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I have been musing a bit this morning about the impact of the cost of money for nuclear projects in the United States compared to the cost of money for other energy investments. I have a spreadsheet model that I built based on the methodology described in Appendix 5.A — Calculation of the Levelized Cost…
Time is a bit short this morning, but I wanted to point out an interesting situation in the UK. Apparently there is a large and growing gathering of protesters that want to force at least a temporary shutdown of a coal fired power plant that currently supplies about 7% of the UK’s annual electricity consumption….
According to a Jan 28, 2007 article titled Ukraine plans to raise uranium output published in Hindu Times, Ukraine is planning a 75% increase in its uranium production within the next three years. The article also indicates that Ukraine is investigating the possibility of building nuclear fuel recycling facilities and is planning to achieve nuclear…
There is an opinion piece in today’s Wall Street Journal titled The Natural Gas Revolution written by John Deutch. According to the credit at the bottom of the article, Mr. Deutch is a professor at MIT and former under secretary of the Department of Energy. He currently serves on the board of directors of Cheniere…
This morning I took the Orange line train of the DC Metro system to work. It was not as busy as usual, perhaps because Fridays tend to be days when some of the city workers have already completed their assigned hours by working a compressed work schedule. Aside: One thing I tend to notice while…
On Friday, November 13, 2009, President Obama paid a brief visit to Tokyo, Japan. As part of his visit, he gave a speech in which he affirmed America’s commitment to the basic bargains of the nuclear non proliferation treaty. All nations have a right to peaceful use of nuclear energy Nations with nuclear weapons have…
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