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Evan Doss, Jr. Comments at Mississippi NRC Meeting

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held two public environmental scoping meetings at the Port Gibson City Hall in Port Gibson, Mississippi on June 19, 2008. The meetings are part of NRC’s review of an application submitted by Entergy Operations Inc (EOI) for a combined license (COL) for construction and operation of a new nuclear power […]

Japan to promote nuclear energy at G8 summit – 06 Jul 08

Leaders of some of the world’s richest countries are heading to Japan for their annual meeting. This year’s G8 summit will focus on African development issues, skyrocketing fuel prices and the possibility of worldwide economic recession. Japan think part of the solution to the rising cost of fuel, and a way to reduce green house […]

Research and Markets: The Nuclear Power Market Outlook for Developing Countries: Market Overview, Capacity growth …

Research and Markets: The Nuclear Power Market Outlook for Developing Countries: Market Overview, Capacity growth … DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “The Nuclear Power Market Outlook for Developing Countries: Market Overview, Capacity growth, Drivers, Resistors and Future outlook” report to their offering. Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Sandia National Laboratories and Sunpower Corp. Extend Solar Energy Research Partnership

Sandia National Laboratories and Sunpower Corp. Extend Solar Energy Research Partnership Sandia National Laboratories and SunPower Corp. recently formalized an agreement to conduct research on integrating large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems into the grid. By signing a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), the organizations will leverage approximately $1 million of combined U.S. Department of Energy […]

Study: Global warming not to blame for snowmageddon

Study: Global warming not to blame for snowmageddon Memories of the record-breaking cold and snowstorms of last winter, including Snowpocalypse, Snowmaggedon and Snoverkill, have probably faded, as eventually will be true of memories of the record-breaking heat this summer. Unless, that is, the extreme winter and summer weather prove to be just a … Environment […]

Nuclear Energy in the Middle East: Clearing the Legal Hurdles – Q&A

Participants of the discussion panel answer questions from the audience. The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Georgetown Institute for International Law and Politics sponsored a panel discussion on setting the legal stage for the expansion of nuclear energy programs in the Middle East at the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington, DC, […]

Comment – Nuclear Power – 2/28/2008

On Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, Senator Carper spoke about the importance to this country of clean nuclear power and a strong Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to provide oversight and keep nuclear safe and secure. As chairman of the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, Senator Carper held a hearing to examine how the NRC […]

Stealing monsoon and other damming stories

Stealing monsoon and other damming stories A Chinese general called Guo Kai once proposed how to smuggle the Indian monsoon into China. In the seventies, Guo calculated that hammering the Himalayas with 200 nuclear warheads could blast a 2-km wide air tunnel to divert moist air from India to thirsty China. Read more on Hindustan […]

5 trillion yuan investment plan to spur energy development

5 trillion yuan investment plan to spur energy development The new energy development plan for 2010-2020 drafted by the National Energy Administration (NEA) is finished and awaits approval from the State Council, the country’s Cabinet, www.cs.com.cn reported Tuesday. Read more on People’s Daily

Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. Signs Agreement on New Backup Nuclear Site in Idaho

Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. Signs Agreement on New Backup Nuclear Site in Idaho BOISE, Idaho — Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. , an independent developer of large-scale nuclear and green energy projects, including nuclear power plants and nuclear desalination reactors, today announced a purchase agreement on a new backup site for a proposed nuclear power plant […]

After 65 years, retire the bomb!

After 65 years, retire the bomb! The year has turned again, and friends and I are busy completing plans for our annual Hiroshima Day events in Santa Fe and Los Alamos. Our theme this time around: “Sixty Five Years Is Enough! Retire the Bomb! We Want a Nuclear Free World!” Read more on National Catholic […]

Subsidies for Renewables, Biofuels Dwarfed by Supports for Fossil Fuels

Subsidies for Renewables, Biofuels Dwarfed by Supports for Fossil Fuels NEW YORK—-New research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance reveals that despite many platitudes and pledges, governments of the world are spending substantially more on subsidizing dirty forms of energy than on renewables and biofuels. Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

The Three Mile Island Accident (Part 4)

Three Mile Island has been of interest to human factors engineers as an example of how groups of people react to and make decisions under stress. There is now a general consensus that the accident was exacerbated by wrong decisions made because the operators were overwhelmed with information, much of it irrelevant, misleading or incorrect. […]