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Will Fukushima Increase Interest In Small Modular Reactors?
The combined effects of the earthquake and tsunami illustrate the risks of putting all your eggs in one basket The architecture of energy distribution in major industrial nations like Japan, the U.S., France, the U.K. , and Germany is based on very...
Chernobyl at 25
Just the facts please In the famous TV drama series "Dragnet," the lead character is Los Angeles Police Detective Joe Friday. While the actual drama in the show was tame by today's measure, one thing stood out which has met the test of time. It is...
Initial Look at Lessons Learned From Fukushima
A review of what went wrong, why, and what should be done in the future Guest Blog Post by: Akira T. Tokuhiro Ph.D * Following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and as high as ~14 meter tsunami, the Fukushima Dai-ichi (D1) and Dai-ni (D2) Nuclear...
Ontario Pension Fund Backs Out Of AECL Deal
Is AECL worth anything more than its parts? A fluid and confused political environment clouds the future This is an update to my coverage in Fuel Cycle Week V10:N414; March 3, 2011 by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. More...
NRG Calls It Quits for South Texas Project
Key financing from Japan unlikely due to Fukushima crisis NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) pulled the plug on its development of twin 1,350 MW ABWR reactors for the South Texas Project on April 19th. The firm said in a statement that “multiple...
Why Is There An Irrational Fear of Radiation?
Four perspectives on the need to change the way the significance of radiation numbers are explained to the public The crisis at the Fukushima nuclear reactor complex in Japan (right), caused by a record earthquake and equally record shattering...
'Stop The Sensationalism Of MOX Fuel'
Guest blog post by Jacques Besnainou, CEO, Areva, Inc I am writing this essay today as a frustrated and fed up reader of nuclear-related stories originated by anti-nuclear organizations. While most recent reporting on the Fukushima reactors has...
Fukushima’s Future Blueprints Are Incomplete, Danger Persists
Decommissioning plans must wait for stable reactor conditions The world’s biggest nuclear energy firms are lining up with proposals to clean up a historically huge radioactive mess at the Fukushima, Japan, reactor site. There six reactors in various...
USEC, TENEX Ink $2.8-Billion Deal
It opens the U.S. market to more Russian uranium This is my coverage published in Fuel Cycle Week V10:N418; 03/31/11, published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. Posting it here was delayed by the press of business related to the...
The Economist Seeks Responses To Nuclear Energy Debate
Time to stand up to be counted This is to inform you that “The Economist” is conducting an online debate on nuclear power – in which online voting is invited. Resolved This house believes that the world would be better off without...
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis News Update For April 9, 2011
Japan considers wider evacuation zone, but water leak is stopped at reactor site The Wall Street Journal reports that the Japanese government is considering extending the evacuation zone around the devastated Fukushima nuclear reactor complex....
FEPC Fukushima Reactor Status Update For April 8, 2011
Update to Information Sheet Regarding the Tohoku Earthquake The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC) Washington DC Office As of 12:00PM (EST), April 8, 2011 Radiation LevelsThe concentration of radioactive nuclides from...
