Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry.

Friday, May 5, 2017

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on his new role in nuclear oversight | WJLA

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on his new role in nuclear oversight | WJLA

BBC - Future - The officers who protect Britain's nuclear plants

BBC - Future - The officers who protect Britain's nuclear plants

Nuclear Expansion To Face Significant Hurdles | BMI Research

Nuclear Expansion To Face Significant Hurdles | BMI Research

Nuclear Expansion To Face Significant Hurdles | BMI Research

Nuclear Expansion To Face Significant Hurdles | BMI Research

GAO: Explore encasing nuclear waste in cement | Local | Eugene, Oregon

GAO: Explore encasing nuclear waste in cement | Local | Eugene, Oregon

Attempts to solve Korean Peninsula’s nuclear problem by military means disastrous - Lavrov | OANA NEWS

Attempts to solve Korean Peninsula’s nuclear problem by military means disastrous - Lavrov | OANA NEWS

Power plants’ costs and value to the grid are not easily reflected using simple metrics


Power plants’ costs and value to the grid are not easily reflected using simple metrics


http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2017/05/power-plants-costs-and-value-to-the-grid-are-not-easily-reflected-using-simple-metrics.html?cmpid=enl_pennenergy_pennenergyweeklypowerupdates_2017-05-05&email_address=micheletkearney@gmail.com&eid=288118515&bid=1746113

Michigan Thumb voters reject wind farm proposals

Michigan Thumb voters reject wind farm proposals

Russia starts hermetic tests at Leningrad plant

Russia starts hermetic tests at Leningrad plant

Construction work on Turkey's first nuclear plant to start next month, minister says | Energy & Oil | Reuters

Construction work on Turkey's first nuclear plant to start next month, minister says | Energy & Oil | Reuters

NUCLEAR: Southern turns to D.C. for help to finish reactors -- Thursday, May 4, 2017 -- www.eenews.net

NUCLEAR: Southern turns to D.C. for help to finish reactors -- Thursday, May 4, 2017 -- www.eenews.net

Nuclear waste at Hanford: Turn it into glass or encase in cement? | The Columbian

Nuclear waste at Hanford: Turn it into glass or encase in cement? | The Columbian

Japan seeks final resting place for highly radioactive nuclear waste | Asia | DW.COM | 05.05.2017

Japan seeks final resting place for highly radioactive nuclear waste | Asia | DW.COM | 05.05.2017

SMRs could hold key to UK nuclear future says report - Power Engineering International

SMRs could hold key to UK nuclear future says report - Power Engineering International

Small modular reactor possibilities expand | Post Register

Small modular reactor possibilities expand | Post Register

With Renewables Surging, Nuclear And Petroleum Battle Over Subsidies

With Renewables Surging, Nuclear And Petroleum Battle Over Subsidies


https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/05/04/with-renewables-surging-nuclear-and-petroleum-battle-over-subsidies/#4f56f1ba4b15

The Energy Collective Daily: Oil Politics Driving Libya Closer to Failure

Oil Politics Driving Libya Closer To Failure | The Energy Collective Daily

Link to The Energy Collective

Kitty Litter, Ocean Burial, Shooting It at the Sun: The Worst Ways to Stash Nuclear Waste - Motherboard

Kitty Litter, Ocean Burial, Shooting It at the Sun: The Worst Ways to Stash Nuclear Waste - Motherboard

Taiwan nuclear power plant maintenance fault might tighten summer electricity supply | Taiwan News

Taiwan nuclear power plant maintenance fault might tighten summer electricity supply | Taiwan News

Nuclear Freeze vs. Carbon Abatement - Taiwan Business TOPICS

Nuclear Freeze vs. Carbon Abatement - Taiwan Business TOPICS