Downturn in prospects for nuclear power is shocking the industry
CNBC: Nuclear power has taken a beating — Engulfed by ‘cauldron of events’ — Staggering change from just a few years ago — Not many had forecast it would “all go wrong at once”...
View ArticleRenewable energy forecasting technologies coming
Breakthrough Renewable Energy Forecasting Coming to Grid by 2015 The Energy Collective, Silvio Marcacci May 13, 2013 Breakthrough renewable energy forecasting technologies may be two years away from...
View ArticleBloomington City goes for 100% renewable energy in electricity aggregation
City opts for renewable energy, civic fee in electric aggregation Pantagraph.com 13 May 13, BLOOMINGTON — The city’s electricity aggregation program will include 100 percent renewable energy and a fee...
View ArticleRadioactive trash in St Louis – related to underground landfill fire?
Rolling Stone: “Mass release of floating radioactive particles in metro St. Louis” possible from inferno at landfill? Fire “smells like dead bodies” — 8,700 tons of nuclear waste nearby...
View ArticleA trial -like licensing procedure for San Onofre nuclear plant
Damaged California Nuclear Plant Faces Restart Safety Hearing WASHINGTON, DC, May 14, 2013 (ENS) –Southern California Edison’s request to restart its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will be...
View ArticleSan Onofre nuclear plant corrodes, as restart becomes less likely
Death Blow? “Complete rejection” of plan to restart ailing California nuclear reactor without public hearing — Plant corroding as it sits idle...
View ArticleJudge rules to keep ban on new uranium mining in grand Canyon
Judge Rejects Uranium Mining Industry Attempt to Repeal Ban on Grand Canyon Mining, Earth Justice Ted Zukoski Ruling again rejects attack on DOI’S authority to temporarily protect lands MAY 16, 2013...
View ArticleSan Onofre nuclear plant at the brink: the beginning of the end?
San Onofre at the No Nukes Brink http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/san-onofre-no-nukes-brink By Harvey Wasserman, 18 May 13 In January, it seemed the restart of San Onofre Unit 2 would be a...
View ArticleUSA appoints nuclear enthusiast Ernest Moniz, as Energy Secretary
New US Energy Secretary confirmed, supports nuclear energy and natural gas The Verge, By Carl Franzen May 16, 2013 T he US Senate just voted unanimously to confirm a new Energy Secretary for the...
View ArticleUS Department of Defense (DOD) world’s biggest consumer of solar energy
US Military on Track to Reach 3 GW of Solar Energy by 2025, The Energy Collective, 20 May 13 The Army, Navy and Air Force are using more than 130 megawatts of solar for everything from powering...
View ArticleFukushima to California – the path of nuclear radiation along Latitude 40
Study: Concentrated Fukushima radioactive plume staying on narrow path toward U.S. — Moving with surface water along 40 N — Same latitude as Northern California(MAP)...
View ArticleConnecticut Senator urging a federal decision on nuclear waste storage
it would make sense to stop making this radioactive trash Murphy urges bipartisan nuclear waste storage plan...
View ArticleWhistleblower’s court victory on unsafe nuclear plant conditions – company...
Firm to appeal nuclear plant whistleblower case KSN.com, By The Associated Press, May 20, 2013 WICHITA, Kan. — An engineering firm accused of firing a whistleblower for reporting unsafe conditions at...
View ArticleSuper expensive nuclear fusion project cancelled
MIT to cut nuclear fusion program, Boston Business Journal, 20 May 13, A program that explores nuclear fusion at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyis shutting down, after its U.S. funding...
View ArticlePrepare for nuclear war: good business for fallout shelter salesmen
A Look Inside Nuclear Fallout Shelters http://abcnews.go.com/US/slideshow/inside-nuclear-fallout-shelters-19185600 These Shelters Will Prepare You For Nuclear War (but don’t those safe inhabitants...
View ArticleAnti nuclear nun in gaol for “crimes of violence”
Feds Say Peace Activists Who Trespassed Onto Nuclear Facility Are A National Security Threat http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/peace-activists-nuclear_n_3306170.html Radley Balko, 20 May 13,...
View ArticleRenewable energy could be boosted by Compressed Air Storage
Compressed Air Storage Could Boost U.S. Renewable Energy Uptake http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=3752 21 May 13, New U.S. research into storing energy in...
View ArticleVirginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe against uranium minng
Anti-uranium forces press Va. candidates for gov News Leader, May 21, 2013 RICHMOND — Opponents of uranium mining in Virginia met with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on the issue...
View ArticleArrests as protestors rally at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
Cape activists arrested at nuclear plant protest rally - http://www.wickedlocal.com/capecod/news/x1570561392/Cape-activists-arrested-at-nuclear-plant-protest-rally#axzz2U3qikh4c - Wicked Local 21 May...
View ArticlePalisades Nuclear Power Plant needs new tank bottom
(includes slideshow) Palisades Nuclear Power Plant will remain closed until ‘early summer’ to replace bottom of leaking tank M Live Michigan Yvonne Zipp 21 May 13 Fifteen days after it shut down to...
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