March 26, 2008
Written by: Jarret Adams
NRG Energy Inc. has partnered with Toshiba Corp. to create a new company to pursue new nuclear energy projects. Nuclear Innovation North America LLC will focus on "marketing, siting, developing, financing and investing in advanced design nuclear projects" in the...
March 21, 2008
Written by: Jarret Adams
The National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) board of directors has endorsed nuclear energy as part of a policy revision, the first completed by the association in decades.In supporting the continued use and development of nuclear energy in the United States,...
March 19, 2008
Written by: Jarret Adams
The Miami Herald reported on the Florida Public Service Commission's decision to approve two additional reactors at Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point site. FPL already operates two reactors at Turkey Point in south Florida. "Trends indicate there will be...
March 14, 2008
Written by: Jarret Adams
The Department of Energy expects to file a license application in June for construction of the Yucca Mountain used fuel repository, the program's director said last week.Edward Sproat, director of DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Office, said that...
March 14, 2008
Written by: Jarret Adams
"Time's a wastin' " was the repeated message guest speaker Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) imparted to attendees at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Regulatory Information Conference last week.In remarks aimed at Congress, federal agencies and the nuclear industry itself, Sessions--who serves...
March 5, 2008
Written by: Jarret Adams
Co-founder of Greenpeace and leading environmentalist Patrick Moore encouraged his former organization to support nuclear energy at a speech yesterday at Wits University in South Africa. Here is the account from The Times of South Africa. Here is another account...
March 2, 2008
Written by: Jarret Adams
Several leading policymakers have made statements encouraging construction of new nuclear power plants over the past week. Here are some of these statements.Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, had this to say...
