Format Hindered Second Debate Oct 8, 2008
Both called for reducing greenhouse gases and endorsed the greater use of nuclear power. They both urged Americans to be willing to sacrifice to meet the critical needs of the future -- and that was an uplifting moment. (WNBC.com, NY)
In debate, McCain and Obama battle mostly to a draw Oct 8, 2008
McCain talked about drilling for oil and building nuclear power plants, parts of an energy policy that he said would help restart the economy. Obama, taking aim at a group of voters that may decide the election, seized every opportunity to talk about issues that women cite as special concerns: education and healthcare. (Los Angeles Times)
U.S. President George W. Bush will sign into law on Wednesday a bill approved by Congress allowing civilian U.S. nuclear trade with India, Bush's spokesman Carlton Carroll said Tuesday. • Nuclear Suppliers Group approves U.S.-India nuke deal Oct 8, 2008
Addressing Saturday's meeting, Cheng Jingye, head of the Chinese delegation, pointed out that it is China's hope that the decision made by the NSG would stand the test of time and contribute to the goals of nuclear non-proliferation and peaceful use of nuclear power. It is also China's hope that the NSG would equally address the aspirations of all parties for the peaceful use of nuclear power while adhering to the nuclear non-proliferation mechanism, he stressed ... China would cooperate with... (Xinhuanet, China)
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Slumps, Extending Three-year Low; Banks, BHP Drop Oct 8, 2008
JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut its forecast for uranium prices through 2010 because of increased spot-market sales of the radioactive metal in September, and the potential for the credit freeze to slow nuclear power project development. (SGP AU), Australia's largest housing developer, dived 47 cents, or 8. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
JPMorgan Cuts Uranium Price Forecasts Through '10, Citing Financial Crisis Oct 8, 2008
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut its forecast for through 2010 because of increased spot-market sales of the radioactive metal in September and the potential for the credit freeze to slow nuclear power project development ... High up-front capital costs for nuclear power projects may slow the so-called nuclear renaissance, the securities firm said ... Nuclear power stations can cost between $1,400 and $3,500 per kilowatt-hour of installed capacity, it said. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Kazakhstan: Astana Strives to Balance Ties with United States and Russia Oct 7, 2008
Tazhin added that economic ties were strengthening in other areas, citing the move by the state nuclear power concern, KazAtomProm, to purchase a 10 percent stake in Westinghouse, a prominent American corporation. Tazhin praised strong bilateral security relations. (EurasiaNet.org)
US cool to Israeli strike on Iran Oct 7, 2008
Iran insists its nuclear endeavors are purely civilian in nature and are aimed at generating nuclear power. When quizzed about Israel's policy toward Iran, Israeli leaders often reply that all options are on the table - a clear reference to the military option. (Asia Times Online)
Ameren rate increase challenged Oct 7, 2008
They contend the utility is illegally including costs connected with the proposed addition of a second nuclear power plant in Callaway County. The Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Missourians for Safe Energy and the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center want to intervene in the case before the state Public Service Commission (PSC). (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Fascination space: NASA spacecraft ready to explore outer solar system Oct 7, 2008
Communications are still intact and are planned to be maintained until the Voyagers' nuclear power sources (radioisotope thermoelectric generators) can no longer supply enough electrical energy to power critical subsystems. It is estimated that there is enough power to run these systems until the year 2020 2025. (TG Daily)
A coral reef endures against the odds Oct 7, 2008
People at a beach near Taiwan's Third Nuclear Power Plant on Nanwan Bay on April 25 ... A nuclear power plant boils them with discharged reactor-cooling water ... Oddly, the nuclear power plant may have also helped toughen the reefs, says Fan. (International Herald Tribune)
Letters to the Editor Oct 7, 2008
Nuclear power is theway to curb carbon emissionsRegarding the Oct. 2 editorial, "States lead on scrubbing carbon": Your enthusiasm for state carbon emission controls and the actions of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was disappointing ... Only nuclear power can supply the benefit of carbon-free energy, and at no additional local cost ... Unfortunately, nuclear power has been demonized and frozen out for a half century by overblown fears of radiation and nuclear holocaust. (Yahoo News)
> Rio Salado College gets kudos for tiny footprint Oct 7, 2008
The U.S. needs to investigate every possible source of energy at its disposal from offshore drilling and alternative fuels such as ethanol, to solar and nuclear power generation, he said ... The public shift in opinions about offshore drilling has changed dramatically in the past six months, as it has toward other forms of energy such as nuclear power, Cox said. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Russia's Nuclear Test Purges Chernobyl Ghost, Pads $80 Billion of Orders Oct 7, 2008
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- ``All zones, fire at the nuclear power plant,'' booms a loudspeaker at 9:00 a.m. near the Volgodonsk station deep in southwest Russia ... Since 2007, Russian specialists have been training Abbasibilandi to oversee safety at Bushehr, Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Russia may finish building this year. (Bloomberg)
Tax Earmarks, Pork and Other Bailout Bill Horrors Oct 7, 2008
While tax breaks for alternative energy aren t necessarily objectionable, the inclusion of them in this bill removes incentive for Democrats to cooperate on a comprehensive energy bill which would include drilling for oil and gas or developing clean coal or nuclear power sources. The effect of this bill, then, will be to keep us from developing efficient large-scale energy sources. (Human Events Online)
Emissions trading 'could cost 1m jobs' Oct 7, 2008
The group wants the scheme delayed by a year, more favourable treatment for businesses and nuclear power on the table as part of the solution to climate change. It also wants petrol to face the full brunt of emissions trading, which would push up the price. (The Australian)
COLUMN: Presidential candidates should have FutureGen on their energy agendas Oct 6, 2008
Demand is increasing, and a twice as efficient process, should cut reliance on nuclear power substancially. China was a partner in this, and they need it as bad as we do if not more. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
A night of diversity and discovery Oct 6, 2008
The Nuclear Power Pants amped up the theatricality with its two male singers dressed as conjoined twins stuffed into a suit. Their backing band donned glow-in-the-dark monster heads that I'm guessing were made at a local elementary school earlier in the day. (Boston Globe)
Nuclear power returns to energy agenda Oct 6, 2008
There are now 65 nuclear power plants operating in the country, most built during a flurry of construction in the 1960s and '70s ... The nation's enthusiasm for nuclear energy turned to antipathy in 1979 after an accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania released radioactive materials ... But policy makers have taken a more favorable view of nuclear power. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Olmert: Don't arm Israel's enemies Oct 6, 2008
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has frequently called for Israel's destruction, and Israel suspects he means to carry out that objective by developing nuclear bombs with the help of a Russian-built nuclear power plant. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. (MSNBC -- International)
As nuclear power returns to the energy agenda, universities scramble to train workers Oct 6, 2008
There are now 65 nuclear power plants operating in the country, most built during a flurry of construction in the 1960s and '70s. There have been no new plants built since 1996. (WREG.com, TN)
GOP to file fundraising complaint against Obama... Oct 6, 2008
More bloopers from the vice presidential debate, including gaps in both candidates' foreign policy expertise. Politics Newsletter (M-F). (The Drudge Report)
Energy company funds fuel state political system Oct 6, 2008
Energy has become a top legislative issue recently, with lawmakers passing a massive bill this year that deals with subjects such as climate change, alternative energy and nuclear power. The four companies have contributed through mid-September a total of $159,000 to legislative candidates in 2007 and 2008, with most of that money going to incumbents. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Wall Street crisis will impose new sobriety Oct 6, 2008
Whatever, elect the Repugs and then we can embark on a new financial boom time, increased domestic oil production, lower trade deficits, hundreds of thousands of jobs drilling for oil and building nuclear power plants, an independent wealthy America that does not fund Middle East terrorism. I know, I know, that was racist. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Race to build new nuclear reactors start Oct 6, 2008
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Anti-United Nations measure stalls in House vote Oct 6, 2008
Example 2: The cities of Santa Cruz and Berkeley, California, passed local ordinances back in the Sixties to ban nuclear power. The courts ruled repeatedly that they were well within their rights to do so. (Yahoo News -- United Nations)
Chernobyl a nuclear ghost town Oct 6, 2008
We were touring the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone a few days before the 20th anniversary of the April 26, 1986, explosion of Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Complex. A couple of sobering thoughts penetrated the sense of security. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Greenbacks, Gas and Guns Oct 6, 2008
A combination of bio-fuels grown on millions of acres of unused public lands and plug-in electric battery operated cars along with coal and nuclear power could drive out another 2 million barrels of imported oil a day. In combination, such plans, coupled with fuel efficiencies, would reduce oil imports, bring hundreds of billions of new capital back to the U.S., create millions of jobs, strengthen the dollar, and reduce inflation. (Human Events Online)
Johnson likes Ike, physics books Oct 6, 2008
"We are in the nuclear power business, so physics is a big part of what we do," said Johnson, who heads the Raleigh utility with 11,000 employees and about 1. 4 million customers in the Carolinas. (News & Observer)
Jordan's Abdullah: We will promote nuclear power for peaceful purposes Oct 6, 2008
Jordan aspires to develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes and believes that unless all sides move quickly toward a peace settlement in the region, the recent confrontation in Lebanon is only a hint of disasters to come ... "The Egyptians are looking for a nuclear program. The GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] are looking at one, and we are actually looking at nuclear power for peaceful and energy purposes. We've been discussing it with the West. "I personally believe that any country that has a... (Yahoo News -- Jordan)
Abdullah to Haaretz: Jordan will develop nuclear power Oct 6, 2008
King Abdullah to Haaretz: Jordan aims to develop nuclear power - Haaretz - Israel News. . (Yahoo News -- Jordan)
World risks 'dirty' energy future Oct 5, 2008
Greater use of nuclear power could be a "valuable option" to cut imports and curb CO2 emissions, the study added ... The WEO champions the role of nuclear power, saying it could make a "major contribution to reducing dependence on imported gas and curbing CO2 emissions" ... It forecasts that the total global generation capacity of nuclear power plants could increase from 368 gigawatts in 2005 to 519 gigawatts in 2030. (Yahoo News -- Energy Policy)
Move aimed at attracting investment for nuclear, coal-based power plants, dams Oct 5, 2008
The corporation will solicit investment from Chinese investors for the Basha Dam project, the Thar Coal project and phases 3 and 4 of the Chashma nuclear power plant ... The two new nuclear power projects at Chashma would cost Rs 129. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
McCain & Obama: Where do they stand? Oct 5, 2008
McCain: Favors increased offshore drilling and federal money to help build 45 nuclear power reactors by 2030. Opposes drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
UK nuclear plans delayed until May Oct 5, 2008
Ministers have confirmed that the governments plans for new nuclear power stations are to be delayed after a High Court judge last week ordered Tony Blair to rethink his flagship energy reform ... Mr Darling said that the government continued to believe there was a case for having nuclear power stations as one of the options companies should consider because of their potentially significant contribution to security of supply and reducing carbon emissions associated with climate change... (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Power and Waste)
Energy plan is important to our state Oct 5, 2008
McCain s wants significant development of nuclear power (45 plants by 2030), and an end to the moratorium on off-shore drilling and market incentives to help develop alternative forms of energy. Two other factors need to be considered in looking at how events in Washington might affect North Dakota s energy future. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
McCain more likely to create new jobs Oct 5, 2008
John McCain s proposals to address the energy crisis with increased oil drilling and the construction of new refineries and dozens of nuclear power plants would create hundreds of thousands of high-paying trades jobs for the next two generations. While the Democratic leadership and Barack Obama keep hoping windmills and solar power will answer our future energy needs, McCain has realistic solutions that will actually make things happen and result in the creation of high paying union jobs. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Louisiana Voters Send Jefferson to a Runoff Oct 5, 2008
Members discuss wind energy, nuclear power, the ethanol mandate and food prices, and more. . (Roll Call)
Thomas Friedman's 'Hot, Flat and Crowded' Oct 5, 2008
The United States needs to set an example for the world to follow, by starting over and constructing an entirely new Clean Energy System, one that will send "clean electrons" into its homes, offices and cars - generated not by dirty old oil or coal, but by solar, wind and nuclear power - and that will use many fewer of those electrons, thanks to greater efficiency. In the book's most arresting passage, Friedman looks ahead, imagining a world where an Energy Internet puts each one of your home... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Lessons for the next war Oct 4, 2008
And he has argued in public, as in private, for diplomatic means of dissuading Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Above all, Gates has used his authority as defense secretary to change course at the Pentagon: to prepare for the missions the uniformed military is likely to confront in the future, rather than the conventional state-against-state conflicts that have for too long shaped the Pentagon's procurement policies. (Boston Globe)
Nuclear fallout Oct 4, 2008
Under it, India is now able to receive supplies and technology for its growing nuclear power industry, ending a boycott imposed by nuclear supplier states (through the Nuclear Suppliers' Group) because it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. India can keep and develop its nuclear weapons programme, but has to open up certain of its nuclear power plants to IAEA inspection ... Among the "good things" to be done "together" is expected to be the sale to India of US technology for... (BBC News)
India and the US marching on Oct 4, 2008
In the lead have been major US producers of nuclear plants and technology, notably General Electric and Westinghouse, a subsidiary of Toshiba, which hope to get a significant share of the $175 billion energy-poor India is expected to invest over the next 25 years in nuclear power. Without the new nuclear deal, US companies were banned from supplying any nuclear technology to India due to Delhi's refusal to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). (Asia Times Online)
India must build on nuclear pact Oct 4, 2008
India is running low on uranium fuel for electricity generation, theres a huge investment bac 00004000 klog for nuclear power stations, and for decades now we have not had access to cutting-edge atomic energy technology from abroad ... Also needed is proactive policy for brown-field expansion of nuclear power plants, and clear-cut norms for stepped-up investment in green-field nuclear power capacity. (India Times)
India Looks West Oct 4, 2008
Clearly, India is the more responsible nuclear power compared to China, which proliferated nuclear weapons to both Pakistan and North Korea. India's refusal to sign the NPT stems from the fact that the NPT recognizes China's right to possess nuclear weapons and aim them at India, but not vice-versa. (Times Online)
URS joint venture wins $120M nuclear plant contract Oct 4, 2008
A joint venture between and won a $120 million contract to help replace generators in a Louisiana nuclear power plant. The venture, SGT LLC, is half owned by URS Washington Division, the former of Boise, which San Francisco-based URS (NYSE: URS) bought last year for $3. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Timeline: IAEA Oct 4, 2008
1986 - World's worst nuclear power station accident at Chernobyl, Ukraine ... 2001 - IAEA assists as decommissioning of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant begins. (BBC News -- Africa)
Palin and Biden exchange jabs in VP debate Oct 4, 2008
She described the Republican approach as an all of the above approach, as fossil fuel sources are combined with nuclear power and the use of technologically advanced methods intended to lower carbon emissions from burning coal. Biden questioned McCain's commitment to alternative energy, given the Republican nominee's record of voting 20 times against government support for renewable fuels. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Rescue Plan Passes Easily Oct 4, 2008
By Roll Call Staff October 3, 2008, 1:27 p.m.. The second time was the charm. (Roll Call)
Clouds loom over solar ramp up Oct 4, 2008
" On the commercial front, a widening group of companies is expanding production of solar cells in a drive toward mainstream costs. "We're building the equivalent of a large scale nuclear power plant a year," said Richard Swanson, president of SunPower Corp. (San Jose), one of the top ten solar panel makers. SunPower just completed a second plant capable of using 400,000 wafers per day and has plans for plants in Malaysia that will use as many as a million wafers a day. "We know how to produce... (EETimes)
Through the Woods: 'Shrooms, the good, the bad... Oct 4, 2008
One time on the way home from a birding trip we stopped along the way for a tour of a nuclear power plant ... The beautiful white mushrooms were still intact, but the family was not happy: "Are you kidding, eat something from a nuclear power plant, no way!" It was nice not to have to share the buttery delicacy, and fortunately there was no postprandial afterglow. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Name That Economy Oct 4, 2008
Our new order also can't be described as trending toward dirigisme, the economic approach of Charles de Gaulle, where government directs the allocation of resources toward chosen technologiesin the French case, nuclear power, high-speed rail. Nor are we moving toward the Chinese system, a modern form of mercantilism, in which government-owed enterprises serve the power of a philosophically bankrupt state. (Slate)
Eskom IPP scheme attracts interest Oct 4, 2008
Nuclear power was not included in the tender. "All the applications are preliminary," Aphane said. (Business Report, South Africa)
World risks 'dirty' energy future Oct 3, 2008
Greater use of nuclear power could be a "valuable option" to cut imports and curb CO2 emissions, the study added ... The WEO champions the role of nuclear power, saying it could make a "major contribution to reducing dependence on imported gas and curbing CO2 emissions" ... It forecasts that the total global generation capacity of nuclear power plants could increase from 368 gigawatts in 2005 to 519 gigawatts in 2030. (Yahoo News -- Energy Policy)
Iran Hints At Nuclear Rethink Oct 3, 2008
(CBS/AP) A leading Iranian nuclear envoy on Thursday suggested the country could reconsider its uranium enrichment program if it gets cast-iron guarantees of regular international fuel supplies for its nuclear power plants ... Iran insists it is for peaceful nuclear power generation. (CBS News)
N-deal: Win-win for business lobbies Oct 3, 2008
Westinghouse's nucl 00004000 ear power division has been purchased by Toshiba, and GE will be constrained from building nuclear power plants in India unless New Delhi enacts liability waivers against costly accidents ... It would spur a revival of the nuclear power industries of both countries that will create ''as many as a quarter million high-tech US jobs for generations to come. (India Times, India)
N -deal to open investment tap from the private sector Oct 3, 2008
NEW DELHI: The Indo-US nuclear deal will not only help the country in generating nuclear power but also give a technological edge to Indian industry in manufacturing of medicine, textiles and other high-tech sectors ... Finally, it will open the doors for foreign investments in the nuclear power generation ... He said as nuclear power will be costlier than the thermal power, state electricity boards might not be interested in buying power from nuclear plants. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Pakistan demands US nuclear deal Oct 3, 2008
Pakistan became a nuclear power in 1998 after testing devices in response to underground tests done by India. Bookmark with. (BBC News)
Historic accord Oct 3, 2008
NUCLEAR POWER IN INDIA India has 14 reactors in commercial operation and nine under construction Nuclear power supplies about 3% of India's electricity By 2050, nuclear power is expected to provide 25% of the country's electricity India has limited coal and uranium reserves Its huge thorium reserves - about 25% of the world's total - are expected to fuel its nuclear power programme long-term Source: Uranium Information Center ... Critics say the deal allows India to expand its nuclear power... (BBC News -- Americas)
Canadian scientist creates atmosphere-saving CO2 scrubbing machine Oct 3, 2008
While its important to get started doing things we know how to do, like wind power nuclear power and regular carbon capture and storage, its also vital to start thinking about radical new ideas and approaches to solving this problem. . (The Tech Herald)
We have the money Oct 3, 2008
In the past year, perhaps most disastrously, we have carried our Afghan war into Pakistan, a relatively wealthy and sophisticated nuclear power that has long cooperated with us militarily. Our recent bungling brutality along the Afghan-Pakistan border threatens to radicalize the Pashtuns in both countries and advance the interests of radical Islam throughout the region. (Asia Times Online)
Self-reliance better Oct 3, 2008
We must fast-track nuclear power generation from 40% to 80% by importing uranium from Canada, Kazakhstan, etc. But deals can meet only 10% of our energy needs from nuclear power by 2030. (India Times)
All chambers greet govt over N-deal Oct 3, 2008
Ficci said that the government needs to amend the Atomic Energy Act to allow greater participation and allow majority ownership to the private players in the nuclear power generation ... According to the chamber, the deal will attract a minimum of Rs 2 lakh crore investments in nuclear power generation sector in the next 15 years. (India Times)
Greens Exploit Bailout Oct 3, 2008
This column on how the Greens are trying to stop Maryland from permitting the construction of a third reactor at Constellation Energy's Calvert Cliffs power plant by arguing that emission-less nuclear power actually worsens global warming. Lehman's bankruptcy raised concerns about the financial health of Constellation, leading to a buy-out offer from the Warren Buffet-led Mid-American Energy Holdings Company. (Fox News)
This is less government? Oct 3, 2008
I'm sure you can ALL spare $20 to get rid of the foreign governments (Saudis) that would love for us to wait 20 + years for nuclear power plants (yes, in your back yard), under a McCain regime. Or, we can do something NOW. Barack supports something near and dear to Northwest Iowa, wind power. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
