Stop Fukushima Freeways launches campaign against Yucca Mountain - Palm Beach Post - Discussion on Topix

Stop Fukushima Freeways launches campaign against Yucca Mountain - Palm Beach Post - Discussion on Topix

Ensuring Seismic Safety at America's Nuclear Power Plants

Ensuring Seismic Safety at America's Nuclear Power Plants

http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/nuclear_energy_institute/archive/2015/10/28/ensuring-seismic-safety-at-america-39-s-nuclear-power-plants.aspx

Trans-Pacific Partnership could undermine climate regulations, top economist warns | Grist

Trans-Pacific Partnership could undermine climate regulations, top economist warns | Grist

Urgent Call to World Leaders to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change

Urgent Call to World Leaders to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33423-urgent-call-to-world-leaders-to-prevent-catastrophic-climate-change

Thinking Beyond Russia: Can America Succeed in the New Nuclear Age?

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/thinking-beyond-russia-can-america-succeed-the-new-nuclear-14187

UK Nuclear Plans in Meltdown After Shareholder Warning

UK Nuclear Plans in Meltdown After Shareholder Warning
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 28, 2015 - A major international banking group is calling on shareholders to sell their holdings in French energy giant EDF just days after it signed a deal with its Chinese partner China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) to build a new nuclear power station in the UK. Investec Securities issued a sell notice on EDF shares citing "long-term concerns" over the French energy group which has faced major ... morehttp://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/UK_Nuclear_Plans_in_Meltdown_After_Shareholder_Warning_999.html

China begins testing self-developed 1000 MW nuclear reactors - The Economic Times

China begins testing self-developed 1000 MW nuclear reactors - The Economic Times

NRC Shortens List of Plants Needing Enhanced Seismic Evaluations - Nuclear Energy Institute

NRC Shortens List of Plants Needing Enhanced Seismic Evaluations - Nuclear Energy Institute

What Killed America’s Climate-Saving Nuclear Renaissance?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-27/what-killed-america-s-climate-saving-nuclear-renaissance-

TVA looks at future after completing Watts Bar nuke

TVA looks at future after completing Watts Bar nuke
https://www.snl.com/Interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-34292840-13355

Fracking topples old King Coal

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fracking-topples-old-king-coal/article/2574670

Areva's India Nuclear Plans Await More Clarity on Liability Laws

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-28/areva-s-india-nuclear-plans-await-more-clarity-on-liability-laws

Pilgrim closure revives nuclear energy debate

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/pilgrim-closure-revives-nuclear-energy-debate/article_2ab563d7-59b6-5055-92a9-f88da1199f90.html

Earthquake risk analysis shows U.S. nuclear plants safe: NRC

http://news.yahoo.com/earthquake-risk-analysis-shows-u-nuclear-plants-safe-011817270--finance.html

Fluor Corporation Named by Westinghouse Electric Company to Manage Construction of Nuclear Power Projects

Company to support transition planning and develop definitive agreements related to Plant Vogtle Units 3 & 4 and Generating Units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station

http://newsroom.fluor.com/press-release/power/fluor-corporation-named-westinghouse-electric-company-manage-construction-nuclea

Walls to halt tainted groundwater from flowing into sea completed at Fukushim

TEPCO officials said the underground walls will reduce the daily flow of contaminated groundwater into the sea from the previous estimated 400 tons to 10 tons.
However, they said it will take a month or two to confirm the effectiveness of the barriers.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201510260048

Tepco completes sea wall at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant

Until Monday, about 400 tons of groundwater was draining along the sides of the buildings and into the sea each day, after being contaminated with fallout from the 2011 meltdown crisis, according to Tepco.
The utility says an estimated 150 tons of underground water is still flowing into the basements of the damaged reactor buildings each day.

 The Nuclear Regulation Authority has yet to give permission for the operation, saying creation of frozen soil could drastically change the underground water level around the plant. If the water level outside falls lower than that inside, the contaminated water could leak out. Meanwhile, Tepco has not explained exactly how it will control the water levels, an NRA official said.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/26/national/tepco-completes-sea-wall-keep-toxic-fukushima-no-1-water-reaching-sea/#.VjDszyvlxbK

Event: The Future of Solar Energy : a MIT Study

You are invited to the following event: The Future of Solar Energy : a MIT Study Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: Friday, November 6, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM (EST) Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Policy 33 Livingston Ave New Brunswick, NJ 08901 View Map Attend Event Share this event: Rutgers Energy Institute and the Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy (CEEEP) present a talk by Professor Richard Schmalensee and Dr. Francis O’Sullivan on the future of solar energy. The event will be held at the Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, New Jersey, from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm, with refreshments starting at 10:00 am. The Future of Solar Energy study reflects on the technical, commercial and policy dimensions of solar energy today and makes recommendations to policymakers regarding more effective federal and state support for research and development, technology demonstration, and solar deployment. Richard Schmalensee is the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Economics & Management Emeritus at MIT and Francis O’Sullivan is the Director of Research and Analysis at the MIT Energy Initiative. For listening to the event audio live or afterwards, please visit http://ejb.adobeconnect.com/forum/ For more information on parking and a map of the area with parking decks, please visit http://bloustein.rutgers.edu/location/ Contact: Frank Felder, Director, Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy ffelder@rci.rutgers.edu Share this event on Facebook and Twitter We hope you can make it! Cheers, Center for Energy, Economic, and Environmental Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Nope—There’s No Thyroid Cancer Epidemic in Fukushima

A New Study on Child Thyroid Cancer Gets Widespread Attention From the Media—While Another Study Proving It’s Wrong Gets None

http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/issues/nuclear/nopetheres-no-thyroid-cancer-epidemic-in-fukushima

Fossil Fuels Losing Cost Advantage Over Solar, Wind, IEA Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-31/solar-wind-power-costs-drop-as-fossil-fuels-increase-iea-says

NUKES WANT ENDANGERMENT FINDING

NUKES WANT ENDANGERMENT FINDING
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-energy/2015/10/pro-morning-energy-pro-210909

N RC Accelerates Schedule f or Earthquake Risk Analysis at US Reactors

NRC Accelerates Schedule For Earthquake Risk analysis at US Reactors


http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2015/15-068.pdf

Why Georgia Marches on Towards More Nuclear

http://www.power-eng.com/articles/print/volume-119/issue-10/departments/nuclear-reactions/why-georgia-marches-on-towards-more-nuclear.html

James Hansen calls out “Big Green”, its the money that drives their anti-nuclear dogma

http://seekerblog.com/2015/03/09/james-hansen-calls-out-big-green-its-the-money-that-drives-their-anti-nuclear-dogma/

Safety assessment of molten salt reactors in comparison with light water reactors

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687850713000101

Always-On Generation Is at Risk

Energy diversity is taken for granted and—if current trends continue—that diversity is seriously at risk.
Recent trends point to a return to a less diverse electric generating mix dominated by natural gas, and with a growing contribution from wind and solar energy. America’s most reliable ‘always-on’ generation is at risk.
http://www.nei.org/Why-Nuclear-Energy/Value-of-Electricity-Diversity/Always-On-Generation-Is-at-Risk

What Killed America’s Climate-Saving Nuclear Renaissance?

No nukes is bad nukes.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-27/what-killed-america-s-climate-saving-nuclear-renaissance-

Westinghouse Acquires CB&I Stone & Webster, Inc.

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC signed a definitive agreement to acquire CB&I Stone & Webster Inc., the nuclear construction and integrated services businesses of CB&I. This deal supports Westinghouse’s strategic growth initiatives by expanding the company’s capacities across its global footprint.

http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/About/News/View/Westinghouse-Acquires-CB-I-Stone-Webster-Inc

Iran says ready to start 'huge task' of dismantling centrifuges

Iran says ready to start 'huge task' of dismantling centrifuges
Tehran (AFP) Oct 18, 2015 - The "huge task" of disabling parts of Iran's nuclear infrastructure will probably start this week, a top official said Sunday as US President Barack Obama took steps to end sanctions. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's nuclear agency, told state television he was awaiting President Hassan Rouhani's order to remove thousands of centrifuges from atomic sites at Natanz and Fordo. The renderin ... morehttp://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/Iran_says_ready_to_start_huge_task_of_dismantling_centrifuges_999.html

Nuclear power in BRIC countries 2015-2019 scrutinized in new research

Nuclear power in BRIC countries 2015-2019 scrutinized in new research

https://www.whatech.com/market-research/green-technology/103903-nuclear-power-in-bric-countries-2015-2019-scrutinized-in-new-research

China’s nuclear power equipment makers deserve a closer look, says analysts

China’s ambitious nuclear power build-out programme, coupled with potential export agreements, may add up to brighter days for the sector

http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1872857/chinas-nuclear-power-equipment-makers-deserve-closer-look-say-analysts

China to Set up Third-generation Nuclear Power Company

China to Set up Third-generation Nuclear Power Company
http://wakeywakeynews.com/1580/china-to-set-up-third-generation-nuclear-power-company

China begins testing self-developed 1000 MW nuclear reactors

China begins testing self-developed 1000 MW nuclear reactors

Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/49549894.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

China begins testing self-developed 1000 MW nuclear reactors
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/china-begins-testing-self-developed-1000-mw-nuclear-reactors/articleshow/49549894.cms

Chinese money proves irresistible for Britain, France

http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Chinese-money-proves-irresistible-for-Britain-France

Nuclear power option should not be closed: federal government

Malcolm Turnbull, with Alan Finkel, said on Tuesday: "If Australia were to stop all of its coal exports it would not not reduce global emissions one iota. In fact, arguably it would increase them because our coal, by and large, is cleaner than the coal in many other countries." Alex Ellinghausen

by Laura Tingle

Abe says Japan can reap ¥3 trillion in Central Asia projects

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/27/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-vows-support-kazakhstans-plan-introduce-nuclear-power/#.Vi_YEyvlxbI

Entergy starts refueling Waterford 3 nuclear power plant in St. Charles Parish

http://theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/13805820-148/entergy-starts-refueling-waterford-3

GE Hitachi Continues to Support the Building of Vietnam’s Nuclear Power Infrastructure

GE Hitachi Continues to Support the Building of Vietnam’s Nuclear Power Infrastructure

http://www.finchannel.com/index.php/technology/item/50955-ge-hitachi-continues-to-support-the-building-of-vietnam-s-nuclear-power-infrastructure

Zoom Out Jordan, US cooperate to strengthen counter nuclear smuggling capabilities

http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Site_Id=1&lang=2&NewsID=220855&CatID=13&Type=Home&GType=1

Kewaunee Power Plant Still Dealing With Nuclear Waste Storage

http://www.doorcountydailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=28&id=194159#.Vi_XRivlxbI

Concord’s Dirty Little Secret: A Nuclear Waste Dump

http://www.mountobserver.com/concords-dirty-little-secret-a-nuclear-waste-dumpwhy/

NRC plans audits for Seabrook plant

http://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/nrc-plans-audits-for-seabrook-plant/article_3c3a89cc-e2c5-5cc1-a93d-59f07f3499d4.html

GE Hitachi Signs New Agreement With Vietnamese Nuclear Power Agency

http://www.wilmingtonbiz.com/more_news/2015/10/26/ge_hitachi_signs_new_agreement_with_vietnamese_nuclear_power_agency/13958

NUCLEAR PLANT CLOSURE CONFERENCE: 'That fuel is going to be here as long as the pyramids'

http://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/article/20151027/NEWS/151027434

Concern Over Old Design of New TVA Nuclear Plant

Concern Over Old Design of New TVA Nuclear Plant

Concern Over Old Design of New TVA Nuclear Plant

Concern Over Old Design of New TVA Nuclear Plant
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2015-10-27/environment/concern-over-old-design-of-new-tva-nuclear-plant/a48675-1

Why Reforming the Reactor Oversight Process is the Right Thing to Do

Why Reforming the Reactor Oversight Process is the Right Thing to Do

http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-reforming-reactor-oversight-process.html

House Votes to Begin Debate on Reviving Export-Import Bank

Conservatives had targeted the bank, arguing it transfers too much risk from big companies to taxpayers

http://www.wsj.com/articles/house-votes-to-begin-debate-on-reviving-export-import-bank-1445905721

Judge proposes $17M penalty for improper utility talks

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/state/article41499813.html

More US nuclear power units will shut permanently, NEI's Fertel says

 


http://www.platts.com/latest-news/electric-power/washington/more-us-nuclear-power-units-will-shut-permanently-21357234

ANS Eisenhower Award Honors Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz & Distinguished Physicist Dr. Sidney D. Drell

http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2015/10/27/ans-eisenhower-award-honors-former-secretary-of-state-george-p-shultz-and-distinguished-physicist-dr-sidney-d-drell/?utm_source=ANS+Nuclear+Cafe&utm_campaign=6bb3c97068-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94ab53d916-6bb3c97068-222942885

284th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

284th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers by EnergyNorthwest

The Hiroshima Syndrome’s Fukushima Commentary is proudly hosting the latest edition of the Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers. This week, they have postings by Meredith Angwin, Dr. Jim Conca, Dr. Gail Marcus, and Leslie Corrice.

Blog topics for this edition include… NY Governor Mario Cuomo’s disturbing attitude towards Fitzpatrick Nuclear Plant, nuclear science week celebrated in the state of Washington, China moves to the forefront in nuclear plant construction, whether fusion is really right around the corner, and the Western Press gets it wrong (again) about Fukushima radiation and cancer.

Click to read more:

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-commentary.html

NRC Blog Update Defining the Color of Oversight

Defining the Color of Oversight

Leave a comment Posted by Moderator on October 27, 2015

Lara Uselding
Public Affairs Officer
Region IV
We regularly interact with various audiences from the media to the public and one question pops up often: Why does the NRC use colors to discuss issues found at a plant and what does it all mean?
The quick answer is that color-coding is a lot more understandable to people outside the agency than trying to interpret a probabilistic risk calculation of core damage frequency of 10-5. (The NRC uses probabilistic risk in assessing the potential safety significance of nuclear safety issues and plant performance indicators so inspections focus on those plant activities that could have the greatest impact on safety.)
The colors we use — green, white, yellow and red — are used to prioritize the findings with greater safety significance. A more risk-significant issue is called a red finding and that will move an operating plant into our highest category for oversight followed by thousands of extra hours of inspection. An example would be a failure in a key safety-related component.
A green finding might be given when an inspector finds that one of 10 bolts on a valve is looser than the others and should be tightened. While it may not sound like a big deal, the NRC has high standards for safety and a low threshold for issues.
White and yellow findings are medium risk. In 2015, 428 green findings, 13 white findings and two yellow findings were issued. An example of a yellow finding was one given for seals that were not adequate to protect a room housing electrical equipment from flooding. An example of a white finding was for improper maintenance that resulted in a failed emergency diesel generator fan belt.
Who decides the colors? Initially, the inspector determines the safety significance and assigns a tentative color. A green finding may not require additional analysis. But with the higher colors, there is a detailed assessment that could involve NRC risk experts and, in some cases, a discussion with the plant operator to obtain more information.
The final outcome of the review — evaluating whether the finding is green, white, yellow, or red — will be used to determine what further NRC action may be called for, such as moving a plant up in the columns that comprise the NRC’s performance “Action Matrix.” When poor performance lands a plant in one of these higher oversight columns with increased inspections, it takes a lot of hard work to return the plant to a better standing.

Persian Gulf: too hot for humans by 2100?

Persian Gulf: too hot for humans by 2100?
Paris (AFP) Oct 26, 2015 - Global warming could create peaks of humid heat in the Persian Gulf beyond human tolerance by century's end, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. If greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, heatwaves occurring on average once every 10 or 20 years would, by 2100, exceed the capacity of a young, healthy person to maintain a normal body temperature, the ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Persian_Gulf_too_hot_for_humans_by_2100_999.html

3 of 48 Preventing Pilgrim from recurring

Whilst the news that Entergy will close its Pilgrim nuclear plant was bitterly disappointing, the industry must work quickly to prevent other plants from suffering a similar fate.
Exelon, FirstEnergy, Southern, Xcel, APS, PG&E, FPL and Talen will be discussing how to deal with their mounting maintenance costs at the Nuclear Operations and Maintenance Efficiency Summit (16-17 Nov, Charlotte NC).
They’re looking for innovations that will improve efficiency and reduce O&M expenditure and I wanted to make sure you could put your thoughts forward.
Pass prices went up last week; however, I’ve managed to secure 6 extra passes at the discounted rate, saving you $200. If you are interested I can put one aside for you?
You can secure your discounted pass here using discount code EXT200 or just drop me an email and I can hold onto one. Demand is high – these will sell out by tomorrow so make sure you don’t miss out.
Looking forwards to hearing from you.
Thanks,
John
John Furness
Senior Industry Analyst
Nuclear Energy Insider
+44 (0)207 375 7528
JFurness@nuclearenergyinsider.com

Prolonged exposure to low doses of radiation ups cancer risk: study

Prolonged exposure to low doses of radiation ups cancer risk: study
Paris (AFP) Oct 21, 2015 - Prolonged exposure to even low doses of radiation increases the risk of cancer, according to a new study of workers in the nuclear sector in Britain, France and the United States. The results, published Wednesday in the British Medical Journal, provides "direct evidence about cancer risks after protracted exposures to low-dose ionizing radiation," said the International Agency for Research o ... morehttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Prolonged_exposure_to_low_doses_of_radiation_ups_cancer_risk_study_999.html

Ukraine Seeks Foreign Investors in $18 Billion Renewable Energy Market

Ukraine Seeks Foreign Investors in $18 Billion Renewable Energy Market
Brian Parkin
October 26, 2015 | Post Your Comment
	Ukraine is trumpeting offers of breaks on tax and duties to lure foreign investors in renewable energy as it pushes to reduce dependence on Russian gas. Full Article http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/10/ukraine-seeks-foreign-investors-in-18-billion-renewables-market.html?cmpid=renewablebio10272015&eid=288118515&bid=1216792

Yergin: Energy has entered 'new era of shale' with big benefits for petrochemicals

http://www.ogfj.com/articles/2015/10/yergin-energy-has-entered-new-era-of-shale-with-big-benefits-for-petrochemicals.html?cmpid=EnlOGFJOctober192015.html&eid=288118515&bid=1216778

Big Stellerator Nuclear Fusion reactor being built in Germany

Big Stellerator Nuclear Fusion reactor being built in Germany

http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/10/big-stellerator-nuclear-fusion-reactor.html

Nevada Radioactive Waste Dump Fire

Nevada Radioactive Waste Dump Fire: 47 Pounds of Plutonium Buried at the Beatty “Low Level” Waste Site; Foreshadow of Things to Come Due to Continued Burial of Radioactive Waste in N. America and Europe

https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/nevada-radioactive-waste-dump-fire-47-pounds-of-plutonium-buried-at-the-beatty-low-level-waste-site-foreshadow-of-things-to-come-due-to-continued-burial-of-radioactive-waste-in-n-america-and-e/

Nuclearelectrica owners approve China agreement

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Nuclearelectrica-owners-approve-China-agreement-26101501.html

Deepwater Horizon ripples help sink US Arctic drilling: Regulation and Environment

Deepwater Horizon ripples help sink US Arctic drilling: Regulation and Environment

http://blogs.platts.com/2015/10/26/deepwater-horizon-us-arctic-drilling-rfs-blending/

Global Warming May Mean Stifling Heat for Middle East

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/global-warming-may-mean-stifling-heat-for-middle-east/

TVA Watts Bar 2 Reactor Brings New Nuclear Energy to a New Century

http://us.arevablog.com/2015/10/26/tva-watts-bar-2-reactor-brings-new-nuclear-energy-to-a-new-century/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ArevaNorthAmericaBlog+%28AREVA+North+America+Blog%29

Lloyds Signs Agreement To Help Develop ‘First Of Kind’ Floating SMR For China

 

Lloyds Signs Agreement To Help Develop ‘First Of Kind’ Floating SMR For China

http://www.nucnet.org/all-the-news/2015/10/26/lloyds-signs-agreement-to-help-develop-first-of-kind-floating-smr-for-china

 

German power sector without nuclear phaseout

http://www.renewablesinternational.net/german-power-sector-without-nuclear-phaseout/150/537/91229/

Georgia Power Joins Legal Battle Over Clean Power Plan

Georgia Power Joins Legal Battle Over Clean Power Plan

https://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2015/10/26/georgia-power-joins-legal-battleground-over-clean-power-plan-102601.aspx#.Vi6TUaSKI-8

Nuclear power advocate Alan Finkel to be named Australia's chief scientist

It is not yet clear whether Malcolm Turnbull’s choice signals a new openness by the government to consider nuclear power generation

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/26/nuclear-power-advocate-alan-finkel-to-be-named-australias-chief-scientist

China plans a nuclear future powered by Niger’s uranium mines

http://www.worldtechtoday.com/2015/10/26/26346/china-plans-a-nuclear-future-powered-by-nigers-uranium-mines.html

Despite threats, Africa is looking to nuclear with Russia and China's help

https://www.enca.com/opinion/despite-threats-africa-looking-nuclear-russia-and-chinas-help

Rating Action: Moody's assigns Baa1 to China General Nuclear related USD bond

Rating Action:

Moody's assigns Baa1 to China General Nuclear related USD bond

https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-assigns-Baa1-to-China-General-Nuclear-related-USD-bond--PR_337171

US allows a new nuclear reactor to open for the first time in 20 years

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/26/9617320/tva-watts-bar-unit-2-nuclear-reactor-license

US regulators issue first nuclear plant operating licence since 1996

Tennessee to add another nuclear reactor at Watts Bar power plant.

http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/10/us-regulators-issue-first-nuclear-plant-operating-license-since-1996/

After 4 Decades, the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Is Set to Connect With America’s Grid

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/after-4-decades-the-watts-bar-nuclear-plant-is-set-to-connect-with-americas

Taipower spent fuel storage plan faces challenges

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2015/10/27/449377/Taipower-spent.htm

GE Hitachi agrees to support Vietnam nuclear power infrastructure

http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2015/10/ge-hitachi-agrees-to-support-vietnam-nuclear-power-infrastructure.html

ANS Nuclear Cafe Update: Radiation Leads the Way in the Battle Against Breast Cancer

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A Tower of Molten Salt Will Deliver Solar Power After Sunset

For the first time, solar thermal can compete with natural gas during nighttime peak demand

http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/solar/a-tower-of-molten-salt-will-deliver-solar-power-after-sunset

Nuclearelectrica owners approve China agreement

Nuclearelectrica owners approve China agreement
The shareholders of Romanian national nuclear company Nuclearelectrica have approved an agreement with China General Nuclear to develop two units at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant. Nuclearelectrica said on 22 October that the November 2013 document had been approved at an extraordinary general meeting.
  http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Nuclearelectrica-owners-approve-China-agreement-26101501.html

Lloyd's Register to help Chinese develop floating SMR

Lloyd's Register to help Chinese develop floating SMR
Lloyd's Register of the UK announced today it has signed a framework agreement with the Nuclear Power Institute of China to support the design and development of a floating nuclear power plant utilizing a small modular reactor.http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Lloyds-Register-to-help-Chinese-develop-floating-SMR-2610155.html

President Obama veto stalls bill that funds Savannah River Site MOX project

http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20151022/AIK0101/151029769/1002/AIK01/president-obama-veto-stalls-bill-that-funds-savannah-river-site-mox-project

It’s Harder to Reach Carbon Goals With Pilgrim Closure

Losing more major sources of carbon-free power will only make it harder for states to hit their emissions-reduction goals.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/its-harder-to-reach-carbon-goals-with-pilgrim-closure-1445541493?alg=y

Save FitzPatrick nuke plant -- but not at any cost (Editorial)

http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/10/save_fitzpatrick_nuke_plant_--_but_not_at_any_cost_editorial.html

The UK's New Special Friend

"Jilted. That’s how policy makers here in America feel now that British Prime Minister David Cameron has dubbed his country’s relation with the People’s Republic of China as “a very special relationship”, trumping the merely “special relationship”, the term used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe Britain and America’s close security and cultural ties. Britain also trumped the state dinner accorded Xi here in Washington by providing the iron-fisted leader of the People’s Republic of China bed and board in Buckingham Palace as a guest of the more benign head of state of the United Kingdom. So we enter what the chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne dubs a new “golden era” in relations between China and Britain – not a silver era, but a golden one, as in the stuff of which the Midas legend is made. For some reason, Britain, the world’s fifth largest economy, feels a need to woo Xi so that he will pour capital into Britain’s needy infrastructure, finance the nuclear plants Britain believes it must have if it is to keep its lights on, and do it the favor of using the deep, liquid capital markets of London – Beijing has none such -- to help the People’s Republic trade its yuan and flog its financial paper."
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/uks-new-special-friend_1052035.html

The Most Massive Stellarator Ever Built Could Change the Face of Nuclear Fusion

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-most-massive-stellarator-ever-built-could-change-the-face-of-nuclear-fusion

Nuclear plants dip into dismantling funds to pay for waste

http://www.dailynews.com/business/20151025/nuclear-plants-dip-into-dismantling-funds-to-pay-for-waste

Start-Ups Take On Challenge of Nuclear Fusion

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/technology/start-ups-take-on-challenge-of-nuclear-fusion.html

Japan on Track to Start 3rd Nuclear Reactor Under New Rules

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-26/japan-on-track-to-start-3rd-post-fukushima-reactor-with-approval

Give Future Generations a Choice About Nuclear Waste Disposal

Give Future Generations a Choice About Nuclear Waste Disposal

http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/10/23/give-future-generations-choice-about-nuclear-waste-disposal/ijme

Latency period of radiation-induced cancer

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225426/

Fukushima Update 10/26/15

Fukushima Update 10/26/15 –

Estimated F. Daiichi groundwater outflow drops 97%... Another exclusion zone rice harvest... Radiation exposures to safety forces during the 20km Fukushima evacuation were less than 10% of their 100 millisievert limit… A Nippon.com news article about Naraha repopulation reveals a disturbing reality… All political hurdles for Ikata #3 restart have been cleared… A Tokyo High Court orders antinukes to remove their tents from the property of the Industry and Economy Ministry.

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html

Environmental activists turn up the rhetorical heat

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/people-687876-environmental-change.html

German Professor: Europe’s € 5.7 TRILLION Climate Policy Is “Very Expensive”, “Counter-Productive” And “Does Nothing For Climate” … “Completely Wasted”!

German Professor: Europe’s € 5.7 TRILLION Climate Policy Is “Very Expensive”, “Counter-Productive” And “Does Nothing For Climate” … “Completely Wasted”! - See more at: http://notrickszone.com/2015/10/08/german-professor-europes-e-5-7-trillion-climate-policy-is-very-expensive-counter-productive-and-does-nothing-for-climate-completely-wasted/#sthash.dgFtSe2u.kV9IkUBE.dpuf

http://notrickszone.com/2015/10/08/german-professor-europes-e-5-7-trillion-climate-policy-is-very-expensive-counter-productive-and-does-nothing-for-climate-completely-wasted/#sthash.dgFtSe2u.kV9IkUBE.dpbs

Massive Solar Power Plant Emits 46,000 Tons of CO2

Read More At Investor's Business Daily: http://news.investors.com/blogs-capital-hill/101915-776239-ivanpah-solar-plan-emits-greenhouse-gases.htm#ixzz3pgGGI2Fb
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http://news.investors.com/blogs-capital-hill/101915-776239-ivanpah-solar-plan-emits-greenhouse-gases.htm

Stanford Report: Solar Plants Could ‘Obliterate’ Unique Ecosystems

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/large-solar-plants-could-obliterate-unique-ecosystems-say-stanford-research

Powerful quake rocks South Asia, 70 dead

Powerful quake rocks South Asia, 70 dead

Open Season for Treason - DoE helps China build its next monopoly

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-season-treason-doe-helps-china-build-its-next-monopoly-james?trk=eml-b2_content_ecosystem_digest-network_publishes-55-null&midToken=AQGwvK6mFRmg4w&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=3DkYv_lAXCISY1

The Brave New World of Ecomodernism

The Ecomodernist manifesto resembles Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/oct/20/the-brave-new-world-of-ecomodernism

With G.M.O. Policies, Europe Turns Against Science

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/opinion/sunday/with-gmo-policies-europe-turns-against-science.html

 

Worse Than Fossil Fuels? Why Bioenergy Is Not Green

An Interview with Princeton Research Scholar Tim Searchinger

http://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/worse-than-fossil-fuels-why-bioenergy-is-not-green

Radioactive Dump That Burned in Nevada Had Past Troubles

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/10/25/us/ap-us-radioactive-waste-plant-fire.html

ANS Update: 284th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

284th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

The Hiroshima Syndrome’s Fukushima Commentary is proudly hosting the latest edition of the Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers. This week, we have postings by Meredith Angwin, Dr. Jim Conca, Dr. Gail Marcus, and Leslie Corrice.

Blog topics for this edition include… NY Governor Mario Cuomo’s disturbing attitude towards Fitzpatrick Nuclear Plant, nuclear science week celebrated in the state of Washington, China moves to the forefront in nuclear plant construction, whether fusion is really right around the corner, and the Western Press confuses workman’s comp with medical diagnosis concerning Fukushima.

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-commentary.html

ANS Update: Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival 283

Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival 283

By ansnuclearcafe on Oct 24, 2015 05:54 pm

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Not humbled, angered: The response to Fukushima is an ongoing mistake. Part 2

http://decarbonisesa.com/2015/10/25/not-humbled-angered-visiting-fukushima-part-2/