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After getting $millions in investment, Transatomic molten salt nuclear...
A nuclear startup will fold after failing to deliver reactors that run on spent fuel, MIT Technology Review, James Temple, 25 Sept 18 Transatomic Power, an MIT spinout that drew wide attention and...
View ArticleThe Last Nuclear Power Plant Under Construction in the U.S. Lives to See...
,Fortune, By GRACE DOBUSH , 27 Sept 18, The Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Georgia, the only nuclear power reactors currently under construction in the U.S., got a last-minute save last...
View ArticleNuclear fuel removed from Oyster Creek plant – to concrete casks
Shutdown of N.J. power plant continues with removal of nuclear fuel https://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2018/09/shutdown_of_nj_nuclear_plant_continues_with_remova.html Sep 27 The Associated Press The...
View ArticleKavanaugh Confirmation Fight Has Consequences for Climate Law
The Supreme Court could hear cases related to the EPA’s climate obligations and other environmental issues, Scientific American, By Mark K. Matthews, E&E News on September 27, 2018 If Senate...
View ArticleU.S. Appeals Court upholds New York program to subsidize nuclear plants
Federal court upholds New York program to subsidize nuclear plants, Washington Examiner, by Josh Siegel, September 27, 2018 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on Thursday upheld the legality...
View Article“Protect Texas from Radioactive Waste Tour” on its way to Midland
Anti-nuclear waste tour to come through Midland, Meetings push to block a proposal to transport used nuclear fuel by train and store it in West Texas, MRT, by Matt Zdun, Texas Tribune , September 26,...
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Following Transatomic’s failure, small modular nuclear reactors face...
Is it worth spending $millions on a nuclear technology whose only real purpose is to train nuclear technologists? A good announcement and a bad announcement for two nuclear-energy startups,NuScale...
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Solar and wind power back on the day after Hurricane Florida: nuclear and...
Hurricane Florence crippled electricity and coal — solar and wind were back the next day...
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Delawareans near nuclear plants get potassium iodide tablets
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article219171710.html The Associated Press, September 28, 2018 SMYRNA, DEL. Delaware residents living within a 10-mile (16-kilometer) radius of two...
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Court action over planned shutdown of Savannah River Site’s MOX project.
WJBF 26th Sept 2018 , A Federal Appeals Court is set to discuss, Thursday, the future of Savannah River Site’s MOX project. In a letter sent to a Texas congressman and filed in court documents, the...
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The hidden danger of internal radiation emitters – dust particles around...
Hidden danger: Radioactive dust is found in communities around nuclear weapons sites, LA Times, By RALPH VARTABEDIAN SEP 28, 2018 “……….Studies by a Massachusetts scientist say that invisible...
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Grand Canyon uranium mining ban upheld by Supreme Court
Grand Canyon uranium mining ban upheld as supreme court declines to hear challenge Court says extraction ban is among cases it refuses to review, in victory for environmental groups and Native American...
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USA EPA to weaken safeguards on ionising radiation
Nuke Expert Dana Durnford Unpacks – Linear No-Threshold (LNT) Debate Trump’s EPA moving to loosen radiation limits, Financial Post, Ellen Knickmeyer, 2 Oct 18 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is...
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USA in danger – of its own President in charge of new “low-yield{ nuclear...
DON’T ARM THIS PRESIDENT WITH THESE NUKES https://otherwords.org/dont-arm-this-president-with-these-nukes/ As President Trump gave a belligerent address at the UN, lawmakers rolled out legislation to...
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New Jersey preparing to bail out uneconomic nuclear power plants
NJ BPU set to move ahead with nuclear subsidy application process, By Daniel J. Munoz, NJBIZ October 4, 2018 The state’s public utilities board is set to begin the process for determining which nuclear...
View ArticleUS indicts seven Russians for hacking nuclear power firm Westinghouse
The United States on Thursday indicted seven Russian intelligence officers for conspiring to hack computers and steal data, including attempts to break into the computer networks of the nuclear power...
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Nuclear power advocate nominated to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Key Backer of Trump’s Coal and Nuclear Bailout Effort Is Nominated to FERC...
View ArticleUSA threat about “taking out” Russian missiles
US threatens to ‘take out’ Russian missiles if Moscow keeps violating nuclear treaty By Ryan Browne and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN October 2, 2018 CNN)The United States Permanent Representative to NATO,...
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New Jersey’s electrical utilities lobbying for nuclear subsidies
UTILITIES SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR NUCLEAR SUBSIDIES, NJ Spotlight TOM JOHNSON | OCTOBER 3, 2018 While some residential customers may end up paying $30 more annually, large energy users may see their bills...
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Trump Signs Legislation to Promote Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology
The bill reinforces the administration’s efforts to revitalize the U.S. nuclear industry. GreenTech Media JULIA PYPER OCTOBER 01, 2018 “…….On Friday, President Trump signed the Nuclear Energy...
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