NEI Nuclear Notes

After passing the economic stimulus plan by a vote of 61-37 earlier today, the Senate conference committee members have been announced. Harry Reid (D-NV), Majority Leader Max Baucus (D-MT), Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA), Finance Committee Ranking Member Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS), Appropriations Committee Ranking Member We'll have the House conferees as soon as they become available. Update (4:50pm): House conference committee members, per Federal Times : Dave Obey (D-WI), Appropriations Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Update #2 (2/11): Responding to woolie's request to provide some context for my original post, here's a link to David Bradish's latest post, Loan Guarantees in the...

An interesting segment earlier today on NPR 's Morning Edition : " What Kind Of Green Jobs Will Stimulus Spawn? " This exchange between the reporter, Christopher Joyce, and Karen Harbert , president and CEO of the Institute for 21st Century Energy , caught my ear as I was running out the door. Joyce : Another form of virtually carbon-free baseload electricity is nuclear power. While the stimulus package provides loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants, Harbert says nuclear needs more attention. Harbert : A new nuclear plant generates about 1,500 very high-end jobs in a local community, for as long as the plant operates. It will be much higher, certainly, during construction. But that's a tremendous boon to a local economy. The full audio can be heard here .