Nuclear energy stories of 2013

• Carbon-Free Energy Is Possible... w/out Nukes - Eleanor LeCain, HuffPo

  We can have the energy we need without emitting carbon or using nuclear energy. That's the takeaway from my recent interview with Dr. Arjun Makhijani on Progressive Radio Network...
  
  

  Thorium and the Dream of Clean Nuclear - David Lague, Reuters

  China isn't alone in turning to thorium as a potential source of power. Enthusiasm for exploiting this alternative to uranium is on the rise across the world, even as the cleanup continues...
  

  The Renewable Niche & the Nuclear Shrug - Mark Flanagan, NEI Notes

  Writer Steven Stromberg, writing in the Washington Post Partisan blog, offers this. . .
• DOE's New (and NuScale) Nuclear Commitment - Sustainable Business
• Why Enviros Should Cheer Nuclear - Stephen Stromberg, Washington Post
• Nuclear Greens: The Energy Story of 2014? - Richard Harris, NPR
• The Biggest Christmas Gift to Coal? Nuclear Scare Stories - The Guardian
• Think Nuclear Energy Is Collapsing? Think Again - Ken Silverstein, Forbes
• 'Doctors Without Brains' Oppose Nuclear Energy - James Conca, Forbes
• Mod Nuke Reactors Get 2nd Huge Boost From DOE - Bill Sweet, I-Spec.
• Is Nuclear Essential, Or Just a Bridge Technology? - John Timmer, Ars
• How Nuclear Can Stop Global Warming - David Biello, Scientific American
• Fukushima Killed Nuclear Energy in India - Kabir Taneja, The Diplomat
• No More Russian Nukes for Us. - Colin Daileda, Mashable
• ...And the World Power That Wants More Nuclear Is... - Dave Forest
• Why Did We Make The Atomic Bomb? - James Conca, Forbes
• Thorium Reactors: Nuke Redemption or Hazard? - Herman Trabish, GTM
• How Will You Celebrate The First CritMass? - Rod Adams, Atomic Insights
• Is Thorium the Fuel of the Future? - Editors, Knovel
• Greenpeace, Chernobyl, Fukushima: We Must Go Nuclear! - Forbes
• Iran's Nuclear Power "Red Line" - Walter R. Mead, The American Interest
• What's the Matter with Peaceful Iranian Nuclear Energy? - EnergyBiz
• Nuclear Power Could Be Our Salvation - Gwyneth Cravens, Richmond T-D
• Nuclear Isn't the Answer. Renewable Energy Is - Steven Cohen, Huff Post
• Why Can't Renewables and Nuclear Be Friends? - Sharryn Dotson, NPI
• Behind Japan's Epic Energy Fail - Roger Pielke Jr., Breakthrough Institute
• How Much Solar Is in the Pipeline? 43 Nuclear Plants - Todd Woody, Qz
• America's Missed Nuclear Energy Opportunity - The National Interest
• Are We Squandering Gas on Electricity? - Editors
• Japan Exposing Green Hypocrisy on Nuclear - WRM, American Interest
• Nuclear Power Is Not Clean - Johnny Johnson, Star-Tribune
• Green is Grassroots in Germany - Giles Parkinson, RenewEconomy
• Iran's Looming Energy Crisis - Samir Tata, OilPrice
• Despite a Big PR Push, Nuclear Still Faces Uphill Battle - OilPrice.com
• Climate Scientists: The New Nuclear Converts - Michael Krancer, Forbes
• Thorium: The Nuke That Might Have Been - The Economist
• Does Iran's Energy Future Hinge on Nuclear Talks? - Daniel Graeber
• The U.S. Nuclear Power Industry Is Melting Down - John Upton, Grist
• The Navy's Nuclear Reactors Could Lead the Way...Again - Rod Adams, EC
• For Once, The Nuclear Option Is a Good Thing! - Konrad Yakabuski, G&M
• Stop Linking Nuclear Energy with Nuclear Weapons - Atomic Insights
• India's Future Should Be In Thorium - Dipak Basu, Japan Times
• Are Hybrid Nuke Plants the Next Energy Revolution? - CleanTechnica
• What's Holding Back Nuclear Energy - Keith Johnson, Wall Street Journal
• The Nuclear Chat of Michael Brune vs. Robert Stone - Energy Collective
• Nuclear Power Can Save America - Danny Roderick, CNN
• Nuclear Option Tests Climate Change Faithful - G. Lloyd, The Australian
• The Uneven Enforcement of Nuclear Power Plants - Jeff Donn
• Europe Is Returning to Coal - Editors
• Fitzpatrick Reactor Faces Troubles - Editors
• The 40-Year Carbon Life Cycle - Editors
• Does President Obama You Know That Sweden Is 40% Nuclear? - Editors
• U.S. May Soon Be Totally Dependent on Imported Enriched Uranium - Editors
• More Gas, Less Coal - Editors
• Electricity: Construction vs. Operating Costs - Editors
• Coal is Again Our Major Source of Electricity - Editors
• Los Angeles Tries to Make Up for San Onofre - Editors
• Where Nuclear Spent Fuel Is Stored - Editors
• EU, Japan Electricity Prices Soar, US Steady - Editors
• German Solar Will Cost 4X Finnish Nuclear - Editors
• German Solar 4X as Expensive as Finnish Nuclear - Editors
• The Daily Bulletin - Editors
• Unplanned Reactor Shutdowns Tie All-Time Low in 2012 - Editors
• Germany's "Energiewende" Moves Slowly - Editors
• Wind Lowers the Price of Electricity, But . . . - Editors
• . . . Sources of Electricity . . . - Editors
• Nuclear Outages Are Above Normal in 2012 - Editors
• The Dispatch Curve - Editors
• Nuclear + Hydro = Less Carbon - Editors
• Japan's Scenarios for a Non-Nuclear Future - Editors
• Uprates Add to Nuclear Capacity - Editors
• Electricity Costs for European Countries - Editors
• Germany's Route to Renewables - Editors
• Nuclear Outages Are Back to Normal - Editors
• Support Returning for Offshore Drilling, Nuclear - Editors
• Nuclear Energy Grew Fastest But Renewables Have a Good Start - Editors
• Loss of Nuclear Has Cut Japan's Energy, Increased Carbon Emissions - Editors
• British Opinion Bounces Back on Nuclear - Editors
• "Green" China Will Be Burning More Coal . . . - Editors
• Nuclear Plants Withstand Nature's Fury - Anthony Pietrangelo
• Renewables Overtake Nuclear in Research - EIA
• States That Have Adopted Clean Energy Standards - Congressional Budget Office
• Almost Everything Built Since 2000 is Natural Gas - Energy Information Administration
• Nuclear: The Safest Energy Source of All - Louis Basenese

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