Asif Parvez has written an opinion piece for The Financial Express (Bangladesh) titled Nuclear power plant, a visible option for starved Bangladesh.
It is worth the inevitable struggle to get past translation issues to read this article in order to expand understanding and to see an important issue from the perspective of an energy starved, very poor nation. Highly recommended!
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On 29 December 2005, the Washington Post reported that Yevgeny Adamov, the former head of Minatom – the Russian nuclear ministry – will be sent back to Russia, reversing an earlier decision to send him to the United States to face trial for conspiracy, money laudering and tax evasion. The charges stem from accusations that…
A couple of days ago, I mentioned an article on ArmsControlWonk.com titled Nuclear Power for Everyone!. The article is generating some interesting comments. It is worth a second visit.
Chairman of the Bahraini parliament Khalifa Al-Dhahrani has indicated that he believes that nuclear energy is an important tool for nations to develop because oil and gas supplies will eventually dry up. Bahrain has first hand knowledge of the risk of oil depletion; it was one of the first countries in the Middle East to…
The planned merger of Constellation Energy Group into FP&L has been cancelled at the request of the Constellation board of directors due “continued uncertainty over regulatory and judicial matters in Maryland.” Last month, for similar reasons, a planned merger between Exelon and Public Service Enterprise Group of Newark, NJ was also cancelled. It appears that…
After posting a video clip of a key segment of Wednesday’s State of the Union address, in which President Obama states: “But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. And that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country.” I…
Lloyd Yates, the CEO of Progress Energy, has published a terrific op-ed piece in the Charlotte News-Observer titled Coming clean on coal that clearly explains why his company has chosen to shut down coal fired power plants that supply 30% of its current electricity demand. More importantly, he explains HOW his company will continue to…