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Nuclear Industry Subsidies Part II: The Mining Sector

June 28, 2011 by Charles Barton
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Nuclear Industry Subsidies Part II: The Mining Sector Doug Kaplow, in a Union of Concerned Scientists report titled, Nuclear Power: Still not viable without subsidies," has offered us an attempt to assess subsidies offered by the Government to the Nuclear Industry. Koplow charges that one form of government subsidy has to do with... [read more]

Overcoming Mythology - Real Analysis Regarding Carbon Intensity of Uranium Fuel Cycle

January 18, 2011 by Rod Adams
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It might surprise many people who are not actively involved in discussions about our energy future, but there is a persistent myth that comes up with depressing regularity regarding the carbon dioxide emissions associated with various energy sources. The myth is that nuclear power plants - which produce electricity by converting uranium... [read more]

Dan Yurman: Iran’s commercial reactor is not the problem

November 3, 2010 by Joseph Koblich
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Getting the government to give up its uranium enrichment program is the key issue By Dan Yurman Iran started this month inserting 163 fuel assemblies into a Russian built 1000 MW VVER light water reactor located at Bushehr on Iran’s Persian Gulf coast. In a few months, technicians will withdraw controls rods to start the process of... [read more]

USEC gets two new investors

June 12, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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CEO John Welch says the firm will re-submit its application for a $2 billion DOE loan guarantee This blog post is an edited version of an article published May 27, 2010, in Fuel Cycle Week V9:N378 by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. May 25th was a red letter day for USEC (NYSE:USU) CEO John Welch. He's had more than... [read more]

Areva gets loan guarantee for Eagle Rock

May 20, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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U.S. Department of Energy measure will boost investor confidence in the $2 billion plant. The long wait is over for Areva. The U.S. Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $2 billion loan guarantee to AREVA to facilitate financing of its Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility planned for development near Idaho Falls,... [read more]

Int’l Isotopes submits NRC license

January 5, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Firm plans to build a facility in Hobbs, NM, to extract fluorine from depleted uranium International Isotopes Inc. (OTC:INIS) announced Jan 4 it submitted its license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its depleted uranium de-conversion and fluorine extraction processing facility. The plant would convert... [read more]