Terrestrial Energy successfully closed its final seed round of financing

Terrestrial Energy successfully closed its final seed round of financing

http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/04/terrestrial-energy-successfully-closed.html

Department of Energy: Second trip into troubled New Mexico nuclear dump finds no contamination

Department of Energy: Second trip into troubled New Mexico nuclear dump finds no contamination - See more at: http://www.nanaimodailynews.com/news/nation-world/department-of-energy-second-trip-into-troubled-new-mexico-nuclear-dump-finds-no-contamination-1.943398#sthash.cmfdCEyv.dpuf

Department of Energy: Second trip into troubled New Mexico nuclear dump finds no contamination
http://www.nanaimodailynews.com/news/nation-world/department-of-energy-second-trip-into-troubled-new-mexico-nuclear-dump-finds-no-contamination-1.943398

Many nuclear reactors fall short of revised quake threat

http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Many-nuclear-reactors-fall-short-of-revised-quake-5379815.php

Under Revised Quake Estimates, Dozens of Nuclear Reactors Face Problems

http://beta.slashdot.org/story/200369

Ukraine moves to crack Russia's hold on its nuclear power

It's not just dependency on Russian natural gas that poses problems for Ukraine, it's also Russia's virtual monopoly on the fuel for Ukraine's nuclear reactors.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2014/0405/Ukraine-moves-to-crack-Russia-s-hold-on-its-nuclear-power

The Democratizing Promise of Energy Storage

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2014/04/the-democratizing-promise-of-energy-storage?cmpid=rss

FPL To Pilot Community-Funded Solar Power Plants

FPL To Pilot Community-Funded Solar Power Plants
Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/04/fpl-community-solar-power-plants/#wqmMJqVVgsbhkoUl.99

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/04/fpl-community-solar-power-plants/

Mounting Evidence of Health Concerns Near Tar Sands Development

http://theenergycollective.com/danielle-droitsch/362571/mounting-evidence-health-concerns-near-tar-sands-development

Some Lessons Were Learned from TMI, Others Were Not

http://theenergycollective.com/rodadams/364246/some-lessons-were-learned-tmi-others-were-not

Responding to Global Warming Analyzing Some Ideas

Responding to Global Warming

Analyzing Some Ideas

by Alton C. Thompson
http://dissidentvoice.org/2014/04/responding-to-global-warming/

Investigators enter WIPP

03 April 2014

Workers have re-entered the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico for the first time since a radiological event occurred there in mid-February. Future teams will travel deeper into the facility towards the suspected source of the release.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Investigators-enter-WIPP-0304144.html

Generating Power from Nuclear Waste - A Moonshot Proposal

http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7421/Generating-Power-from-Nuclear-Waste--A-Moonshot-Proposal.aspx

The Molten Salt Reactor Race: Will America Join the Race?

http://energyfromthorium.com/2014/03/21/the-molten-salt-reactor-race-will-america-join-the-race/

US suspends nuclear power agreements with Rosatom

http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2014/04/us-suspends-nuclear-power-agreements-with-rosatom.html

Under Revised Quake Estimates, Dozens of Nuclear Reactors Face Costly Safety Analyses

By MATTHEW L. WALD
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/nyregion/dozens-of-nuclear-reactors-must-prove-safety-under-revised-quake-estimates.html?_r=0

Fukushima Commentary 4/4

Fukushima Commentary

Harvey Wasserman goes over the edge…Again!

Harvey Wasserman has made a career out of condemning nuclear power. But now, he has coined a phrase likely to become the new buzz-word with the antinuclear demographic around the world…nuclear omnicide. His extreme form of cherry-picking and outright fabrication has gone too-far...once again. This is not merely well-crafted rhetorical disinformation… it is evil personified.

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

Governments rip up renewable contracts

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2014/03/18/governments-rip-up-renewable-contracts/

Energy News Roundup: Shunning Russian Gas in Europe No Easy Task

Energy News Roundup: Shunning Russian Gas in Europe No Easy Task

By Jared Anderson

The Ukraine crisis has reinvigorated European efforts to diversify its natural gas supply sources away from Russia amid reliability concerns, but numerous obstacles stand in that path. “Added to that, Europe is contractually obliged to continue taking delivery of Russian gas. Bernstein makes the point that Gazprom has about 120 bcm of take-or-pay contracts –

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Tackling Energy Poverty with Renewables?

Tackling Energy Poverty with Renewables?

By Roman Kilisek

As economies and populations grow, standards of living improve for billions of people, and with it the need for energy continues to rise. Or as World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim put it “energy is a critical part of boosting prosperity and eradicating poverty.” The world’s center of gravity is shifting more and

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New Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions Impacts Energy and Agriculture Industries

New Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions Impacts Energy and Agriculture Industries

By Husch Blackwell

On Friday, March 28, 2014, the White House unveiled its comprehensive, interagency strategy to reduce methane emissions as part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan introduced last summer. The President’s Climate Action Plan proposed three key pillars upon which strategies would be developed for cutting pollution that is believed to cause climate change and damage

Keep reading →http://breakingenergy.com/2014/04/04/new-strategy-to-reduce-methane-emissions-impacts-energy-and-agriculture-industries/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=898d357d73-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-898d357d73-407304281