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'No Nukes' rockers renew fight three decades later
WASHINGTON -- Jackson Browne says he thought his group of politically active musicians "really dealt the nuclear industry a blow" with a series of 1979 concerts opposing nuclear power. Nearly three decades later, Browne and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Bonnie Raitt and Graham...
Tags: Government, Nuclear Energy Institute, petition, Strategy, U.S. Congress, Washington
Research articles 2007-10-23
Nuclear Industry Welcomes Step Forward for DOE Clean-Energy Loan Guarantee Program
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Energy today released its regulations implementing the clean-energy loan guarantee program authorized by Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The legislation empowers the Secretary of Energy to provide loan guarantees for up to 80 percent of the cost of "innovative technologies"...
Tags: Government, Nuclear Energy Institute, regulation, Regulations, secretary
Research articles 2007-10-04
Nuke Biz Seeks Extended Wireless Headset Use
With their special-authority licenses due to expire later this year, two Washington, D.C.-based groups representing nuclear plants and related businesses have asked the FCC for permission to deploy and use experimental wireless headsets at nuclear facilities for at least five more years. A joint petition to...
Tags: FCC, Government, headset, Nuclear Energy Institute, Strategy, wireless
Research articles 2005-07-25
Payday may follow delay for nuke industry; Politics, nuclear waste collide over Yucca Mountain site.
Byline: Joe Truini Nuclear power generators could recoup $4 billion in costs resulting from delays in the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, while Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has vowed to kill the project if elected. Exelon...
Tags: Exelon Corp., Government, Nuclear Energy Institute, president, storage
Research articles 2004-08-16
Conference addresses America's future in nuclear engineering and research.
M2 PRESSWIRE-24 October 2002-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Conference addresses America's future in nuclear engineering and research C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10242002 Albany -- The future of education in nuclear sciences and engineering brings a large contingent of experts to...
Tags: conference, Dr., Government, Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2002-10-24
Making White Elephants Fly.
AGING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE GOING ON THE AUCTION BLOCK--WITH YET ANOTHER BIG DOSE OF CONSUMER SUBSIDY. In the summer of 1998, after about a year of peddling its Oyster Creek nuclear plant and finding no takers, GPU Inc. appeared resigned to ...
Tags: deregulation, Government, Nuclear Energy Institute, Regulations
Research articles 2000-02-28

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Florida Well-Positioned for New Nuclear Plants, Industry Executive Tells Miami Business Leaders
To: ENERGY EDITORSContact: Nuclear Energy Institute media relations staff: +1-202- 739-8000 during business hours, or +1-703-644-8805 after hours and weekends MIAMI, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thanks to strong business, government and public support, Florida is well-positioned to build new nuclear power plants to meet the state's fast-growing electricity needs, Nuclear...
Tags: Florida, leader, Nuclear Energy Institute
Research articles 2007-02-07
Week in Oil & Gas: G20 Axes Subsidies, Obama-Hu Climate Rhetoric, and Chevron Sues
The week ended with a muffled bang as the Group of 20 nations agreed to phase out government subsidies for fossil fuels.  Ending fossil fuel subsidies would have an impact -- positive or negative, depending on whose talking.  But the agreement is viewed largely symbolic since G20 leaders did...
Tags: Oil & Gas, Climate Change, Chevron Corp., Fossil Fuel, Obama, Ecuador, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-09-27
Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly?
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Can nuclear-generated electricity lead us off fossil fuels?After years of sitting in the energy dustbin, nuclear power is enjoying a renaissance. Countries such as France, Germany, Japan and China are furiously building nuclear plants to deliver cheap electricity and help combat climate change. Yet in the...
News items 2009-10-08
Berlin warns nuclear industry
BERLIN, Oct. 6 UPI -- The German nuclear industry is expecting a revival for their power source, but not so fast, warns the new German government. The bosses of Germany's big utilities were rubbing their hands with glee when it surfaced that Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives would be re-elected in...
Tags: government, Utility, Berlin
News items 2009-10-06
Mashable's Weekly Guide to Social Media Conferences and Events
It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable's guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month...
Tags: Social Media
News items 2009-10-19
Mashable's Weekly Conference and Event Guide
It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable's guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month...
Tags: Social Media, Event
News items 2009-11-09
No appeal planned on Yucca
WASHINGTON -- Federal officials say the government will not ask a federal appeals court to revisit last month's ruling on the Yucca Mountain project's radiation standards. That leaves the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear industry's lobbying and advocacy group, as the only party in the six lawsuits over...
Tags: FINANCE, Government, HARDWARE, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, Storage, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2004-08-26
Mashable's Weekly Guide to Events in Social Media
It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable's guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month...
Tags: Social Media, Event
News items 2009-10-26
Mashable's Weekly Conference Guide to Everything Social Media
It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable's guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month...
Tags: Social Media, Event
News items 2009-11-02
The New Job Market: Who Wins and Who Loses?
Recession, government spending, and demographics are transforming the workforce right before your eyes. To protect your career, make sure you're on the right side of history. If history is any guide, unemployment will continue to rise after the recession bottoms out, according to Steve Hipple, an economist with the...
Tags: Job, Health Care, Worker, MoneyWatch, BLS, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Nancy F. Smith
Articles 2009-06-24
Winners and Losers in the New Job Market
The fall of Lehman and the broader financial crisis have transformed the job market. Among the consequences: Women are now better off than men and part-time is the new full-time. Here's how you can succeed in the new economic order. But it’s not the sheer numbers of jobs shed...
Tags: Job, Health Care, Worker, MoneyWatch, BLS, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Nancy F. Smith
Articles 2009-09-15
Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety
Are cell phones safe? For years, studies have provided conflicting conclusions. Today, there is still no clear answer. But experts agree on one thing: more research is needed to find out the answer.In an effort to raise awareness among consumers and to urge government leaders to allocate more funding for...
Tags: Phone, Cell Phone
News items 2009-09-02
Sick nuclear workers in Paducah, Ky., question exposure views.
By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 29--Union leaders worry that compensation for sick nuclear workers could be denied or compromised by gaps in a new government profile of historic job exposure at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion...
Tags: U.S. Department of Labor, worker
Research articles 2004-11-29
Climate Experts Tapped for Obama's Science Team
President-elect Barack Obama has tapped Harvard professor John Holdren to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Holdren will also hold the title of "assistant to the president" for science and technology, a designation President Bush did not extend to his current science advisor. Holdren is director...
News items 2009-08-07
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