Energy security 'at risk' if ministers fail to seal EDF nuclear deal

Britain's energy security will be put at risk and future generations left to suffer with higher bills if ministers fail to agree a deal with EDF Energy to build Britain’s first new nuclear plant in a generation, the industry’s main representative body has claimed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/9992621/Energy-security-at-risk-if-ministers-fail-to-seal-EDF-nuclear-deal.html

Antarctic Ice Melting Increasing

Antarctic Ice Melting Increasing
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/antarctic-ice-melting-increasing/

For the first time, scientists have managed to demonstrate that ten times more
ice melts in the summer months on the Antarctic Peninsula now than it did 600
years ago.

Antarctic, with the Antarctic Peninsula highlighted. [NASA]

The Antarctic Peninsula is the biggest and most prominent peninsula in
Antarctica. It consists of a rugged mountain chain, which [...]

152nd Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers -

152nd Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers -

 

This week, we are proud to have a submittal from Massachusetts Institute of Technology concerning the movie Pandora’s Promise. Other Blog topics include – using risk vs. benefit as a framework for analyzing nuclear opinions, the nuclear waste storage program in the Netherlands, a former NRC chairman says he is now antinuclear, how Smart grid ads can be demeaning to women, hypocritical environmentalists, and the resurrection of FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) in the Japanese Press.

 

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

PANDORA’S PROMISE
Screening and discussion with filmmaker Robert Stone

A hit at the Sundance Film Festival, PANDORA’S PROMISE dares to tackle the emerging divide within the environmental movement over nuclear energy through the intimately told stories of thinkers, experts and authors who have come to change their minds about nuclear power. Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Robert Stone elegantly interweaves the personal narratives of Stewart Brand, Richard Rhodes, Gwyneth Cravens, Mark Lynas and Michael Shellenberger. By unearthing their personal transformations, Stone pierces commonly held assumptions and provides a captivating deconstruction of popular myths about radiation, waste and weapons, taking viewers on a mind-altering journey.
PANDORA’S PROMISE inspires serious and realistic debate about how mankind will continue to power modern civilization without destroying it.

http://web.mit.edu/nse/events/pandoraspromise.html

Other top energy stories of the week

Other Top Stories of the Week

Arkansas Attorney General: 'There Is Oil in Lake Conway'

Obama Admin. Overlooked Fracking Risks in California Leases, Judge Rules

Arkansas Oil Spill Health Complaints Emerge In Mayflower

California Jumps to 2nd in U.S. in Wind Power

Energy Secretary Nominee Dodges Question On Gas Exports

'Solid Majority' of Republicans Think U.S. Should Tackle Global Warming: Survey

Can Congress Overrule Obama on Keystone XL?

Obama Budget Would Boost Clean Energy Funding by 40%

Saudi Arabia Keeps U.S. Oil Presence with Texas Facility

A Close Look at Fugitive Methane Emissions from Natural Gas

Arkansans Want Exxon Pipeline Moved Out of a Watershed, and Nebraskans Take Note

People in Nebraska are asking: If a pipeline that already exists needs to be moved in Arkansas, why route the Keystone through the Ogallala aquifer?

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130409/arkansans-want-exxon-pipeline-moved-out-watershed-and-nebraskans-take-note

Exxon's 22-Foot Rupture Illustrates Tremendous Operating Pressure of Oil Pipelines

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130412/exxons-22-foot-rupture-illustrates-tremendous-
operating-pressure-oil-pipelines

China urges peaceful resolution of North Korea nuclear standoff

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/13/17738684-china-urges-peaceful-resolution-of-north-korea-nuclear-standoff?lite

Relaxed approach to protective action in case of radiological release

http://atomicinsights.com/2013/04/relaxed-approach-to-protective-action-in-case-of-radiological-release.html

Former NRC Chairman on US Nuclear Power Safety

http://www.nucleardiner.com/archive/item/jaczko-comments-on-us-nuclear-power-safety

Iran’s earthquakes and nuclear power: Too close for comfort

http://www.arabnews.com/news/448079

Why Britain must make nuclear work

With the possible exception of the defence of the realm, it is hard to think of an issue more critical to any government than ensuring the future of the nation’s energy supply.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/9992186/Why-Britain-must-make-nuclear-work.html

Energy security 'at risk' if ministers fail to seal EDF nuclear deal

Britain's energy security will be put at risk and future generations left to suffer with higher bills if ministers fail to agree a deal with EDF Energy to build Britain’s first new nuclear plant in a generation, the industry’s main representative body has claimed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/9992621/Energy-security-at-risk-if-ministers-fail-to-seal-EDF-nuclear-deal.html

Terrestrial Energy will make the Integral Molten Salt Reactor

Terrestrial Energy will make the Integral Molten Salt Reactor that ...
Next Big Future
SmAHTR and AHTR introduce liquid cooling (molten salts) to high temperature next generation solid fuel reactors such as those that use TRISO fuel – pebble ...http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/terrestrial-energy-will-make-integral.html

Oilsand taxes will pay for Molten Salt Reactor development. MSR ...
Oilsand taxes will pay for Molten Salt Reactor development. MSR will provide steam for $200 billion per year of oil. MSR will free us from oil for better energy ...
beforeitsnews.com/.../oilsand-taxes-will-pay-for-molten-salt-re...

 

Roundup: IAEA urges nuclear regulators enhance safety regulations

http://www.power-eng.com/news/2013/04/13/roundup-iaea-urges-nuclear-regulators-enhance-safety-regulations.html

US nuclear safety goes from strength to strength

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-US_nuclear_safety_goes_from_strength_to_strength-1204137.html

Virginia State's new nuclear agency gets cloak of secrecy

http://articles.dailypress.com/2013-04-12/news/dp-nws-cns-virginia-nuclear-agency-20130412_1_virginia-coalition-foia-open-government

 

TVA Without U.S. Leaves Little More Than Junk: Corporate Finance

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-12/tva-without-u-s-leaves-little-more-than-junk-corporate-finance.html

Wind Energy Industry's $25 Billion Impact on US Economy

Wind Energy Industry's $25 Billion Impact on US Economy

Posted: 13 Apr 2013 01:00 AM PDT

In a record-setting year, the U.S. wind industry’s 28 percent growth boosted its job count back to 80,000 and had a discernible impact on U.S. GDP by putting $25 billion in private investment to work.http://theenergycollective.com/hermantrabish/209746/25-billion-impact-wind-industry?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29

Can We Afford a Carbon Tax?

Can We Afford a Carbon Tax?

Posted: 13 Apr 2013 06:00 AM PDT

The debate over a tax to curb greenhouse gas emissions has been raging on for years with no solutions in sight. Economists and scientists alike are conducting studies as to how a tax on carbon will affect the country’s bottom line.http://theenergycollective.com/ecsjessica/210166/can-we-afford-carbon-tax?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29