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Natural gas burners file suit challenging fairness of New York Zero Emission Credts

October 24, 2016 By Rod Adams 27 Comments

A coalition of electric power producers that operate natural gas-burning generation plants have filed suit in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York. They are challenging the New York State Department of Public Service’s (NYSDPS) recently enacted Zero Emission Credit. Competition wasn’t designed with customers in mind The lawsuit filing document Indicates that […]

Filed Under: Business of atomic energy, Climate change, Economics, Fossil fuel competition, Smoking Gun

Another nuclear plant will close for good on Monday

October 21, 2016 By Rod Adams 56 Comments

The Ft. Calhoun Station (FCS) is scheduled to shut down for good on Monday, October 24. The number of operating nuclear power reactors in the US will have been in the three digits again for a just one week. That event will be a tragic shame for the surrounding community, for a gradually growing portion […]

Filed Under: Business of atomic energy, Aging nuclear, decommissioning, Economics, Fossil fuel competition, Nuclear Cost Data

Stockpile of 20% enriched uranium will enable advanced reactor deployment

September 15, 2016 By Rod Adams 28 Comments

This is a call to action. The Department of Energy is soliciting comments on its excess uranium management plan. The deadline for comments, initially announced as August 18, 2016, has been extended until September 19. That is just 4 days away. Here is a quote from the Federal Register request for information: The U.S. Department […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Business of atomic energy, Economics, Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Why are nuclear plants losing money at an astonishing rate?

August 18, 2016 By Rod Adams 24 Comments

Joe Romm recently wrote a piece for Climate Progress titled Nuclear Power Is Losing Money At An Astonishing Rate. In that post Romm exaggerates the amount of support that the New York Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) will provide, absolves the massive build out of industrial scale wind and solar from any responsibility for contributing to […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Climate change, Economics

New York’s environment progressed one step forward

August 2, 2016 By Rod Adams 23 Comments

The US environment and electrical supply system measurably improved yesterday. That is something worth celebrating. The New York State Department of Public Service (NYSDPS) took a small, but significant step forward yesterday. By a vote of three yeses and one concur, the commissioners decided to implement a clean energy standard that includes zero emission credits […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Climate change

Nuclear plant construction in U.K. will gain momentum from Brexit vote

July 1, 2016 By Rod Adams 12 Comments

British voters have spoken; they want to leave the EU by a margin of 52% to 48%. The split should provide a boost for the UK’s nuclear energy program. It should also improve the UK’s energy resiliency and improve the effectiveness of its effort to reduce CO2 emissions. As an island nation, the UK doesn’t […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, International nuclear, New Nuclear

Virginia Nuclear Energy Summit Report

June 21, 2016 By Rod Adams 2 Comments

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium (VNEC) hosted a half day summit in Richmond on Monday, June 6 for government officials and industry leaders from the fields of research, education, power generation, defense, and security to discuss the role and value of nuclear energy in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic education, Business of atomic energy, Nuclear workforce

Addressing Economic Challenges Facing Nuclear Power Plants

June 3, 2016 By Rod Adams 2 Comments

Reprinted with permission. Original published on Forbes.com on May 20, 2016. On Thursday, May 19, the Department of (DOE) hosted a four-hour, invitation-only summit in a meeting room in the Senate Office building. Billed as an action-oriented forum for a variety of stakeholders to discuss what they can do about the economic challenges facing nuclear […]

Filed Under: Aging nuclear, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Economics

Exelon’s Chris Crane blames lawmakers for his plant closure announcements

June 2, 2016 By Rod Adams 74 Comments

A few minutes ago, Exelon employees received an email from Chris Crane, the company CEO, announcing the company’s decision to permanently close three nuclear reactors that each produce 7-8 billion kilowatt hours of electricity each year without dumping a molecule of CO2 into the atmosphere. Even though the company reported 2015 after-tax earnings of approximately […]

Filed Under: Aging nuclear, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, decommissioning, Nuclear workforce

Brinksmanship tactic fails in Illinois. Competitors handed easy victory

June 1, 2016 By Rod Adams 10 Comments

Exelon, a corporation that I publicly “unfriended” in 2009, has apparently failed to receive the assistance it demanded by the May 31st deadline it imposed on the Illinois legislature. Aside: For reasons that aren’t obvious, Exelon’s public communications about financial difficulties affecting its nuclear plants rarely, if ever, mention the magnitude of the cost increases […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, decommissioning, Economics

Are Diablo Canyon Employees Being Sold Down The River?

May 30, 2016 By Rod Adams 63 Comments

Recently, the below email to Diablo Canyon workers landed in my in-box. Aside: I subscribe to a lot of different mailing lists. End Aside. It’s from Michael Shellenberger, the founder of Environmental Progress. Michael is a tireless and vocal advocate for nuclear power as a valuable tool for solving some of the world’s most wicked […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Aging nuclear, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy

Real people are harmed when other people decide to close nuclear plants

May 21, 2016 By Rod Adams 49 Comments

Communications professionals have often counseled nuclear professionals to stop sounding so much like scientists and engineers. We often purposely avoid emotion because we like to think of ourselves as rational people that make decisions based on hard facts, numbers and quantifiable metrics. Many of the people who have sought and obtained positions of responsibility and […]

Filed Under: Aging nuclear, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy

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