Monday, June 25, 2012

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Plutonium Being Moved to New Mexico

Eleven pounds of plutonium is scheduled to depart the Savannah River Site in South Carolina this week toward storage at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Aug. 22, 2005).
The U.S. Energy Department over two decades might transfer 4.7 tons of the material to the New Mexico facility, with each shipment involving about 11 pounds of plutonium (Associated Press/Charlotte Observer, June 25).
Prior to shipping, the plutonium would be combined with a substance called "stardust" to deter opportunists who might seek a nuclear-weapon material and to reduce the difficulty of transport, the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle reported on June 12.
The plutonium being transferred was not used in the cores, or "pits," of nuclear weapons. It is excess material that cannot be converted into mixed-oxide nuclear reactor fuel though a plant being built at the Savannah River Site, according to the report (see GSN, June 7).

Fukushima seafood on sale for 1st time since nuke crisis

Zee News - ‎

Tokyo: The first seafood caught off Japan's Fukushima coastline since last year's nuclear disaster went on sale on Monday, but the offerings were limited to octopus and marine snails because of persisting fears about radiation.

Japan sells first Fukushima seafood since nuclear crisis

BBC News - ‎

Seafood caught off the coast of Japan's Fukushima region has been put on sale for the first time since last year's nuclear crisis. The sale was limited to octopus and marine snails, as other species cannot be sold yet because of contamination.

Fukushima radiation kills fishing industry

ABC Online - ‎10 hours ago‎

Fishermen in the Fukushima area, the site of the greatest single radiation contamination of the ocean in history, fear their industry is ruined. While boats still go to sea, their catches are being withheld from sale and instead the fish is sent for ...

Fukushima fish still hard to stomach

ABC Online - ‎13 hours ago‎

By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy. Japanese fishermen are facing a struggle for their livelihoods, as after-effects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster continue to resonate. An ABC report shows that many fish caught in the oceans around Fukushima ...

Seafood caught off Fukushima finally goes back on sale

FIS - ‎56 minutes ago‎

Fukushima Prefecture-based octopus and shellfish are finally going on sale at supermarkets in Fukushima this week for the first time since the outbreak of the nuclear disaster in March 2011. The products first passed radioactive tests conducted by the ...

Seafood Caught in Fukushima Back on Sale in Japan

karnnewsradio - ‎1 hour ago‎

Sankei via Getty Images(TOKYO) -- For the first time since last year's nuclear disaster in Japan, people in Fukushima Prefecture are once again getting a taste of seafood caught in their own backyard. Fisherman in Fukushima began selling their catch at ...

Fukushima tests seafood demand in local trial sale

The Japan Times - ‎4 hours ago‎

FUKUSHIMA — Octopus and whelks caught off Fukushima were showcased in a trial sale Monday at supermarkets and other stores in the city of Soma, making it the first local seafood put on the market since the Fukushima nuclear disaster erupted in March ...

First fishing catch since Japan nuclear disaster goes on sale amid radiation ...

Newser - ‎

By YURI KAGEYAMA | AP | in The first seafood caught off Japan's Fukushima coastline since last year's nuclear disaster went on sale Monday, but the offerings were limited to octopus and marine snails because of persisting fears ...

Fukushima Fish Go on Sale

Newser -

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff (Newser) – Today you can buy fish caught off Japan's Fukushima coastline for the first time since the disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant last year, although you're stuck with octopus or whelk, ...

Fukushima seafood on trial sale, 1st time since nuclear crisis

Deccan Herald - ‎

For the first time since Japan's worst nuclear crisis in March last year, seafood caught off the coast of Fukushima went on trial sale today at supermarkets in northeastern Japan prefecture. At supermarkets and retail stores in Soma city, ...

Fukishima Resumes Seafood Sales

TheFishSite.com -

JAPAN - The Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations has decided to resume sales of some types of seafood caught in seas off the prefecture. The Japan Times reports that sales of seafood caught off Fukushima will take ...

NRC cannot be trusted to protect the public

NRC cannot be trusted to protect the public
The Mercury
My search for earthquake fault lines closest to Limerick Nuclear Plant is another example of why we can't believe or trust the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Experts warn of nuclear fire at Fukushima

Experts warn of nuclear fire at Fukushima
ABC Online
Experts have told the ABC that another large earthquake like that which caused the damaged pool to drain could spark a catastrophic nuclear fire which would ...

i-Nuclear Update: UK investment in new nuclear could boost GDP

i-NUCLEAR

UK investment in new nuclear could boost GDP by £5 billion/year; add many thousands of jobs

by I-Nuclear

New research from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) shows that UK investment in new nuclear could boost the UK economy by £5 billion a year, create new export markets and generate many thousands of jobs.

The research by IPPR shows that if nuclear power were used to fill all the 18 gigawatts of additional non-renewable capacity required under government forecasts, the result would be a boost to UK GDP of up to 0.34% a year and an annual economic gain of £5.1 billion.

Furthermore, the investment could result in additional direct and indirect job gains of more than 22,000 a year, together with further induced jobs of up to 10,000 a year created by increased economic activity as a result of the associated investment, according to a statement from EDF Energy.

The research was commissioned by EDF Energy, which has plans to build four new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset and Sizewell in Suffolk, with a combined capacity of 6.4 GW.

“If the Government makes a clear and credible long-term commitment to nuclear energy in the form of a long-term nuclear energy strategy, and if it has all-party support in doing so, then UK industry can be reasonably confident that there will be a steady stream of work and contracts in the future,” the IPPR report said.

Mark Prisk, Minister at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, said the IPPR research “demonstrates the compelling business case for investing in the UK’s energy infrastructure. This much-needed investment could create significant numbers of jobs for years to come as well as increase UK export potential. New nuclear build is an important part of the diverse energy mix we need for the UK’s low-carbon future,” Prisk said, according to the EDF statement.

The IPPR report can be found here: IPPR_infrastructure-investment-nuclear_June2012

I-Nuclear | June 25, 2012 at 5:57 pm | Categories: EDF, New Build, UK | URL: http://wp.me/p22dAl-jX

British businesses remain hungry for nuclear

by Warwick Pipe

The appetite of UK business leaders for new nuclear generating capacity has not diminished, despite the Fukushima accident, a poll conducted by the Institute of Directors (IoD) of its members shows. The IoD has published a report calling nuclear energy a "clean, cheap and safe" way of generating electricity.

Belarus to sign master nuclear contract with Russia next month

Russia and Belarus are nearing completion of a master contract for the construction of a nuclear facility in Belarus, said Vl -More-

Japan panel proposes several management measures for used fuel

The Japanese government should take up the direct disposal and reprocessing of used nuclear fuel if it seeks to bring down it -More-

APEC leaders to promote nuclear energy's role in global energy mix

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders are expected to promote nuclear energy's role in meeting increasing energy demand w -More-

Entergy: Relicensing of Miss. nuclear plant remains on schedule

Entergy Nuclear's bid to extend the operating license of its Grand Gulf nuclear plant in Mississippi remains on schedule, des -More-

NEI: U.S. operators to start special plant inspections in July U.S. -More-

NEI: U.S. operators to start special plant inspections in July

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Hey girl! Science wants YOU – but don’t forget the lipstick by Mark Peplow

Hey girl! Science wants YOU – but don’t forget the lipstick

by Mark Peplow

China’s Jiaolong submersible plunges below 7,000 metres

by Brian Owens

Posted on behalf of Jane Qiu.

Xinhua/Photoshot

A week after China made history by sending astronauts to its space station, the country has celebrated another success in proving its technological prowess.
At 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, the country’s manned submersible Jiaolong successfully completed its deepest test dive yet, to 7,020 metres in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, reports China Daily.

New Study: Bigger Is Better When It Comes To Wind Turbines

by JosephRomm

According to a Swiss study, “the larger the (wind) turbine is, the greener the electricity becomes.” The study claims that for every doubling of the size of the turbine, “global warming potential per kWh (is) reduced by 14%.”

Is the Natural Gas Boom A Boon For Fuel Cell Infrastructure?

by JimPierobon

Here’s another game-changer in the making brought to you by America’s burgeoning supplies of shale natural gas: alternative fuel vehicles and distributed power generation using fuel cells.Emboldened by low prices and booming supplies of natural gas in the U.S , the American fuel cell industry is clawing its way back from the brink.

North Korea Makes New Nuclear Threat

North Korea on Sunday renewed its threat to bolster its nuclear force, as South Korea and the United States carried out a set of military exercises against their longtime foe, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, June 22).
The drills coincided with the Monday anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War in 1950. The conflict has never been formally ended.

EBay Goes All in with a Fuel Cell Powered Data Center

The company will install six megawatts worth of biogas-powered Bloom Energy fuel cell to run its data center, with grid only there for backup.
After dabbling in fuel cells, eBay has decided to run a full data center on Bloom Energy fuel cells and use the grid only for backup power.

Sanctions and Nonproliferation in Iran and North Korea

This week, FAS released a new issue brief, "Sanctions and Nonproliferation in North Korea and Iran," co-authored by Mr. Daniel Wertz, Program Officer at the National Committee on North Korea, and Dr. Ali Vaez, former Director of the Iran Project at FAS, which offers a comparative analysis of U.S. policy towards Iran and North Korea.
Sanctions have played a major role in U.S. efforts for the denuclearization in Iran and North Korea. U.S. policymakers have had to find a balance between concerns over proliferation and other undesirable policies; between taking coercive action and considering humanitarian needs; and between taking immediate unilateral measures and seeking to build coalitions for a multilateral approach.
You can read the report here.
In a new edition of the FAS podcast series, "A Conversation with an Expert," co-author Daniel Wertz discusses the similarities and differences in sanctions against North Korea and Iran, the relationship between U.S. and UN sanctions, and China's role as a trading partner with both countries.
To listen to the podcast, click here.

An Approach for Plants to Address INPO's Nuclear Safety Culture ...

www.pennenergy.com/.../articles/.../an-approach-for-plants-to-addres...

An Approach for Plants to Address INPO’s Nuclear Safety Culture Expectations - Power ... By JAMES LAUGHLIN. By Teresa Hansen, Senior Editor ...

Embracing Nuclear Power Like a Religion - Huffington Post

www.huffingtonpost.com/.../nuclear-energy-scientists_b_1610527.ht...

Whether out of indoctrination, misguided belief, an obsession to "control nature," the lure of the cult, closeness to power, job security, the ...

Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) - Annual Report 2011 - 2012

Available here: http://www.oecd-nea.org/mdep/annual-reports/MDEP-Annual-Report-2011.pdf

California Energy Update 6/25

Kohl's Ramps Up Investment in Solar Energy 25% This Year
Triple Pundit
Kohls, Kohls Department store, solar, solar power, solar energy, stakeholder ... Many of Kohl's stores in California, Maryland and Connecticut already have solar ...

New digesters to turn Sacramento food waste into energy
BioEnergy News
A $1.31 million grant from the California Energy Commission helped with ... It generates 1300 kilowatt-hours of green energy each day – about 37% of American ...

Energy sector beckons entrepreneurs
MarketWatch
That initial interest in energy stuck with her, prompting her to earn a master's ... that specializes in bringing distributed power sources to homes across California.

Newpark Resources To Present At The Global Hunter Securities ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Newpark Resources To Present At The Global Hunter Securities Energy ... Securities 100 Energy Conference to be held in San Francisco, California on June 25 ...

First Solar secures nod for $1.36bn California solar plant
Energy Business Review
First Solar said it has reached a deal with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works for the installation of modules at the $1.36bn Solar Ran.

Crestwood Midstream Partners to Participate in the GHS 100 Energy ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Crestwood Midstream Partners to Participate in the GHS 100 Energy Conference ... Securities 100 Energy Conference in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, ...

First Solar Installs 10 Millionth Power Plant PV Module

MarketWatch (press release) -

TEMPE, Ariz., Jun 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) today announced its Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) team has installed its 10 millionth solar photovoltaic (PV) module in a utility-scale solar power project.

New digesters to turn Sacramento food waste into energy

BioEnergy News - ‎3 hours ago‎

Clean World Partners (CWP) and Atlas Disposal Industries, both of Sacramento, California, have just broken ground on a $13 million (€10.4 million) anaerobic digester and renewable natural gas fuelling station in south Sacramento.

US NRC Blog Update: New YouTube Video Shows NRC's Hurricane Preparedness

U.S. NRC Blog

New YouTube Video Shows NRC’s Hurricane Preparedness

by Moderator

With hurricane season in the Atlantic beginning this month, the NRC staff has already prepared to take action to ensure NRC-licensed nuclear plants and other facilities remain safe -- even during damaging hurricane-force winds and storm surges.

Although nuclear plants are built to withstand the expected storms in their area, the NRC is ready for any storm that might threaten those plants during hurricane season.

From monitoring tropical storms and hurricanes as they develop to checking a plant’s preparations to sending additional inspectors, the NRC’s hurricane preparedness plans and response actions are the subject of new NRC video . We hope you'll take a few minutes to watch it.

Roger Hannah

Senior Public Affairs Officer, Region II

Moderator | June 25, 2012 at 9:56 am | Tags: nuclear | Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response, General | URL: http://wp.me/p1fSSY-Jc

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ANS Update 6/25 ANS Names Three New Fellows

ANS Names Three New Fellows

By lscheele on Jun 25, 2012 08:15 am

Three members of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) have been named ANS Fellows, ANS President Eric Loewen, PhD, announced today. The status of Fellow is the highest honor bestowed by the Society. Dr. Loewen will present the awards to the new ANS … Continue reading →
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Is Thorium the 'Super Fuel' of the Future?

by Anthony Sadar, Wash Times

Anthony Sadar, Wash Times
A scant eight miles west-southwest of where I have taught numerous atmospheric science courses at Penn State University, along the Ohio River in Shippingport, Pa., sits the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States. . .

Nuclear Power - Safer Than Fossil

by Lee Gliddon

People are scared of nuclear power plants, and I can't blame them. Disasters such as Chernobyl and Fukushima are certainly frightening.

Engineers insist that they can build much safer nuclear power plants, and protect them against natural disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami that smashed up the Fukushima plants in Japan.

Of course, it would be better if nuclear power plants were sited in locations that are not prone to earthquakes and tsunamis. But even so, the cold facts are that nuclear power plants are far safer than power plants using fossil fuels.

Accidents in coal mines, oil rigs, and natural gas pipelines have taken far more lives over the years than nuclear power plant accidents.

Moreover, fossil fuel power plants pollute the air we breathe and the water we drink. Their emissions of greenhouse gases are a major factor in the warming of our global climate.

READ MORE....

Renewables can fill 80 percent electricity demand in U.S. in 2050

Renewables can fill 80 percent electricity demand in U.S. in 2050
(Phys.org) -- In the United States, renewable energy sources could supply 80 percent of electricity demand in 2050 just by using technologies commercially available today. That is the word from a new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures). The report offers a detailed focus on the extent to which U.S. electricity needs can be supplied by renewable energy sources, including biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind.

Researchers say Earthquakes Would Let Stored CO2 Escape

Researchers say Earthquakes Would Let Stored CO2 Escape
by Mike Orcutt
A study by Stanford researchers says seismic risks could undermine large-scale carbon capture.
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INPO-WANO News Update 6/24

INPO - WANO News and Report

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Due to International Pressure, Tepco Agrees to Start Removing Radioactive Fuel from Fukushima Fuel Pool a Year Early

by WashingtonsBlog

Good News … For a Change

Tepco was going to wait until late 2013 to even begin to start addressing the greatest threat to humanity.
There is some good news.
Specifically – due to international pressure – Tepco has agreed to speed up the timetable. As Reuters notes:

Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will begin removing fuel rods from a damaged reactors a year ahead of schedule, a government minister said Thursday, a move to address concerns about the risk of a new quake that could cause a further accident and scatter more radioactive debris.
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“We would like to start taking out undamaged fuel this year. Preparation is now under way,” Japan’s nuclear crisis minister, Goshi Hosono, told Reuters in an interview.
“Doing it quickly is important. But we also have to make sure those workers out there, who are struggling under harsh conditions, will not be endangered by trying to move things fast.”

Due to International Pressure, Tepco Agrees to Start Removing Radioactive Fuel from Fukushima Fuel Pool a Year Early was originally published on Washington's Blog

San Onofre's cloudy future

San Onofre's cloudy future
Los Angeles Times
Nuclear energy has been a relatively cheap source of power and one that doesn't contribute to global warming, but the energy is not worth the long-term risk.

Long Hot Summer of Debate Over San Onofre

Laguna Beach Independent - ‎

As a result of findings from a radiation leak inspection at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, regulatory officials now plan a series of local meetings this summer exploring unresolved issues that will keep the plant offline indefinitely.

ANOTHER VIEW: San Onofre: 'Nuclear Safety In Action'

North County Times - ‎

2012-06-24T00:00:00Z 2012-06-22T15:22:13Z ANOTHER VIEW: San Onofre: 'Nuclear Safety In Action'By Michael M. Rosen For the North County Times North County Times "What you're experiencing and seeing" at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), ...

Design flaws cloud San Onofre's future

OCRegister - ‎1

Revelations of serious flaws in the design of its steam generators have left the idled San Onofre nuclear plant in a kind of regulatory limbo. By PAT BRENNAN / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Revelations of serious flaws in the design of its steam generators ...

NuScale Power Press - South Carolina

NuScale Power Press - South Carolina
Support for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) demonstrated by the leadership of South Carolina, including Governor Nikki Haley, is welcomed ...
www.nuscalepower.com/nr-News-Press_20120619.php

Haley backs company's bid to create new nuclear reactor in SC
That is what industry leaders are saying in South Carolina, that Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Technology developed at the Savannah River Site could bring ...
www.southcarolinaradionetwork.com/.../haley-backs-company...

How China Will Restructure the Oil Market

How China Will Restructure The Oil Market
Forbes
The low increase in China's oil demand mirrors demand for the country's other main source of energy, coal. According to Wood Mackenzie's Rohan Kendall, ...

Rising Sea Levels

Sea level rise around the world and in CA

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20917929/california-faces-more-serious-risk-sea-level-rise

Add in an El Nino (9" during the strong 1997-8 season), high tide (??"), and storm surge (??").

The National Academy of Sciences link: http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=13389

video released by NAS: http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2012/06/22/video-rising-seas-projected-to-flood-bay-area-airports/

Cape Mendocino (near OR) and up through Oregon/Washington is in better shape because sea level is actually falling as the land has been rising (this will change when the speed of sea level rise increases, or with a large EQ). Tectonic plate changes at Cape Mendocino.

A recent study in Science predicted less than one meter of sea level rise this century, based on Greenland studies. This report assumes more than a meter is possible.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6081/517.4.full? and

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6081/576

400 ppm atmospheric CO2

Barrows is at 400, and Earth is expected to get there in 2016

http://researchmatters.noaa.gov/news/Pages/arcticCO2.aspx

International Energy Agency has stopped saying that we can keep temperature increase below 2°C if we only...

and a you-tube which communicates how today's level compares to the last 800,000 years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXHDwdd7Tf8

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers releases recommendations for a new nuclear safety construct.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers releases recommendations for a new nuclear safety construct. The following is taken from the official news release for the special task force report.

An ASME Task Force today released recommendations for a new nuclear safety construct that will reach beyond the traditional regulatory framework of adequate protection of public health and safety to minimize socio-political and economic consequences caused by radioactive releases from accidents. The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, causing the unprecedented accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi, exposed potential vulnerabilities of nuclear power plants to extreme events. This prompted ASME President Victoria A. Rockwell to commission a Presidential Task Force to review the events, examine the global implications and make recommendations on ASME’s role in addressing issues and lessons learned.

The ASME Task Force built upon the growing body of technical assessments of these events and examined the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident in the context of the broader lessons learned from a half-century of nuclear operations. From the combination of assessments and reviews of the critical elements involved in the accident scenarios, the ASME Task Force developed recommendations for a cohesive framework to enhance the safe operation of nuclear plants. The ASME Task Force’s recommendations are included in the report, Forging a New Nuclear Safety Construct.

“The Task Force review and recommendations provided in this report will hopefully launch activities within ASME, and working with other professional engineering societies, industry organizations, and government agencies worldwide, recommend global actions to prevent or mitigate the consequences of severe nuclear accidents,” stated Victoria Rockwell. “I was pleased that Dr. Nils Diaz, past Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Dr. Regis Matzie, former Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Westinghouse Electric Company, agreed to serve as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the ASME Presidential Task Force on Response to Japan Nuclear Power Plant Events”.

July 16, 2003
The Honorable Nils J. Diaz
Chairman
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

SUBJECT: SAFETY CULTURE

Dear Chairman Diaz:

During the 503rd meeting of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, June 12-13, 2003, we met with representatives of the public, the industry, and the NRC staff (References 1, a through l) to discuss the collective understanding and attributes of safety culture at nuclear power plants. We also had the benefit of the documents referenced.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The existing regulations provide an appropriate framework for monitoring the impact of licensee safety culture on performance.

The current regulations do address several important attributes of safety culture, albeit at a fairly high level. Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 requires the licensees to establish a quality assurance program. Quality assurance means “all those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a structure, system, or component will perform satisfactorily in service.”

Criterion XVI of Appendix B, “Corrective Actions,” states: “Measures shall be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures, malfunctions, deficiencies, deviations, defective material and equipment, and nonconformances are promptly identified and corrected.”

Conditions that will promote quality as envisaged in Appendix B include adherence to procedures and an effective corrective action program. These are attributes of safety culture. Furthermore, a questioning attitude, conservative decisionmaking, personal accountability, and attention to detail are essential elements of an effective corrective action program. Again, these are elements of safety culture.

We conclude that the regulatory framework for monitoring aspects of safety culture is largely in place. This framework is appropriately performance based. Broader evaluations of safety culture, such as management emphasis on safety and personnel attitudes, belong to the industry.

Managing Siting Activities for Nuclear Power Plants

IAEA Nuclear Energy Series NG-T-3.7
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/P1565_web.pdf ;
http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/8804/Managing-Siting-Activities-for-Nuclear-Power-Plants

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) www-pub.iaea.org

Managing Siting Activities for Nuclear Power Plants IAEA Nuclear Energy Series NG-T-3.7 Subject Classification: 0701-Nuclear power planning and economics STI/PUB/1565 (ISBN:978-92-0-131610-3) 59 pp.; 8 figures;...

China's current nuclear energy situation

California energy officials plan for life without San Onofre

Los Angeles Times - ‎

California energy officials are beginning to plan for the possibility of a long-range future without the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The plant's unexpected, nearly five-month outage has had officials scrambling to replace its power this summer and ...

Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

Monday, June 25, 2012

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