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Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry. Nuclear Activities
Saturday, August 11, 2012
California Gathers Facts to Plan for a Hot, Dry Future
The pool of water under the Midwest is being sucked dry. The drought is making it worse
The pool of water under the Midwest is being sucked dry. The drought is making it worse
Friday, August 10, 2012
Fukushima Videos Show Operators Knew a Meltdown Was Imminent
Fukushima Videos Show Operators Knew a Meltdown Was Imminent
Details of the unfolding nuclear disaster were kept from the public and local officialsRecently released video footage show last year's nuclear disaster unfolding inside the Fukushima power plant. It shows that the operators there had an early awareness of just how serious the situation was, even as its severity was downplayed to the public. The events that followed the earthquake and tsunami resulted in the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.http://www.technologyreview.com/view/428818/fukushima-videos-show-operators-knew-a-meltdown/?ref=rss
Nuclear Industry Unfazed by NRC Ruling
Nuclear Industry Unfazed by NRC Rulinghttp://energybiz.com/article/12/08/nuclear-industry-unfazed-nrc-ruling
Media coverage – Chevron’s Richmond, CA refinery versus SCE’s San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
Media coverage – Chevron’s Richmond, CA refinery versus SCE’s San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
l http://atomicinsights.com/2012/08/media-coverage-chevrons-richmond-ca-refinery-versus-scegs-san-onofre-nuclear-generating-station.html
Dimwit Energy Policies, Record Corn Prices, and UN Pleas for US to Change Ethanol Policy; Obama Consistently Wrong, Romney an Energy Pretzel
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Dimwit Energy Policies, Record Corn Prices, and UN Pleas for US to Change Ethanol Policy; Obama Consistently Wrong, Romney an Energy Pretzel
The price of corn is at all all-time high because of extreme drought conditions in the US coupled with the hottest July temperatures since records began 117 years ago.http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/08/dimwit-energy-policies-record-corn.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis+%28Mish%27s+Global+Economic+Trend+Analysis%29&utm_content=Google+ReaderEU, US Nuclear Regulators To Discuss Belgian Reactor Cracks
EU, US Nuclear Regulators To Discuss Belgian Reactor Cracks
Wall Street Journal
After the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima reactor following last year's earthquake and tsunami, the European Union rushed to undertake tests to ensure the safety of its nuclear power plants. Some countries, including the region's largest economy, Germany ...http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120810-709795.html
Wall Street Journal
After the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima reactor following last year's earthquake and tsunami, the European Union rushed to undertake tests to ensure the safety of its nuclear power plants. Some countries, including the region's largest economy, Germany ...http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120810-709795.html
India’s Outages: What Can We Learn?
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012 07:30 AM PDT
India’s
recent national outages on July 30 and 31 have received a great deal of
attention in the press. Nearly 800 million people were without power
and India suffered hits to its economy and its global reputation as a
result. Years from now some definitive report will outline the details,
but enough is known now to glean some important considerations for
energy policy makers. While some may quickly dismiss the event as
endemic to uniquely Indian conditions, the event highlights a number of
important considerations for grid operators, engineers and policy maker
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Belgium notifies other countries using nuclear power of possible problem
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BRUSSELS - A possible hairline crack in the steel tank containing the reactor at a Belgian nuclear plant poses no danger to the public, the country's nuclear regulatory agency said Friday. The possible flaw was discovered while the plant was shut for ...
Where's the Oversight at Nuclear Labs? Hands-Off Approach is Recipe for Disaster
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was
the chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the
Energy and Commerce Committee there were many hearings regarding nuclear safety and security. About eight years ago, when POGO reported on a scandal at Los Alamos National ...http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2012/08/by-peter-stockon-and-lydia-dennett-as-the-saying-goes-the-fish-rots-from-the-head-down-this-is-certainly-the-case-at.html
New York Times (blog) Commission Asks NRC to Delay Reactor Decisions
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A five-member panel appointed by President Obama to oversee the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recommended the agency not make any final decisions on 22 nuclear reactor projects, including Calvert Cliffs 3, a spokesman for the NRC ...http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/29007
What Are The Most Important Things To Know/Understand About Nuclear Energy?
What Are The Most Important Things To Know/Understand About Nuclear Energy?
Andy Lemke
I’ll outline the most important things to know. We’ll start with underlying physics and move toward the social issues:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2012/08/10/what-are-the-most-important-things-to-knowunderstand-about-nuclear-energy/
IAEA: Japan nuclear plant closer than Fukushima to quake epicenter is ...
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TOKYO - The Japanese nuclear power
plant that was closest to the epicenter of last year's earthquake
suffered more ground shaking than Fukushima but was largely undamaged
because it was designed with enough safety margins, nuclear inspectors
said ...
Nuclear Waste Update 8/10
| (IPS) Waste Issue Halts US Nuclear Reactor Licensing Atlanta Progressive News ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug 9 2012 (IPS) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees commercial nuclear power enterprises, has halted the issuance of all new nuclear reactor licensing decisions after a court ruling citing the failure of industry ... |
| Obama, Reid block solution to nuke-waste issue Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) The debate is over the use of Yucca Mountain, a vast piece of federal property deep in the Nevada desert, as a repository for the nation's growing stockpiles of high-level nuclear waste generated by power plants. Since the early '80s, the Department of Energy ... |
| NRC suspends nuclear permits UPI.com The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said this week it must comply with a federal court ruling that said it must report on the environmental effect of problems with waste storage, including the impact of failing to create a long-term storage facility, CNN Money ... |
| Government freezes permits on nuclear power plants KPLC-TV The federal government says it will stop issuing any new permits and license extensions for existing nuclear plants until issues about storing radioactive waste are resolved. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the government's main watchdog ... |
| Clarity provided on nuclear power license "freeze" Power Engineering Magazine Waste confidence, according to the NRC, is a generic finding that spent nuclear fuel can be safely stored at reactor sites for decades in either spent fuel pools or dry casks, and that a repository will be available for final disposal of the spent fuel. The order from ... |
| Defending the Land from Nuclear Waste The Dominion SOUTH BAY, SK—The storm clouds had moved on by the time people arrived at South Bay on lake Ile-a-la-Crosse last Friday for a grassroots gathering against a potential nuclear waste site in northern Saskatchewan. Dene, Cree and Métis elders from ... |
| US nuke plant delay fail to solve storage conundrum New Scientist The dramatic decision, taken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 8 August, is a sign of mounting pressure over the issue of nuclear waste storage, and is likely to rekindle doubts over the future of the nuclear industry. But whether it will result in a ... NRC nuclear licensing freeze won't stall Vogtle
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's unusual decision this week to
suspend final approval of new nuclear power plant licenses leaves just
two projects — including Plant Vogtle – fully authorized to build and
operate the first new U.S. reactors in a ...
 NRC Shelves New Plant Licenses as It Ponders What to Do About Waste
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After years of warnings by environmentalists to do something about the
radioactive waste piling up at nuclear power plants around the country,
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has stopped issuing any licenses
for new and existing reactors while it ...
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