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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Earning it	David Roberts	13 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Another day, another Whitman editorial boosting nukes. At least this one has a slightly better disclaimer: Christine Todd Whitman is the former governor of New Jersey and EPA administrator. She is the CASEnergy Coalition co-chair. The CASEnergy Coalition is an advocacy group that believes greater use of nuclear energy is critical to a U.S. energy policy. I guess if my organization was created at the behest of the nuclear industry, with money from the nuclear indu ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

You get the opinion you pay for BusinessWeek allows Whitman to lobby for nukes under the guise of an op-ed	David Roberts	12 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Here's yet another op-ed from Christie Whitman cheerleading for nuclear power. To get a sense of the bad faith that infuses the whole thing, check out this paragraph: Of course, we could buy energy-saving appliances or drive fuel-efficient cars. We can recycle cans, bottles, and newspapers. We can even plant carbon-absorbing trees. But, no matter how much we may wish they would, these acts by themselves won't satisfy our energy demands. To do that, we need a di ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

Costs soar for new nuclear power plants Strict safety guidelines cause construction delays at nuclear plants in Finland and Taiwan	Joseph Romm	06 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Bloomberg has a very long article on the troubles plaguing Finland's Olkiluoto-3, 'the first nuclear plant ordered in Western Europe since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.' The plant has been delayed two years thanks to 'flawed welds for the reactor's steel liner, unusable water-coolant pipes and suspect concrete in the foundation.' It is also more than 25 percent over its 3 billion euro ($4 billion) budget. The article notes: If Finland's experience is any guide, ...
Topics: energy, Finland, nuclear power, Taiwan, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Yucca Rebuke A setback for Yucca Mountain nuke dump as judge denies water to project		06 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:11 AM on 06 Sep 2007 A federal judge poured cold water on the U.S. government's plans to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada this week -- or, more accurately, he left the feds high and dry. The Department of Energy has been seeking 8 million gallons of state-controlled water to drill test holes at Yucca Mountain; the state of Nevada, which wants to be rid of the dump, has said no ...
Topics: Department of Energy, energy, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, water conflicts (all these topics)

Radioactive Flyer International safeguards for nuclear materials are flawed, says report		28 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Radioactive Flyer International safeguards for nuclear materials are flawed, says report As nuclear energy enjoys a renaissance as a touted climate-change fix, a new report identifies significant flaws in the international safeguards meant to keep nuclear materials in reactors (as opposed to, say, the hands of illegal bomb makers). A two-year study by the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center concludes th ...
Topics: energy, national security, news, nuclear power (all these topics)

Silence up north The coming nuclear expansion in Ontario is absent from election debate	John McGrath	26 Aug 2007	Gristmill
There's a bit of a, whatchamacallit, an election coming down in Ontario. So far a number of issues have come up (e.g. schools), but the governing Liberals' plan to increase nuclear power construction in Toronto isn't one of them. It's a shame, because a number of recent articles in the Toronto Star show how this plan is being undermined before it's even gotten off the ground. First of all, there's the problem that the existing reactors are delivering su ...
Topics: Canada, elections, energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

We Put the Unclear in Nuclear Potentially deadly uranium spill in Tennessee kept secret		21 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
We Put the Unclear in Nuclear Potentially deadly uranium spill in Tennessee kept secret As part of its model for a newer, more relevant form of democracy in the 21st century, the U.S. government in 2004 clamped down on the public's access to information on all things nuclear, for so-called national-security reasons. Hidden in the big ol' nuclear hidey-hole: news of a leak of highly enriched uranium at a nuclear ...
Topics: jackassery, news, nuclear power, Tennessee (all these topics)

A hot time in the old town tonight And that's not cool, man	JMG	20 Aug 2007	Gristmill
This is a very, very big deal. If nukes have to go offline just when you need them most, that's a huge monkey wrench in plans for a nuclear resurgence. Given that this much-discussed (if less observed) resurgence centers on precisely those states most likely to suffer crippling heat waves, this is a huge problem for investors. The last thing anyone wants after dropping two big ones ($2B) on a nuke plant is to have to buy juice at more than $100/mWh on the spot market during a h ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

Hanford, we have a problem A leak, to be precise.	Sarah K. Burkhalter	14 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest post from Natalie Troyer, publications and volunteer coordinator at Heart of America Northwest. Read her previous posts here and here. I don't know if you've heard, but on Friday, July 27, a geyser from Hades erupted at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Yep, it's true. In the wee hours of that morning, a water line became clogged with radioactive sludge as thick as peanut butter, sending a big chunky mass of the hottest, most deadly ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power, Washington, waste (all these topics)

Nuclear physicist says nukes are not the answer And he should know what he's talking about	JMG	13 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Someone with a lot of experience in advanced reactor technologies says nukes are not worth pursuing as we contend with peak oil and climate change.
Topics: climate, energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

Carbon- and nuclear-free America possible by 2050 Now that's a 12-step program	JMG	01 Aug 2007	Gristmill
A hopeful press release touting an even more hopeful (wishful?) report: Takoma Park, MD -- At the G-8 summit in Germany in June 2007, President Bush promised to 'consider seriously' the European Union goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently to limit global temperature rise to about 4 degrees Fahrenheit. A new study concludes that the United States could eliminate almost all of its carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2050. It also concludes that it is possible ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, nuclear power, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

50 billion in loan guarantees for nuclear power, the public-teat suckingest industry in history Your government at work	David Roberts	31 Jul 2007	Gristmill
This is how we make energy policy:A one-sentence provision buried in the Senate's recently passed energy bill, inserted without debate at the urging of the nuclear power industry, could make builders of new nuclear plants eligible for tens of billions of dollars in government loan guarantees.Lobbyists have told lawmakers and administration officials in recent weeks that the nuclear industry needs as much as $50 billion in loan guarantees over the next two years to fina ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Alternatives to nuclear power They exist	David Roberts	23 Jul 2007	Gristmill
In an unsigned editorial, the L.A. Times makes the case against nuclear power. IMHO, the strongest stuff comes at the bottom: The accelerating threat of global warming requires innovation and may demand risk-taking, but there are better options than nuclear power. A combination of energy-efficiency measures, renewable power like wind and solar, and decentralized power generators are already producing more energy worldwide than nuclear power plants. Their use is expa ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

Madness Takes Its Toll Siberia attack leaves one anti-nuclear protester dead, others injured		23 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Madness Takes Its Toll Siberia attack leaves one anti-nuclear protester dead, others injured A pre-dawn attack on an anti-nuclear protest camp in Siberia this weekend left one person dead and several others seriously injured. Twenty suspects have been detained for the crime, in which attackers wearing dark clothes and masks brandished metal pipes, chanted nationalist slogans, attempted to set te ...
Topics: energy, grassroots activism, insanity, news, nuclear power (all these topics)

Japan nuclear-site damage worse than reported Shocking	Joseph Romm	20 Jul 2007	Gristmill
I am shocked, shocked at the N.Y. Times report: The Japanese operator of a nuclear power plant stricken by an earthquake earlier this week said Wednesday that damage was worse than previously reported and that a leak of water was 50 percent more radioactive than initially announced. For the third time in three days, Tokyo Electric Power apologized for delays and errors in announcing the extent of damage at the plant in this northwestern coastal city, whi ...
Topics: energy, Japan, nuclear power, toxics, waste (all these topics)

Whose Fault Is It, Anyway? Carmakers, nuclear plant halt operations after Japan quake		19 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Whose Fault Is It, Anyway? Carmakers, nuclear plant halt operations after Japan quake Aftershocks from Monday's earthquake in Japan continue to be felt -- and not the kind that shake the ground. Yesterday, officials ordered the nuclear plant that was damaged in the quake to shut down indefinitely while operators assess and fix some 53 problems discovered over the course of the last fe ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, Japan, news, nuclear power, severe weather (all these topics)

A Barrel of Gaffes Earthquake causes nuclear headaches in Japan		17 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
A Barrel of Gaffes Earthquake causes nuclear headaches in Japan A strong earthquake hit northwestern Japan yesterday morning, and aftershocks continued into the night. The 6.8-magnitude quake killed at least nine people, injured more than 900 others, and flattened houses and highways. It also led to a fire, leak, and waste spills at a powerful nuclear plant. The Kashiwazaki Kariwa facility, which produc ...
Topics: energy, Japan, news, nuclear power, severe weather (all these topics)

Nukes ablaze, but SolarFest burns brighter Vermont renewable energy festival looks to the future	Erik Hoffner	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
News today that a quake has caused a fire at a nuke plant in Japan follows revelations of operator error that could have caused an accident at the 1,316 MW Krummel reactor in Germany, owned by Vattenfall Europe. When a fire broke out at that plant in late June, operators panicked and put the reactor on emergency shutdown, against their guidelines, and put the reactor at risk. Then Vattenfall tried to cover up what happened. I learned of this at SolarFest this weekend ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, nuclear power, renewable energy, Vermont (all these topics)

Funny safety joke	David Roberts	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Have you heard the one about the Japanese nuclear reactor that caught fire and leaked radioactive waste into the ocean?
Topics: energy, nuclear power, waste (all these topics)

Everything's on the table, even nukes A guest column from K.C. Golden	David Roberts	28 Jun 2007	Gristmill
This is a guest column from KC Golden, Policy Director for Climate Solutions, a Northwest-based nonprofit focused on tackling global warming (though not yet tackling its own website's frames-based layout, which was awful in 1998 and still is ... but I digress). It originally ran in Methow Valley News. ----- These are the early days of an economic revolution: our weaning from fossil fuels. Most of what we know and expect about how we make and use energy is up ...
Topics: climate, energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

Sure to Hit Fox News Soon Mainstream media explores Bush administration eco-disregard		28 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Sure to Hit Fox News Soon Mainstream media explores Bush administration eco-disregard Searing indictment of the Bush administration's environmental policies -- it's not just for bloggers anymore! Last week, Rolling Stone published "The Secret Campaign of President Bush's Administration to Deny Global Warming," about -- well, you know. Not to be outdone, The Washington Post foc ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, George Bush, news, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

UK nukes may go flaccid Gov't doesn't want to pay for them	David Roberts	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Looks like the public teat is closing up shop: The government will not subsidise new nuclear power plants, so if the private sector does not provide the huge investments needed, the country will have to do without, the minister responsible for energy said on Thursday. The Labour government sees nuclear power as one of the most effective weapons in the fight against climate change and in efforts to reduce the country's growing dependence on imported fossil fuels. ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power, United Kingdom (all these topics)

French nukes may go flaccid In the summer heat	David Roberts	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Global warming is going to make things hotter. Nuclear power plants need lots of cool water to operate. When it gets hot, the cool water gets used up quickly.You do the maths.
Topics: climate, energy, France, nuclear power (all these topics)

Nuclear power no climate cure-all So says a new report	Joseph Romm	19 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Everything you could possibly want to know about nuclear power -- and its (limited) potential as a potential climate solution -- can be found in the new Keystone Center Report with the less-than-captivating title 'Nuclear Power Joint Fact-Finding.' Reuters is confused in its article on the report, 'Nuclear Power Can't Curb Global Warming -- Report,' and actually overstates the case for nuclear: Nuclear power would only curb climate change by expanding worl ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

Lobbyists belly up to the energy trough New energy legislation in Congress debates various terrible solutions	David Roberts	12 Jun 2007	Gristmill
This piece in the NYT is pretty depressing. It's about the main battles around the upcoming energy legislation. Here are the points of contention:Ethanol subsidiesCoal and nuclear subsidiesCAFE standardsOn pretty much all these issues, it's Big Money lobby vs. Big Money lobby, and every one of them is a distraction -- no help at best, a hindrance at worst. Where's the Big Efficiency lobby when you need it?
Topics: coal, energy, ethanol, legislation, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

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