mason Willrich draws on a lifetime of experience and his innate common sense to provide an important strategy for dealing with our electricity infrastructure. Read and learn.”
George P. Shultz, Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow and Chairman, Energy Policy Task Force, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

“Even experts will learn much, and nonexperts far more, from this magisterial and admirably clear overview of America’s electricity system by one of its most distinguished experts.”
Amory B. Lovins, Cofounder and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute; lead author of Small Is Profitable, Brittle Power, and Reinventing Fire

“Mason Willrich provides us with a compelling model for modernizing the U.S. electric power infrastructure to take full advantage of no- and low-carbon generation technologies. Firmly grounded in history, industry economics, and technological innovation, this is a book that everyone should read.”
Paul L. Joskow, President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, Emeritus, MIT

“Mason Willrich is a leading expert on energy issues, and emphasizes the importance of the electricity sector to the country and everyone’s lives. He points out that investments in energy infrastructure and modernizing the energy grid need to be a national priority in order to ensure that we retain reliable, affordable, secure, and increasingly clean energy. Although some of Mason’s recommendations are controversial, and I disagree with some of them, the book is a great read.”
Thomas R. Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute, association representing all U.S. investor-owned electric companies

“The power grid is the most important physical-cyber system on the planet, and what Mason Willrich has done here is no less than to provide us a brilliant theoretical and practical guide to its vitally needed upgrade for the 21st century.”
Daniel Kammen, Professor, University of California, Berkeley; Science Envoy, U.S. State Department

Comments from readers are welcome.

Best wishes,

Mason

DOWNLOAD: Staff Report to the Secretary on Electricity Markets and Reliability | Department of Energy

DOWNLOAD: Staff Report to the Secretary on Electricity Markets and Reliability | Department of Energy

Utilities describe long odds to save VC Summer nuclear project | Utility Dive

Utilities describe long odds to save VC Summer nuclear project | Utility Dive

Breaking: The U.S. Power Market Is Cracking - Bloomberg Gadfly

Breaking: The U.S. Power Market Is Cracking - Bloomberg Gadfly

Please, John Oliver, Please Talk To A Real Nuclear Scientist

Please, John Oliver, Please Talk To A Real Nuclear Scientist

Should We Worry About Radioactive Fallout From North Korea? | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Should We Worry About Radioactive Fallout From North Korea? | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Now is the Time to Build, Not Close Nuclear Power Plants | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Now is the Time to Build, Not Close Nuclear Power Plants | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Fuel loading underway at Tianwan 3

Fuel loading underway at Tianwan 3

First New Thorium Salt Reactor in 40 Years Comes Online - Geek.com

First New Thorium Salt Reactor in 40 Years Comes Online - Geek.com

The age of nuclear deterrence is over - MarketWatch

The age of nuclear deterrence is over - MarketWatch

Why North Korea Will Test Another Nuclear Weapon Soon | The National Interest Blog

Why North Korea Will Test Another Nuclear Weapon Soon | The National Interest Blog

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup August 24, 2017

Nuclear Roundup
August 24, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

U.S., North Korea clash at U.N. forum over nuclear weapons

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKCN1B2102

The Whys and Hows of Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-whys-and-hows-of-nuclear-diplomacy-with-north-korea_us_599e47a0e4b0d0ef9f1c1192

Why North Korea Will Test Another Nuclear Weapon Soon

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-north-korea-will-test-another-nuclear-weapon-soon-21989

Hecker: 3 Kims And 6 U.S. Presidents Later, Diplomacy Can Still Solve The North Korea Crisis

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/north-korea-nuclear

Hecker: If Nixon Went to China, Trump Can Talk to North Korea

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/23/north-korea-talk-nuclear-weapons-icbms-215523

How a Chinese entrepreneur evaded sanctions and financed North Korea's nuclear weapons program

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-chinese-entrepreneur-north-korea-nuclear-weapons-20170823-story.html

Here's How North Korea Could Accidentally Trigger A Volcanic Supereruption

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2017/08/23/heres-how-north-korea-could-accidentally-trigger-a-volcanic-supereruption/#3b4b21b5d558

United States

The nuclear football is a lot like a Denny's menu

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/23/politics/nuclear-football-garrett-graff/index.html

Lockheed, Raytheon Win Contracts for New Nuclear Cruise Missile

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-23/lockheed-raytheon-win-contracts-for-new-nuclear-cruise-missile

The Problem with America's Nuclear Weapons: They're Really Old

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-problem-americas-nuclear-weapons-theyre-really-old-22016

What We Know About the U.S.'s New Nuclear Missile

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a27875/new-long-range-nuclear-missile/

Trump’s Nuclear Crisis Was of His Own Making

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/23/trumps-nuclear-crisis-was-of-his-own-making/

No, Robert Mueller Is Not “Radioactive”

http://thebulletin.org/no-robert-mueller-not-%E2%80%9Cradioactive%E2%80%9D11042

Radiological crimes investigation

https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/dnnl-rci082317.php

Lewis:  I’m a nuclear weapons expert. Trump’s presidency is my personal nightmare

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/23

Plutonium downblending would take decades, DOE expert says

https://aikenobserver.wordpress.com/2017/08/17/plutonium-downblending-would-take-decades-doe-expert-says/

Senator seeks answers on LANL’s nuclear safety

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news

International

Haley takes U.S. "concerns" on Iran to the nuclear police

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nikki-haley-us-donald-trump-concerns-on-iran-nuclear-deal-iaea-yukiya-amano/

U.N. ambassador says Trump has not decided his next move on Iran nuclear deal

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/un-ambassador-says-trump-has-not-decided-his-next-move


US-IAEA Negotiations Detrimental to JCPOA

https://financialtribune.com/articles/national/70985/us-iaea-negotiations-detrimental-to-jcpoa

How Trump Can Correctly Approach Iran's Nuclear Deal

https://www.forbes.com/sites/heshmatalavi/2017/08/24/how-trump-can-correctly-approach-irans-nuclear-dossier/#5f612e587402

Iran nuclear agreement review procedures similar to Russian sanctions process

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/347569-iran-nuclear-agreement-review-procedures-similar-to-russian

Editorial: Keep the Iran nuclear deal — for now

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-iran-north-korea-trump-nuclear-0824-story.html

Russia sends nuclear-capable bombers on mission near South Korea, Japan

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-southkorea-bombers-idUSKCN1B40MP

German rival of Chancellor Merkel vows to remove U.S. nuclear weapons from the country

http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-germany-schulz-20170823-story.html

New App to Help Customs Officers Improve Radiation Detection for Nuclear Security

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/new-app-to-help-customs-officers-improve-radiation-detection-for-nuclear-security

A milestone in nuclear non-proliferation: IAEA Low Enriched Uranium Bank in Kazakhstan

http://astanatimes.com/2017/08/a-milestone-in-nuclear-non-proliferation-iaea-low-enriched-uranium-bank-in-kazakhstan/

Here’s How Warren Buffett Bankrolled A Uranium Bank In Kazakhstan

https://www.buzzfeed.com/danvergano/iaea

General Interest

Fischer: The age of nuclear deterrence is over

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-age-of-nuclear-deterrence-is-over-2017-08-23

A New Oxidation State for Plutonium

https://www.newswise.com/doescience/?article_id=679782


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Fukushima Update 8/24/17

Fukushima Update 8/24/17

Tepco begins freezing the final section of the F. Daiichi ice wall… All fish within 20 kilometers of F. Daiichi are below Japan’s limit of 100 Becquerels per kilogram… Fukushima expands rice and peach shipments to Malaysia… Ken Buessler of Woods Hole gives his opinion on releasing tritiated water to the sea… Futaba announces plans for recovery and reconstruction… Three more Japanese nukes file restart documents... and more.

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

Govt. selects consortium to conduct survey on fate of nuclear power plant project

Govt. selects consortium to conduct survey on fate of nuclear power plant project

In France, researchers want to transform nuclear energy

In France, researchers want to transform nuclear energy

Renewal of Production Tax Credit Vital to U.S. Leadership in Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Energy Institute

Renewal of Production Tax Credit Vital to U.S. Leadership in Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Energy Institute

Hackers targeting U.S. nuclear facilities according to FBI | Komando.com

Hackers targeting U.S. nuclear facilities according to FBI | Komando.com

What does Duke Energy plan for its Lee nuclear plant now that V.C. Summer has failed? - Charlotte Business Journal

What does Duke Energy plan for its Lee nuclear plant now that V.C. Summer has failed? - Charlotte Business Journal

How Trump Could Start a Nuclear War and How We Can Stop Him | HuffPost

How Trump Could Start a Nuclear War and How We Can Stop Him | HuffPost

Now is the time for sanity regarding nuclear weapons | Rhode Island Catholic

Now is the time for sanity regarding nuclear weapons | Rhode Island Catholic

Nuclear Cruise Missiles - New Stealth Cruise Missile, the LRSO

Nuclear Cruise Missiles - New Stealth Cruise Missile, the LRSO

US Energy Department Grid Study Calls for Boost to Coal, Nuclear Power

US Energy Department Grid Study Calls for Boost to Coal, Nuclear Power

University of California 'Likely' Will Bid To Manage Nuclear Weapons Lab - Defense Daily Network

University of California 'Likely' Will Bid To Manage Nuclear Weapons Lab - Defense Daily Network

A border standoff between 2 nuclear powers has been festering for months

A border standoff between 2 nuclear powers has been festering for months

DOE Study Faults Natural Gas, Not Renewables for Coal, Nuclear Failures | 2017-08-24 | ENR

DOE Study Faults Natural Gas, Not Renewables for Coal, Nuclear Failures | 2017-08-24 | ENR

Partner in US nuclear plant project seeks federal loan guarantee - Electric Power | Platts News Article & Story

Partner in US nuclear plant project seeks federal loan guarantee - Electric Power | Platts News Article & Story