Consumers Energy to buy natural gas-fired power plant for $155mn

http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/01/consumers-energy-to-buy-natural-gas-fired-power-plant-for-155mn.html

NTE Energy proposes gas-fired plant in Ohio

http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/01/nte-energy-proposes-gas-fired-plant-in-ohio.html

The Ten Reasons Why Intermittency is a Problem for Renewable Energy

http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/The-Ten-Reasons-Why-Intermittency-is-a-Problem-for-Renewable-Energy.html

Meeting called for Tenn. nuclear violations

http://newsok.com/meeting-called-for-tenn.-nuclear-violations/article/feed/644679?custom_click=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newsok%2Fbusiness+%28NewsOK.com+RSS+-+business%29

Palisades nuclear plant proposes new design for historically problematic mechanisms

http://michiganradio.org/post/palisades-nuclear-plant-proposes-new-design-historically-problematic-mechanisms

Partners sought for Poland's first nuclear plant project

http://www.smartbrief.com/01/30/14/partners-sought-polands-first-nuclear-plant-project#.Uuso1BmENDQ

A Japanese Director Takes on the ‘Nuclear Lobby’ via nuclear news

A Japanese Director Takes on the ‘Nuclear Lobby’ via nuclear news

SCRIPT: This Japanese film almost never saw the light of day. “The House of the Rising Sun” tells the story of a family torn apart by a nuclear disaster. A subject so sensitive in Japan that the director found it impossible to finance his project through conventional means. But the groundswell of anti-nuclear feeling following the Fukushima disaster persuaded Takafumi Ota to turn to the public. He

by yukimiyamotodepau... / 14h http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/2014/01/30/a-japanese-director-takes-on-the-nuclear-lobby-via-nuclear-news/

Useful online book – Radiation and Health

Useful online book – Radiation and Health

The health effects of low level radiation are a continuing topic of conversation here and in many other places around the web. The Establishment view is known as the Linear No Threshold (LNT) assumption. Using that model, which was first applied to radiation standards development in 1956, every dose is assumed to impart risk to human health, all the way down to the origin of zero dose before you

19 by Rod Adams / 11h http://atomicinsights.com/useful-online-book-radiation-health/

Interview on B2B communication in nuclear sector

• Subject: Interview on B2B communication in nuclear sector

Asia Nuclear Business Platform recently spoke with Laura Hermann, Senior Vice President of Potomac Communications Group (PCG) on B-to-B communications among suppliers in the nuclear energy sector.

Key issues discussed were: What is B-to-B communications? Why is it important? What is being done in the US on this? What are some interesting experiences which PCG has had in Asia and Middle East on this?

Visit www.nuclearbusiness-platform.com/asia/interview/ to read the full interview and gain further insights on this interesting topic.

Regards,

Zaf Coelho
Project Director
Asia Nuclear Business Platform
zaf@industry-platform.com

Southern Co files documents to complete DOE nuclear loan guarantee

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/29/utilities-nuclear-southern-idUSL2N0L31O920140129

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Reports on Conditions at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Reports on Conditions at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

30 January 2014

On 30 January 2014, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) of Japan provided the IAEA with an update on radioactivity in seawater at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS). This update on the daily monitoring by TEPCO of seawater near Fukushima Daiichi NPS indicates that the concentrations of all radionuclides (i.e. Cs-134, Cs-137, total Beta and H-3) were relatively stable from 20 to 26 January 2014 at the sampling points T-1 and T-2-1. The NRA also provided an update on the sea are monitoring results for radioactivity obtained from sea water samples taken at a distance of two to 200 kilometers from TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi NPS. A document released by the Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also mentions the report submitted by Japan In December to the IAEA on events and highlights on the progress related to the recovery operations at the Fukushima Daiichi NPS. TEPCO has also provided a document outlining some of the robotics that are being developed to assist in decontamination of the reactor buildings and translated a document detailing their technique to measure the height of the water level in the Unit 2 suppression chamber. (Higher resolution images are available here).http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2013/japan-basic-policy-full.html

Britain needs more nuclear not fracking, says IEA

Energy forecaster says UK should not pin hopes on shale and build more nuclear plants

Uk fracking won't deliver the kind of energy "revolution" seen in the UK says top IEA official Photo: Alamy

By Andrew Critchlow

12:31PM GMT 30 Jan 2014

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Government set to raise civilian liability to $1 billion for nuclear operators

http://lethbridgeherald.com/business/business-news/2014/01/government-set-to-raise-civilian-liability-to-1-billion-for-nuclear-operators/

TEPCO fears 3-cm hole in Fukushima reactor No.2

http://rt.com/news/fukushima-reactor-hole-tepco-430/

Boxer: Unacceptable delay in US Fukushima response

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/196987-boxer-unacceptable-delay-in-us-fukushima-response

Whatever Happened to Gregory Jaczko?

http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/whatever-happened-to-gregory-jaczko-20140129

Hundreds sue makers of Fukushima nuclear plant

"The 1,415 plaintiffs, including 38 Fukushima residents and 357 people from outside Japan, said the manufacturers - Toshiba, GE and Hitachi - failed to make needed safety improvements to the four decade-old reactors at the Fukushima plant. They are seeking compensation of 100 yen ($1) each, saying their main goal is to raise awareness of the problem.
Akihiro Shima, a lawyer for the group, said the manufacturers have not been held responsible "and their names are not even mentioned." The lawsuit intends to bring attention to the system that protects the nuclear industry around the world, he said."

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268793/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=H2cH8Qtp

Fukushima town rejects hosting radioactive waste storage facility

	Fukushima town rejects hosting radioactive waste storage facility GlobalPost - Yuhei Sato on Monday that the town would not allow the construction within its borders of interim storage facilities for high-level radioactive waste ...http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140127/fukushima-town-rejects-hosting-radioactive-waste-stora

Three Permanent Disposal Sites for Radioactive Waste in Europe

Science World Report Three Permanent Disposal Sites for Radioactive Waste in Europe by ... Science World Report - Researchers are working on ways to place radioactive waste some four to eight hundred metres underground and seal it off with specialised plugs. Flag as irrelevant

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/12408/20140124/three-permanent-disposal-sites-for-radioactive-waste-in-europe-by-2025.htm

NEI Says Full Engagement in Global Nuclear Trade Vital for US

NEI's Fertel testifying on Section 123 agreements before Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Continuing U.S. commercial engagement in the expanding global nuclear market -- which the Department of Commerce estimates at $500 billion to $750 billion over the next 10 years -- ensures that the highest possible levels of nuclear power plant safety and reliability are maintained worldwide. It also maintains U.S. influence over global nuclear nonproliferation policy and practices, NEI President and CEO Marvin Fertel says. Read more.http://www.nei.org/News-Media/News/News-Archives/NEI-s-Fertel-Says-Full-Engagement-in-Global-Nuclea