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Politics, Power Prices Work Against Nuclear Expansion

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:26:00 +0000

Politics, Power Prices Work Against Nuclear Expansion

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324577904578554983892154020.html

Fanning disappointed in DOE's modified terms for Vogtle loan

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:25:00 +0000

Fanning disappointed in DOE's modified terms for Vogtle loan

http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2013/06/fanning-disappointed-in-does-modified-terms-for-vogtle-loan.html

TEPCO: Groundwater at Fukushima plant contains radioactive substances

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:22:00 +0000

TEPCO: Groundwater at Fukushima plant contains radioactive substanceshttp://www.smartbrief.com/06/19/13/tepco-groundwater-fukushima-plant-contains-radioactive-substances#.UcHMS5zNlsw

China’s Solar-Panel Boom and Bust

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:16:00 +0000

China’s Solar-Panel Boom and Bust

How a Mad Dash Into a Burgeoning Sector Turned Into a Scramble for Support

http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/programs/energy-and-climate/chinas-solar-panel-boom-and-bust/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thebreakthrough+%28The+Breakthrough+Institute+Full+Site+RSS%29

House panel approves offshore drilling legislation

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:17:00 +0000

House panel approves offshore drilling legislation

June 18, 2013

By PennEnergy Editorial Staff
http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2013/06/house-panel-approves-offshore-drilling-legislation.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPetroJune192013

ANS Update 6/19 Supply Chain and Procurement Issues – ANS Annual Meeting 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:07:00 +0000

Supply Chain and Procurement Issues – ANS Annual Meeting 2013

By Will Davis on Jun 19, 2013 06:25 am

By Will Davis Today’s session entitled “Supply Chain and Procurement Issues” was another great feature of the American Nuclear Society’s 2013 Annual Meeting. The panel was sponsored by the ANS Operations and Power Division, and featured five speakers describing their … Continue reading →
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California is the Runaway Leader in Clean Tech

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:44:00 +0000

California is the Runaway Leader in Clean Tech
Triple Pundit
California is the leader in all three technology categories, and earned a top score of 100, well ahead of the number two state, Oregon (78.3). The three categories are clean electricity, clean transportation, and energy intelligence and green building ...http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/06/california-run-away-leader-clean-tech/

Energy storage drumbeat gets stronger as California mandate comes into focus

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:00 +0000

Energy storage drumbeat gets stronger as California mandate comes into focus
Smart Grid News
Now we're getting more clarity on the California mandate. A story in Bloomberg.com suggests that California's Big Three – PG&E, SCE and SDG&E – may need to spend as much as $3 billion to hit the targets set by the state's public utilities commission.http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/Technologies_Storage/Energy-storage-drumbeat-gets-stronger-as-California-mandate-comes-into-focus-5831.html#.UcG1eJzNlsw

Land secured for pilot fast reactor

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:38:00 +0000

Land secured for pilot fast reactor

18 June 2013

A lease agreement has been signed for land on which the pilot heavy metal-cooled SVBR-100 reactor will be built in Dimitrovgrad in Russia's Ulyanovsk region.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Land_secured_for_pilot_fast_reactor-1806135.html

Does Nuclear Energy Still Have a Future? You Better Believe It Does.

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:36:00 +0000

Does Nuclear Energy Still Have a Future? You Better Believe It Does.

http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2013/06/does-nuclear-energy-still-have-future.html

Iran Ready To Stop 20-Percent Uranium Enrichment, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Says

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:34:00 +0000

Iran Ready To Stop 20-Percent Uranium Enrichment, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Says

By JIM HEINTZ 06/18/13 09:10 AM ET EDT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/18/iran-stop-uranium-enrichment_n_3460159.html

Fighting climate change with nuclear energy

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:31:00 +0000

Fighting climate change with nuclear energy

Nuclear power is currently the only carbon-free energy source that can provide base load electricity, Stepp writes, a characteristic crucial to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and fighting climate change. Next-generation nuclear energy offers even more productive strategies for reducing carbon emissions.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2013/0618/Fighting-climate-change-with-nuclear-energy

U.S. to Propose New Phase In Nuclear-Arms Cuts

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:29:00 +0000

U.S. to Propose New Phase In Nuclear-Arms Cuts

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324520904578554010643116452.html

Energy News Roundup: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for Renewables

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:18:00 +0000

Energy News Roundup: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for Renewables

http://breakingenergy.com/2013/06/18/energy-news-roundup-two-steps-forward-one-step-back-for-renewables/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=c56faac8d9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-c56faac8d9-407304281

Green Start-Ups Turn to Crowdfunding

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:17:00 +0000

Green Start-Ups Turn to Crowdfunding

http://breakingenergy.com/2013/06/18/green-start-ups-turn-to-crowdfunding/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=c56faac8d9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-c56faac8d9-407304281

Moniz Sees Bright Future for Solar

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:16:00 +0000

Moniz Sees Bright Future for Solar

http://breakingenergy.com/2013/06/18/moniz-sees-bright-future-for-solar/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=c56faac8d9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-c56faac8d9-407304281

Duke Energy board elects Lynn Good as president and CEO

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:14:00 +0000

Duke Energy board elects Lynn Good as president and CEO

- Good to assume new role July 1

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy announced today that the board of directors has unanimously elected Lynn Good as its next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Jim Rogers, who will continue to serve as chairman of the board until his retirement on Dec. 31, 2013. Good will also serve as a director on the Duke Energy board. She will assume her new role on July 1.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130322/CL81938LOGO )

http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=7059096&access=EH

First Chinese Pilot Emissions Trading Scheme Starts in Shenzhen

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12:00 +0000

First Chinese Pilot Emissions Trading Scheme Starts in Shenzhen

LONDON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Today the City of Shenzhen started trading emission rights to reduce its carbon consumption by 21% by 2015. The Shenzhen project is the first of seven trial schemes that will be launched this year as a pilot for nationwide emissions trading scheme (ETS) planned for later this decade.

http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=7062796&access=EH

A New light on Solar Storage

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:11:00 +0000

A New light on Solar Storage

MUNICH, Germany, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Solar power continues to make headlines. Intense global competition and a potential crisis of over-supply among producers have seen the industry forced to improvise at many levels to keep it stable and develop new growth opportunities.
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=7059146&access=EH

Rosatom keen to build Brazilian nuclear fleet

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:00 +0000

Rosatom keen to build Brazilian nuclear fleet

http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2013/06/rosatom-keen-to-build-brazilian-nuclear-fleet.html?goback=.gde_46854_member_250818158

I-Team: Yucca Mountain Fight Brewing in Nation's Capital

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:40:00 +0000

I-Team: Yucca Mountain Fight Brewing in Nation's Capital
KLAS-TV
PAHRUMP, Nev. -- A fight between senators in Washington, D.C., could resurrect the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear storage project in Nye County. Nye County leaders met Tuesday to support the opening of Yucca Mountain, rehiring consultants to ...http://www.8newsnow.com/story/22626986/i-team-yucca-mountain-fight-brewing-in-nations-capital

Republicans threaten Reid with Yucca Mountain - FOX5 Vegas - KVVU
KVVU Las Vegas
"[Reid] knows that a vote to end the filibuster is a vote to complete Yucca Mountain," Alexander said. Reid has long been an opponent of the nuclear waste storage facility that was built in a mountain in Nye County, NV, near the California state line ...http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/22624649/republicans-threaten-reid-with-yucca-mountain

GOP Renews Push For Yucca Mountain
CBS Local
... 2013 7:14 AM. View Comments. Rail tunnel descending into the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository located in Nye County, Nevada, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. (photo: MAXIM KNIAZKOV/AFP/Getty Images). Tate. Reporting Tate South ...http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2013/06/18/gop-renews-push-for-yucca-mountain/

Alexander Ties Filibuster Debate to Yucca Mountain
Roll Call (blog)
Those were the words from Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander this morning linking the “nuclear option” debate to Majority Leader Harry Reid's long-standing battle against a nuclear waste repository being built in his home state of Nevada. In a floor speech ...http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/alexander-ties-filibuster-debate-to-yucca-mountain/

Sen. Alexander: Dems won't go 'nuclear' because Reid fears Yucca vote
The Hill (blog)
Reid opposes completing the nuclear waste site the government began building at Yucca Mountain. And Republicans would be able to use a simple majority vote to push ahead with the project once they held the Senate majority if Reid waters down the ...http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/306209-sen-alexander-dems-wont-go-nuclear-because-reid-fears-yucca-vote
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GOP threatens to build Yucca if Reid kills filibuster
Las Vegas Sun
“A vote to end the filibuster is a vote to complete Yucca Mountain. If we have 51 votes, we can order the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue a license, we can order the Department of Energy to build it and we can fund it,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander ...http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jun/18/gop-threatens-build-yucca-if-reid-kills-filibuster/

Alexander: “A Vote To End The Filibuster Is A Vote To Complete Yucca Mountain”
The Chattanoogan
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tn.) said on the Senate floor today that he does not expect Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to change Senate rules "because Reid knows that a vote to end the filibuster is a vote to complete Yucca Mountain.” Senator ...http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/6/18/253497/Alexander-A-Vote-To-End-The.aspx

Nuclear Option Debate Gets Literal
Roll Call (blog)
Yucca Mountain is the proposed Nevada nuclear waste repository that Reid has long crusaded against, unafraid to leverage the clout of the majority leader's office time and again to kill the project. Asked at a news conference about Alexander's comments ...http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/nuclear-option-debate-gets-literal/

Nuclear Energy Innovation Big and Small Important to Climate Change

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:35:00 +0000

Nuclear Energy Innovation Big and Small Important to Climate Change

http://www.energytrendsinsider.com/2013/06/18/nuclear-energy-innovation-big-and-small-important-to-climate-change/

The Case For The Nuclear Status Quo

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:29:00 +0000

The Case For The Nuclear Status Quo
Slate Magazine (blog)
Which is to say that nuclear power thrives not when environmentalists stop complaining about it, but when it becomes the centerpiece of an Areva/Electricité de France national champion industrial policy. Renewables are promising and no more expensive ...http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/06/18/nuclear_power_leave_well_enough_alone.html

China launches its first carbon trading scheme: report

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:58:00 +0000

China launches its first carbon trading scheme: report
Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2013 - China, the world's largest carbon emitter, was set Tuesday to launch its first carbon trading scheme aimed at reducing emissions, state-media said. A platform allowing businesses in the southern city of Shenzhen to trade permits to emit carbon was established on Sunday, with trading due to start on Tuesday, China's official Xinhua news agency reported. China plans to open similar schemes ... morehttp://www.energy-daily.com/reports/China_launches_its_first_carbon_trading_scheme_report_999.html

Persian Gulf states 'unable to protect themselves'

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:56:00 +0000

Persian Gulf states 'unable to protect themselves'
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jun 17, 2013 - Despite massive spending on Western weapons, the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf are "unable to secure themselves from any external threat" - meaning Iran - and are running up huge public and foreign debt, a Gulf think tank says. Omar al-Shehabi, director of the Gulf Center for Development Policies in Kuwait, said that even though the defense expenditure of the six Gulf Cooperatio ... morehttp://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Persian_Gulf_states_unable_to_protect_themselves_999.html

Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

Politics, Power Prices Work Against Nuclear Expansion

Politics, Power Prices Work Against Nuclear Expansion

Fanning disappointed in DOE's modified terms for Vogtle loan

Fanning disappointed in DOE's modified terms for Vogtle loan

TEPCO: Groundwater at Fukushima plant contains radioactive substances

TEPCO: Groundwater at Fukushima plant contains radioactive substanceshttp://www.smartbrief.com/06/19/13/tepco-groundwater-fukushima-plant-contains-radioactive-substances#.UcHMS5zNlsw

China’s Solar-Panel Boom and Bust

China’s Solar-Panel Boom and Bust

How a Mad Dash Into a Burgeoning Sector Turned Into a Scramble for Support

House panel approves offshore drilling legislation

House panel approves offshore drilling legislation

ANS Update 6/19 Supply Chain and Procurement Issues – ANS Annual Meeting 2013

Supply Chain and Procurement Issues – ANS Annual Meeting 2013

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