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Opinion | Jeffrey D. Sachs
Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry. Nuclear Activities
Friday, February 24, 2017
Trump and the Doomsday Clock
Let’s not panic. Instead, let’s think, plan, and act. As President John F. Kennedy famously declared, “Our problems are manmade — therefore, they can be solved by man.” The problem of Donald Trump can be solved too, by the institutions of American democracy and the international rule of law.http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/02/12/trump-and-doomsday-clock/1NQ1aEAzxTePCTrQbSSkUN/story.html?s_campaign=8315
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Maine needs the good-paying jobs nuclear energy provides
Maine needs the good-paying jobs nuclear energy provides
http://bangordailynews.com/2017/02/23/opinion/contributors/maine-needs-the-good-paying-jobs-nuclear-energy-provides/
U.S. renewables a job engine, trade groups say
U.S. renewables a job engine, trade groups say
Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2017 -
A consortium of U.S. clean-energy groups said it was growth in the
industries tied to renewable energy that were the ones creating more
jobs.
Business groups supporting the renewable energy sector in the United
States said data compiled from federal reports find the low-carbon
industry supported more than 3 million jobs last year.
While the U.S. Department of Energy doesn't speci ...
morehttp://www.solardaily.com/reports/US_renewables_a_job_engine_trade_groups_say_999.html
Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2017 -
A consortium of U.S. clean-energy groups said it was growth in the
industries tied to renewable energy that were the ones creating more
jobs.
Business groups supporting the renewable energy sector in the United
States said data compiled from federal reports find the low-carbon
industry supported more than 3 million jobs last year.
While the U.S. Department of Energy doesn't speci ...
morehttp://www.solardaily.com/reports/US_renewables_a_job_engine_trade_groups_say_999.html
German energy giant RWE posts 5.7-bln-euro loss in 2016
German energy giant RWE posts 5.7-bln-euro loss in 2016
Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 -
German energy provider RWE on Thursday
announced a surprise loss of 5.7 billion euros for 2016, hit by
writedowns on its plants and one-off costs related to the country's exit
from nuclear power.
"The difficult market environment made impairments necessary. In
addition, the nuclear energy fund imposed a substantial one-off burden
on us," chief executive Rolf Martin Schmitz said in an unsched ...
morehttp://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/German_energy_giant_RWE_posts_57-bln-euro_loss_in_2016_999.html
Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 -
German energy provider RWE on Thursday
announced a surprise loss of 5.7 billion euros for 2016, hit by
writedowns on its plants and one-off costs related to the country's exit
from nuclear power.
"The difficult market environment made impairments necessary. In
addition, the nuclear energy fund imposed a substantial one-off burden
on us," chief executive Rolf Martin Schmitz said in an unsched ...
morehttp://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/German_energy_giant_RWE_posts_57-bln-euro_loss_in_2016_999.html
Energy Analytics: Garbage In Garbage Out
Energy Analytics: Garbage In Garbage Out
By By Michael McDonald, / Wednesday, February 22, 2017 8:55 AM
Michael McDonald, PhD Across all of
business there is a lot of interest in Big Data, Business Intelligence,
Predictive Analytics, and other data related fields these days. Tools in
these fields are particularly useful in the unconventional energy
sector – they can help shale producers and servicers with everything
from drilling more effective wells to
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Keystone XL Opens New Push
Keystone XL Opens New Push
By By Energy Tomorrow Blog, / Wednesday, February 22, 2017 10:00 AM
The Keystone XL pipeline is on again. A
new president with a different view of America’s energy and
infrastructure needs has the project advancing again. Late last month
pipeline builder TransCanada submitted a new application for a
cross-border permit with the U.S. State Department. This week the
company applied for route approval in Nebraska –
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AES and Parker Hannifin Team Up on Energy Storage
AES and Parker Hannifin Team Up on Energy Storage
By By Julia St. Germain, / Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:32 AM
Julia St. Germain, Breaking Energy
Staff Parker Hannifin (NYSE: PH), an American energy company, recently
announced the completion of the Cochrane energy storage facility, a
project undertaken with AES Gener. The partnership with the Chilean
energy producer and supplier has resulted in a large plant located
Mejillones, Antofagasta, Chile. The facility will provide spinning
reserve
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Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup February 23, 2017
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Fukushima Update 2/23/17
Unit #2 radiation readings have puzzled experts… Human remains are found in Fukushima evacuation zone tsunami debris… Tomioka will have medical services six days per week… A small locker room fire at a Tepco nuke station makes headlines… Ohi units #3 & #4 pass NRA safety screenings… A part-time English teacher is reprimanded for discriminating remarks… Greenpeace makes a final attempt to scare Iitate’s evacuees away from repopulation.
http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.
IAEA Concludes Safety Review at Doel Nuclear Power Plant in Belgium
IAEA Concludes Safety Review at Doel Nuclear Power Plant in Belgium
Doel, Belgium
2017/7
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of nuclear safety
experts today completed an assessment of long-term operational safety
at the Doel Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Unit 1 and 2 in Belgium.
The Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation (SALTO) review mission was requested by the Belgian Ministry of Security and the Interior (IBZ). The in-depth review, which began on 14 February, focused on aspects essential to the safe long-term operation (LTO) of the two units, which were put in commercial operation in 1975. Doel units 3 and 4 were not part of the review.
In October 2015, the Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) approved the operator’s application to extend the operation of Units 1 and 2 by 10 years to 2025, pending the fulfilment of several safety-related conditions.
The SALTO team reviewed the plant’s organization and programmes related to LTO, including human resources and knowledge management. The findings of SALTO reviews are based on the IAEA safety standards.
The IAEA team concluded that the plant had made significant progress on ageing management and preparation for safe LTO. The plant’s LTO project has addressed most of the areas recommended by IAEA safety standards, and is addressing remaining topics.
The team identified several good practices at the plant that will be shared with the nuclear industry globally, including:
The team has provided a draft report to the plant management. The plant and FANC will have an opportunity to make factual comments on the draft. A final report will be submitted to the plant, FANC and the Belgian Government within three months.
The review team comprised experts from Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Japan, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the IAEA.
Background
General information about SALTO missions can be found on the IAEA Website. A SALTO peer review is a comprehensive safety review addressing strategy and key elements for the safe long term operation of nuclear power plants. They complement OSART missions, which are designed as a review of programmes and activities essential to operational safety. Both SALTO and OSART reviews are not regulatory inspections, nor are they design reviews or substitutes for an exhaustive assessment of a plant's overall safety status.
The Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation (SALTO) review mission was requested by the Belgian Ministry of Security and the Interior (IBZ). The in-depth review, which began on 14 February, focused on aspects essential to the safe long-term operation (LTO) of the two units, which were put in commercial operation in 1975. Doel units 3 and 4 were not part of the review.
In October 2015, the Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) approved the operator’s application to extend the operation of Units 1 and 2 by 10 years to 2025, pending the fulfilment of several safety-related conditions.
The SALTO team reviewed the plant’s organization and programmes related to LTO, including human resources and knowledge management. The findings of SALTO reviews are based on the IAEA safety standards.
The IAEA team concluded that the plant had made significant progress on ageing management and preparation for safe LTO. The plant’s LTO project has addressed most of the areas recommended by IAEA safety standards, and is addressing remaining topics.
The team identified several good practices at the plant that will be shared with the nuclear industry globally, including:
- The plant uses integrated risk management for LTO at programme and individual project levels.
- The plant’s comprehensive scoping methodology for LTO evaluation.
- The plant uses incentives to keep staff and takes measures to ensure knowledge is not lost with turnover.
- The plant should ensure that all required systems, structures and components are included in the scope of ageing management during the LTO period.
- The plant should ensure consistency and completeness of data for structures and components in the scope of LTO.
- The plant should complete the review and update of the ageing management programmes for civil structures and components for the purpose of LTO.
The team has provided a draft report to the plant management. The plant and FANC will have an opportunity to make factual comments on the draft. A final report will be submitted to the plant, FANC and the Belgian Government within three months.
The review team comprised experts from Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Japan, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the IAEA.
Background
General information about SALTO missions can be found on the IAEA Website. A SALTO peer review is a comprehensive safety review addressing strategy and key elements for the safe long term operation of nuclear power plants. They complement OSART missions, which are designed as a review of programmes and activities essential to operational safety. Both SALTO and OSART reviews are not regulatory inspections, nor are they design reviews or substitutes for an exhaustive assessment of a plant's overall safety status.
Exporters Can Ship Nuclear Materials Abroad Without Federal Inspection
Exporters Can Ship Nuclear Materials Abroad Without Federal Inspection
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/22/exporters-can-ship-nuclear-materials-abroad-without-federal-inspection/
How Much Money Palisades Has For Cleanup And Why It Matters
How Much Money Palisades Has For Cleanup And Why It Matters
http://wmuk.org/post/how-much-money-palisades-has-cleanup-and-why-it-matters
Guy Page: NorthStar decommissioning of Vermont Yankee means economic, environmental benefits sooner rather than later
Guy Page: NorthStar decommissioning of Vermont Yankee means economic, environmental benefits sooner rather than later
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/opinion/columns/guy-page-northstar-decommissioning-of-vermont-yankee-means-economic-environmental/article_b99f708a-1be0-506b-9cba-9128d0d1c80c.html
FirstEnergy seeks subsidies in Ohio, eyes sale of plants
NUCLEAR
FirstEnergy seeks subsidies in Ohio, eyes sale of plants
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060050441
Whistleblowers and the NRC: Do as I say, not as I don’t
Whistleblowers and the NRC: Do as I say, not as I don’t
http://thebulletin.org/whistleblowers-and-nrc-do-i-say-not-i-don%E2%80%99t10528How Nuclear Safety Undermines Nuclear Economics
How Nuclear Safety Undermines Nuclear Economics Failed EPR and AP1000 reactor projects have brought giant energy companies to their knees, and even pro-nuclear lobbyists now acknowledge that the industry is in crisis. Jim Green, editor of the Nuclear Monitor newsletter, takes stock of the crisis in the global nuclear sector and concludes that the industry’s likely response, a retreat from post-Fukushima efforts to strengthen safety standards, risks making a bad situation worse.
http://www.theenergycollective.com/energy-post/2399091/nuclear-safety-undermines-nuclear-economics?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29
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Fate of Toshiba’s Nuclear Projects Remains Uncertain
By Dan Yurman,
Publisher of Neutron Bytes, a blog about nuclear energy. – February 20
The company’s self-inflicted troubles, caused by cooking the books and
mismanagement of its major acquisitions in the nuclear sector, have
impacted projects in the U.S., the U.K., and India. The firm said it
would exit the nuclear business worldwide. After weeks of media
speculation, Japan’s Toshiba said on 2/14/17 it would book a barn burner
of a loss estimated to be $6.3 billion related to its Westinghouse
business unit which is building four nuclear reactors in the U.S. and
four more in China. Conflicting statements about the firm’s 60% equity
stake in NuGen’s Moorside power station, for three reactors, raised
doubts with investors and the U.K. government about the future of the
project. A plan to build six new reactors in India, which has been in
the works for years, was thrown into limbo. The write down that wipes
out its shareholder equity and leaves the conglomerate with
virtually no cash. Toshiba’s chief executive officer and chairman
Shigenori Shiga resigned from his post, assuming “management
responsibility” for the company’s loss related to Westinghouse’s
acquisition of CB&I Stone and Webster. Read on...http://www.theenergycollective.com/dan-yurman/2398836/fate-toshibas-nuclear-projects-remains-uncertain
How Nuclear Safety Undermines Nuclear Economics
By Jim Green, for Energy Post.
– February 23
The crisis over Toshiba that is it hitting the headlines is part of a
much deeper crisis in the global nuclear sector. The venerable Japanese
company is far from the only nuclear player in crisis. Take France. The
French government is selling assets so it can prop up its heavily
indebted nuclear utilities. Électricité de France (EDF) announced in
2015 that it would sell €10bn of assets by 2020 to rein in its debt,
which now stands at €37.4bn. EDF is being pressured by the French
government to purchase parts of its bankrupt sibling Areva, which has
accumulated losses of over €10bn over the past five years. French EPR
reactors under construction in France and Finland are three times over
budget ‒ the combined cost overruns amount to about €15bn. Bloomberg
noted in April 2015 that Areva’s EPR export ambitions are “in tatters“,
and now Areva itself is in tatters.
Read on...http://www.theenergycollective.com/energy-post/2399091/nuclear-safety-undermines-nuclear-economics
70% of Oil and Gas Companies Have Been Hacked – and the Threat is Growing
By Judy Marks, CEO Siemens USA. – February 21
It’s common practice to think of challenges as opportunities in
disguise. But for the oil and gas industry, opportunities are creating
challenges. Look no further than the emergence of digital oil and gas
fields. By embracing software and digital solutions, firms can drive
efficiency and uptime, improve safety, and reduce costs in a low-price
market. That’s the opportunity. Now, by engaging with the Ponemon
Institute to survey more than 300 oil and gas companies, Siemens has
learned more about the challenge: If cybersecurity isn’t fully aligned
with a digital strategy, oil and gas companies are extremely vulnerable
to hackers trying to steal valuable information and supplies, disrupt
operations, or otherwise inflict harm.
Read on...http://www.theenergycollective.com/jmarks/2398848/70-oil-gas-companies-hacked-threat-growing
Exelon Will Survive The Nuclear Crisis
Exelon Will Survive The Nuclear Crisis
http://seekingalpha.com/article/4048161-exelon-will-survive-nuclear-crisis
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup February 22, 2017
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A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.
Iran Nuclear Deal UN hopeful Iran nuclear deal won’t unravel despite Trump criticism https://www.ft.com/content/ President Trump, Don't Walk Away From The Iran Deal. Not Yet http://www.forbes.com/sites/ United States NNSA Elite Unit Marks 20 Year Anniversary http://www.ladailypost.com/ Anti-Nuke Dogma Trumps Common Sense On Nuclear Energy http://www.forbes.com/sites/ International Why Donald Trump Is the One Leader Who Can Stop North Korea http://fortune.com/2017/02/21/ Talks with N. Korea would give Trump same old lesson Pyongyang isn’t interested in disarming: ex-official http://english.yonhapnews.co. South Korea’s Dangerous Leadership Vacuum http://thediplomat.com/2017/ Reconsidering the reversal: South Korea’s nuclear choices http://thebulletin.org/ China open to India joining NSG, says Foreign Secretary Jaishankar http://www.deccanchronicle. Russian navy to flash nuclear power in Baltic Sea https://thebarentsobserver. UK needs national lab to coordinate nuclear R&D http://www.world-nuclear-news. European iodine mystery solved http://www.world-nuclear-news. The CTBT & North Korea Discussed at Munich Security Conference https://www.ctbto.org/press- General Interest The Nuclear Industry Must Change, Or Die http://www. Disarmament while the chance remains http://thebulletin.org/can- The Trouble with Doomsday http://www.realcleardefense. Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. Receive this message as a forward? Subscribe to the Nuclear Roundup here. |
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