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Bipartisan pro-nuclear love fest at Senate EPW hearing

March 9, 2017 By Rod Adams

Yesterday, on International Women’s Day, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) committee held a hearing that provided both visible and audible proof that times are changing in the political and public acceptance of nuclear energy. The committee organized the hearing in order to gather information and invited stakeholder feedback related to the recently reintroduced […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Atomic politics, Economics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

One Toshiba Lesson – Organizations With Venerable Corporate Names Can Be Risky Acquisitions

February 25, 2017 By Rod Adams

There are numerous reasons why Toshiba, formerly an enormous and successful Japanese electronics manufacturer, is struggling to survive. One of the lessons available to be learned – once again – is caveat emptor (buyer beware). After a series of purchases and deals that gradually took Toshiba a long way from its core competencies, the company […]

Filed Under: Business of atomic energy, AP1000 saga, Economics

Toshiba Likely To Exit Nuclear Plant Construction Business

February 5, 2017 By Rod Adams

Note: There is an important information update at the end of this post. Westinghouse is “unlikely to carry out actual construction work for the future nuclear power plant projects to eliminate risk.” Satoshi Tsunakawa, President and CEO of Toshiba, the Japanese company that owns Westinghouse and its CB&I Stone Webster subsidiary, made that statement during […]

Filed Under: Business of atomic energy, Economics, New Nuclear, Nuclear regulations

Nuclear highlights of Rick Perry’s confirmation hearing plus a suggested action

January 20, 2017 By Rod Adams

The Senate Energy and Environment committee, chaired by Senator Lisa Murkowski, held a confirmation hearing yesterday for former Texas Governor Rick Perry, the Trump Administration nominee for Secretary of Energy. Sam Britton, the nuclear waste specialist from the Bipartisan Policy Center, produced a valuable resource by watching the full hearing and producing a series of […]

Filed Under: decommissioning, Economics, Health Effects, LNT

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

First offshore wind farm in US completed. Details of FOAK costs & schedule

August 23, 2016 By Rod Adams 63 Comments

Deepwater Wind has completed attaching blades to the last of five massive, 6 MWe peak capacity wind turbines that make up the 30 MWe Block Island Wind Farm. That is one of the final steps in the process of installing and commissioning the facility. By the end of 2016, the developer expects that the project […]

Filed Under: Wind energy, 100% WWS, Alternative energy, Economics, Unreliables

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

Atomic Show #257 – Rich Powell, Managing Director Policy and Strategy ClearPath Foundation

July 29, 2016 By Rod Adams 4 Comments

ClearPath Foundation has established a new niche; it is an unabashedly conservative organization that believes that clean energy is an important issue. It is taking aggressive action to seize the initiative. It asserts that the definition of “clean” energy should not be left in the hands of people who do not like material prosperity and […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics, Climate change, Economics, Podcast

Amory Lovins Cheers Diablo Destruction Deal

June 22, 2016 By Rod Adams 11 Comments

Amory Lovins has once again chosen to publicly display his incredibly creative math skills. This time he is claiming that closing and destroying Diablo Canyon, a well-run and nicely situated nuclear power plant, 20 to 40 years before it has completed its useful life will reduce CO2 emissions and save money. His latest example of […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Atomic politics, Diablo Canyon, Economics

How Can We Halt The Reverse Great Bandwagon In Nuclear?

June 17, 2016 By Rod Adams 40 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, Exelon announced that it was going to begin taking action to close the Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear power stations. According to the company, those stations have lost a combined total of $800 million during the past seven years. Both facilities are well run and reliable, and their ongoing operating […]

Filed Under: Aging nuclear, Atomic politics, Economics

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