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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Why Energy Is Technology's Next Big Thing

Why Energy Is Technology's Next Big Thing


http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/05/10/why-energy-is-technologys-next-big-thing/

Microsoft Abandons Windows 8.1: Take Immediate Action Or Be Cut Off Like Windows XP

Microsoft Abandons Windows 8.1: Take Immediate Action Or Be Cut Off Like Windows XP


http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/04/15/microsoft-abandons-windows-8-1-take-immediate-action-or-be-cut-off-like-windows-xp/

Nuclear Waste Leak Traced To --- Kitty Litter


Nuclear Waste Leak Traced To --- Kitty Litter

http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/the_geopolitics_of_energy/archive/2014/05/10/nuclear-waste-leak-traced-to-kitty-litter.aspx#.U26zJBlXDgo

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2014/05/10/nuclear-waste-leak-traced-to-kitty-litter/

Everything You Wanted To Know About Global Oil Fundamentals (But Were Afraid To Ask)


Everything You Wanted To Know About Global Oil Fundamentals (But Were Afraid To Ask)


http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-10/everything-you-wanted-know-about-global-oil-fundamentals-were-afraid-ask

Remarks at Stanford on the Obama administration and the role of scientists as citizens

Remarks at Stanford on the Obama administration and the role of scientists as citizens


http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2014/05/10/remarks-at-stanford-e-iper/

Mexico Opens up Shale and Deepwater – Who Will Get There First?

Mexico Opens up Shale and Deepwater – Who Will Get There First?


http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Mexico-Opens-up-Shale-and-Deepwater-Who-Will-Get-There-First.html

Wave and Tidal Power Hit First in Remote Communities


Wave and Tidal Power Hit First in Remote Communities

The still nascent technology to generate electricity from the sea may find its first economical uses far from the grid
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wave-and-tidal-power-hit-first-in-remote-communities/

World’s Largest Solar Array Set to Crank Out 290 Megawatts of Sunshine Power

World’s Largest Solar Array Set to Crank Out 290 Megawatts of Sunshine Power


http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/world-s-largest-solar-array-set-to-crank-out-290-megawatts-of-sunshine-power/

Reactor Reax Top Stories - Media Calls Out Nuclear Industry Front Groups


Reactor Reax Top Stories - Media Calls Out Nuclear Industry Front Groups

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may092014/reactor-reax.php

Russia trumpets victory in new ‘super modern’ nuclear icebreaker project

Russia trumpets victory in new ‘super modern’ nuclear icebreaker project

St. Petersburg’s Baltic Shipyard has won an uncontested tender to build the first three of Russia’s new generation of “super modern” universal-use nuclear icebreakers in a $2.3 billion windfall for the Unified Shipbuilding Corporation owned conglomerate.

http://bellona.org/news/arctic/russian-nuclear-icebreakers-fleet/2014-05-russia-trumpets-victory-new-super-modern-nuclear-icebreaker-project
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Regulators Worry Nuclear Plants Are Vulnerable to Quakes

Regulators Worry Nuclear Plants Are Vulnerable to Quakes

NRC Asks Companies in 10 States East of Rockies to Submit Detailed Reports


http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304655304579552272735767840?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304655304579552272735767840.html

NRC Prioritizes Detailed Earthquake Risk Analysis For Central and Eastern U.S. Reactors



NRC
Prioritizes Detailed Earthquake Risk Analysis
For Central and Eastern U.S. Reactors
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2014/14-032.pdf

Chinese Engineers Are Designing A Massive High-Speed Railway To Connect China And The US


Chinese Engineers Are Designing A Massive High-Speed Railway To Connect China And The US

http://www.businessinsider.com/massive-high-speed-railway-that-connects-china-to-the-us-2014-5?utm_source=alerts&nr_email_referer=1
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Fukushima Radiation: None Detected Yet on California Coast


Fukushima Radiation: None Detected Yet on California Coast


http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/05/07/fukushima-radiation-none-detected-yet-on-california-coast/

New Hollywood remake of ‘Godzilla’ questions nuclear power

New Hollywood remake of ‘Godzilla’ questions nuclear power


http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/movies/AJ201405100027

Nuclear-Powered Trans-Ocean Shipping – 3rd place in New York Advanced Energy contest

Nuclear-Powered Trans-Ocean Shipping – 3rd place in New York Advanced Energy contest


http://atomicinsights.com/nuclear-powered-trans-ocean-shipping-3rd-place-new-york-advance-energy-contest/

Agency Urges Quake Study for Indian Point

Agency Urges Quake Study for Indian Point


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/nyregion/agency-urges-quake-study-for-indian-point.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

California's Latest Climate Forecast: Hotter and Drier Days are Here to Stay

California's Latest Climate Forecast: Hotter and Drier Days are Here to Stay


http://theenergycollective.com/nrdcswitchboard/378071/californias-latest-climate-forecast-hotter-and-drier-days-are-here-stay

Can India Convert to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2050?

Can India Convert to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2050?

by Darshan Goswami, Contributor | May 9, 2014 | 1 Comment
In the coming years, India will face seemingly insurmountable challenges to its economy, environment and energy security. To overcome these challenges India needs to shift to non-polluting sources of energy. As Jeremy Rifkin, an... Full Article
COMMENTARYhttp://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/05/can-india-convert-to-100-percent-renewable-energy-by-2050?cmpid=SolarNL-Saturday-May10-2014

Egypt Emerges as a Route for Israeli Natural Gas

Egypt Emerges as a Route for Israeli Natural Gas

By Simon Henderson
Tamar, The Natural Gas Production Platform Off The Israeli Coast, Is To Begin It's Natural Gas Production
Piping Israeli gas to liquefaction plants in Egypt is the most commercially logical option but remains politically risky. The announcement of a letter of intent between the partners in Israel’s giant Tamar natural gas field and the Spanish owners of a liquefied natural gas plant on Egypt’s Nile Delta coast is a major breakthrough, one

Humanity's Destruction of Earth's Climate in Ninety Seconds


  Humanity's Destruction of Earth's Climate in Ninety Seconds
by Jon Queally
"We continue to turn the dial up on this ‘electric blanket’ of ours without knowing what the resulting temperatures will be.

Data visualization that compresses thousands of years of historic atmospheric data presents frightening prospects for humanity's future

 
 "http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/06

“Concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere are surpassing 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human history”—Scripps Institution of Oceanography

“Concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere are surpassing 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human history”—Scripps Institution of Oceanography


http://canadianenergyissues.com/2014/05/06/concentrations-of-the-greenhouse-gas-carbon-dioxide-in-the-global-atmosphere-are-surpassing-400-parts-per-million-ppm-for-the-first-time-in-human-history-scripps-institutio/

Dominion wants nuclear safety exemptions for Kewaunee plant

Dominion wants nuclear safety exemptions for Kewaunee plant


http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/05/dominion-wants-nuclear-safety-exemptions-for-kewaunee-plant.html

NRC requests earthquake risk re-evaluations from 21 U.S. reactors


NRC requests earthquake risk re-evaluations from 21 U.S. reactors


http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/05/nrc-requests-earthquake-risk-re-evaluations-from-21-u-s-reactors.html

Why Does More Scientific Literacy Seem to Make Liberals More Accepting of Nuclear Power?

Why Does More Scientific Literacy Seem to Make Liberals More Accepting of Nuclear Power?


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/06/24/why-does-more-scientific-literacy-seem-to-make-liberals-more-accepting-of-nuclear-power/#.U24znFfwqAg

WIPP could be closed for 3 years

WIPP could be closed for 3 years


http://www.abqjournal.com/397095/news/wipp-could-be-closed-3-years.html


WIPP: NM Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn calls for immediate closure of waste panels



http://www.currentargus.com/carlsbad-news/ci_25729464/flynn-calls-immediate-closure-waste-panels-tranparency

Wipp Town Hall 5/8/14


http://new.livestream.com/rrv/wipptownhall9

Friday, May 9, 2014

Nuclear Video Matinee Mother’s Day Double Feature By ansnuclearcafe

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Nuclear Video Matinee Mother’s Day Double Feature

By ansnuclearcafe on May 09, 2014 02:57 pm

The second Sunday in May marks the celebration of Mother’s Day in the United States and many countries.  In honor of this wonderful tradition, the Nuclear Cafe Matinee is quite pleased to showcase interviews with nuclear engineer Julie Ezold, Californium-252 … Continue reading
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The Decline and Fall of America’s Last Great Fishery Oceans Without Fish

The Decline and Fall of America’s Last Great Fishery

Oceans Without Fish


http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/05/09/oceans-without-fish/?utm_source=feedly&utm_reader=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oceans-without-fish

Strengthen nuclear power safety measures

Strengthen nuclear power safety measures


http://www.mcall.com/opinion/letters/mc-nuclear-power-plant-meltdown-nistor-20140509,0,1828133.story

Debating the Merits of Nuclear Power

Debating the Merits of Nuclear Power


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/opinion/debating-the-merits-of-nuclear-power.html?_r=0

DOE: Could be 3 years to fully reopen NM nuke dump

DOE: Could be 3 years to fully reopen NM nuke dump


http://bigstory.ap.org/article/doe-could-be-3-years-fully-reopen-nm-nuke-dump

PennEnergy's Top Power Headlines 5/9

Top Power Headlines
MIT: Floating nuclear plants could ride out tsunamis (Video)
MIT presents a new design for nuclear plants built on floating platforms, modeled after those used for offshore oil drilling, that could provide enhanced safety, easier siting, and centralized construction
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AREVA starts up molten salt energy storage demonstration plant (Video)
AREVA has begun operations of its molten salt energy storage demonstration plant at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Top Power News
Four alarm fire shuts down Martin Drake power plant
Rolls-Royce to sell energy gas turbine business to Siemens
UK electricity reforms supporting 8,500 green jobs
Renewable systems pilot for cannabis cultivation
Reducing CO2 from power sector with no net cost to economy
U.S. biomass-based diesel imports increase to record levels
SunEdison completes 100 MW of solar power in the UK
New material for flat semiconductors
Vattenfall ends coal power CCS R&D
New energy storage testing center promotes innovation
Siemens signs multiple 10-year wind service contracts
Toshiba to supply steam turbines for plant retrofit in Mexico
AREVA, ATOX form Japanese nuclear decommissioning JV
B&W, OSU awarded funding for clean coal technology development

Power Engineering's Top Stories 5/9

Top Stories
Video: SaskPower to launch carbon capture project near ND
Billed as the world's first commercial-scale carbon capture undertaking, the $1.35 billion Boundary Dam Project near Estevan, Saskatchewan, is only a few months away from startup.
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Video: Drake coal-fired power plant offline indefinitely due to fire damage
A fire broke out Monday morning at the Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Duke Energy posts loss on coal fleet
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) lost $97 million in the first quarter because it reduced the value of a fleet of coal-fired power plants in the Midwest that it is trying to sell.
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Georgia Power: Gov’t loans save $250mn in costs for Plant Vogtle
Georgia Power said the loans from the U.S. government could save $250 million in costs over the life of the loans.
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