Austin Energy Sets the Curve
Austin Energy Sets the Curve Stakeholders weigh in on top choice to lead utility Read more on The Austin Chronicle
Public meetings set on Indian Point river impact – From the Poughkeepsie Journal
Public meetings set on Indian Point river impact – From the Poughkeepsie Journal The debate over how long Indian Point will be allowed to make electricity heats up this week, with three public meetings aimed at a key factor — what the nuclear plant will have to do to limit its impact on the Hudson […]
Energy: A new nuclear age?
Speakers: Paul Brown; Malcolm Grimston; Jo Kaplinsky; Dr Alexandra Penn. Chair: Dr Dominic Standish. Nuclear energy is being embraced by some as the best solution for meeting rising power needs and respecting the environment. New nuclear plants are under construction in China, India and elsewhere, although in the UK and USA they remain on the […]
Lakota Chief Joe American Horse addresses guests on the Pine Ridge Tour
Uncle Joe ~Chief Joe American Horse~ In the tipi at ‘Slim Buttes’ on Pine Ridge Reservation addressing a delegation of guests involved in the on-going litigation battles surrounding the Crow Butte (Nebraska) Uranium Mining Operation. Guests included Federal Judges from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Local citizens involved with the mine, and even the legal […]
Nuclear renaissance around the corner
Nuclear renaissance around the corner THE world is on the verge of a nuclear renaissance that will be driven by higher demand in China and India coupled with efforts to cut carbon emissions. Read more on Perth Now
Peter A. Bradford: Energy Department ignores Obama’s openness pledge
Peter A. Bradford: Energy Department ignores Obama’s openness pledge Over the last half century, the government has repeatedly kept information secret because it would be embarrassing. Read more on The Capital Times
Rahul Gandhi in Parliament on Nuclear Energy Part-IV
Rahul Gandhi in Parliament on Nuclear Energy www.pressbrief.in
Google Energy’s First Purchase: 20 Years of Wind Power
Google Energy’s First Purchase: 20 Years of Wind Power Google Energy today announced an agreement to purchase 114 megawatts of wind power capacity per year for 20 years at a set price from an Iowa wind farm owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources. A Google company spokesperson Jamie Yood noted, “This is the first […]
InVentiv Health Plans Debt as Sales of Junk Bonds Surge: New Issue Alert
InVentiv Health Plans Debt as Sales of Junk Bonds Surge: New Issue Alert InVentiv Health Inc., the provider of sales and marketing services that’s being acquired by Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, is marketing debt after junk issuance reached the highest weekly volume since April. Read more on Bloomberg
Nuclear Energy in the Middle East: Clearing the Legal Hurdles – Sharon Squassoni
Sharon Squassoni, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, updates participants of the panel on the status of nuclear energy programs in the region with her presentation “Realities and Risks of Nuclear Power in the Middle East”. The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Georgetown Institute for International Law and Politics sponsored a […]
The Three Mile Island Accident (Part 2)
The anti-nuclear movement in the United States consists of more than seventy anti-nuclear groups which have acted to oppose nuclear power and/or nuclear weapons in the USA. The movement has delayed construction or halted commitments to build some new nuclear plants. Anti-nuclear campaigns that captured national public attention in the 1970s involved the Calvert Cliffs […]
Collegeville nonprofit introduces solar energy to Togo, West Africa
Collegeville nonprofit introduces solar energy to Togo, West Africa In Togo, West Africa, not many people even know what solar energy is. A few weeks ago a Collegeville-based organization, backed by local workers, installed a solar electric system on the roof of a microcredit institution there. Read more on Montgomery Life
Department Of Energy Cites Bechtel Jacobs For Classified Information Security And Worker Safety And Health Violations
Department Of Energy Cites Bechtel Jacobs For Classified Information Security And Worker Safety And Health Violations The Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued two Preliminary Notices of Violation (PNOV) to Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC (BJC) as part of an ongoing effort to ensure DOE contractors maintain a safe and healthy workplace for employees and maintain […]
Radioactive Boy Scout Part 2 – Building the Reactor
Part 1 here: www.youtube.com David Hahn, nicknamed the “Radioactive Boy Scout”, is an Eagle Scout who received a merit badge in Atomic Energy and spent years tinkering with basement chemistry which sometimes resulted in small explosions and other mishaps. He was inspired in part by reading The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments, and tried to […]
While Reid Ponders, Some Democrats See Time Running Out for Energy Bill
While Reid Ponders, Some Democrats See Time Running Out for Energy Bill Senate Democrats appear unsure how to proceed on major energy legislation, with just days remaining on the Senate’s summer sc… Read more on New York Times
China Rejects IEA Report On Energy Consumption
China Rejects IEA Report On Energy Consumption (RTTNews) – China on Tuesday rejected a news report based on International Energy Agency (IEA) data indicating that the Asian country had surpassed the United States to become the world’s largest energy consumer in 2009, insisting that the data provided by the IEA was not reliable. Read more […]
Review of Perry Nuclear Power Plant to be detailed in public meeting
Review of Perry Nuclear Power Plant to be detailed in public meeting The Nuclear Regulatory Commission soon will hold its end-of-cycle assessment public meeting for the FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. Read more on The News-Herald
Nuclear Energy will Save the Planet – Join In!
The energy is nuclear and the career options are AWESOME! Saving the planet has never been so rewarding. And it doesn’t hurt that the salaries are so high!
Staff at nuclear decommissioning quango paid £5m in bonuses
Staff at nuclear decommissioning quango paid £5m in bonuses Chairman Stephen Henwood admits to ‘shortcomings’ in bonus structure as rewards increase by a third Bonuses at taxpayer-funded quango the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority rose by almost a third last year even though it faces a £4bn budget shortfall by 2015. Staff were awarded £5m, according to […]
Do the French “recycle” all their nuclear waste? Everything Nuclear Video
www.everythingnuclear.org Here to debunk the myth that the French recycle all their nuclear waste through reprocessing is former US Nuclear Regulatory Commission member Peter Bradford. DONATE NOW to support our outreach work at npo.networkforgood.org View the entire documentary from its home page: www.everythingnuclear.org Brought to you by The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility http