New Nuclear Regulations: TMI Says It Won't Change Procedure
Thu, 17 May 2012 18:30:17 CDTViewed: 75 times.Federal nuclear power regulators have changed emergency procedures for the first time in thirty years.
Nuclear Energy News
Hundreds Gather For NRC Indian Point Assessment Session In Tarrytown
Thu, 17 May 2012 17:59:56 CDTViewed: 9 times.Hundreds of residents, Indian Point opponents and advocates of the nuclear power plant in Buchanan are filling a Tarrytown hotel this evening as a public meeting about the plant's annual assessment gets under way.
Japan Pushes Asia Gas Price Close To High
Thu, 17 May 2012 15:06:08 CDTViewed: 9 times.Spot prices set to hit record highs this summer as Japan abandons nuclear power and supplies decline after a LNG pipeline was blown up in Yemen...
Bracing Up For Power Savings
Thu, 17 May 2012 14:47:43 CDTViewed: 4 times.The government has announced a power-saving plan for the coming summer. But the announcement came too late. As all of Japan's nuclear power plants are offline, the government has been obsessed with the idea of restarting the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture and has been slow to explain and make people and businesses aware of the need...
Government Doesn't Plan To Issue Mandatory Power-saving Order To Western Japan
Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:09 CDTViewed: 4 times.The government will not issue binding electricity-saving orders for areas served by Kansai Electric Power Co., whose capacity to meet peak demand this summer is precarious now that the nation's nuclear plants are all shut down, because other utilities will probably be able to provide Kepco with extra power, sources said Thursday. Still, to prevent blackouts, the government at a ministerial...
SAN ONOFRE: Regulator Releases Charter For Nuke Plant Inspection Team
Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:00 CDTViewed: 5 times.A special team of inspectors dispatched to San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in March is looking at everything from how the plant's steam generators were operated to how they were manufactured, according to a document released by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday morning.
Girl Scouts Brush Up On Nuclear Power
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:16:41 CDTViewed: 5 times.A total of 88 Junior Girl Scouts and 30 leaders learned about nuclear energy and the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Saturday at the Monticello Training Center on April 28.
A Case For Commercial Nuclear Power Vessels, Post The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
Thu, 17 May 2012 12:23:01 CDTViewed: 23 times.In the eyes of some, the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was the event that would signal the end of nuclear power for electrical power generation...
Ghana Coordinates Nuclear Planning Activities
Thu, 17 May 2012 10:45:41 CDTViewed: 30 times.Ghana is moving ahead with its plans to introduce nuclear energy into its energy mix. The government recently established an organization to coordinate the activities of all stakeholder institutions involved in the planning of the nuclear power plant project.
Feds Cutting Back On Nuclear Power Plant Safety Because Honestly, Why Bother
Thu, 17 May 2012 10:11:13 CDTViewed: 78 times.The last few years has been pretty much a nonstop ride of positive safety PR for the nuclear power industry, right? I mean, this is an technology that absorbed an enormous earthquake and tsunami and barely even killed anyone/left whole towns uninhabitable/terrified the world.