Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Washington P5 Conference on Implementing the NPT
Huffington Post (blog)
On June 27-29, the State Department welcomed the other members of the P5 -- China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom -- to discuss the implementation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

NNSA Announces Elimination of 450 Metric Tons of Russian Weapons Highly ...
Los Alamos Daily Post
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced that it has monitored the elimination of more than 450 metric tons of Russian highly enriched uranium (HEU) under a landmark nuclear nonproliferation program.

ANS Update: Some Big Changes in Vermont

Some Big Changes in Vermont

By pbowersox on Jul 10, 2012 01:00 am

By Howard Shaffer Since the previous View from Vermont posted June 12, courts have issued several decisions that will have a major effect on nuclear power nationally, and on the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in particular. The Supreme Court … Continue reading →
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Swiss nuclear safety watchdog gives stations the all clear

Swiss nuclear safety watchdog gives stations the all-clear
FRANCE 24
Switzerland's oldest nuclear power plant Beznau is seen in 2011 near Doettingen, northern Switzerland. Switzerland's four nuclear power stations are fit to withstand a major earthquake and pose no threat to the population and the environment ...

TEPCO releases more photos of tsunami damage at Fukushima nuclear plant

TEPCO releases more photos of tsunami damage at Fukushima nuclear plant
Asahi Shimbun
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on July 9 released more photos of the damage at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant caused by the tsunami that was triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The 4th Annual Nuclear Construction Summit (October 23-24, Charlotte)

The US new build market has boomed to $120bn after projects from SCE&G, Southern, Duke, FPL and $26bn of government programs will be online by 2020. This creates a vital oppourtunity for suppliers and service providers to secure a huge part of the market share from 2012.

The 4th Annual Nuclear Construction Summit (October 23-24, Charlotte) is the only industry event that brings together 500 senior executives from Utilities, EPC’s and OEMS that you can partner with on these multi-$bn efforts.

Meet senior utility executives who make buying decisions and hear exclusive case studies from projects that need your services now, including VC Summer, Vogtle, Turkey Point, Levy, Lee, Shearon Harris, Blue Castle Project, and many more

Hear the latest government construction programs which will inject over $26bn into the industry to ensure you stay ahead of the trends and understand how you can sell into this multi-$bn supply chain

Gain vital Small Modular Reactor development forecasts from utility buyers who will be deploying multiple SMR programs so you know exactly how to penetrate this lucrative market

Meet 500 senior-level decision makers from across the supply chain at the region’s largest construction focussed conference and exhibition to secure new sales in the $120bn industry

To see how you can expand your business in the nuclear construction industry download the conference brochure at nuclearenergyinsider.com/construction

With more projects entering construction the market is rapidly accelerating, which makes the need to meet clients, market your services and stand out from the competition more important than ever.
I’ll look forward to seeing you in Charlotte

Tommy Angell

Head of Sector l Nuclear Energy Insider
7-9 Fashion Street, London, E1 6PX
t: +44 (0) 20 7375 7176 | e: tangell@nuclearenergyinsider.com

Monday, July 9, 2012

The Silence on Global Warming

July 9, 2012
http://consortiumnews.com/2012/07/09/the-silence-on-global-warming/

Exclusive: Harrowing predictions of climate scientists are coming true, as glaciers melt, forests burn, heat waves proliferate and freakish weather strikes in unexpected places. But the propagandists of global-warming denial have succeeded in silencing most politicians and the mainstream press, writes Robert Parry.

China Shuns US And Invests Direct In Iran Oil-Fields

by Tyler Durden

Between Clinton's 'prices to be paid' and Obama's new trade-war, is it any wonder the Chinese have decided to escalate their 'more-than-rhetoric' from bartering away from the USD. After ignoring the sanctions and then receiving their exemption, PressTV reports tonight that China is to invest in developing north and south Iranian oil fields (which will produce 700,000 barrels per day of crude). One of the oil fields, Azadegan, has one of the world’s largest oil deposits, with in-place oil reserves estimated at 42 billion barrels - enough to tide China over a for a while - as Iran's Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi adds after 10-15 years of negotiations the decision has finally (and coincidentally very timely) been reached as "the Chinese side has started its activities by investing USD 20 billion in the oil fields".

China Energy Update 7/9

Electric Vehicles in China
Sacramento Bee
China has become the world's largest automotive market, and the nation is well-positioned to become a significant exporter of vehicles due to favorable labor costs and experience in mass producing technology and energy storage products. The Chinese ...

Far East Energy Announces MofCom Approval for Shouyang Block Extension ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Based in Houston, Texas, with offices in Beijing, and Taiyuan City, China, Far East Energy Corporation is focused on coalbed methane exploration and development in China. Statements contained in this press release that state the intentions, hopes, ...

The Future of Energy: Fracking in China
Wall Street Journal (India)
WSJ Heard On the Street's Liam Denning visits Mean Street to profile Schlumberger's latest entry into exploring China's substantial shale gas potential. Photo: Reuters.

China's Stocks Drop Most in Month on Economy, Deflation Concern
Businessweek
Gauges of energy and material stocks in the CSI 300 fell 4.1 percent and 2.8 percent respectively. Jiangxi Copper, the largest producer of the metal, slid 2 percent to 23.71 yuan. Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. slumped 3.9 percent to 5.89 yuan. Yanzhou ...

L&L Energy Praised by Datang International
Sacramento Bee
SEATTLE, July 9, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- L&L Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: "LLEN") ("L&L" or "Company"), a Seattle-based company with a five-year track record of profitable coal operations in China, announced that executives from Datang International Power ...

Sinopec, ENN Energy extend offer for China Gas by a month to Aug 6
Platts
Sinopec, ENN Energy extend offer for China Gas by a month to Aug 6 - read this Platts news article and other stories in natural gas by clicking here. Also discover Platts energy information products related to natural gas.

Daqo New Energy Announces Share Repurchase Program
MarketWatch (press release)
CHONGQING, China, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE:DQ) ("Daqo New Energy" or the "Company"), a leading polysilicon manufacturer based in China, today announced that its board of directors has approved a ...

China Boosts 2015 Solar Energy Target Again
SustainableBusiness.com
China quadrupled its target for solar and most analysts think that's still conservative.

Japan irks China as Tokyo discloses plans to buy disputed islands with rich ...
Gant Daily
Fourth Estate Cooperative Staff Tokyo, Japan (4E) - Japan has irked China after disclosing plans to purchase a set of uninhabited islands, with vast undersea.

China's Natural Gas Demand Expected to Reach 375 Billion Cubic Meters by ...
Equities.com
The Asian giant will now draw from all available sources to keep up with demand, expect energy industry analysts in a latest research report titled - Increasing Natural Gas Demand in China - Diversification of Gas Sources to Ensure Future Supply ...

NRC Investigation Report On San Onofre To Be Released Soon

NRC Investigation Report On San Onofre To Be Released Soon
Kbps
The future of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant is being debated behind closed doors, b

Report: Calif. AG considering oversight committee for nuclear plant

Legal News Line - ‎1 hour ago‎

BY JESSICA M. KARMASEK SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris is reportedly looking into creating an independent committee to monitor a troubled nuclear power plant. Inside Climate News reported Monday that ...

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Calif. Considering Public Watchdog for Troubled Nuke Plant

Inside Climate News - ‎12 hours ago‎

An independent committee would get information about San Onofre outsiders rarely see. It would be only the second group of its kind in the entire nation. By Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate News Add this to the list of questions surrounding Southern ...

he public should get some answers soon.

Canada nuclear scientists strike

Canada nuclear scientists strike
AFP
OTTAWA — More than 800 nuclear scientists and engineers went on strike on Monday, warning of "dire consequences" for Canada's nuclear industry after contract talks broke down with Candu Energy Inc. No nuclear power plants will be shut down as a ...

Stop blaming Fukushima on Japan's culture

Financial Times

By Gerald Curtis More than a year has passed since tragedy struck the Tohoku region of Japan. A huge earthquake and tsunami left 20000 people dead and missing, hundreds of thousands homeless, and resulted in a nuclear accident at Fukushima that ranks ...

Nuclear industry ignored threat of tsunami on eve of 3/11

Asahi Shimbun -

By EISUKE SASAKI/ Staff Writer More than 20 years before the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a scientist was issuing warnings that a tsunami of an unanticipated scale could knock out a nuclear reactor. The scientist's article ran ...

Fukushima Nuclear Accident: The Earthquake Question

Fukushima Nuclear Accident: The Earthquake Question
IEEE Spectrum
More than one year after the devastating nuclear accident began at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, we still don't have an answer to one of the most vital questions: Was the accident triggered entirely by the massive tsunami that hit the ...

NRC: Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor

NRC: Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor
Designer: Westinghouse, Super-Safe, Small and Simple (4S). Reactor Power: 800 MWt. Electrical Output: >225 MWe. Coolant: Light-water. Fuel Design: 17x17 ...
www.nrc.gov/reactors/advanced/smr.html

Steel mill mulls thorium nuclear reactor for process heat

Steel mill mulls thorium nuclear reactor for process heat
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
I've been hearing a lot from the nuclear power industry over the last year about how small “modular” reactors could serve as efficient, cost-effective and CO2-free sources of process heat to industries like steel, cement, chemicals and others that rely ...

US NRC Blog Update: New Chairman Sworn in Today

New Chairman Sworn In Today

by Moderator

Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane (right) is administered the oath of office by NRC Chief Human Capitol Officer Miriam Cohen (left) with chief of staff designee Phillip Niedzeilski-Eichner holding the Bible.

Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane early Monday afternoon became the 15th chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She took the oath of office from the NRC’s Chief Human Capital Officer Miriam Cohen in a small ceremony on the 18th floor of the NRC headquarters building.

She became the 33rd individual to serve on the commission since its creation in 1975, and only the third woman to hold the top job at the agency, which regulates the civilian use of nuclear materials. The way for her swearing-in was cleared the morning of July 9 when the White House alerted the Secretary of the Commission that Macfarlane’s appointment paperwork had been signed by the President. She is serving a term that ends June 30, 2013.

After the very brief event – it took no more than about two minutes – she posed for a picture with her commission colleagues who have their offices on that floor. (Her office is on the 17th.)

While there were no formal remarks, she noted that she is looking forward to working collegially with her fellow commissioners and the dedicated staff of the NRC to address the multiple issues facing the Commission.

Macfarlane most recently was an Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia. She holds a doctorate in geology, is an expert on nuclear waste, and from 2010 to 2012 was a member of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future created by the Obama Administration.

And by the way, if anyone wants to write her or write about her, the f in Macfarlane is not capitalized.

Eliot Brenner

Director, Office of Public Affairs

Moderator | July 9, 2012 at 3:21 pm | Tags: nuclear | Categories: General | URL: http://wp.me/p1fSSY-K3

Cancer, Low Dose Radiation and Fukushima by Rod Adams

Cancer, Low Dose Radiation and Fukushima

http://theenergycollective.com/rodadams/91701/dr-kiyohiko-sakamoto-low-dose-radiation-used-cancer-treatment?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

What Does It Take to Work in the Nuclear Energy Industry?

by vbarq

Shaw Power Group's Lacy Kiser, vice president of human resources and administration

Shaw Power Group's Lacy Kiser (Click to enlarge.)

With an employee population that is soon approaching retirement, the nuclear energy industry must hire approximately 25,000 more workers by 2015. Lacy Kiser, vice president of human resources and administration for Shaw’s Power Group, has been working around-the-clock to find qualified candidates to construct, plan and manage the country’s first newly permitted reactors since 1978. With work under way to build new reactors at Southern Company’s Plant Vogtle in Georgia and at SCE&G’s V.C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in South Carolina, the projects will create approximately 3,500 construction jobs during peak construction. This means Kiser, who joined Shaw’s Power Group six years ago following a career in the U.S. Marine Corps, has his work cut out for him.

How not to solve nuclear power's trust problem

Scotsman

How not to solve nuclear power's trust problem

Written by

Damian Carrington

The Guardian (blog) -

Damian Carrington: Continued secrecy, shown in stupidly brief minutes of official meetings, and entrenched attitudes lead to daft ideas like community-owned reactors.

Areva CEO says company, CGNPC are pursuing U.K. nuclear venture

Areva CEO says company, CGNPC are pursuing U.K. nuclear venture

Areva and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co. jointly bid for the Horizon nuclear venture in the U.K., Areva CEO Luc Oursel confirmed. "Within the end of the year, the seller along with the British government, will disclose their decision and the team that will take over this project," Oursel said. Areva also hopes to complete an agreement with India for the development of two European Pressurized Reactors, he said. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires

Japan governor touts key role of nuclear plants

Japan governor touts key role of nuclear plants

Nuclear power should continue be regarded as a crucial electricity source in Japan as the country works on a post-Fukushima Daiichi energy policy, according to the Fukui prefectural government. "It is necessary for the state to be responsible in maintaining the vitality of areas hosting [nuclear power plants] that have contributed to the nation's energy policy and supported the Japanese economy," said Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa. The Mainichi (Japan)/Kyodo News

Areva remains dedicated to Idaho uranium enrichment project

Areva remains dedicated to Idaho uranium enrichment project

France's Areva says it remains dedicated to building a uranium enrichment facility in Idaho, though it is still searching for a financial partner for the $3 billion venture. Financial challenges prompted Areva to delay the project's development until 2013, from an earlier 2011 schedule. "We've worked with our utility customers and negotiated agreements that satisfy what their needs are, based on our strategy with moving this project forward," said Mike French, a company spokesman. R&D Magazine online/The Associated Press

Digital Power July 2012 Issue

Coal Combustion

Optimizing Catalyst Performance Lowers O&M Costs
This detailed case study looks at how targeting specific chemicals to specific regions on the steam generator allows direct management of multiple environmental control and generator maintenance issues. The process described also significantly extends catalyst life in selective catalytic reduction systems.

Power in India: Opportunities and Challenges in a Fast-Growing Market

Though India?s booming economy is the envy of many Western nations, the country faces several roadblocks to developing sufficient power generation and delivery infrastructure to drive that expanding economy. Some obstacles can be tackled internally with changes in policy and workforce development; others, including global coal prices, will be harder to remove.

Performance-Based Cooling Water Treatment

Daily cycling + less-than-ideal makeup water = operating challenges. This case study explains how one combined cycle plant transitioned to a data-driven, performance- based cooling water treatment program that is saving it six figures in treatment costs while increasing steam turbine output.

Innovation Required as Gas Displaces Coal

As expected, low U.S. natural gas prices and high shale gas reserves dominated the keynote session discussion at May?s ELECTRIC POWER Conference, but keynote speakers and panelists also looked ahead to industry innovations and the need to preserve all options for generation diversity.

Utility Perspectives on Ramping Up Renewable Power

As federal sweeteners are taken off the table, utilities are leaning on cheap solar as their easiest option for advancing renewables in the near future.

To view your entire July 2012 issue, click here

Direct Costs of Energy: Where Should We Invest? - James Conca, Forbes

A Skeptic Looks at Alternative Energy - Vaclav Smil, IEEE Spectrum

What Does the Future Hold for OPEC? - Brian Westenhaus, OilPrice

Administration's five-year offshore leasing program moves forward

Administration's five-year offshore leasing program moves forward

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is requesting stakeholder input regarding eight planned oil and gas lease sales scheduled in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico over the next five year period.
Full Article

ANS Update 7/9 NASA’s Roadmap to the Nuclear Thermal Rocket

NASA’s Roadmap to the Nuclear Thermal Rocket

By pbowersox on Jul 09, 2012 01:00 am

By Wes Deason It is certainly exciting times for NASA and the space nuclear community, as physical testing of nuclear thermal rockets (NTRs) and associated components has begun at NASA and DOE laboratories across the country. Nuclear thermal propulsion, as … Continue reading →
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i-Nuclear update: GE Hitachi says Prism feasible, could be built in UK with US govt. financial support

GE Hitachi says Prism feasible, could be built in UK with US government financial support

by I-Nuclear

A Prism fast reactor could be built at Sellafield to burn the UK’s large civil stockpiles of plutonium with financing support from the US Export-Import Bank, GE Hitachi officials said July 9.

GE Hitachi said it submitted a feasibility study to the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority July 9 showing how it could use its Prism fast reactor to dispose of the UK’s 84 tonnes of plutonium.

The feasibility study included an independent assessment of the licensability of the reactors by DBD Limited. DBD Limited assessed the fast reactor design against the UK’s Safety Assessment Principles and found that there was “no fundamental impediment” to licensing the reactor in the UK, GE Hitachi said.

GE Hitachi said the US government has approved export of the Prism technology to the UK and is interested in helping to finance the project through the US Export-Import Bank.

A Perspective on TMI

A Perspective on TMI
http://mediasite.cidde.pitt.edu/mediasite/SilverlightPlayer/Default.aspx?peid=4724427ee37c47389478e51a5c757486

Energy risks need better explanation by Government and regulators according to MPs

"Public distrust of governments as providers of risk information is evident
across Europe. The UK Government's position as an advocate for nuclear power
makes it difficult for the public to trust it as an impartial source of
information. Technically competent public bodies that are independent of
Government - such as the Health & Safety Executive and Office for Nuclear
Regulation - are in a much better position to engender public trust and
influence risk perceptions. The Committee calls on these regulators to make
greater efforts to communicate risk to the public and develop their role as
trusted sources of information for lay people, in addition to providing
risk information for technical audiences."

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/s
cience-and-technology-committee/news/120709-devils-bargain/

PDF version of Volume 1 can be accessed here:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmsctech/428/428.
pdf

U.S. Nuclear D&d Market Map 2012

U.S. Nuclear D&D Market Map 2012 including:
• U.S Department of Energy D&D site locations, budgets and facilities
• Major project forecasts on all key Department of Energy sites for 2012 onwards
• Current and planned commercial D&D projects in the region
You can download the map here: http://www.nuclearenergyinsider.com

Changing minds in a changing world

http://hamptonroads.com/2012/07/changing-minds-changing-world

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Iran Continues Nuclear Work As IAEA Shut Out - ISIS

Decaying concrete raising concerns at Canada's aging nuclear plants

Canada.com - ‎

Decaying concrete at nuclear power plants is the latest concern for nuclear safety authorities.

Areva Looks to China as France Rethinks Nuclear Power

Businessweek -

Areva SA (AREVA) Chief Executive Officer Luc Oursel is seeking fresh talks to sell nuclear reactors to China, halted in the wake of last year's nuclear accident in Japan and amid questions about the new French government's energy stance.

Policy and Trade Issues with China Cause Solar Panel Market Shifts in US

CleanTech Authority -

Recent changes in policies and trade across China and the US have resulted in major shifts in the way these regions are taking advantage of solar power. Policy and trade have a huge impact on whether or not private sector firms will invest in new ...

Anton Oilfield Sells 20% Stake to Schlumberger for $82 Million

Schlumberger Takes Minority Stake in Antonoil
Energy Digital (press release)
With the growing influence of China on the global energy arena, international oilfield services companies have set their sights on the PRC market and increased their investments there. Chinese oilfield services companies have also found it advantageous ...

Anton Oilfield Sells 20% Stake to Schlumberger for $82 Million

Businessweek - ‎

By Dan Hart on July 08, 2012 China's Anton Oilfield Services Group (3337) sold a 20 percent stake to Schlumberger Ltd., the world's largest oilfield-services provider, Antonoil said. Schlumberger purchased 423.4 million shares of Antonoil, ...

Conservation is only a small part of a viable and realistic energy plan

by noreply@blogger.com (brian wang)

World Energy Consumption changes from 1990 to 2008. Total energy consumption increased over 19 years 20% in the USA and 39% in the World and even 7% in Europe. It increased 146% in China.

All of the conservation effort of the past years has slowed the growth in energy usage. The energy per capita in the US did decrease by 2% and increased by 1% in Europe but about 15% of the energy per capita was a shift of energy intensive manufacturing to China.

The world economy will grow by about 70-80% by 2025. An increase of $50 trillion. 4-5% GDP growth per year needs to be in a viable and realistic plan.

Conservation

Here is a list of 27 most effective actions to achieve energy conservation and savings from an environmental magazine. The list is from 2008. What is the adoption rate of these actions ? How much does it cost each household to adopt them ? What is the payback time for the energy saved from a more efficient refrigerator to pay for the energy to make the refrigerator ?

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Even Scientists Can't Find Jobs In America Today by Gus Lubin

Even Scientists Can't Find Jobs In America Today

by Gus Lubin

The Rest Of The Oil Fields In Saudi Arabia Are Pretty Disappointing

by The Oil Drum

[This post by Heading Out was published at The Oil Drum.]
From the viewpoint of those who suggest that there is no problem, the discussion that swirls over the future of global oil supplies often seems to focus on the large volumes of oil that still remain in place around the world. The critical point, however, is not that this oil exists, but rather the rate at which it can be recovered. This is perhaps most obviously pertinent to the discussion of oil coming from the Bakken formation in North Dakota, where the rapid decline in individual well performance means that a great many wells must be developed and remain on line in the out years to sustain any significant flow past peak. As I noted last week, it is a point that clearly was missed by Leonardo Maugeri, and equally by George Monbiot, who has finally been swayed to the side of the cornucopians, after years of doubt.
But the issue of individual well flow rates are an increasingly critical factor when future oil production in oilfields around the world are considered, and this holds equally true when the fields in Saudi Arabia are discussed.
The history of oil production from Saudi Arabia has largely come from individual wells that produced in the thousands of barrels a day. In order to sustain that production over decades, it has been necessary to ensure that 1) the pressure differential between the well and the rock are sustained; 2) that the rock has an adequate permeability to ensure that flow continues at a steady state; 3) that the oil itself is of relatively low viscocity and is thus able to easily flow through the rock; and 4) that there is a sufficient thickness and extent in the reservoir to allow such sustained production.

Department of Justice Will Not Challenge ProposedCollaboration of Nuclear

Department of Justice Will Not Challenge ProposedCollaboration of Nuclear ...
Power Engineering Magazine
STARS members propose to share best practices and resources such as personnel, parts and equipment, as well as coordinate contingency planning, including coordinated responses to new Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements adopted in the ...

The Direct Costs of Energy - Hydro&Nuclear Best, Solar Still Lagging

The Direct Costs of Energy - Hydro&Nuclear Best, Solar Still Lagging
Forbes
This year, the Westinghouse AP1000, a 1000 MW nuclear power plant, costs $7 billion, operating at a capacity factor of 90% for the 8766 hours each year over its 60-year life, and will produce 473 billion kWhrs, more or less. 1000 MW x 1000 kW/MW x 0.90 ...

Lawmakers prod energy secretary on reactor project

Lawmakers prod energy secretary on reactor project
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
A bipartisan group of 30 state lawmakers has joined with much of Washington's congressional delegation in urging Energy Secretary Steven Chu to locate a small modular nuclear reactor project in the Tri-Cities.

Lawmakers prod energy secretary on reactor ... - The News Tribune
A small modular reactor could be used to supply the Hanford vitrification plant with the 70 megawatts of electrical power it will need when it starts treating ...
www.thenewstribune.com/.../lawmakers-prod-energy-secretary...

There are three Superfuels – uranium, thorium and plutonium

http://atomicinsights.com/2012/06/there-are-three-superfuels-uranium-thorium-and-plutonium.html

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

Fukushima Commentary Update

Fukushima Report

Nobel Laureate Burton Richter Talks Nuclear Energy - FAS

Climate Change: Evidence, Impacts and Choices - Nat'l Academy of Sci.

Energy: It’s About Jobs

by Mark Green

The latest jobs report, showing the creation of just 80,000 new jobs in June, is refocusing the political debate on the economy. How meager is 80,000 jobs?

France's Areva to bid for British nuclear plant venture

Aix-En-Provence, France (AFP) July 7, 2012

France's nuclear power group Areva and other companies including China's CGNPC will bid for the British joint venture dropped by Germany in March, Areva boss Luc Oursel said Saturday. "The idea is to form a team to take this over," he told journalists at a business gathering in southern France. It would include Areva "and a number of Chinese electrical companies," he added, citing CGNPC

Habia Cable secures new nuclear contract in Korea

Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jul 06, 2012

Habia Cable is maintaining its leading position in the Korean nuclear market with another new contract. The company recently signed a contract with Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) to supply nuclear safety grade cables to the new Shin-Ulchin 1 and 2 (APR 1400) nuclear power plants on the Korean east coast. Deliveries are planned to take place through an 18-month period starting 2014.

AREVA submits its offer for construction of two EPR reactors for Temelin 3 and 4 project

Paris, France (SPX) Jul 06, 2012

AREVA is pleased to announce that it has submitted its official bid to the Czech utility CEZ for the construction of two EPR reactors, units 3 and 4, on the Temelin nuclear power plant site. The scope of the bid covers the design, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the complete two-unit nuclear power plant.

John Kutch - Why of Thorium & the Way Forward @ TEAC4 - YouTube

John Kutch - Why of Thorium & the Way Forward @ TEAC4 - YouTube
John Kutch, the director of Thorium Energy Alliance, summarizes outcome of his ( and Jim Kennedy's) political endeavors since TEAC3.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOh56XxFFyY

ThoriumMSR » DOE, MIT, Berkeley CA, U. of Wisconsin ...

ThoriumMSR » DOE, MIT, Berkeley CA, U. of Wisconsin ...
Thorium and the Molten Salt Reactor and how they perform so well together. Home · Blog · INTRO · PROS and CONS List · ABOUT · Q & A · Q & A with Rod ...
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