Nuke News (Moderator: Marlin)

To slow climate change, the US needs to address nuclear power’s dismal economics

Started by Marlin

Replies: 9
Views: 7,278

Feb 24, 2018, 01:24
by Marlin

Saudis recruit legal muscle for leverage in US nuclear negotiations

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,326

Feb 24, 2018, 11:46
by Marlin

Heavy-lifting robots and Mars mission tech to clear radioactive rooms at Sellafi

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,585

Feb 23, 2018, 08:19
by SloGlo

NASA's Nuclear Thermal Engine Is a Blast From the Cold War Past

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,283

Feb 22, 2018, 10:39
by Marlin

NRC says Vogtle employees falsified inspection reports, proposes $145K fine

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,220

Feb 22, 2018, 10:20
by Marlin

Nuclear Reactors Could Run as Long as 80 Years Under Trump Plan

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 1,746

Feb 21, 2018, 06:04
by Marlin

Fuel removal gear in place at Fukushima Daiichi unit

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,487

Feb 21, 2018, 02:24
by PostShiftSupLife

Outgoing PSC Chairman: ‘I Wouldn’t Bet My House’ On Plant Vogtle Schedule

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,370

Feb 21, 2018, 10:00
by Marlin

More SMR vendor design reviews for CNSC

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,289

Feb 20, 2018, 12:38
by Marlin

LAWMAKERS TRY YET ANOTHER VERSION OF CONTENTIOUS NUCLEAR SUBSIDY BILL

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,408

Feb 20, 2018, 10:15
by Marlin

PG&E accepts Diablo Canyon decision

Started by Marlin

Replies: 5
Views: 3,463

Feb 19, 2018, 10:31
by SloGlo

Future US enrichment needs require clarification: GAO

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,274

Feb 19, 2018, 03:07
by Marlin

Former A-plant site turns eyes to 2019 uncertainties

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,660

Feb 17, 2018, 04:58
by Marlin

A Powerful Mix of Solar and Batteries Is Beating Natural Gas

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,396

Feb 17, 2018, 12:19
by Marlin

South Carolina House votes to fire all PSC regulators

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,385

Feb 17, 2018, 11:53
by Marlin

GE Hitachi and Holtec to Accelerate Commercialization of SMR-160 Small Modular

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,749

Feb 16, 2018, 01:32
by TVA

IAEA Expands International Cooperation on Small, Medium Sized or Modular Nuclear

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,365

Feb 16, 2018, 01:08
by Marlin

Nuclear R&D related bills pass US House

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,493

Feb 16, 2018, 01:01
by Marlin

ITER is a showcase ... for the drawbacks of fusion energy

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,634

Feb 16, 2018, 07:39
by RDTroja

Terrestrial Energy Appoints Energy Ernest Moniz to Its Advisory Board

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,422

Feb 15, 2018, 12:10
by Marlin

Mishandling of spent nuclear fuel in Russia may have caused radioactivity to spr

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,507

Feb 15, 2018, 11:43
by Marlin

Renewables neck and neck with nuclear power plants, says report

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,809

Feb 15, 2018, 11:12
by Marlin

Enriched Uranium Particle Was Floating Above Alaska

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,477

Feb 14, 2018, 12:58
by Marlin

PSC decision on Georgia Power’s Vogtle challenged in court

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,527

Feb 14, 2018, 11:18
by Marlin

Westinghouse Wins 10-Year Outage Services Contract with Xcel Energy

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,270

Feb 14, 2018, 11:08
by Marlin

Initial building completed at US isotope facility

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,410

Feb 14, 2018, 10:58
by Marlin

Radioactively contaminated Richland building coming down

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,208

Feb 13, 2018, 02:28
by Chimera

USA budgets $50 million for Yucca Mountain

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,730

Feb 13, 2018, 12:56
by Marlin

Community continues fight to keep Davis-Besse open

Started by Marlin

Replies: 19
Views: 5,145

Feb 09, 2018, 05:56
by TVA

U.S. to Get Its Own Supply of Radioisotopes Thanks to Approval of RadioGenix Sys

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,510

Feb 09, 2018, 12:26
by Marlin

Norman fusion device reaches 'long enough' milestone

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,551

Feb 09, 2018, 12:22
by Marlin

GNF lead test assemblies ready for loading

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,347

Feb 09, 2018, 12:18
by Marlin

New ‘concrete monolith’ gets first canisters of dry waste at San Onofre

Started by Marlin

Replies: 7
Views: 3,138

Feb 09, 2018, 11:55
by TVA

Major DOE NOPR supporters skip rehearing requests at FERC

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,507

Feb 09, 2018, 11:03
by Marlin

Energy tax credits in final budget deal

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,467

Feb 09, 2018, 11:00
by TVA

FPL's Turkey Point becomes first nuclear plant to seek second license renewal

Started by Marlin

Replies: 6
Views: 2,560

Feb 09, 2018, 10:54
by TVA

Record year for Exelon plants

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,307

Feb 08, 2018, 12:33
by Marlin

Energy tax credits included in Senate budget deal

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,304

Feb 08, 2018, 09:56
by Marlin

SMRs a 'game-changer' for troubled US nuke industry, DOE tells Congress

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,576

Feb 07, 2018, 06:46
by SloGlo

Framatome 'ideal partner', says Lightbridge CEO

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,564

Feb 07, 2018, 01:51
by Chimera

Reprieved New York plant drives local investment

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,777

Feb 07, 2018, 01:09
by GLW

New Jersey Senate committee delays hearing on nuclear subsidy bill

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,876

Feb 07, 2018, 11:12
by Mounder

Two utilities withdraw from leading nuclear energy trade group

Started by Marlin

Replies: 8
Views: 4,281

Feb 06, 2018, 01:44
by GLW

NextEra sues NEI after refusing to renew trade group membership

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,536

Feb 06, 2018, 09:49
by Marlin

Usage Rate of Locally-Produced Materials in Fukushima Prefecture School Lunches

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,272

Feb 05, 2018, 12:38
by Marlin

Robots compete in nuclear decommissioning challenge

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,405

Feb 02, 2018, 03:52
by Marlin

Federal facilities could benefit from SMRs, says report

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,191

Feb 02, 2018, 01:06
by Marlin

Closure date of Oyster Creek brought forward

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,464

Feb 02, 2018, 01:02
by Marlin

The future of nuclear power? Think small

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,343

Feb 02, 2018, 10:08
by Marlin

Rolls-Royce and Nuclear AMRC build UK Small Modular Reactor Module

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,260

Feb 01, 2018, 01:25
by Marlin

US commissioners call for action on used fuel

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,393

Feb 01, 2018, 01:21
by Marlin

DOE report touts small modular reactors, but hurdles remain

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,610

Jan 31, 2018, 01:53
by GLW

Nuclear Power Provides A Whole Lot More Than Just Energy

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,352

Jan 31, 2018, 10:15
by Marlin

NJ files new legislation recognising nuclear benefits

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,364

Jan 30, 2018, 11:56
by Marlin

Air-Independent Propulsion Submarines: Stealthy, Cheap and the Future?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,486

Jan 30, 2018, 09:58
by Marlin

New Areva changes name to Orano

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,497

Jan 29, 2018, 08:12
by Framatome Jones

US reactor closure rules set to yield ‘millions’ in savings

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,432

Jan 28, 2018, 07:04
by Marlin

FirstEnergy: Davis-Besse nuke will soon close absent Ohio subsidies

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,301

Jan 28, 2018, 06:53
by TVA

What's Missing From Long-Term Energy Forecasting?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,616

Jan 26, 2018, 12:28
by GLW

Enfission JV to commercialise Lightbridge metallic fuel

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,358

Jan 26, 2018, 12:10
by Marlin

US groups call for regulatory streamlining

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,159

Jan 26, 2018, 12:05
by Marlin

New Englanders Have Only Themselves to Blame for Energy Price Spikes

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 4,155

Jan 25, 2018, 11:53
by GLW

HACKING NUCLEAR SYSTEMS IS THE ULTIMATE CYBER THREAT. ARE WE PREPARED?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,019

Jan 25, 2018, 10:54
by Marlin

Lawmakers in S.C. House to vote on some nuclear-related bills

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 3,411

Jan 24, 2018, 02:42
by hamsamich

Can We Make A Nuclear Reactor That Won't Melt Down?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,592

Jan 24, 2018, 10:48
by Marlin

Regulators to DOE: No more Hanford demolition until we say it’s safe

Started by Marlin

Replies: 9
Views: 8,319

Jan 22, 2018, 05:09
by Marlin

Thorium reactors may dispose of enormous amounts of weapons-grade plutonium

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,038

Jan 22, 2018, 02:26
by GLW

Watershed year ahead for US nuclear industry

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,269

Jan 22, 2018, 12:49
by Marlin

Toshiba reaches agreement to sell Westinghouse claims

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,436

Jan 22, 2018, 12:31
by Marlin

Tepco surveys interior of unit 2 containment vessel

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,543

Jan 21, 2018, 04:14
by Marlin

TWI investigates the use of lasers for nuclear decommissioning

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,409

Jan 19, 2018, 04:05
by Marlin

Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlements

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,335

Jan 19, 2018, 01:50
by Marlin

Whistleblower says he was demoted after finding problems in S.C. nuclear project

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,531

Jan 19, 2018, 10:46
by Marlin

Mining resumes at WIPP

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,537

Jan 18, 2018, 12:40
by Marlin

PSEG plants to use Rolls-Royce Big Data services

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,665

Jan 17, 2018, 12:53
by Marlin

US uranium producers call for level playing field

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,473

Jan 17, 2018, 12:43
by Marlin

“Underway on Nuclear Power”

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,686

Jan 17, 2018, 12:25
by Marlin

Pentagon Document Confirms Existence of Russian Doomsday Torpedo

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,319

Jan 17, 2018, 12:16
by Marlin

Surprise: Nuclear Power Maximizes Environmental Benefits Of Electric Vehicles

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,248

Jan 17, 2018, 12:07
by Marlin

Pentagon planning two new nuclear weapons: report

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,408

Jan 17, 2018, 11:56
by Marlin

Chernobyl’s nuclear disaster reveals the unpredictability of evolution

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,286

Jan 16, 2018, 02:44
by Bonds 25

you mean fossil fuels have to process their waste too?

Started by hamsamich

Replies: 12
Views: 8,177

Jan 15, 2018, 09:25
by SloGlo

Last-minute removal of nuclear subsidy bill sparks political fight

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,600

Jan 13, 2018, 11:18
by Marlin

tennessee transparency

Started by hamsamich

Replies: 8
Views: 4,727

Jan 11, 2018, 10:28
by SloGlo

BITCOIN MINING ON TRACK TO CONSUME ALL OF THE WORLD’S ENERGY BY 2020

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,651

Jan 11, 2018, 10:00
by Rennhack

New melter pours first vitrified waste

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,650

Jan 11, 2018, 09:28
by SloGlo

Russia's floating power plant clear for operation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,573

Jan 11, 2018, 12:28
by Marlin

This woman has been named to lead Hanford, DOE cleanup sites

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,864

Jan 11, 2018, 10:10
by Marlin

NRC agrees NuScale SMR needs no back-up power

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,834

Jan 10, 2018, 07:45
by hamsamich

Energy Agency Rejects Trump Bid to Boost Coal, Nuclear Power

Started by Ksheed

Replies: 11
Views: 4,474

Jan 10, 2018, 02:35
by Marlin

South Carolina utility won’t pay former executives severance

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,584

Jan 08, 2018, 11:23
by Marlin

SCE&G applies to withdraw Summer licences

Started by Marlin

Replies: 6
Views: 3,637

Jan 07, 2018, 10:42
by bsdnuke

Gas, not renewables, driving coal, nuclear woes; DOE labs show how much

Started by Marlin

Replies: 5
Views: 3,447

Jan 07, 2018, 11:59
by hamsamich

Luckey project: Soil sorter housing installed

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,969

Jan 07, 2018, 10:09
by GLW

Brookfield to buy Westinghouse for $4.6 billion

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,496

Jan 05, 2018, 11:31
by Marlin

Pilgrim nuke goes offline as Northeast buffeted by winter storm

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,499

Jan 05, 2018, 11:20
by Marlin

The committee to save nuclear towns is not in session

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,455

Jan 04, 2018, 11:32
by Marlin

Dominion-SCANA deal could rest on next move by South Carolina lawmakers

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,372

Jan 04, 2018, 11:27
by Marlin

Plant Vogtle concrete pour marks major milestone

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,395

Jan 02, 2018, 11:19
by Marlin

China begins building pilot fast reactor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,856

Jan 01, 2018, 03:03
by hamsamich

Funds sought for cleanup at UA nuclear reactor test site

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,851

Jan 01, 2018, 09:24
by GLW

The long wait for fusion power may be coming to an end

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,522

Dec 30, 2017, 05:11
by Marlin

Russia to build fast reactor fuel plant in 2018

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,675

Dec 29, 2017, 11:48
by Marlin

Device set to see inside unit 2 containment vessel

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,638

Dec 28, 2017, 10:58
by Marlin

Another radioactive contamination spread at Hanford. Work halted at plant

Started by Marlin

Replies: 19
Views: 6,229

Dec 26, 2017, 04:01
by Marlin

The world’s first nuclear fusion plant is now halfway to ‘First Plasma’

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,581

Dec 26, 2017, 09:51
by Marlin

An environmentalist view of nuclear

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,816

Dec 22, 2017, 11:03
by TVA

Arsenic found to control uranium contamination

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,696

Dec 22, 2017, 08:26
by atomicarcheologist

Georgia Power will move forward with Vogtle 3 & 4 project

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,013

Dec 21, 2017, 12:38
by Marlin

N.J. committee sends nuclear subsidy bill to state legislature

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,293

Dec 21, 2017, 10:51
by Marlin

Breach of popular control system for power plant

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,602

Dec 20, 2017, 10:56
by Marlin

Closing Indian Point nuclear plant will not hurt reliability, New York ISO says

Started by Marlin

Replies: 10
Views: 5,178

Dec 19, 2017, 05:01
by GLW

Meet the microgrid, the technology poised to transform electricity

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,331

Dec 18, 2017, 05:25
by SloGlo

Dominion Energy's Millstone plant 'profitable to 2035'

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,535

Dec 18, 2017, 01:02
by Marlin

Senate Committee chair calls on EPA to withdraw uranium rule

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,861

Dec 18, 2017, 10:36
by SloGlo

Watchdog says licensing advanced power plants will get 'expensive'

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,905

Dec 15, 2017, 11:55
by SloGlo

Rippling Graphene Sheets May Be the Key to Clean, Unlimited Energy

Started by Marlin

Replies: 10
Views: 4,685

Dec 14, 2017, 09:19
by SloGlo

Vogtle owners receive full payment from Toshiba

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,621

Dec 14, 2017, 02:23
by Marlin

FPL to recover $133M for cleanup at Turkey Point

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,707

Dec 14, 2017, 11:12
by Marlin

Laser-boron fusion now ‘leading contender’ for energy

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,378

Dec 14, 2017, 11:01
by Marlin

Watchdog wants to save utility customers $445 million a year.

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,928

Dec 13, 2017, 08:37
by SloGlo

Grand Canyon uranium mining ban remains

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,825

Dec 13, 2017, 03:14
by Marlin

Yepper

Started by TVA

Replies: 2
Views: 2,117

Dec 13, 2017, 10:08
by GLW

Westinghouse report predicted nuclear development problems 6 years ago

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,039

Dec 12, 2017, 07:06
by Ksheed

Let America lead in nuclear power innovation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,022

Dec 11, 2017, 07:51
by GreyMatter95

Fukushima dome roof takes shape, but radiation remains high

Started by Marlin

Replies: 7
Views: 3,302

Dec 10, 2017, 08:56
by Bonds 25

PSEG CEO: Salem, Hope Creek nukes will close absent subsidies

Started by Marlin

Replies: 7
Views: 4,127

Dec 09, 2017, 05:17
by Bonds 25

Activist group and Coastal Commission spar over nuclear waste at San Onofore

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,033

Dec 09, 2017, 02:30
by TVA

US funds to support advanced nuclear technology development

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,531

Dec 08, 2017, 03:50
by Marlin

Researchers developed a safer method for monitoring nuclear waste

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,506

Dec 08, 2017, 03:46
by Marlin

Vogtle completion 'no longer economic,' Georgia PSC staff says

Started by Marlin

Replies: 9
Views: 4,107

Dec 07, 2017, 05:05
by Ksheed

Uranium suppliers respond to production cuts

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,495

Dec 07, 2017, 12:37
by Marlin

Iter nuclear fusion project reaches key halfway milestone

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,438

Dec 07, 2017, 11:18
by Marlin

Feud of the Year: Nuclear and coal vs. competitive markets

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,385

Dec 07, 2017, 11:07
by Marlin

Toshiba to complete Vogtle parent guarantee payments

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,451

Dec 06, 2017, 01:22
by Marlin

Next Vogtle hearings to begin

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,392

Dec 05, 2017, 12:40
by Marlin

DOE NOPR costs would reach $263B, cause 27,000 premature deaths, study finds

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,375

Dec 05, 2017, 10:55
by SloGlo

A poison in our island

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,538

Dec 01, 2017, 03:42
by Marlin

IS SHOWDOWN IN OFFING OVER NUCLEAR SUBSIDIES IN NEW JERSEY?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,495

Dec 01, 2017, 11:39
by Marlin

Chernobyl confinement structure nears completion

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,208

Nov 30, 2017, 09:30
by SloGlo

NRC to hold final hearing on FPL bid for new nuclear reactors

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,477

Nov 30, 2017, 11:30
by Marlin

NRC preparing new rules for nuclear decommissioning

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,428

Nov 29, 2017, 04:50
by Marlin

Confirmed: Lightning Causes Nuclear Reactions in the Sky

Started by Marlin

Replies: 9
Views: 3,922

Nov 28, 2017, 09:44
by SloGlo

10 Central Coast groups lobby to save $85 million Diablo Canyon settlement

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,512

Nov 28, 2017, 11:29
by Marlin

TVA audit reveals Bechtel overcharged by $7M for Watts Bar Unit 2 work

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,587

Nov 28, 2017, 11:22
by Marlin

New audit shows utilities knew of schedule problems at V.C. Summer nuclear expan

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,581

Nov 28, 2017, 11:16
by Marlin

How Artificial Intelligence Is Making Nuclear Reactors Safer

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,536

Nov 27, 2017, 11:02
by Marlin

Radioactive Cloud Originated in Russia: What Might Have Caused It?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,544

Nov 22, 2017, 08:46
by Marlin

Evacuating a nuclear disaster areas is (usually) a waste of time and money

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,469

Nov 21, 2017, 02:33
by Marlin

Federal judge awards Duke $68.5M for spent nuclear fuel costs in DOE lawsuit

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,277

Nov 21, 2017, 02:21
by Marlin