Chu forms working group to study waste-management proposals
Energy
Secretary Steven Chu has formed an internal Department of Energy
"working group" to study the radioactive-waste-management proposals put
forth by the federal blue-ribbon commission. Designating at least one
location for the permanent storage of the country's used nuclear fuel is
among the panel's recommendations. "I am committed to working with
Congress to consider the commission's proposals and develop a long-term
strategy for the disposal of nuclear waste," Chu said. The Hill/E2 Wire blog
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
NEI's Pietrangelo explains approval of Ga. nuclear project
NEI's Pietrangelo explains approval of Ga. nuclear project
Southern Co.'s license to build and operate two new reactors at its Plant Vogtle in Georgia is the first new license approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Tony Pietrangelo, the Nuclear Energy Institute's senior vice president and chief nuclear officer. New licensees will be compelled to apply any post-Fukushima Daiichi safety standards, he said. "One of the enhanced features of the plant being built by Southern Co. at the Vogtle site is that it doesn't need electricity to shut down safely in the event of a loss of off-site power, a loss of AC power at the site," he said. PBS
Southern Co.'s license to build and operate two new reactors at its Plant Vogtle in Georgia is the first new license approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Tony Pietrangelo, the Nuclear Energy Institute's senior vice president and chief nuclear officer. New licensees will be compelled to apply any post-Fukushima Daiichi safety standards, he said. "One of the enhanced features of the plant being built by Southern Co. at the Vogtle site is that it doesn't need electricity to shut down safely in the event of a loss of off-site power, a loss of AC power at the site," he said. PBS
Debating the Safety, Wisdom of New Nuclear Reactors in Georgia
Stricken Fukushima nuclear plant at dire risk of massive new earthquake ...
Stricken Fukushima nuclear plant at dire risk of massive new earthquake ...
Daily Mail - Feb 14, 2012
By Damien Gayle Scientists have issued a dire warning that the damaged
Fukushima nuclear plant is at risk of a massive new earthquake. Research
using data from more than 6000 recent tremors has found that last
March's disaster has reactivated a seismic ...
Fukushima at increased earthquake risk: scientists
Fukushima at increased earthquake risk: scientists
Indian Express -
Seismic risk at the Fukushima nuclear plant has increased after the
magnitude 9 earthquake that hit Japan last March, scientists report. The
new study, which uses data from over 6000 earthquakes, shows the 11
March tremor caused a seismic fault close ...
Study of Honshu Earthquake Aftershock Raises the Spectre of Future 'Quakes at ...
Study of Honshu Earthquake Aftershock Raises the Spectre of Future 'Quakes at ...
Decoded Science
Among the most significant after-effects of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake which struck off Japan in March 2011 was the explosion (and subsequent damage) which occurred at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Although the damage at Fukushima was caused by ...
Decoded Science
Among the most significant after-effects of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake which struck off Japan in March 2011 was the explosion (and subsequent damage) which occurred at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Although the damage at Fukushima was caused by ...
How does Michigan's Palisades nuclear plant rate? Among nation's four...
The Palisades nuclear power
plant on the shores of Lake Michigan became one of the four
worst-performing nuclear reactors in the U.S. -- out of 104 -- when
federal regulators downgraded it Tuesday for the second time this year.
Greenpeace: 'Wins' and 'black holes' from EU nuclear stress tests
Greenpeace: 'Wins' and 'black holes' from EU nuclear stress tests
http://www.euractiv.com/energy/greenpeace-wins-black-holes-eu-nuclear-stress-tests-interview-510885
http://www.euractiv.com/energy/greenpeace-wins-black-holes-eu-nuclear-stress-tests-interview-510885
Q. why couldn't we prevent the Fukushima accident? A. lack of safety consciousness From Nov 2011 Japan Nuclear Energy Safety [JNES] presentation, slide 7:
Q. why couldn't we prevent the Fukushima accident? A. lack of safety consciousness
From Nov 2011 Japan Nuclear Energy Safety [JNES] presentation, slide 7:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/world/asia/japanese-official-says-nations-atomic-rules-are-flawed.html
Update from ANS: Czechs temper expectations at Temelin
Czechs temper expectations at TemelinBy dyurman on Feb 16, 2012 01:00 amEurope’s biggest nuclear project is chopped down from five reactors to two By Dan Yurman An ambitious plan to build five nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic worth an estimated $28 billion has been scaled back to just two units. … Continue reading → Read in browser » |
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Solyndra, Part 2?: Groups to Detail Cost Overruns and Delays Already Seen for Vogtle Nuclear Reactors Due to Get $8.3 Billion in Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees
Solyndra, Part 2?: Groups to Detail Cost Overruns and Delays Already Seen for Vogtle Nuclear Reactors Due to Get $8.3 Billion in Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees
12 Groups Suing to Stop Construction, Arguing NRC Violated Federal Law in Issuing Vogtle Reactor Licenses http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4997534&access=EH
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Latin American and Caribbean Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zone Treaty Nears Half-Century
Latin American and Caribbean Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zone Treaty Nears Half-Century
Current demarcation of nuclear-weapons-free-zones, nuclear-weapons-free
status and nuclear-weapons-free geographical regions. (Map: UN Office
for Disarmament Affairs)
Four more nuclear-weapons-free-zones have since been established. They cover two-thirds of the world, 133 countries and almost the entire southern hemisphere.
"This is a significant achievement, and it started here - in Mexico, 45 years ago," said IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano at an anniversary commemoration on 14 February 2012 in Mexico City. "In establishing and implementing a nuclear-weapons-free-zone in Latin America and the Caribbean, the countries concerned demonstrated the importance of dialogue and persistence. Their success was such that Tlatelolco provided the inspiration for four similar treaties in Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific."
The commemorative event was held at the Alfonso GarcÃa Robles Auditorium of the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco, a site named after the Mexican diplomat who shared the 1982 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in creating the nuclear-weapons-free-zone.
The IAEA hosted a Forum in Vienna, Austria in 2011 to discuss how the experience of existing nuclear-weapon-free zones could be relevant to the establishment of a nuclear-weapons-free-zone in the Middle East.
"I have long been convinced that nuclear-weapons-free-zones are a highly relevant and effective means of non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament," Director General Amano said. "The IAEA will continue to do everything in its power to assist with the establishment of new nuclear-weapons-free-zones, in the Middle East and elsewhere."
The five countries that are recognized as nuclear-weapon States under the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States - have also signed and ratified a protocol to the Treaty of Tlatelolco pledging to respect the nuclear-weapons-free-zone in Latin America and the Caribbean and not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against the countries that are part of the zone.
The Anniversary commemoration also included the High Representative of the United Nations for Disarmament Affairs, Ambassador Sergio Duarte, who delivered remarks by the Secretary General of the United Nations; the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Mr. Tibor Toth; the President Pro Tempore of the Council of OPANAL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica, Dr. Enrique Castillo; the OPANAL Secretary General, Ambassador Gioconda Ubeda; and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Ambassador Patricia Espinosa Cantellano.
-- By Jerry Davydov, IAEA Division of Public Information
Iran Claims 3,000 New Uranium Centrifuges
Iran Claims 3,000 New Uranium Centrifuges
Iran has added 3,000 new-model uranium enrichment centrifuges at its
Natanz complex, increasing its low-enriched uranium manufacturing rate
by half, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday (see GSN, Feb. 14).The Natanz site now contains 9,000 operational enrichment machines, Iran's Press TV quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. The United States and its allies have expressed concern that Iran could tap the enrichment process to generate nuclear-weapon material, but Tehran has insisted it would only produce atomic fuel for civilian applications (Press TV I, Feb. 15).
Debating Disarmament: Bridging the Gap in the Nuclear Order
Debating Disarmament: Bridging the Gap in the Nuclear Order
The nuclear order is under pressure as the distance between nonaligned states and nuclear weapon states grows.
Blame to Spare on Tar Sands Debate
Blame to Spare on Tar Sands Debate
Environmental
groups in Maine have decided that tar sands oil from western Canada
wasn't their cup of tea even though the pipeline company behind the
scenes said it really wasn't there's either, at least for now. As the
Sierra Club was saying "no sir" to tar sands oil in Maine, one of the
former GOP hopefuls, Rick Perry, was saying "yes sir" in The Wall Street
Journal, describing the planned Keystone XL as an economic panacea not
seen since the New Deal brought the U.S. economy out of the Great
Depression in the 1930s. With tar sands pipelines…Read more...
President Obama Follows Through on Energy Innovation in 2013 Budget Request
President Obama Follows Through on Energy Innovation in 2013 Budget Request
President
Obama backed up his call to “double-down” on clean energy during the
State of the Union address by proposing to boost key energy innovation
investments in his FY2013 federal budget request.
20 Times More Japanese Earthquakes in the 6 Months Following March 2011 than in the Previous 9 YEARS … Quake May Have “Awakened” Fukushima Fault
20 Times More Japanese Earthquakes in the 6 Months Following March 2011 than in the Previous 9 YEARS … Quake May Have “Awakened” Fukushima Fault
Pandora’s Box?
We have extensively documented the fact that engineers knew that Fukushima was built in an area which was highly-susceptible to giant earthquakes, and that it would fail in a large earthquake.Unfortunately, Pandora’s Box may now have been opened.
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