Nuke News (Moderator: Marlin)

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 9
Views: 8,455

Jan 22, 2018, 05:09
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 3,167

Jan 22, 2018, 02:26
by GLW

Watershed year ahead for US nuclear industry

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,361

Jan 22, 2018, 12:49
by Marlin

Toshiba reaches agreement to sell Westinghouse claims

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,513

Jan 22, 2018, 12:31
by Marlin

Tepco surveys interior of unit 2 containment vessel

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,618

Jan 21, 2018, 04:14
by Marlin

TWI investigates the use of lasers for nuclear decommissioning

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,479

Jan 19, 2018, 04:05
by Marlin

Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlements

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,412

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: 1,611

Jan 19, 2018, 10:46
by Marlin

Mining resumes at WIPP

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,609

Jan 18, 2018, 12:40
by Marlin

PSEG plants to use Rolls-Royce Big Data services

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,745

Jan 17, 2018, 12:53
by Marlin

US uranium producers call for level playing field

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,546

Jan 17, 2018, 12:43
by Marlin

“Underway on Nuclear Power”

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,765

Jan 17, 2018, 12:25
by Marlin

Pentagon Document Confirms Existence of Russian Doomsday Torpedo

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,387

Jan 17, 2018, 12:16
by Marlin

Surprise: Nuclear Power Maximizes Environmental Benefits Of Electric Vehicles

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,309

Jan 17, 2018, 12:07
by Marlin

Pentagon planning two new nuclear weapons: report

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,474

Jan 17, 2018, 11:56
by Marlin

Chernobyl’s nuclear disaster reveals the unpredictability of evolution

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,366

Jan 16, 2018, 02:44
by Bonds 25

you mean fossil fuels have to process their waste too?

Started by hamsamich

Replies: 12
Views: 8,353

Jan 15, 2018, 09:25
by SloGlo

Last-minute removal of nuclear subsidy bill sparks political fight

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,676

Jan 13, 2018, 11:18
by Marlin

tennessee transparency

Started by hamsamich

Replies: 8
Views: 4,894

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: 3,739

Jan 11, 2018, 10:00
by Rennhack

New melter pours first vitrified waste

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,726

Jan 11, 2018, 09:28
by SloGlo

Russia's floating power plant clear for operation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,648

Jan 11, 2018, 12:28
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,967

Jan 11, 2018, 10:10
by Marlin

NRC agrees NuScale SMR needs no back-up power

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,930

Jan 10, 2018, 07:45
by hamsamich

Energy Agency Rejects Trump Bid to Boost Coal, Nuclear Power

Started by Ksheed

Replies: 11
Views: 4,636

Jan 10, 2018, 02:35
by Marlin

South Carolina utility won’t pay former executives severance

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,668

Jan 08, 2018, 11:23
by Marlin

SCE&G applies to withdraw Summer licences

Started by Marlin

Replies: 6
Views: 3,754

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: 3,573

Jan 07, 2018, 11:59
by hamsamich

Luckey project: Soil sorter housing installed

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,058

Jan 07, 2018, 10:09
by GLW

Brookfield to buy Westinghouse for $4.6 billion

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,595

Jan 05, 2018, 11:31
by Marlin

Pilgrim nuke goes offline as Northeast buffeted by winter storm

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,578

Jan 05, 2018, 11:20
by Marlin

The committee to save nuclear towns is not in session

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,531

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: 1,443

Jan 04, 2018, 11:27
by Marlin

Plant Vogtle concrete pour marks major milestone

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,474

Jan 02, 2018, 11:19
by Marlin

China begins building pilot fast reactor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,953

Jan 01, 2018, 03:03
by hamsamich

Funds sought for cleanup at UA nuclear reactor test site

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,970

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: 2,623

Dec 30, 2017, 05:11
by Marlin

Russia to build fast reactor fuel plant in 2018

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,757

Dec 29, 2017, 11:48
by Marlin

Device set to see inside unit 2 containment vessel

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,713

Dec 28, 2017, 10:58
by Marlin

Another radioactive contamination spread at Hanford. Work halted at plant

Started by Marlin

Replies: 19
Views: 6,500

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: 1,659

Dec 26, 2017, 09:51
by Marlin

An environmentalist view of nuclear

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,898

Dec 22, 2017, 11:03
by TVA

Arsenic found to control uranium contamination

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,776

Dec 22, 2017, 08:26
by atomicarcheologist

Georgia Power will move forward with Vogtle 3 & 4 project

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,110

Dec 21, 2017, 12:38
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,370

Dec 21, 2017, 10:51
by Marlin

Breach of popular control system for power plant

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,689

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: 5,446

Dec 19, 2017, 05:01
by GLW

Meet the microgrid, the technology poised to transform electricity

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,456

Dec 18, 2017, 05:25
by SloGlo

Dominion Energy's Millstone plant 'profitable to 2035'

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,615

Dec 18, 2017, 01:02
by Marlin

Senate Committee chair calls on EPA to withdraw uranium rule

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,956

Dec 18, 2017, 10:36
by SloGlo

Watchdog says licensing advanced power plants will get 'expensive'

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,988

Dec 15, 2017, 11:55
by SloGlo

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 10
Views: 4,937

Dec 14, 2017, 09:19
by SloGlo

Vogtle owners receive full payment from Toshiba

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,704

Dec 14, 2017, 02:23
by Marlin

FPL to recover $133M for cleanup at Turkey Point

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,790

Dec 14, 2017, 11:12
by Marlin

Laser-boron fusion now ‘leading contender’ for energy

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,465

Dec 14, 2017, 11:01
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,008

Dec 13, 2017, 08:37
by SloGlo

Grand Canyon uranium mining ban remains

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 1,930

Dec 13, 2017, 03:14
by Marlin

Yepper

Started by TVA

Replies: 2
Views: 2,234

Dec 13, 2017, 10:08
by GLW

Westinghouse report predicted nuclear development problems 6 years ago

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,147

Dec 12, 2017, 07:06
by Ksheed

Let America lead in nuclear power innovation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,130

Dec 11, 2017, 07:51
by GreyMatter95

Fukushima dome roof takes shape, but radiation remains high

Started by Marlin

Replies: 7
Views: 3,444

Dec 10, 2017, 08:56
by Bonds 25

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 7
Views: 4,304

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: 2,161

Dec 09, 2017, 02:30
by TVA

US funds to support advanced nuclear technology development

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,613

Dec 08, 2017, 03:50
by Marlin

Researchers developed a safer method for monitoring nuclear waste

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,596

Dec 08, 2017, 03:46
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 9
Views: 4,287

Dec 07, 2017, 05:05
by Ksheed

Uranium suppliers respond to production cuts

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,585

Dec 07, 2017, 12:37
by Marlin

Iter nuclear fusion project reaches key halfway milestone

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,523

Dec 07, 2017, 11:18
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,466

Dec 07, 2017, 11:07
by Marlin

Toshiba to complete Vogtle parent guarantee payments

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,537

Dec 06, 2017, 01:22
by Marlin

Next Vogtle hearings to begin

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,475

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: 2,494

Dec 05, 2017, 10:55
by SloGlo

A poison in our island

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,622

Dec 01, 2017, 03:42
by Marlin

IS SHOWDOWN IN OFFING OVER NUCLEAR SUBSIDIES IN NEW JERSEY?

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,586

Dec 01, 2017, 11:39
by Marlin

Chernobyl confinement structure nears completion

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,302

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: 1,542

Nov 30, 2017, 11:30
by Marlin

NRC preparing new rules for nuclear decommissioning

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,496

Nov 29, 2017, 04:50
by Marlin

Confirmed: Lightning Causes Nuclear Reactions in the Sky

Started by Marlin

Replies: 9
Views: 4,090

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: 1,582

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: 1,679

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: 1,665

Nov 28, 2017, 11:16
by Marlin

How Artificial Intelligence Is Making Nuclear Reactors Safer

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,619

Nov 27, 2017, 11:02
by Marlin

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

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,617

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: 1,544

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: 2,424

Nov 21, 2017, 02:21
by Marlin

US conversion plant suspends UF6 production

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,575

Nov 21, 2017, 12:54
by Marlin

Radioactive Water Leaks From Illinois Nuclear Plants

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,161

Nov 20, 2017, 07:20
by Marlin

Six Years After Fukushima, Robots Finally Find Reactors’ Melted Uranium Fuel

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,699

Nov 20, 2017, 06:05
by Marlin

Budding marijuana sector brings big load growth, efficiency challenges

Started by Marlin

Replies: 18
Views: 8,097

Nov 20, 2017, 02:36
by Marlin

NASA to test prototype Kilopower reactor

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,182

Nov 20, 2017, 01:55
by GLW

US test reactor resumes operations

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,641

Nov 16, 2017, 11:24
by Marlin

House panel advances bills to clean up S. Carolina nuke mess

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,778

Nov 16, 2017, 11:20
by Marlin

US eyes safety rules for small modular reactors

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,643

Nov 16, 2017, 11:13
by Marlin

DOE's resilience proposal: The looming legal assault

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,858

Nov 15, 2017, 01:05
by Chimera

Milestones for Vogtle construction

Started by Marlin

Replies: 5
Views: 3,731

Nov 14, 2017, 11:34
by Bonds 25

Study Claims Quark Fusion May Be the Energy Source of the Future

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,556

Nov 14, 2017, 11:54
by Marlin

Second licence renewal for Virginia units

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,664

Nov 14, 2017, 11:36
by Marlin

Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor passes first certification hurdle

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,587

Nov 13, 2017, 09:04
by Marlin

How SCANA tried to bill you for its nuclear expenses

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,494

Nov 11, 2017, 01:49
by TVA

Scientists Are Close to Detecting the Elusive Tetraquark

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,398

Nov 11, 2017, 09:06
by Marlin

Nuclear accident sends 'harmless' radioactive cloud over Europe

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,553

Nov 11, 2017, 08:55
by Marlin

Contract signed for US advanced manufacturing centre

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,603

Nov 10, 2017, 04:49
by Marlin

California draft order cuts PG&E's proposed Diablo Canyon retirement recovery

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,656

Nov 09, 2017, 11:38
by Marlin

Public Service Commission begins Vogtle hearings

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,703

Nov 08, 2017, 02:09
by Marlin

Malloy signs Millstone bill, then questions its need

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,083

Nov 08, 2017, 11:52
by Chimera

Falling clean energy costs don't yet spell the end of baseload generation

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,863

Nov 07, 2017, 05:41
by hamsamich

The South’s legacy of abandoned nuclear reactors

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,849

Nov 07, 2017, 04:27
by SloGlo

In search of the neutrino, ghost particle of the universe

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,431

Nov 07, 2017, 09:58
by Marlin

Southern looks to monetize Toshiba deal, sell solar assets to fund Vogtle

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,559

Nov 03, 2017, 11:09
by Marlin

House GOP tax package boosts nukes, slashes wind, EV credits

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,520

Nov 03, 2017, 11:03
by Marlin

n.k.nuke mountain stresses china

Started by SloGlo

Replies: 2
Views: 2,375

Nov 02, 2017, 11:34
by SloGlo

SCANA CEO retires in wake of VC Summer nuclear abandonment

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,608

Nov 02, 2017, 09:11
by retired nuke

Game-changing' results herald new process for Lance

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,392

Nov 02, 2017, 09:06
by Chimera

Report: North Korea runs hospital to treat nuclear radiation patients

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,762

Nov 01, 2017, 12:48
by Marlin

First Energy won't wait for DOE market proposal

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,628

Oct 31, 2017, 11:41
by Marlin

200 die at test facility

Started by SloGlo

Replies: 0
Views: 1,981

Oct 31, 2017, 10:14
by SloGlo

SCANA leaves failed nuclear project to rot, upsetting some who want it finished

Started by Marlin

Replies: 13
Views: 6,639

Oct 30, 2017, 08:52
by SloGlo

Russian floating plant cargo arrives at Pevek

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,673

Oct 30, 2017, 01:51
by Marlin

China Growing Fastest in Nuclear Power Production

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,517

Oct 30, 2017, 11:58
by Marlin

SCANA will likely cover $210M in expected costs from abandoned Summer nuclear

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,493

Oct 30, 2017, 11:20
by Marlin

An inconvenient reality: nuclear power is needed

Started by Marlin

Replies: 7
Views: 3,314

Oct 30, 2017, 08:00
by SloGlo

We Were Promised Fusion Energy

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 2,069

Oct 28, 2017, 11:46
by GLW

Connecticut passes bill to support Dominion's Millstone nuclear plant

Started by Marlin

Replies: 6
Views: 3,556

Oct 28, 2017, 11:32
by Marlin

When a town loses its economic center

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,577

Oct 25, 2017, 11:22
by Marlin

NOPR opponents: No basis for expanded FPA to justify coal, nuke cost recovery

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,609

Oct 25, 2017, 11:20
by Marlin

knew waits and measures

Started by SloGlo

Replies: 1
Views: 1,560

Oct 25, 2017, 10:38
by Chimera

In 5 Years, Batteries Will Blanket The U.S., Duke Executive Says

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,503

Oct 25, 2017, 09:42
by Marlin

Asia remains biggest area for nuclear growth, says report

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,439

Oct 24, 2017, 12:13
by Marlin

Designs for 'mini' nuclear power plants proposed by Rolls-Royce

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,441

Oct 24, 2017, 09:15
by Marlin

Wide interest in small reactor plan, says CNL

Started by Marlin

Replies: 6
Views: 3,095

Oct 23, 2017, 09:33
by Marlin

US funding for advanced reactor enabling technologies

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,426

Oct 23, 2017, 01:05
by Marlin

Bubbles at the edge of plasmas drain heat and reduce fusion reaction efficiency

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,439

Oct 20, 2017, 09:29
by Marlin

SCE&G customers should get up to $1 billion back — and fast, agency says

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,486

Oct 19, 2017, 11:21
by Marlin

Mining operations to resume at WIPP

Started by Marlin

Replies: 1
Views: 1,615

Oct 18, 2017, 12:14
by Marlin

Members of SCANA board lack nuclear expertise yet oversaw failed S.C. project

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,031

Oct 18, 2017, 07:51
by SloGlo

Chicagoans may pay twice to bail out the same nukes

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,295

Oct 18, 2017, 07:50
by SloGlo

NEI calls for reform to design certification process

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,507

Oct 17, 2017, 11:57
by Marlin

State regulators to consider FPL spending on new Turkey Point nukes

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,490

Oct 17, 2017, 11:11
by Marlin

New Ohio bill reintroduces nuclear subsidy program

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,420

Oct 17, 2017, 11:08
by Marlin

SEC investigating SCANA over abandoned Summer nuke expansion

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,536

Oct 17, 2017, 11:04
by Marlin

Rick Perry's vision of hot tub-sized nuclear power plants isn't so far-fetched

Started by Marlin

Replies: 5
Views: 3,139

Oct 17, 2017, 11:03
by Marlin

Perry on DOE NOPR pricetag: 'What's the cost of freedom?'

Started by Marlin

Replies: 2
Views: 2,068

Oct 13, 2017, 01:44
by Marlin

Making renewable power more viable for the grid

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,826

Oct 13, 2017, 01:39
by GLW

If SCE&G customers get refunds, it’ll be thanks to these 8 words

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,644

Oct 13, 2017, 12:02
by Marlin

US group calls for SMR support

Started by Marlin

Replies: 4
Views: 2,612

Oct 13, 2017, 10:53
by GLW

Oyster Creek nuclear plant in N.J. may close before planned 2019 shutdown

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,239

Oct 12, 2017, 09:28
by SloGlo

Nuclear plant closures to test sufficiency of decommissioning funds

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,467

Oct 12, 2017, 04:14
by Marlin

Consolidated figures for New Mexico uranium project

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,681

Oct 12, 2017, 12:33
by Marlin

Plans to trap its biggest stash of nuclear-weapons waste in glass

Started by Marlin

Replies: 3
Views: 2,047

Oct 11, 2017, 04:58
by TVA

Missions to Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and beyond could hit a nuclear roadblock

Started by Marlin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,557

Oct 11, 2017, 09:57
by Marlin