Nuclear Power

Nuclear Bombshell: $26 Billion cost — $10,800 per kilowatt! — killed Ontario nuclear bid 0
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
GOP calls for 100 new nukes, which would cost some $1 trillion

Lamar Alexander (R-TN) calls nuclear “the cheap clean energy solution” 0
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
France imports UK electricity as summer heatwave puts a third of its nukes out of action 0
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
100 nuclear plants: The answer? 15
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Architecture 2030 is working on a better answer.
Lamar Alexander (R-Oak Ridge)

Tennessee Republican comes out swinging against cap-and-trade bill 0
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Sen. Lamar Alexander's (R-Tenn.), a day after he announced that he is not willing to work with Democrats on a climate change bill and instead unveiled his own nuclear-power-heavy proposal, is going out of his way to be a thorn in the side of Senate Democrats.
ALTERNATE REALITY

Senate GOP: Nuke, baby, nuke! 1
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Republicans in the Senate claim to have an “alternative" to the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act. (OK, so it was just Sen. Lamar Alexander, but we’ll accept his claim that he has some so-far-anonymous colleagues behind him). But on closer inspection, chances that their plans would affect clean energy or energy security seem dim.
Old dog, nuke tricks

Sen. Alexander calls for 100 new nuke plants, won’t work with Dems on climate bill 8
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on Monday called for 100 new nuclear power plants over the next 20 years as the central element of a climate and energy plan that Republicans intend to introduce in the Senate. In presenting the plan, he shot down the possibility that he would work with Democrats to craft compromise climate and energy legislation.
Breaching the dams

How fast can the US electric sector reform? 8
Posted 5 months ago
Is the electric sector capable of rapid, large scale reform? Many policies implicitly assume the answer to that question is No, especially when it comes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission control.

The result is a policy conversation that hinges on the assumption that it is hard to change. How much must we spend to accelerate new technology? How many decades should we allow for a phase-in of new regulations?

As it turns out, the industry can change -- and indeed, has changed -- at a much faster pace than you might think. Contrary to conventional wisdom, it turns out to be quick and fairly painless to replace meaningful fractions of our power fleet in very short time frames.
My government dumps nuclear waste, and I cheer

Costs kill Ontario’s new nukes 4
Posted 5 months ago
Almost exactly three years ago, Ontario's government announced the construction of two new nuclear reactors to replace aging parts of our current power supply. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Premature Planting?

Ohio officials tout plans for new nuclear power plant 2
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Ohio media sources are reporting that Piketon, a small town 60-miles south of Columbus, could be in line to get a new nuclear power plant. Gov. Ted Strickland (D), Sen. George Voinovich (R), Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) and officials from Duke Energy and French nuclear company Areva were in Piketon Thursday to announce plans for the plant.
Senate it all before

Enviros cringe as Senate committee approves energy bill 3
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved an energy bill on Wednesday that has the environmental community up in arms. The plan, enviros say, relies too heavily on fossil fuels and doesn't do enough to advance renewable energy.
Give this Gaia break

Gaia proponent Lovelock says it’s time to adapt to inevitable global heating 6
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
What is it with Preeminent Thinkers and intensely bleak public lectures? On Monday night in Seattle, British scientist James Lovelock gave an prediction of the effects of climate change that was even more dire. Efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions are just fine, he said. They just won't amount to much.
A tax to grind

House GOP unveils energy bill heavy on fossil fuels and nuclear power 13
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
House Republicans have rolled out their own energy plan, the American Energy Act, intended to compete with the American Clean Energy and Security Act put forward by Democrats.
From No Nukes to Pro Nukes

This White House science adviser thinks America should embrace nuclear power 6
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
If the United States is serious about realizing an energy supply that's invulnerable to geopolitics or price shocks, and also wants to stop global warming, says Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, "then you're talking about having to look at sources of energy that have less of an effect in terms of carbon growth, carbon dioxide emissions."
GOP embraces recycling

House GOP proposes 25% national energy tax, recycles Cheney energy plan 1
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Put yer nukes up

As Energy Northwest looks to nuclear power, expert details risks 2
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Regional power consortium Energy Northwest may be looking to build a new nuclear reactor in Washington state. Sure, it's carbon-free power, but at what risk? Nuke expert Robert Alvarez weighs in.
This Sachs

We’ve got no choice but nukes and carbon-capture tech, says Jeffrey Sachs 35
Posted 6 months ago
Economist Jeffrey Sachs says carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology and nuclear energy will be necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change.
GOP wants 100 new nukes by 2030 9
Posted 6 months ago
In Finland, around the globe, and in every state, the nuclear industry makes people sing the same old song: "What do you get when you buy a nuke? You get a lot of delays and rate increases…."
Virginia OKs uranium mining study 29
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
A proposal to mine uranium in south-central Virginia advanced this week when a key state body approved a study of the matter. Virginia has banned uranium mining for the past 25 years.
What do you get when you buy a nuke? You get a lot of delays and rate increases…. 1
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago