The latest issue of Nuclear Energy Insight is now available online. In it, you'll find an article on a landmark agreement among Northeast states establishing a carbon dioxide cap-and-trade program that recognizes nuclear energy's role. There also are reports on a new reactor design ready for the U.S. market and a federal government forecast that predicts increased nuclear generation. Other articles discuss nuclear plants' stewardship in protecting wildlife habitat, policy group opposition to a long-term on-site used fuel storage proposal, and an effort to train more radiation protection workers.
You know, it’s kind of sad that no one is willing to invest in nuclear energy anymore. Wait, what? NuScale Power celebrated the news of its company-saving $30 million investment from Fluor Corp. Thursday morning with a press conference in Washington, D.C. Fluor is a design, engineering and construction company involved with some 20 plants in the 70s and 80s, but it has not held interest in a nuclear energy company until now. Fluor, which has deep roots in the nuclear industry, is betting big on small-scale nuclear energy with its NuScale investment. "It's become a serious contender in the last decade or so," John Hopkins, [Fluor’s group president in charge of new ventures], said. And that brings us to NuScale, which had run into some dark days – maybe not as dark as, say, Solyndra, but dire enough : Earlier this year, the Securities Exchange Commission filed an action against NuScale's lead investor, The Michael Kenwood Group. The firm "misap
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