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- Exelon: Loving the Earth AND money
- Exelon isn't just green for show. One of the largest operators of nuclear generated electricity, Exelon is taking global warming seriously.
- Videos 2008-04-21
- Wallstrip: Wind
- This alternative energy thing is going to be a breeze.
- Videos 2008-09-19
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- Panel finds erosion of nuclear deterrence mission widespread at Defense
- A special task force reviewing nuclear weapons management across the Defense Department found a "distressing degree of inattention" to the nuclear deterrence mission among senior military and civilian officials, said James Schlesinger, a former Defense secretary and chairman of the panel.In a briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday, Schlesinger and...
- News items 2009-08-07
- 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
- The Uncertain Business of Building New Nuclear
- A new study on Climate Progress has some surprising conclusions for nuclear power. Final costs for generating power at new plants, the study says, will be 25 to 30 cents per kilowatt-hour, which is some three times the cost of today's energy. Nuclear is a major...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- The Uncertain Business of Building New Nuclear
- A new study on Climate Progress has some surprising conclusions for nuclear power. Final costs for generating power at new plants, the study says, will be 25 to 30 cents per kilowatt-hour, which is some three times the cost of today's energy. Nuclear is a major part of some plans...
- News items 2009-08-07
- New Delhi admission raises nuclear stakes
- India has the capability to build nuclear weapons with the same destructive power as those in the arsenals of the world's big nuclear powers, bolstering its strategic defence against potential aggressors within the region, according to officials in New Delhi.It had built weapons with yields of up to 200...
- External links 2009-09-27
- Nuclear Energy Expansion Plans Unveiled
- By Daniel FinerenLONDON (Reuters UK) - The government set out plans Monday to speed up the planning process for big wind farms and new nuclear power plants and named 10 sites where reactors could be built.Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said new nuclear plants, combined with cleaner coal...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Nuclear Energy Expansion Plans Unveiled
- By Daniel Fineren LONDON (Reuters UK) - The government set out plans Monday to speed up the planning process for big wind farms and new nuclear power plants and named 10 sites where reactors could be built. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said new nuclear plants, combined with...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Merkel put on the defensive over nuclear power
- When German voters go to the polls on Sunday the fate of the country's nuclear power industry will be hanging in the balance.Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is campaigning to reverse a decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2021 if her favoured centre-right coalition option takes power.Nuclear power...
- External links 2009-09-22
- 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...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Week in Renewables: Neglected Nuclear, Falling Winds, Solar Redemption
- Should, or should not nuclear energy be considered a renewable? That's more of a long-running question than a news item from this week, but Department of Energy head Steven Chu did take the opportunity last Friday to again throw his weight behind nukes, saying that the government...
- Blog posts 2009-09-27
- Iran wants U.N. to ban attacks on nuclear plants
- A spokesman for the Vienna-based IAEA told United Press International IEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei received a formal request Wednesday from Iran's ambassador and resident representative, Ali Asghar Soltanieh. The request means that Soltanieh's proposal for "prohibition of armed attack or threat of attack against nuclear installations, during operation or...
- News items 2009-08-14
- Ministers pick 10 nuclear sites
- Ten sites in England and Wales have been chosen by ministers as suitable for new nuclear power plants, paving the way for the most ambitious reactor construction programme in Europe. Only five of the sites have so far been identified by generators with specific nuclear new-build plans. Between them the...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Nuclear fuel plant would safeguard 1,400 jobs
- A plant producing nuclear fuel for the new generation of reactors is set to be developed at Springfields in Lancashire, safeguarding 1,400 jobs at the site and securing for British industry some of the benefits of the revival of nuclear power.Westinghouse, the privatised nuclear engineering company now owned by...
- External links 2009-09-09
- DTN News: Russia May Revise Use Of Nuclear Weapons In New Military Doctrine
- DTN News: Russia May Revise Use Of Nuclear Weapons In New Military Doctrine *Source: DTN News / RIA Novosti NSI News Source Info NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia - October 11, 2009: Russia's new military doctrine will contain some changes to the situations that could trigger the use of...
- News items 2009-10-10
- DTN News: North Korea Presses U.S. For Talks On Nuclear Stand-Off
- DTN News: North Korea Presses U.S. For Talks On Nuclear Stand-Off *Source: DTN News / Int'l Media NSI News Source Info SEOUL, South Korea - November 3, 2009: North Korea on Monday pressed the United States to hold direct talks on ending their nuclear stand-off and...
- News items 2009-11-04
- Labour backs nuclear option on energy
- Plans for a huge expansion of nuclear power will be set out by the government today, as it publishes an energy strategy designed to smooth the way for new power stations and other large infrastructure projects.In the 2020s about 30 per cent of Britain's electricity will come from nuclear...
- News items 2009-11-08
- Centrica to Become Nuclear Power Player
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Utility Centrica's planned move into atomic energy by buying a 20 percent stake in British Energy is to go ahead, placing it at the forefront of Britain's nuclear new-build plan, it said on Friday.Centrica's plan hinged on selling its 51 percent stake in Belgian utility SPE...
- News items 2009-11-13
- NUCLEAR ENERGY: NEA STATEMENT ON SITING OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
- Summary: National nuclear regulation authorities from the 25 member countries* of the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency have issued a statement saying public health and safety from nuclear risks should be a top consideration when siting a nuclear power plant. However, site selection alone should not supplant...
- Research articles 1994-09-13
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