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30 Years Of What If: Three Mile Island Revisited - Commentary: The Post Chronicle - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 29 Mar 09
     
    Three Mile Island Revisited - One spring day 30 years ago, Mary Osborn rose early to share breakfast with her husband before he left for an out-of-town construction job. At his car just before 6 a.m., he called her name. "He said, 'Come out here and smell the air.'" Osborn recalled. "Sometimes we could smell the chocolate from the Hershey's factory, or the cows up on the hill." She walked outside and was struck immediately by a sharp metallic tang. "The air was still. There were no birds. Usually at that time of year, they're chattering away in the morning," Osborn said. "All we could smell and taste was metal."
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Walsh: Depleted uranium is forever - Salt Lake Tribune - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 29 Mar 09
     
    The first day on the job, EnergySolutions' mouthpieces learn the company line -- the one about how benign the dirt and concrete and metal out at Clive is. Company public relations managers like to say broccoli puts off more radiation than the stuff out at the nuclear dump. You could eat it with a spoon. Even company president Steve Creamer gets in on the spin: "So, I could use this in my grow boxes?," Draper Republican Sen. Howard Stephenson asked extra innocently, doing his best customer testimonial on KTKK's Red Meat Radio show last month. "You probably could," Creamer said. (The "in 100 years" part of that sentence was silent or assumed.)
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AURILIO: New nuclear subsidies are a terrible idea - Washington Times - 0 views

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  • Giant loan guarantees could stick taxpayers with the billFont Size -+PrintEmailCommentTweet this! washington_ti859:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/03/new-nuclear-subsidies-are-a-terrible-idea/ Yahoo! Buzz Sharedocument.write(''); ArticleComments (2)Click-2-ListenMore Commentary StoriesBOOK REVIEW: An eminent Victorian disinterredWANZEK: Engine for job growthLAMBRO: Bayh a tough sell in IndianaSCANLON: Labor's 'new sheriff' plays favoritesBy Anna Aurilio At a time of deep partisan and ideological divi -sion in Washington, there aren't many issues that bring together forces from across traditional divides. So when scholars at conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and taxpayer groups such as the National Taxpayers Union agree with environmentalists on something, it's time to sit up and take notice. That's exactly what's happening on the issue of federal subsidies for new nuclear power plants. Fiscal conservatives know that nuclear subsidies are a potential multibillion dollar boondoggle, while environmentalists know that - even beyond the environmental and public safety threats posed by the reactors themselves - there are far better and much cheaper solutions to our energy and global warming challenges.
  • Energy Net on 08 Feb 10
     
    Giant loan guarantees could stick taxpayers with the bill At a time of deep partisan and ideological divi -sion in Washington, there aren't many issues that bring together forces from across traditional divides. So when scholars at conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and taxpayer groups such as the National Taxpayers Union agree with environmentalists on something, it's time to sit up and take notice. That's exactly what's happening on the issue of federal subsidies for new nuclear power plants. Fiscal conservatives know that nuclear subsidies are a potential multibillion dollar boondoggle, while environmentalists know that - even beyond the environmental and public safety threats posed by the reactors themselves - there are far better and much cheaper solutions to our energy and global warming challenges."
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Nuclear power -- not a green option - latimes.com - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 08 Mar 10
     
    "It generates radioactive waste; it requires uranium that's dangerous to mine; it's hugely expensive. Here we go again. With the Obama administration's promise of federal loan guarantees to build two new nuclear power plants at a cost of $8.3 billion, the radioactive monster is rising from a long dormancy, pumped to life by the lobbyists for nuke designers, nuke contractors, nuke operators and nuke consultants and their generous spending. Over the last decade, the nuclear industry has spent more than $600 million lobbying the federal government and another $63 million in federal campaign contributions, according to an analysis of public records by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. Today, the industry is using our desperate need for jobs and worries about global warming to further its cause."
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Union labor at Plant Vogtle in negotiations | The Augusta Chronicle - 0 views

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    "The contractor hired to manage the $14.5 billion addition of two new reactors to Plant Vogtle is negotiating with national labor unions to provide employees. The project, for which limited site work is already under way, is expected to generate up to 3,500 temporary construction jobs and 800 permanent positions after the reactors go online in 2016 and 2017. Gentry Brann, the director of corporate communications for The Shaw Group -- the project's construction manager -- acknowledged that discussions are ongoing but said it would be premature to release details."
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U.S. Approves Support to Build Nuclear Reactors in Georgia - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 22 Feb 10
     
    "President Obama, speaking to an enthusiastic audience of union officials in Lanham, Md., on Tuesday, underscored his embrace of nuclear power as a clean energy source, announcing that the Energy Department had approved financial help for the construction of two nuclear reactors in Georgia. Room for DebateDoes the need for new sources of energy outweigh the risks associated with nuclear power? If the project goes forward, the reactors would be the first begun in the United States since the 1970s. The announcement of the loan guarantee - $8.3 billion to help the Southern Company and two partners build twin reactors in Burke County - comes as the administration is courting Republican support for its climate and energy policies. With climate legislation stalled in the Senate and its prospects for success dim, Democrats are seeking new incentives to spur clean energy development and create jobs. "
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Big firms drop support for US climate bill | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 22 Feb 10
     
    Big firms drop support for US climate bill * BP America, Caterpillar and Conoco end support * Opponents claim climate law is dead in the water Barack Obama suffered a setback to his green energy agenda as three firms drop out of a coalition that had been pressing for climate change laws. Photograph: Brian Kersey/Getty Images Barack Obama suffered a setback to his green energy agendatoday when three major corporations - including BP America - dropped out of a coalition of business groups and environmental organisations that had been pressing Congress to pass climate change legislation. The defections by ConocoPhillips, America's third largest oil company, Caterpillar, which makes heavy equipment, and BP rob the US Climate Action Partnership of three powerful voices for lobbying Congress to pass climate change law. They also undercut Obama's efforts to cast his climate and energy agenda as a pro-business, job-creation plan."
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WPR Blog | U.S. Nuclear Energy: The French are Coming!! - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 22 Feb 10
     
    "I've mentioned a number of times the ways in which France's nuclear energy giant, Areva, has benefited from the U.S. opening foreign markets to nuclear energy. The U.S.-India 123 agreement is the most flagrant example, since it really involved bringing India in from the NSG cold. So it's worth noting that among the beneficiaries of President Barack Obama's new nuclear energy initiative is none other than . . . Areva. They've been partnering up with U.S. utility and nuclear power companies for the past few years in anticipation of the U.S. shift to nuclear. And part of their strategy of making themselves a more attractive partner involves in-shoring industrial manufacturing in order to emphasize job creation. (For more background on the reasons behind Obama's decision, Saurav Jha's WPR feature article on the "new nuclear age" is worth the time it takes to register for a free trial subscription.) "
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Steve Creamer resigns as EnergySolutions CEO | Deseret News - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 22 Feb 10
     
    "Since taking the helm of EnergySolutions six years ago, Steve Creamer became the face of a company that often found itself in the eye of the public storm. In television commercials and newspaper ads, Creamer tried to explain what the controversial nuclear waste company was all about. That job will now fall to another. Creamer resigned Friday as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Val Christensen, who has worked as company president since 2008, will replace him. "Steve Creamer had the unique vision and energy to create a strong public company based in Utah that plays a critical role in America's nuclear industry," Christensen said. "Steve will continue to be an important sounding board and a strong supporter of the company." Christensen said he was instructed by the company's board to not disclose why Creamer, 58, resigned."
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SentinelSource.com | SENTINEL EDITORIAL: Barack Obama's nuclear energy policy differs ... - 0 views

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    "President Barack Obama has dramatically adjusted his attitude toward nuclear safety since he visited The Sentinel as a candidate in 2007. Then he said he was "an agnostic on nuclear power." This week, he took over the choir. He will make available $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees for construction of the first U.S. nuclear power plants since the Seabrook fiasco in the 1980s. He touted the number of jobs to be created, the need to reduce greenhouse gasses and a boost for U.S. technological competitiveness. And he said the grant for two reactors in Georgia "is only the beginning." His upcoming budget includes more than $50 billion for nuclear construction. Loan guarantees by taxpayers are necessary because private lenders believe investments in nuclear power are too risky. During his campaign visit to The Sentinel, Obama was more nuanced. "Given the importance of reducing carbon emissions," he said, "nuclear should be in the mix - if we can make it safe, we know how to store (the nuclear waste and) we can make sure that it's not vulnerable to terrorist attack." But he cautioned that those safety questions "may not be solvable. And if they are not solvable, then I don't want to invest in it.""
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Crystal River nuclear plant to be repaired by midyear, Progress Energy says - St. Peter... - 0 views

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    "Repairs to a cracked reactor building containment wall could keep the Crystal River nuclear plant off line until midyear, Progress Energy says. The company powered down the nuclear plant in September for a major maintenance project that was expected to be finished by late December. But shortly after the job began, workers discovered that part of the containment wall had separated into two layers. The plant has remained off line since then while the company investigates its cause and comes up with a repair plan."
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Chernobyl: Leaking radiation and sucking up Canadian money - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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    "An honour guard attends a ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 2007. Thirteen years after Canada and other nations pledged $768-million to render the destroyed nuclear reactor safe, the cost has ballooned to $2-billion and the job still isn't done Kiev - From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Feb. 02, 2010 10:17PM EST Last updated on Friday, Feb. 05, 2010 3:19AM EST Almost a quarter-century after its explosion killed hundreds and shocked the world, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor still sits crumbling amid an uninhabitable wasteland in northern Ukraine, still emits surprising amounts of radiation, and still absorbs vast amounts of money. Much of that money, at least $71-million of it, has come from Canadian taxpayers, intended to pay for a project launched in 1997 under a pledge from leaders of the G-7 countries to enclose the reactor in a permanent, sealed sarcophagus."
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Up and atom: The comeback of nuclear power | MNN - Mother Nature Network - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 16 Feb 10
     
    "It's climate-friendly and creates jobs, but as the U.S. reconsiders atom smashing, old worries about nuclear waste, meltdowns and price tags persist. The United States is on the brink of a nuclear revival, fueled by fear of climate change, demand for electricity and distrust of renewable power. Combined with a festering recession, these modern woes are suddenly drowning out many of the older worries - such as meltdowns and radioactive waste - that plagued nuclear power's past. After a nearly 30-year lull in building new nuclear reactors, due largely to the 1979 Three Mile Island accident, U.S. energy companies have applied to build more than two dozen in the last three years, and some advocates are calling for much more. President Obama touted the benefits of nuclear power during last month's State of the Union address, and in his 2011 federal budget, he proposed tripling government loan guarantees for new nuclear projects, raising the total to more than $54 billion."
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Piketon facility impacted by nuclear plant call | chillicothegazette.com | Chillicothe ... - 0 views

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    "President Barack Obama's call for a new generation of nuclear power plants could weigh on decisions about a possible new nuclear power facility at the former uranium processing reservation in Piketon. But nobody expects any significant activity soon. It's been more than six months since Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, top officials from Duke Energy and other utility companies announced formation of the Southern Ohio Clean Energy Park Alliance. The informal alliance was formed to explore development of a 1,600-megawatt nuclear generating plant at a "clean energy park" that could cost more than $10 billion, take more than a decade to build and create thousands of jobs."
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Publish nuclear dump list - MP - The Campbeltown Courier - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 08 Feb 10
     
    "THE Ministry of Defence should come clean once and for all about whether or not it plans to use the base at Machrihanish to store radioactive waste from old submarines. Alan Reid MP for Argyll and Bute has vowed to campaign to stop the waste ending up at Machrihanish or any of three other sites in Argyll and Bute and he has called on the MoD to go public. Defence Minister Quentin Davies MP has refused to reveal the sites on the secret list but has said Argyll and Bute is one of four regions being considered, along with Devon, Fife and Berkshire. 'This would appear to narrow the shortlist of sites in Argyll and Bute down to Coulport, Faslane, Glen Douglas and Machrihanish,' said Mr Reid, 'and I am disappointed that the Government is still refusing to publish its shortlist. The secrecy will only lead to speculation.' He added that all four in Argyll were unsuitable for the job."
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FPL head walks out of hearing on rate increase | news-press.com | The News-Press - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 18 Jan 10
     
    "The head of Florida Power & Light Co. left the Public Service Commission hearing on the company's rate increase, complaining that 20,000 jobs in plant construction and growth will be lost because "politics trumped economics." The PSC hearing is still going on, but the regulatory panel has been whacking away at its already reduced staff recommendations all day. FP&L had sought a $1.3 billion rate hike but the staff recommended only $357 million -- and the commission lowered that. "Today, politics trumped economics because there is no economic case for the decisions that this commission made," said Armando Olivera, the company CEO."
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Daily Reflector: Roll Call: House legislation on stolen nuclear materials approved - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 25 Jan 10
     
    "Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Jan. 22. STOLEN NUCLEAR MATERIALS: Voting 397 for and ten against, the House on Jan. 21 sent President Obama a bill (HR 730) designed to improve international cooperation in locating stolen nuclear and radiological materials. The measure calls upon the administration to negotiate "nuclear forensics" agreements under which countries would do a better job of policing loose nukes and sharing sensitive information. The bill also seeks to bolster Department of Homeland Security programs against terrorists' dirty bombs or conventional nuclear weapons."
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Energy Tribune- Obama's "Clean Energy" Pandering: His State of the Union Contains More ... - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 01 Feb 10
     
    "Never underestimate a politician's willingness to pander. That's the obvious lesson to be had from Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday night. The speech was so predictable that it wasn't even the most important news story of the day. That spot was claimed by Steve Jobs and Apple's new iPad. There are many reasons why Obama - the man who just a year ago was seen as the one who would deliver American politics from the mundane - has fallen so far, so fast, in the eyes of the public. (Full disclosure: I voted for Obama.) But surely one of Obama's biggest problems is that he's allergic to speaking the plain truth. His entire candidacy and presidency has been built on carefully crafted phrases and buzzwords that, in the end, have no meaning at all. "
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Plant Vogtle reactor plans have some residents concerned | NBC Augusta 26 | news, weath... - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 08 Mar 10
     
    "Plans are underway for Plant Vogtle to add two new reactors to its site in Burke County. But NBC Augusta 26 News is learning not everyone is thrilled about the expansion and new jobs. "Not in our backyard" seemed to be the theme at a public forum in Burke County. Sponsored by "Georgia Woman's Action for New Directions," the meeting allowed residents of nearby communities like Shell Bluff, to hear the other side of expansion. "The nuclear energy industry has led people to believe that it's something that is going to happen. They haven't gotten approval for the reactors to be built, so it's not necessarily a done deal," said Dianne Valentine, WAND member. "
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Nuclear's revival - TheHill.com - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 08 Mar 10
     
    "The nuclear energy industry is enjoying a political revival after embracing climate legislation, linking arms with labor unions and mounting a big-dollar lobbying and advertising campaign. The effort has had two goals: to promote nuclear power as a "clean" energy source and as a way to create tens of thousands of new jobs during an economic downturn. Whether the political renewal leads to a commercial renaissance is unclear."
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