Nuclear power contract to be announced at Cambridge's BWXT Canada

http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news-story/6762074-nuclear-power-contract-to-be-announced-at-cambridge-s-bwxt-canada/

Is nuclear storage in South Australia a glowing prospect?

An Australian royal commission has released tentative findings backing an idea to store other countries’ spent nuclear fuel in South Australia, arguing that risks could be mitigated by storing it in geologically stable areas with techniques borrowed from Scandinavia. Could this idea work in practice, and what could it mean for the future of nuclear power around the world? Rod James reports. 

http://www.power-technology.com/features/featureis-nuclear-storage-in-south-australia-a-glowing-prospect-4939200/

Second unit of Kudankulam nuclear plant starts fission

Second unit of Kudankulam nuclear plant starts fission

Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/53142837.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/second-unit-of-kudankulam-nuclear-plant-starts-fission/articleshow/53142837.cms

TABLE-S.Korea to restart Hanul No. 5 nuclear reactor - watchdog

http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL4N19X1GA

Japan Elections: Antinuclear Candidate’s Win Poses Risk to Plant Restarts

http://www.wsj.com/articles/japan-elections-antinuclear-candidates-win-poses-risk-to-plant-restarts-1468232103

Japan nuclear restart in doubt after skeptic wins governor's race

http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Japan-nuclear-restart-in-doubt-after-skeptic-wins-governor-s-race

NuScale Teams With Sheffield Forgemasters For SMR Development

NuScale Teams With Sheffield Forgemasters For SMR Development

U.S.- based small reactor developer NuScale, majority owned by Fluor Engineering, said Friday that it would work with British industrial Sheffield Forgemasters International Limited (SFIL) to create a demonstration reactor vessel head by the end of 2017 that will support small modular reactor development in the United Kingdom.


http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2016/07/11/nuscale-teams-with-sheffield-forgemasters-for-smr-development-071001#.V4QHdI6XQkg

Fighting Air Conditioning’s Peak Demand With Thermal Energy Storage

Fighting Air Conditioning’s Peak Demand With Thermal Energy Storage

A warming world is gearing up to install 1.6 billion new air conditioners by 2050, which will require an additional 4.8 trillion kWhs of electricity every year, mostly during peak energy demand in the hottest part of the day. But thermal energy storage can offset that peak by using off-peak energy during the night to make cold water, or even ice, and storing inside energy storage tanks. The stored ice is then used to cool the building’s occupants the next day.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/07/07/fighting-air-conditionings-peak-demand-with-thermal-energy-storage/#59a2098961ee

Fukushima Commentary, July 6, 2016

Fukushima Commentary, July 6, 2016 –

Fukushima Unreported: No Melt-through at F. Daiichi Unit #2

Why hasn’t the Press reported the discovery of F. Daiichi unit #2’s corium? It ends uncertainty and doubt relative to the the location of its melted fuel core…that’s why! Anything that challenges the newsworthiness of Fukushima FUD is conveniently ignored!

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

Obama, Modi Announce Six AP1000s Planned for India - Nuclear Energy Institute

Obama, Modi Announce Six AP1000s Planned for India - Nuclear Energy Institute

Radiophobia: Linear No Threshold Model (LNT) Is Inaccurate

Radiophobia: Linear No Threshold Model (LNT) Is Inaccurate

SPECIAL REPORT-The U.S. government lab behind China's nuclear power push

http://in.reuters.com/article/breakout-thorium-idINL4N0FE21U20131220

NUSCALE FORGES AHEAD IN NORTHERN POWERHOUSE

http://newsroom.nuscalepower.com/press-release/nuscale-forges-ahead-northern-powerhouse

New research: climate may be more sensitive and situation more dire

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/jul/05/new-research-climate-may-be-more-sensitive-and-situation-more-dire

Mini Nuclear Reactors to Be Built by Sheffield Forgemasters

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-07/mini-nuclear-reactors-to-be-built-by-sheffield-forgemasters

Review: Is the Indian Point Nuclear Plant Safe? Nobody Knows

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/movies/indian-point-review.html?_r=0

Global Nuclear Decommissioning Market 2016-2020 - Chernobyl and Fukushima incidents have propelled the growth of this market - Research and Markets

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/global-nuclear-decommissioning-market-2016-091800520.html

Nuclear Plant Settlement Ensures that SCE Customers Do Not Pay for Mitsubishi’s Faulty Steam Generators

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160707006438/en/Nuclear-Plant-Settlement-Ensures-SCE-Customers-Pay

Molten salt reactor neutronics data released

Molten salt reactor neutronics data released
Transatomic Power Corporation has released technical information on the design of its molten salt reactor, which it says offers multiple advantages over existing generation technologies.http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Molten-salt-reactor-neutronics-data-released-0807167.html

Sheffield Forgemasters and NuScale collaborate on SMRs

Sheffield Forgemasters and NuScale collaborate on SMRs
Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd and NuScale have announced they will work together to develop the manufacturing techniques required for the future deployment of small modular reactors in the UK. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Sheffield-Forgemasters-and-NuScale-collaborate-on-SMRs-08071602.html

Florida PSC approves deferment of FPL nuclear costs until 2018 | www.mypalmbeachpost.com

Florida PSC approves deferment of FPL nuclear costs until 2018 | www.mypalmbeachpost.com

Tony Trewavas: Nuclear power opposition based on slogans and fear - The Scotsman

Tony Trewavas: Nuclear power opposition based on slogans and fear - The Scotsman

New center to help advance global nuclear power safety | Penn State University

New center to help advance global nuclear power safety | Penn State University

New Documentary Investigates Nuclear Power from New York to Fukushima

New Documentary Investigates Nuclear Power from New York to Fukushima

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/documentary_investigates_nuclear_power_new_york_to_fukushima/

Clean energy is at a critical turning point, and wind and solar may not be enough

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/07/07/wind-and-solar-energy-are-doing-great-do-we-still-need-nuclear-power/

China’s security agenda transcends the South China Sea

ABSTRACT

In 2013, China’s president, Xi Jinping, launched a massive reclamation and construction campaign on seven reefs in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Beijing insisted that its actions were responsible and in accord with international law, but foreign critics questioned Xi’s real intentions. Recently available internal documents involving China’s leader reveal his views about war, the importance of oceans in protecting and rejuvenating the nation, and the motives underlying his moves in the South China Sea. Central to those motives is China’s rivalry with the United States and the grand strategy needed to determine its outcome. To this end, Xi created five externally oriented and proactive military theater commands, one of which would protect newly built assets in the South China Sea and the sea lanes – sometimes referred to as the Maritime Silk Road – that pass through this sea to Eurasia and beyond. Simultaneously, China’s actions in the Spratlys complicated and worsened the US-China rivalry, and security communities in both countries recognized that these actions could erupt into armed crises – despite decades of engagement to prevent them. A permanent problem-solving mechanism may allow the two countries to move toward a positive shared future.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1194056

The grave nuclear risk of North Korean instability

http://thebulletin.org/north-koreas-nuclear-weapons-what-now/grave-nuclear-risk-north-korean-instability

Missile proliferation—and ideas that might work

http://thebulletin.org/too-late-missile-nonproliferation/missile-proliferation%E2%80%94and-ideas-might-work

Sea changes: The future of nuclear deterrence

ABSTRACT

In order to deter adversaries, a nuclear-armed power must deploy an invulnerable second-strike force; its leadership must display the willingness to use that force under certain well-defined circumstances; and it must make believers out of the prospective foes it hopes to deter, convincing them that its capability is real, and it has the resolve to use it. But new technology is empowering navies to peer underneath the sea, finding deep-running submarines more effectively than ever before. This calls into question the invulnerability of nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines, the most invulnerable retaliatory asset there is. This article explores the dynamics shaping undersea nuclear deterrence in the second nuclear age and ventures some speculation about how submarine combat may unfold in the coming decades.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1194060

Nuclear Notebook Chinese nuclear forces, 2016

Nuclear Notebook

Chinese nuclear forces, 2016

ABSTRACT

The modernization of China’s land-based nuclear-capable missile force has progressed significantly over the past year, with Beijing fielding a new version of an existing nuclear missile and a new dual-capable missile. The country has also reorganized its nuclear missile command structure. The authors estimate that, in total, China has a stockpile of approximately 260 nuclear warheads for delivery by nearly 150 land-based ballistic missiles, 48 sea-based ballistic missiles, and bombers. The Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force will probably continue to grow slowly, such that the number of ICBM warheads primarily targeted against the United States may exceed 100 a decade from now. Although there is no sign that the Chinese government has officially diverted from its no-first-use nuclear policy, its modernization program is adding significant new capabilities. These qualitative improvements may in turn alter Chinese nuclear policy and strategy.

http://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1194054

The Nuclear Energy Agenda for DOE’s Quadrennial Energy Review

• NEI catalogs options to correctly value, preserve existing nuclear plants
• Closing reactors means higher electricity costs, more emissions, less diversity
• Conditions for new nuclear development a ‘strategic imperative’

http://www.nei.org/News-Media/News/News-Archives/The-Nuclear-Energy-Agenda-for-DOE-s-Quadrennial-En

 

Democrats Dig In Against Yucca Mountain, Nevada Republicans Tread Carefully

https://morningconsult.com/2016/07/07/democrats-dig-heels-yucca-mountain-nevada-republicans-tread-carefully/

UK Tidal Wave Project Will Propel Renewables To New Levels

http://breakingenergy.com/2016/07/07/uk-tidal-wave-project-will-propel-renewables-to-new-levels/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=31441305&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8SoR8ph6VIl_o0b-zuSeG0ad0seqED2WiH865GDyRxSKrWprfqB0nJlqibnPxjxs1t9KP7G1OqTqxMoNXMIy_uHHUTBg&_hsmi=31441305

Spent fuel fire on U.S. soil could dwarf impact of Fukushima

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/spent-fuel-fire-us-soil-could-dwarf-impact-fukushima

Think We Can Abandon Nuclear Energy? Don't Look at This Chart.

Twelve nuclear reactors have been shuttered or given a future expiration date since 2013. That's horrible news for our ability to act on climate change.

http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/06/28/think-we-can-abandon-nuclear-energy-dont-look-at-t.aspx

Iran still trying to acquire materials for nuclear program, Germany warns

http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/119127-160707-iran-still-trying-to-acquire-materials-for-nuclear-program-germany-warns

Reports on Iran's 'Renewed Attempts' to Build Nuclear Weapons Are 'Absurd'

German newspaper Tagesspiegel has recently accused Iran of attempting to built a nuclear bomb, referring to the Federal Office for the Protection of the German Constitution that allegedly has "incontrovertible evidence that Iran is trying by all means to get the materials needed to build nuclear warheads and launchers."

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160707/1042604303/iran-nuclear-weapons-absurd.html

Hinkley Point C nuclear plant: costs up to £37bn

Critics point to volatility of scheme but energy department says price ‘will not affect bill payers’

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/07/hinkley-point-c-nuclear-plant-costs-up-to-37bn

CHERNOBYL II: Fears of massive nuclear meltdown that would hit ALL of Europe

A HUGE nuclear facility posing a huge threat to the whole of Europe has sparked a blizzard of protests.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/528111/chernobyl-disaster-kiev-ukraine-nuclear-power-plant-greens-risk-europe-meltdown

Hitachi : July 7, 2016Horizon Nuclear Power, The Japan Atomic Power Company and Hitachi Sign Co-operation deal on Nuclear New Build Project

http://www.4-traders.com/HITACHI-LTD-6492458/news/Hitachi-July-7-2016Horizon-Nuclear-Power-The-Japan-Atomic-Power-Company-and-Hitachi-Sign-Co-oper-22641711/

Red Flags Raised Over Radioactive Frack Waste Company

http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-07-07/environment/red-flags-raised-over-radioactive-frack-waste-company/a52794-1

Bill Gates And Other Billionaires Backing A Nuclear Renaissance

http://www.oilearth.com/n/Bill_Gates_And_Other_Billionaires_Backing_A_Nuclear_Renaissance/cf200f8c8652.aspx

Jobless oil workers urged to consider the nuclear option

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/jobless-oil-workers-urged-to-consider-the-nuclear-option/

Wasted forever: Radioactive material likely to remain at Diablo Canyon long after it's shut down

Wasted forever: Radioactive material likely to remain at Diablo Canyon long after it's shut down

http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/14040/wasted-forever-radioactive-material-likely-to-remain-at-diablo-canyon-long-after-its-shut-down/

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/crush-isis-america-needs-all-the-allies-it-can-get-16868

To Crush ISIS, America Needs All the Allies It Can Get

Obama seems more concerned about stopping Russia, Iran and Assad.

Edward Lozansky

July 6, 2016
Ramadan 2016, declared by ISIS to be a “month of jihad,” was an appalling success. With ISIS claiming credit for the latest attacks in Baghdad and Dhaka, it’s getting difficult to write a commentary about jihad terrorism without the risk of another atrocity occurring somewhere before it appears in print.
Predictably, we hear redoubled calls from all sides for stronger action to get rid of ISIS. Good. But let’s not kid ourselves. Even if ISIS didn’t control one square inch of land in Syria and Iraq, its radical Islamic ideology—which it shares with Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, Abu Sayyaf, the Taliban and other groups in many countries—would not evaporate.
Still, a definitive destruction of ISIS would show that a reestablished, sharia-ruled global “caliphate” is not inevitable. Destroying ISIS, with as many of its devotees as possible, would be a valuable demonstration that civilized humanity means to win this fight. http://nationalinterest.org/feature/crush-isis-america-needs-all-the-allies-it-can-get-16868

EIA: Renewables Will Grow And Fossil Fuels Will Remain

http://breakingenergy.com/2016/07/06/eia-renewables-will-grow-and-fossil-fuels-will-remain/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=31391338&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-85V84kCOqntFhHIshZXEoGlpc2AnmW_36eP3JXRCeEi8qDHeVDwJDgSg2DJ2kjvw4N_4hsnMiSqnkBs4G2TB5YchrR4w&_hsmi=31391338

AREVA supports industry summit

AREVA supports industry summit

Nuclear industry giant, AREVA, has just confirmed sponsorship of the Nuclear Decommissioning & Used Fuel Summit (3-4 October, Charlotte).
Returning as Gold Sponsor for the third year running, take a look at why AREVA continues to support the US’ largest decommissioning and used fuel meeting point.
“As the global leader in used fuel storage, transportation and aging management, AREVA TN is excited to be the Gold Sponsor to ensure that frank and stimulating conversations drive improvements for our nation as decommissioning accelerates and safe used fuel management sets the stage for long term success and safety”
Take a look here at the latest update of the conference program, including details of other new sponsors such as GE Hitachi, ENERCON and Robatel.
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NRC Blog Update: Throwback Thursday – It Happened in 1984

Throwback Thursday – It Happened in 1984

Leave a comment Posted by Moderator on July 7, 2016

NRC Chairman Nunzio J. Palladino visits the Grand Gulf nuclear power plant at Port Gibson, Miss., in July 1984. The operating license for the plant was issued in November that year and commercial operation began a year later, in July 1985. The photo is from the agency’s 1984 annual report.

TECHNOLOGY:

Fusion facility may never prove viable -- DOE

Christa Marshall, E&E reporter
Published: Wednesday, July 6, 2016

A federal fusion facility may never be able to generate more power than it consumes, a key step for the technology to prove viable as an electricity source, the Department of Energy said in a report.

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060039854

Feds Head to Idaho for Meeting on Nuclear Waste

http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-07-06/energy-policy/feds-head-to-idaho-for-meeting-on-nuclear-waste/a52788-1

Japan nuclear parts makers to team up in China market

http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Japan-nuclear-parts-makers-to-team-up-in-China-market

Japan Atomic Power to join Hitachi’s nuclear plant business in Britain

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/07/business/corporate-business/japan-atomic-power-join-hitachis-nuclear-plant-business-britain/#.V362bY6XQkh

Toshiba anticipates contracts for 5 nuclear reactors

http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Toshiba-anticipates-contracts-for-5-nuclear-reactors

Will an Independent UK Emphasize Nuclear Energy?

By Rod Adams, publisher of Atomic Insights and producer of The Atomic Show Podcast. – July 5

When the dust has had a chance to settle, effects of the UK voter decision to leave the EU on the UK nuclear energy and climate change mitigation programs will become evident. In the meantime, bloggers and other observers will continue to do what they do, which is to offer opinions in spite of enormous uncertainties. Recently, I published a piece providing my own interpretations on what I think the Brexit will mean to the Hinkley C project as well as what it will mean to the UK nuclear energy program in general. I also touched on what I consider to be a logical extension of that argument to a comment on the effectiveness of the UK’s efforts to reduce CO2 emissions. Read on...http://www.theenergycollective.com/rodadams/2382054/will-an-independent-uk-emphasize-nuclear-energy-2

Breaking Bakken

After being idled by the crude oil price collapse, Bakken Shale oil & gas producers are ready to get back to work now that commodity prices are creeping higher, but questions remain. What are the magic prices to bring shut-ins, DUCs and new development online? What is the outlook for the 80% of the huge Bakken shale oil and gas field that is still undeveloped? What will it take to revive operations in this more distant resource?  This 15-page report includes projections from producers, analysts and Bakken gurus such as: Lynn Helms, Director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources; Ron Ness, President, North Dakota Petroleum Council; Jim Volker, CEO of Whiting Petroleum; Harold Hamm, CEO of Continental Resources; Gerbert Schoonman, Vice President for Bakken assets for Hess; as well as encouragement from presidential hopeful Donald Trump.

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UK energy minister underscores importance of nuclear power

06 July 2016

Andrea Leadsom, minister of state at the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), has reiterated the important role of nuclear power in the country's current and future electricity mix. In a speech at the Utility Week Energy Summit about the Future of Energy in the UK yesterday, Leadsom said "energy security is non-negotiable, and is our top priority".
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP-UK-energy-minister-underscores-importance-of-nuclear-power-06071601.html

New reactor design fuels Russia bid for post-Fukushima nuclear industry lead

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/06/world/new-reactor-design-fuels-russia-bid-post-fukushima-nuclear-industry-lead/#.V360m46XQkg

Paul Genoa, Former NEI Senior Director, Passes Away

http://www.nei.org/News-Media/News/News-Archives/Paul-Genoa,-Former-NEI-Senior-Director,-Passes-Awa

Closing NY nukes will lead to higher CO2 emissions (Your letters) | syracuse.com

Closing NY nukes will lead to higher CO2 emissions (Your letters) | syracuse.com

Bill Gates And Other Billionaires Backing A Nuclear Renaissance

http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Bill-Gates-And-Other-Billionaires-Backing-A-Nuclear-Renaissance.html

Can The Modern Environmental Movement Save Nuclear Energy In California?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2016/07/06/can-the-modern-environmental-movement-save-nuclear-energy-in-california/#3146079b24d4

Getting Warmer

Getting Warmer

Getting Warmer

http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2016/07/06/getting-warmer/#sthash.fsHA4mb4.dpbs

Fukushima Update 7/7/16

Fukushima Update 7/7/16 –

The remaining Fukushima evacuee number drops below 90,000… Cattle breeding resumes in Naraha Town… Tepco is forced to re-use flanged water tanks to store so-called “waste” water… The Mayor of Imari City opposes restarts at Genkai station… A Tokyo professor says re-use of mildly contaminated soils could lead to illegal dumping.

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

Bill Gates And Other Billionaires Backing A Nuclear Renaissance

http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Bill-Gates-And-Other-Billionaires-Backing-A-Nuclear-Renaissance.html

Easy target for terrorists: Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear plant

http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/opinion/easy-target-for-terrorists-armenias-metsamor-nuclear-plant/

Global Deaerators Nuclear Power Market 2022 Forecast Report Available Now at Research Corridor

http://www.republic-news.org/news/global-deaerators-nuclear-power-market-2022-forecast-report-available-now-research-corridor/

Japan Atomic Power to join Hitachi’s nuclear plant business in Britain

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/07/business/corporate-business/japan-atomic-power-join-hitachis-nuclear-plant-business-britain/#.V36vco6XQkg

Utility shuts down nuclear power unit at Cook Nuclear Plant after steam release

http://www.wndu.com/content/news/Utility-shuts-down-nuclear-power-unit-at-Cook-Nuclear-Plant-after-steam-release-385774221.html

Blue Castle Project Begins Selection Process for New Nuclear Power Plant Construction Contractors

Blue Castle Project Begins Selection Process for New Nuclear Power Plant Construction Contractors

http://news.sys-con.com/node/3866467

Anatomy of a nuke closure: How PG&E decided to shutter Diablo Canyon

In a policy environment that prizes renewables, PG&E saw no cost-effective route to keeping the giant nuclear plant open

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/anatomy-of-a-nuke-closure-how-pge-decided-to-shutter-diablo-canyon/421979/

NRC: Two Low Safety Significance Findings at Pilgrim

http://www.capecod.com/newscenter/nrc-two-low-safety-significance-findings-at-pilgrim/

Michigan nuclear plant closes unit after steam release

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/07/07/michigan-nuclear-plant-closes-unit-after-steam-release/86793416/

Nuclear plant’s broken water hose decade older than it should have been

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/business/nuclear-plant-s-broken-water-hose-decade-older-than-it/article_8bbf4064-443e-11e6-bd00-ebc801e767ff.html

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Steps Up Oversight of Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant

Exelon did not submit a written response, spokesman said.

http://patch.com/new-jersey/lacey/nuclear-regulatory-commission-steps-oversight-oyster-creek-nuclear-plant

Should the Pentagon Rethink its Energy Strategy?

Should the Pentagon Rethink its Energy Strategy?

http://www.ourenergypolicy.org/should-the-pentagon-rethink-its-energy-strategy/

Former Secretary Chu Criticizes Clean Energy Plan

http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/former-secretary-chu-criticizes-clean-energy-plan

Focus: Nuke plan diverts billions from climate change

Utility chases profit in bid to scrap Diablo Canyon

By Dan McSwain

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jul/06/diablo-canyon-shutdown-diverts-billions-climate/

The End of a Nuclear Power Plant

http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/489425/the-end-of-a-nuclear-power-plant/

Can The Modern Environmental Movement Save Nuclear Energy In California?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2016/07/06/can-the-modern-environmental-movement-save-nuclear-energy-in-california/#109743324d4f

Transatomic Power Releases Details of Innovative Nuclear Reactor Design

http://www.pressreleaserocket.net/transatomic-power-releases-details-of-innovative-nuclear-reactor-design/467504/

The Uncertain Future of Nuclear Power in the U.S.

More and more plants are being scheduled to shutdown. What happens next?

http://www.citylab.com/work/2016/07/the-uncertain-future-of-nuclear-power-in-the-us/489419/

Battle lines drawn over clean energy

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/battle-lines-drawn-over-clean-energy/article/2595406

Argentina sticks to China nuclear plans

http://www.argusmedia.com/news/article/?id=1269812

Three Chinese units approach operation

Three new nuclear power reactors in China have recently reached significant milestones toward their operation. First criticality has been achieved at Fuqing 3 and Fangchenggang 2 - both CPR-1000s - while cold hydrostatic tests have been completed at the Haiyang 1 AP1000.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Three-Chinese-units-approach-operation-0407164.html

Uranium extracted from the oceans could power cities for thousands of years

http://inhabitat.com/uranium-extracted-from-seawater-could-power-cities-for-thousands-of-years/

How the Department of Energy became a major taxpayer liability

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/05/how-the-department-of-energy-became-a-major-taxpayer-liability.html

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Keeping cool under pressure - Nuclear Engineering International

Keeping cool under pressure - Nuclear Engineering International

The Future of Nuclear Power Is ‘Challenging,’ Says WNA Report

https://ecowatch.com/2016/07/05/nuclear-power-future/

Fukushima Commentary, July 6, 2016

Fukushima Commentary, July 6, 2016 –

Fukushima Unreported: No Melt-through at F. Daiichi Unit #2

Why hasn’t the Press reported the discovery of F. Daiichi unit #2’s corium? It ends uncertainty and doubt relative to the the location of its melted fuel core…that’s why! Anything that challenges the newsworthiness of Fukushima FUD is conveniently ignored!

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

UK energy minister underscores importance of nuclear power

06 July 2016

Andrea Leadsom, minister of state at the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), has reiterated the important role of nuclear power in the country's current and future electricity mix. In a speech at the Utility Week Energy Summit about the Future of Energy in the UK yesterday, Leadsom said "energy security is non-negotiable, and is our top priority".

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP-UK-energy-minister-underscores-importance-of-nuclear-power-06071601.html

Seabed investigations under way at Wylfa Newydd

06 July 2016

Detailed offshore ground investigation works are under way to gain a better understanding of the geological conditions offshore from the site of the proposed Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant on the Isle of Anglesey, UK. Construction of the plant - featuring two Advanced Boiling Water Reactors - is expected to begin around 2019.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Seabed-investigations-under-way-at-Wylfa-Newydd-0607164.html

IAEA Impact: How Nuclear Technology Helps Women Farmers in Sudan Move Out of Poverty

IAEA Impact: How Nuclear Technology Helps Women Farmers in Sudan Move Out of Poverty

http://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2016/07/06/iaea-impact-how-nuclear-technology-helps-women-farmers-in-sudan-move-out-of-poverty/

Independence from Nuclear Power in Space, and on Earth

http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-07-06/energy-policy/independence-from-nuclear-power-in-space-and-on-earth/a52785-1

Global Nuclear Ball Valve Industry 2016 Market Trends, Developments and Forecasts Report 2022

http://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/pressreleases/global-nuclear-ball-valve-industry-2016-market-trends-developments-and-forecasts-report-2022-1467923?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Alert&utm_content=pressrelease

Global Market study on Nuclear Steam Generator By 2020, PMR New Report

Steam generator is a device which is used to create steam by boiling water. Steam generators are also referred as heat exchangers used to convert water particles into steam from heat produced in a nuclear reactor plant. Nuclear steam generator is used in high pressure water reactor having primary loop (piping system that contains coolant) and secondary loops (have separate piping system, here water is converted to steam to rotate turbines which generate electricity) attached to the water reactor. The primary loop is usually at very high temperature and pressure. Nuclear steam generator is a device which is used to transfer heat between the two loops from primary loop to the secondary loop attached to the generator. Nuclear steam generator which is attached between the primary and secondary loop generate electricity from the nuclear plant. Water flowing between the primary and secondary loops never mixes with each other. Materials which are used to manufacture turbine and piping system of a nuclear steam generator have special features to withstand heat and radiation of the reactor. Normal nuclear plant steam generator take the dimension up to 70 feet (approximately 21 meter) in length and around 800 tons in weight.

Browse Full Report: http://www.persistencemarketresearch.com/market-research/nuclear-steam-generator-market.asp

http://www.newsmaker.com.au/news/71447/global-market-study-on-nuclear-steam-generator-by-2020-pmr-new-report#.V30jfI6XQkg

 

Germany may wait 100 years for nuclear waste storage site 

Germany may not have a final storage facility for its nuclear waste up and running until the next century, an expert report released on Tuesday suggested.

http://www.thelocal.de/20160706/germany-may-wait-100-years-for-nuclear-waste-storage-site

Global Forum

What if there’s a next time? Preparedness after Chernobyl and Fukushima

A European-American response

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1194623

Global Forum

What if there’s a next time? Preparedness after Chernobyl and Fukushima

An Indian response

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1194626

Global Forum

What if there’s a next time? Preparedness after Chernobyl and Fukushima

A Cameroonian response

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1194627

Russia’s underwater “doomsday drone”: Science fiction, but real danger

ABSTRACT

A November 2015 video broadcast of a high-level meeting of Russian military and defense industry officials gave viewers a peek at Russia’s ostensive plans for Status-6, an underwater nuclear drone to be armed with a high-yield thermonuclear warhead capable of radioactively contaminating vast coastal areas. The author’s analysis is that the video was staged to send an intimidating message to the West, and that the drone itself does not fit the Russian pattern of maintaining absolute, centralized control over nuclear weapons delivery. Nevertheless, the author considers the leaked video to be cause for concern, because it demonstrates a growing Russian willingness to make nuclear threats as a means to achieving political ends.

http://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1194617

Would Russia’s undersea “doomsday drone” carry a cobalt bomb?

ABSTRACT

Following the November 2015 “leak” of a classified slide purporting to show a Russian nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered drone intended to create long-lasting “zones of extensive radiological contamination,” both Russian and Western observers have suggested that Moscow may be developing a cobalt bomb. This conjectural device, which served as the basis of the “doomsday machine” in the classic 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, would employ radioactive cobalt to create unusually intense long-lived fallout. This article reviews the history and science of the cobalt bomb to assess the likelihood that Russia is developing such a weapon. It argues that while the lethality of the cobalt bomb compares unfavorably to that of “conventional” thermonuclear weapons, it might actually be a preferred means of creating long-lasting radioactive contamination because it could force an adversary to abandon territory while minimizing the number of immediate fatalities. But exploiting this principle in practice would be forbiddingly difficult because of the difficulty of predicting the ultimate distribution of the radioactive contamination, particularly for an underwater detonation like that envisioned for the “Status-6” drone seen in the Russian slide. While the underwater detonation of a massive cobalt or “conventional” nuclear weapon might create zones of long-lasting contamination, Russian decision makers would have little confidence that these areas would be in the intended locations, undermining the strategic case for such attacks. These findings suggest that the Kremlin is not pursuing radiological “doomsday bombs,” even though the nuclear-powered drone on the slide seems to be a real research project.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1195199

China’s security agenda transcends the South China Sea

ABSTRACT

In 2013, China’s president, Xi Jinping, launched a massive reclamation and construction campaign on seven reefs in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Beijing insisted that its actions were responsible and in accord with international law, but foreign critics questioned Xi’s real intentions. Recently available internal documents involving China’s leader reveal his views about war, the importance of oceans in protecting and rejuvenating the nation, and the motives underlying his moves in the South China Sea. Central to those motives is China’s rivalry with the United States and the grand strategy needed to determine its outcome. To this end, Xi created five externally oriented and proactive military theater commands, one of which would protect newly built assets in the South China Sea and the sea lanes – sometimes referred to as the Maritime Silk Road – that pass through this sea to Eurasia and beyond. Simultaneously, China’s actions in the Spratlys complicated and worsened the US-China rivalry, and security communities in both countries recognized that these actions could erupt into armed crises – despite decades of engagement to prevent them. A permanent problem-solving mechanism may allow the two countries to move toward a positive shared future.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1194056

Sea changes: The future of nuclear deterrence

In order to deter adversaries, a nuclear-armed power must deploy an invulnerable second-strike force; its leadership must display the willingness to use that force under certain well-defined circumstances; and it must make believers out of the prospective foes it hopes to deter, convincing them that its capability is real, and it has the resolve to use it. But new technology is empowering navies to peer underneath the sea, finding deep-running submarines more effectively than ever before. This calls into question the invulnerability of nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines, the most invulnerable retaliatory asset there is. This article explores the dynamics shaping undersea nuclear deterrence in the second nuclear age and ventures some speculation about how submarine combat may unfold in the coming decades.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1194060