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The price increases experienced in the uranium market during the past 7 years has resulted in predictable behavior – exploration and mining operations are increasing. The clear signal sent by the market is that uranium is a desirable product, one that the customers need and that the suppliers can provide profitably. In a December 26,…
An old friend sent me a link with intriguing headline on December 2, 2009 – COSCO Investigates Nuclear Option. My first thought was “why would a big box competitor to Sam’s Club be interested in a nuclear option?” That misunderstanding was quickly dispelled when I realized that Lloyds List is not terribly interested in American…
Yesterday evening, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) hosted one of several clean power plan listening sessions in Roanoke. I attended the meeting. It was a true listening session; the DEQ representatives did very little talking and a lot of note taking. Each person who signed up to make a comment was given five…
I have had a busy week trying to time share between a day job and at least some attendance and coverage of the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting. While searching for other views of the event that I might have missed earlier in the week, I found the below segment titled Nuclear Industry Holds Winter…
Yesterday during mark up on the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, Rep Cliff Stearns of Florida offered an amendment that would have included power produced in nuclear power plants in the computation as an approved source of emission free electricity to meet a proposed renewable energy standard. The committee rejected the amendment. According to Reuters, Henry…
ExxonMobil is a company that is vilified by many in the environmental community, but it is also a company that is deeply respected by engineers. It is a company that is well known for focusing on its core competencies, and for not following the latest fads. Unlike some other major oil companies that have created…
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