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

Saturday, October 31, 2015

NRC: Entergy Has Enough Funds To Decommission Yankee


NRC: Entergy Has Enough Funds To Decommission Yankee

http://digital.vpr.net/post/nrc-entergy-has-enough-funds-decommission-yankee#stream/0

Nuclear Technology Makes Deep Space Travel Possible

Nuclear Technology Makes Deep Space Travel Possible


http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2015/10/30/nuclear-technology-makes-deep-space-travel-possible/

NuScale targets SMR cost below $90/MWh on wider deployment


NuScale targets SMR cost below $90/MWh on wider deployment


http://analysis.nuclearenergyinsider.com/small-modular-reactors/nuscale-targets-smr-cost-below-90mwh-wider-deployment

A Powerful Team Evaluated the Molten Salt Reactor - LFTR


APowerful Team Evaluated the Molten Salt Reactor - LFTR


http://www.itheo.org/articles/powerful-team-evaluated-molten-salt-reactor-lftr

The Rare Promise of Thorium Reactors

The Rare Promise of Thorium Reactors


http://whchronicle.com/?p=2953

NOAA Attempts To Hide The Pause In Global Warming: The Most Disgraceful Cover-Up Since Climategate


NOAA Attempts To Hide The Pause In Global Warming: The Most Disgraceful Cover-Up Since Climategate


http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/29/noaa-attempts-hide-pause-global-warming-disgraceful-cover-since-climategate/

A World Without Nuclear Energy? How About No Energy?

A World Without Nuclear Energy? How About No Energy?


http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-world-without-nuclear-energy-how.html

Duke Energy looks at extending life of Brunswick Nuclear Plant

Duke Energy looks at extending life of Brunswick Nuclear Plant


http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20151031/ARTICLES/151029634

Record radiation at Fukushima power plant could kill person in under 1 hour – reports


Record radiation at Fukushima power plant could kill person in under 1 hour – reports

https://www.rt.com/news/320319-fukushima-deadly-radiation-dosage-94sv/

Russia Dominates Nuclear Energy Market

Russia Dominates Nuclear Energy Market


http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/10/russia-dominating-nuclear-energy-market/

Workers wait for word on future of FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant

Workers wait for word on future of FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant

Company decision was expected by the end of October



http://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/workers-wait-for-word-on-future-of-fitzpatrick-nuclear-power-plant

Yankee fund withdrawals concern state


Yankee fund withdrawals concern state

http://www.timesargus.com/article/20151031/NEWS01/151039915/0/interneddata1

Spent fuel rods stored in Zion raise safety, economic concerns

Spent fuel rods stored in Zion raise safety, economic concerns


http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-zion-nuclear-plant-st-1031-20151030-story.html

Edison Never Told Federal Regulators Of San Onofre Equipment Design Flaw

Edison Never Told Federal Regulators Of San Onofre Equipment Design Flaw


http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/oct/30/southern-california-edison-san-onofre-design-flaw/

The U.S. and China Are Playing with Matches - The Unz Review

The U.S. and China Are Playing with Matches - The Unz Review

Advances in Nuclear Forensics: Countering the Evolving Threat of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control, IAEA Proceedings Series

Advances in Nuclear Forensics: Countering the Evolving Threat of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control, IAEA Proceedings Series

http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1706_web.pdf ;

http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/10881/Advances-in-Nuclear-Forensics-Countering-the-Evolving-Threat-of-Nuclear-and-Other-Radioactive-Material-out-of-Regulatory-Control-

An overview of current knowledge concerning the health and environmental consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident

An overview of current knowledge concerning the health and environmental consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident



http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201530060X

Move-On. Org Petition to Build Clean Nuclear Plants to Fight Global Warming

 

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To be delivered to The California State House, The California State Senate, Governor Jerry Brown, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Nuclear power has proven itself safer than any energy technology. Misinformation about the Fukushima event where no one was killed and the UN says no one will suffer radiation injury is spread by fossil fuel-funded sources like the Sierra Club campaign against nuclear power to destroy competition of their secret funders.

The US Navy has 60 years of 100% safety for 100k crew. U.S. nuclear power plants operate safely and waste has never harmed one person. Notice how descriptions of nuclear dangers always begin with, "This could happen..." Where are the injuries? Where are the dead bodies? Truly dangerous activities always have them. Fossil fuel has those sick and dead bodies. Nuclear power has none.

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/build-clean-nuclear-plants?source=c.em.mt&r_by=14444244

Californians for Green Nuclear Power - Sign the Petition

Californians for

Green Nuclear Power


Why do we say Nuclear Power is "Green"?
We all want to be safe and enjoy life without fear.
We need a healthy economy while maintaining clean air and water.

Carbon-free, low-cost, & reliable



http://cgnp.org/

Friday, October 30, 2015

Half-death

The future of nuclear energy
Half-death
Nuclear power emits no greenhouse gases, yet it is struggling in the rich world
Oct 31st 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/international/21677243-nuclear-power-emits-no-greenhouse-gases-yet-it-struggling-rich-world-half-death

Fukushima – A Hushed Up Catastrophe


Fukushima – A Hushed Up Catastrophe


http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/30/fukushima-a-hushed-up-catastrophe/

Hanford makes space for 2 million gallons of waste

Hanford makes space for 2 million gallons of waste

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article40819095.html

Taipower spent fuel storage plan faces challenges

Taipower spent fuel storage plan faces challenges


http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2015/10/27/449377/Taipower-spent.htm

Fukushima Update 10/29/15

Fukushima Update 10/29/15

More on Fukushima child cancers and the impermeable seaside wall… F. Daiichi recriticality is “physically impossible”… A new robot will be used to decontaminate high, hard-to-reach places… Only 15% Of Tomioka and Okuma Town’s evacuees want to return home… Japan’s antinuclear Ex-PMs continue their no-nukes crusade. http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html

Y Combinator Opens Research Lab to Tackle Big Problems

Y Combinator Opens Research Lab to Tackle Big Problems

The influential startup incubator is launching a research lab to work on problems too big for startups.


http://www.technologyreview.com/news/542206/y-combinator-opens-research-lab-to-tackle-big-problems/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-weekly-business&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20151030

Forward to Friend Government gives TVA license to operate new nuclear reactor

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Government gives TVA license to operate new nuclear reactor

$subtitles.get($x) The Spring City reactor that will be the nation's first new nuclear-generating plant of the 21st century has gotten the go-ahead from the federal government. … Continue Reading http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2015/10/government-gives-tva-license-to-operate-new-nuclear-reactor.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPowerOctober262015&eid=288685009&bid=1215582&cmpid=EnlWeeklyPowerOctober302015

University of California unveils plan to curb climate change

University of California unveils plan to curb climate change

$subtitles.get($x) Reducing the human carbon footprint is a "moral imperative," University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday as she vowed to turn the system's 10 campuses into a living laboratory for solutions that can be scaled up to state, national and global levels. … Continue Reading http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2015/10/renewable-energy-news-university-of-california-unveils-plan-to-curb-climate-change.html?eid=288685009&bid=1219558&cmpid=EnlWeeklyPowerOctober302015

X-energy nuclear power concept assessed favorably for existing power plant sites


X-energy nuclear power concept assessed favorably for existing power plant sites


http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2015/10/x-energy-nuclear-power-concept-assessed-favorably-for-existing-power-plant-sites.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPowerOctober292015&eid=288685009&bid=1219558

Forward to Friend Bechtel to transition one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power plant sites in US

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Bechtel to transition one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power plant sites in US

$subtitles.get($x) Bechtel has been selected by Panda Power Funds to build a new 1,124-megawatt combined-cycle, electric generating facility as part of one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power site conversion projects in the United States. … Continue Reading http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2015/10/bechtel-to-transition-one-of-the-largest-coal-to-natural-gas-power-plant-sites-in-us.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPowerOctober292015&eid=288685009&bid=1219558&cmpid=EnlWeeklyPowerOctober302015

Nuclear power plants dip into dismantling funds to pay for waste

Nuclear power plants dip into dismantling funds to pay for waste

$subtitles.get($x) With a federal promise to take highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear plants still unfulfilled, closed reactors are dipping into funds set aside for their eventual dismantling to build waste storage on-site, raising questions about whether there will be enough money when the time comes. … Continue Reading http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2015/10/nuclear-power-plants-dip-into-dismantling-funds-to-pay-for-waste.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPowerOctober272015&eid=288685009&bid=1217196&cmpid=EnlWeeklyPowerOctober302015

Iraqis tour North Dakota to study gas-capturing technologies

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Iraqis tour North Dakota to study

gas-capturing technologies

$subtitles.get($x) Iraqi and U.S. Energy Department officials toured western North Dakota this week to look at technologies the state is using to curb the wasteful burning of natural gas that's a byproduct of oil production. … Continue Reading http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2015/10/iraqis-tour-north-dakota-to-study-gas-capturing-technologies.html?cmpid=EnlWeeklyPetroOctober302015&eid=288118515&bid=1220915

Forward to Friend Duke Energy buying Piedmont Natural Gas $4.9B

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Duke Energy buying Piedmont Natural Gas $4.9B

$subtitles.get($x) Duke Energy will spend about $4.9 billion in cash to acquire Piedmont Natural Gas, adding about a million new customers in the Carolinas and Tennessee. … Continue Reading http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2015/10/duke-energy-buying-piedmont-natural-gas-4-9b.html?cmpid=EnlWeeklyPetroOctober302015&eid=288118515&bid=1220915

Can we learn to live with nuclear technology?

Can we learn to live with nuclear technology?



http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34114392

Power Engineering ENewsletter Top Stories


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GE's Alstom Takeover Closing Nov. 2
The $9.3 billion deal will see Alstom's power assets join GE Power & Water -- already GE's largest manufacturing unit and the world's top gas turbine manufacturer.
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DC Regulators to Reconsider $6.8 Billion Exelon-Pepco Merger
In August, the D.C. Public Service Commission unanimously rejected the $6.8 billion proposal, saying both companies failed to show how the merger would benefit the district’s citizens. On Wednesday, commissioners decided to reconsider the deal now that it has the blessings of city officials.
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Siemens Supplying Turbines for 1,124-MW Pennsylvania Combined-Cycle Project
Replacing the retired Sunbury coal-fired plant, Hummel Station is the seventh U.S. project Panda Power Funds has awarded Siemens and the third in Pennsylvania.
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CB&I Sells Nuclear Construction Unit to Westinghouse; Fluor Takes Over US Projects
Westinghouse Electric Co. will take over the nuclear construction business of CB&I for $229 million, and Fluor was picked to continue building the four AP1000 reactors in Georgia and South Carolina.
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Industry News
House Votes to Reinstate Ex-Im Bank; Senate Vote Next
The bank helps give funding to support the export of U.S. goods and services and was considered a major economic help to the nuclear industry. The charter lapsed July 1, 2015.
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Siemens Receives 1st Order for 7-MW Offshore Wind Turbines
The company will manufacture and install 47 direct-drive wind turbines in the Walney Extension East project, to be built about 12 miles off the British west coast in the Irish Sea.
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Southern Company, AGL Resources Seek Merger Approval
Southern Company and AGL Resources are asking Virginia state regulators to approve their proposed $7.93 billion merger.
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AEP Names New Executives at Michigan's Cook Nuclear Plant
American Electric Power has named Joel P. Gebbie senior vice president and chief nuclear officer of the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant in Bridgman, Michigan. His successor, Larry Weber, is retiring after 17 years with the company and nearly four decades in the industry.
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Industry Trends
Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot Prices
The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts. Here's a look at how prices have changed up to Oct. 21, 2015.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Economic Indicators
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas offers a glimpse into how the markets are doing domestically and internationally.
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EIA’s Weekly Coal Production Report
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released its coal production report for the week ending Oct. 24, 2015.
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