NEI Nuclear Notes

This is from the sub-only Climate Wire : "I think CO2 emissions will increase tremendously in the next decades because more and more countries will use more coal like Germany. And that's a sad story [for] climate change," she said.   She is Claudia Kemfert, an energy economist at the German Institute of Economic Research in Berlin, so she knows her lumps of coal from lumps of uranium. Another germane quote: "We lack the necessary power lines to transmit wind-generated electricity from the north," said Johannes Teyssen, CEO of energy company E.ON. "This could lead to massive problems in the grid, even power outages." Just gets better and better in Germany, doesn't it? --- Meanwhile : The Point Beach nuclear plant will be allowed to expand its power output by 17% this year, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Tuesday. Point Beach is in Wisconsin. NextEra spokeswoman Sara Cassidy said Tuesday the expansion will increase total o...

Actually, not really. It looks like the 23-year-old male under question joked to a gas clerk that he "hoped he wouldn't blow up the place" on his first day . After an investigation involving multiple agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it was determined that it was just a misunderstanding. Around 7:17 a.m. a man walked into a convenience store located near the power plant and asked the clerk for directions to Nuclear Road, where the plant is located. The clerk gave him directions and the pair had a short conversation. As the man was leaving the store, the clerk heard him say that he "came to blow up the place." As the man left, the clerk got a description of the vehicle and subject and reported it to police. The Point Beach Nuclear Plant quickly took steps to make sure their facility was secure. Workers were evacuated for nearly three hours as officials pieced together the story. Using surveillance video at the gas station, investigators tr...