How Obama Killed Yucca Mountain. Adam White, The New Atlantis. AP Photo. Imagine the following scenario: The President of the United States delivers a ...
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How Obama Killed Yucca Mountain | RealClearScience
How Obama Killed Yucca Mountain | RealClearScience
How Obama Killed Yucca Mountain. Adam White, The New Atlantis. AP Photo. Imagine the following scenario: The President of the United States delivers a ...
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How Obama Killed Yucca Mountain. Adam White, The New Atlantis. AP Photo. Imagine the following scenario: The President of the United States delivers a ...
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Norway Set To Test The 'Energy Source Of The Future'
Norway Set To Test The 'Energy Source Of The Future'
Business Insider
The Norwegian government, in concert with U.S.-based Westinghouse and Norway's Thor Energy, is facilitating a trial of what could potentially be the energy source of the future: thorium. Thorium boosters, including Bill Gates, say it has many ...http://www.businessinsider.com/norway-begins-tests-on-thorium-2012-12
Business Insider
The Norwegian government, in concert with U.S.-based Westinghouse and Norway's Thor Energy, is facilitating a trial of what could potentially be the energy source of the future: thorium. Thorium boosters, including Bill Gates, say it has many ...http://www.businessinsider.com/norway-begins-tests-on-thorium-2012-12
Thursday, December 13, 2012
North America’s Energy Boom Meets Climate Change
North America’s Energy Boom Meets Climate Change
Last week, many of the students of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce were subjected to the following question as part of their comprehensive examination process:Recent reports point to a rapid rise in carbon-based fuel production in the United States and in North America at large. Assuming these forecasts are accurate, what do they portend, if anything, for geopolitics (especially the policies and the interactions of the U.S., Russia, and China). Will climate change and climate change policies be affected?http://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2012/12/14/north-americas-energy-boom-meets-climate-change/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+the-diplomat+%28The+Diplomat+RSS%29
Three Chinese reactor projects underway
Three Chinese reactor projects underway
Construction
of three new Chinese reactors has started since the country's
announcement in October that it would approve only a 'small number' of
projects in each of the coming five years.http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Three_Chinese_reactor_projects_underway-1312124.html
Underestimated or overestimated? North Korea’s satellite launch in perspective
Underestimated or overestimated? North Korea’s satellite launch in perspective
Despite
supposed technical problems with its rocket, North Korea surprised the
world this week by launching its Unha-3 rocket and successfully placing a satellite into orbit.
The launch -- using the same rocket, satellite, and trajectory -- was a repeat of last April's attempt, which failed. Overall, it was North Korea's fifth attempt to launch a satellite, and its first success.http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/underestimated-or-overestimated-north-korea%E2%80%99s-satellite-launch-perspective
The launch -- using the same rocket, satellite, and trajectory -- was a repeat of last April's attempt, which failed. Overall, it was North Korea's fifth attempt to launch a satellite, and its first success.http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/underestimated-or-overestimated-north-korea%E2%80%99s-satellite-launch-perspective
A123's Sale to Wanxiang: It's Not About China
A123's Sale to Wanxiang: It's Not About China
Tubb & Scissors, Foundry
China's largest auto-parts maker just won the bidding for A123 Systems, the bankrupted electric car battery company. It's time to back the car up and remember where the American taxpayer started with A123. A123 received a $249 million grant as part of the 2009 stimulus. By the time it went bankrupt in October 2012, the company had spent $133 million of the federal grant, along with $141 million in Michigan grants and tax credits. The business was a quick and clear failure. But now that Wanxiang America has won a $256.6 million bid for the failed company, some lawmakers suddenly...http://blog.heritage.org/2012/12/12/a123-its-not-chinas-government-thats-the-problem/
China's largest auto-parts maker just won the bidding for A123 Systems, the bankrupted electric car battery company. It's time to back the car up and remember where the American taxpayer started with A123. A123 received a $249 million grant as part of the 2009 stimulus. By the time it went bankrupt in October 2012, the company had spent $133 million of the federal grant, along with $141 million in Michigan grants and tax credits. The business was a quick and clear failure. But now that Wanxiang America has won a $256.6 million bid for the failed company, some lawmakers suddenly...http://blog.heritage.org/2012/12/12/a123-its-not-chinas-government-thats-the-problem/
Exxon's Dangerous Energy Outlook
Exxon's Dangerous Energy Outlook
Lorne Stockman, OilChange
ExxonMobil presented its latest Energy Outlook report recently, the 2013 Outlook for Energy: a view to 2040 (pdf). The report is chock full of figures and graphs showing an inexorable rise in global energy demand and supply and the growing market for Exxon's products.http://priceofoil.org/2012/12/12/exxons-dangerous-outlook/
ExxonMobil presented its latest Energy Outlook report recently, the 2013 Outlook for Energy: a view to 2040 (pdf). The report is chock full of figures and graphs showing an inexorable rise in global energy demand and supply and the growing market for Exxon's products.http://priceofoil.org/2012/12/12/exxons-dangerous-outlook/
Congressional Research Service Report Released: Nuclear Energy: Overview of Congressional Issues
Congressional Research Service Report Released: Nuclear Energy: Overview of Congressional Issues
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the public policy research arm of Congress, just issued the report Nuclear Energy: Overview of Congressional Issues (Dec, 11, 2012). The 13-page report authored by Mark Holt discusses the following:
Summary
The policy debate over the role of nuclear power in the nation’s energy mix is rooted in the technology’s fundamental characteristics. Nuclear reactors can produce potentially vast amounts of energy with relatively low consumption of natural resources and emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. However, facilities that produce nuclear fuel for civilian power reactors can also produce materials for nuclear weapons. The process of nuclear fission (splitting of atomic nuclei) to generate power also results in the production of radioactive material that must be contained in the reactor and can remain hazardous for thousands of years. How to manage the weapons proliferation and safety risks of nuclear power, or whether nuclear power is worth those risks, are issues that have long been debated in Congress.
The 104 licensed nuclear power reactors at 65 sites in the United States generate about 20% of the nation’s electricity. Five new reactors are currently licensed for construction. About a dozen more are planned, but whether they move forward will depend largely on their economic competitiveness with natural gas and coal plants. Throughout the world, 436 reactors are currently in service, and 62 more are under construction.
The March 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan increased attention to nuclear safety throughout the world. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which issues and enforces nuclear safety requirements, established a task force to identify lessons from Fukushima applicable to U.S. reactors. The task force’s report led to NRC’s first Fukushima-related regulatory requirements on March 12, 2012. Several other countries, such as Germany and Japan, eliminated or reduced their planned future reliance on nuclear power after the accident.
Highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel that is regularly removed from nuclear power plants is currently stored at plant sites in the United States. Plans for a permanent underground repository at Yucca Mountain, NV, were abandoned by the Obama Administration, although that decision is being challenged in court. The Obama Administration appointed the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future to recommend an alternative nuclear waste policy. The Commission recommended in January 2012 that new candidate sites for nuclear waste storage and disposal facilities be selected through a “consent based” process.
The level of security that must be provided at nuclear power plants has been a high-profile issue since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001. Since those attacks, NRC issued a series of orders and regulations that substantially increased nuclear plant security requirements, although industry critics contend that those measures are still insufficient.
Encouraging exports of U.S. civilian nuclear products, services, and technology while making sure they are not used for foreign nuclear weapons programs has long been a fundamental goal of U.S. nuclear energy policy. Recent proposals to build nuclear power plants in several countries in the less developed world, including the Middle East, have prompted concerns that international controls may prove inadequate.
Spent nuclear fuel disposal is not a "subsidy"
Spent nuclear fuel disposal is not a "subsidy"
One thing that tends to raise my hackles without fail is when the inevitable game of "Name the Energy Subsidy!" comes up, somehow the issue of spent nuclear fuel disposition gets lumped in. Namely because spent fuel management is pretty much the opposite of what is typically thought of as a "subsidy."http://neutroneconomy.blogspot.com/2012/12/spent-nuclear-fuel-disposal-is-not.htmlNuclear power emerges as new Japan campaign issue
Nuclear power emerges as new Japan campaign issue
The future of nuclear power in Fukushima-scarred Japan has emerged as a major campaign issue for the first time in weekend polls, but experts warn little thought has gone into how to replace atomic energy. http://phys.org/news/2012-12-nuclear-power-emerges-japan-campaign.html#nwlt
The future of nuclear power in Fukushima-scarred Japan has emerged as a major campaign issue for the first time in weekend polls, but experts warn little thought has gone into how to replace atomic energy. http://phys.org/news/2012-12-nuclear-power-emerges-japan-campaign.html#nwlt
Black Sea "Perfect Storm" Damages Romanian Nuke Plant, Wind Farm
Black Sea "Perfect Storm" Damages Romanian Nuke Plant, Wind Farm
Unprecedented
storm wreaks havoc on Romania’s energy sector – yet another sign of
changing global weather patterns?Ever since an earthquake and tsunami on
11 March 2011 effectively destroyed Japan’s six reactor Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power complex, and more recently, Hurricane Sandy forced
the shutdown of NPPs along the eastern seaboard of the U.S.,
increasingly violent weather patterns have become a matter of rising
concern to operators of NPPs worldwide.The latest nation to be tormented
by violent weather patterns is Romania,…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Black-Sea-Perfect-Storm-Damages-Romanian-Nuke-Plant-Wind-Farm.html
Nuclear Export Controls Summit - Press Release
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Infocast press release below.
------------------------------ Infocast Presents Nuclear Export Controls 2013, Regulators and Experienced Compliance Managers to Gather in D.C.The Three-day Event Focuses on Staying Compliant – and Competitive – in an Increasingly International Nuclear IndustryWoodland Hills, CA – January 14, 2013 – Infocast, the industry-leading conference and event producer, is organizing the Nuclear Export Controls Summit on January 14 - 16, 2013 at the Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, D.C., where regulators and experienced nuclear export control compliance managers will gather to take part in the three-day, information-packed event.
Even
as a surge in international nuclear construction increases the
importance of accessing export markets to US-based equipment providers,
service suppliers and consultants in the nuclear supply chain, increased
scrutiny is being placed on nuclear exports. In
particular, the provisions of 10 CFR Part 810, which governs the US
Department of Energy’s portion of the nuclear export control regime, are
undergoing a major revision for the first time in some 25 years.
These
far-reaching revisions are expected to make explicit for the first time
controls of “deemed exports” potentially caused by the exposure of
controlled technologies, techniques or knowledge to foreign national
employees, contractors and visitors, and tighten controls on dual-use
technologies, fuel enrichment and processing technologies. Combined
with the traditional difficulties in determining whether a particular
technology or service is subject to Department of Energy, Department of
Commerce/BIS or NRC jurisdiction, only those equipment manufacturers,
service suppliers, fuel suppliers, and nuclear operating utilities with
the most up-to-date information will be able to stay compliant—and
competitive—in an increasing international nuclear industry.
Representatives
from the Bureau of Industry and Security, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
and the National Nuclear Security Administration will be present, along
with industry experts from Enrichment Technologies, Inc., Exelon
Corporation, GE Hitachi and Louisiana Energy Services, LLC among many
others. The Summit aims to bring together respected thought
leaders to share their knowledge on how to implement an effective
compliance control system without overly restraining legitimate trade.
The
event also will feature a primer on Monday, January 14, Nuclear Export
Control Regulation and Compliance, which will focus on providing
participants with a basic understanding of nuclear export control
regulations and the know-how to implement a compliance program.
For more information or to register, please visit the event website at www.infocastinc.com/nuke-
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over 25 years, Infocast has produced the highest quality
events, tailored to the needs of the industries we serve. It conducts
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China's $200 Billion Investment
China's $200 Billion Investment
Motley Fool
But China's economy is growing, and the government is using its three state-owned enterprises to secure its energy future, seemingly at any price. Using a data set provided by the Heritage Foundation, let's take a closer look at China's energy ...http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/12/13/chinas-200-billion-investment.aspx
Motley Fool
But China's economy is growing, and the government is using its three state-owned enterprises to secure its energy future, seemingly at any price. Using a data set provided by the Heritage Foundation, let's take a closer look at China's energy ...http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/12/13/chinas-200-billion-investment.aspx
Power cheaper than coal – thorium AND uranium make it possible
From Atomic Insights
Power cheaper than coal – thorium AND uranium make it possible
Bushehr nuclear power plant to become operational soon
| Bushehr nuclear power plant to become operational soon Zawya (registration) Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoun Abbasi said Wednesday that the nuclear power plant of Bushehr in southern Iran would preliminarily become operational soon. Speaking to reporters at the end of a cabinet meeting, Abbasi said technical ...http://www.zawya.com/story/Bushehr_nuclear_power_plant_to_become_operational_soon-ZAWYA20121213022441/ |
Delivery of floating plant set for 2016
Delivery of floating plant set for 2016
Delivery of floating plant set for 2016
Russian utility Rosenergoatom has signed a new contract with the Baltiysky Zavod shipyard for the completion of the first floating nuclear power plant. It is now scheduled for commissioning in 2016.Under a contract signed on 7 December in St Petersburg, Baltiysky Zavod-Shipbuilding – the successor to the Baltiysky Zavod shipyard – will now complete the vessel for delivery to Rosenergoatom on 9 September 2016. The plant – dubbed the Akademik Lomonosov – will then be put into use in Vilyuchinsk, in the Kamchatka region in Russia’s far east.http://energyandnuclear.com/2012/12/13/delivery-of-floating-plant-set-for-2016/
New nuclear plant, Hinkley Point C, design unveiled
New nuclear plant, Hinkley Point C, design unveiled
The Hidden Costs of Nuclear Power
The Hidden Costs of Nuclear Power
Russel Hoffman, CounterPunchA few weeks ago Southern California Edison (SCE) was given several billion dollars by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in a General Rate Case (GRC). The timing was perfect for SCE. . http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/12/12/the-hidden-costs-of-nuclear-power/
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