NEI Nuclear Notes

...nuclear energy news you may have missed this weekend. Zogby releases its latest survey : 67% favor building new nuclear power plants in the U.S.... The Arizona Republic reviews the state's energy options in the face of growing electricity demands.... Barron 's attempts to square the Obama campaign's position on nuclear....Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), coming around to nuclear energy?...Britain is "the most exciting place in Europe" for nuclear power, according to Areva president Anne Lauvergeon....Germany is likely the least; at the G-8 Summit in Japan, Economics Minister Jochen Homann reasserted his country's intentions to phase out nuclear....Chancellor Angela Merkel, however, is saying something different ....Deutsche Welle puts Germany's decision(s) in relief against the backdrop of the nuclear renaissance in the EU....Albania is the latest country to want in....The IEA calls for 32 new nuclear plants to be built each year, worldwide....See...

...nuclear energy news you may have missed this weekend. Lots of Lieberman-Warner pre-game analysis this weekend: Grist provides a handy overview of the bill and likely amendments, The San Francisco Chronicle identifies the key players, and Environment & Energy Daily ($ub. req'd) projects each Senator's vote. (Interestingly, they still have Sherrod Brown (D-OH) listed as a probable yes, despite his stated opposition in the Cleveland Plain Dealer .)...In anticipation of this week's DOE license application for Yucca Mountain, the Las Vegas Sun looks at the politics behind the project.... The Atlantic weighs in on Yucca....In Salon, another contentious cost per kilowatt piece in the general interest press....In its Stock Watch feature, Kiplinger reviews Exelon and likes what it sees....Idaho Power is considering adding a new nuclear plant....Alstom is expanding its manufacturing facilities in India....Speaking of nuclear-related jobs in India, the Tarapur p...

...nuclear energy news you may have missed this weekend. The Wall Street Journal looks at the impact that cap-and-trade would have on the nuclear energy industry's bottom line....On ABC's " This Week ," House minority leader John Boehner (R-OH) said that the House Republicans will release a "real energy policy" this week. Boehner added, "...we also have to be serious about having nuclear energy, and we need to be able and willing to go produce more oil and gas here in America in an environmentally sensitive way, and we can do that."...The Netherlands needs a nuclear energy program, so says Dutch economics minister, Maria van der Hoeven....On its front page, the St. Petersburg Times weighs in on the proposed new plant build in Levy County,FL....The Wilmington Star-News editorial board is encouraged by the announced GE Hitachi expansion of its campus in Wilmington, NC....The EU Energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs discusses "nuclear witho...

...nuclear energy news you may have missed this weekend. The Washington Post reports that at least 40 developing countries have approached U.N. officials about starting nuclear energy programs....According to the AP , Senator McCain will call for the expansion of nuclear power while speaking at a Vestas wind turbine plant in Portland, Oregon... . The Wall Street Journal looks at the economics of new plant builds....UK hedge fund, The Children's Investment Fund (TCI), will seek sanctions against the Japanese government over its decision barring TCI from doubling its stake in J-Power . Per columnist William Hutchings , "The firm said the government's decision was damaging Japan's reputation as an open capital market."... The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader , the local that covers Luzerne County, PA ( Susquehanna ), is publishing a two-part series titled "Nuclear Reaction." Part one, " Powering Up ," ran on Sunday.... The Lawrence Journal-World ...

...nuclear energy news you may have missed this weekend. Add Minnesota to the list of U.S. states considering nuclear as an energy solution....68% of polled executives support the building of one or more new power plants in Michigan, according to a survey conducted by Crain's Detroit Business ...Uranium mining claims are up in the U.S....Seeking to become the world's top producer of uranium, Khazakstan has signed an agreement with Japan....The National Assembly of Vietnam is expected to approve a law this month leading to the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant....French utility EdF will submit a 6.2 billion pound (12.2b USD) offer for British Energy....A piece in Psychology Today provides some much-needed context (and salve) for a public's irrational fears [see no. 9 on the list]....Web traffic to the NEI site and NEI blog hit all-time highs in April.

...nuclear energy news you may have missed this weekend . The DOE report on long-term storage of used fuel will be delayed one year....Algeria, Jordan, Libya, the UAE and now Tunisia: French President Nicolas Sarkozy will sign an agreement on civilian nuclear energy development in Tunis on Monday....The British government has warned that the shortage of nuclear engineers could cause delays in the country's new plant building program and expects to bring engineers out of retirement....Turkey's first nuclear power plant is to be inaugurated by 2015....British Columbia has announced a ban on all uranium mining and exploration in the province....Rick Montgomery's Kansas City Star article from April 19th runs this weekend in another McClatchy-owned paper, the Detroit Free Press . DFP editors have retitled the piece, Towers of Potential ....Public meetings to discuss safety procedures at Indian Point are being held today in Cortlandt, NY....The Tri-City Herald looks at ...