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Nuclear Power Turns To Salt
http://tinyurl.com/l5pc52x
The Thorium fueled molten salt reactor is the way to go.
Finally...our government is waking up.
2015 Nuclear Energy is at a Crossroads - Again!
“Nuclear power is one of the few options available at scale to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions
while providing or displacing other forms of baseload generation. It has avoided the release of
an estimated 56 gigatonnes of CO2 since 1971, or almost two years of total global emissions at
current rates.”
http://tinyurl.com/m4s3y48
Wishing you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2015!
Vermont Yankee closed after 42 years
http://tinyurl.com/omygunz
Vermont Yankee: 30 November 1972 to 29 December 2014, RIP
By the numbers, Vermont Yankee leaves a legacy. The relatively modest 620 megawatt plant, upgraded from 500 MW in 2006, produced 71.8 percent of the electricity generated in Vermont, including 35 percent of the electricity consumed by Vermonters. It paid hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local taxes, generating 171 billion kilowatt hours of electricity over the years. At its peak, the plant employed 625 permanent workers, which does not count additional help hired for routine shutdowns and and big maintenance events.
http://tinyurl.com/qyp9h4k
Rest In Peace....
Uranium Regains Its Glow
http://tinyurl.com/my2yjdc
Japan is starting up again....
Floating Nuclear Power Plants
http://tinyurl.com/luvjzno
GE to UK: Give Us Your Plutonium
http://tinyurl.com/px7aysv
Tepco completes unit 4 fuel removal
http://tinyurl.com/l62joux
India In Talks With U.S. Nuclear Advance Team
Indian officials said civil nuclear cooperation talks in New Delhi
with an advance team of U.S. negotiators made progress ahead
of a summit meeting scheduled for late January between
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
http://tinyurl.com/kcnvzwu
The advance team discussions were announced during Prime Minister
Modi's visit to Washington in September.
The leaders affirmed their intentions of implementing the original deal
forged by the Manmohan Singh and Bush administrations, which has
been on hold due to the liability issues.
Nuclear Options Move Forward In Japan
The Nuclear Regulatory Authority in Japan have given the green light
for restarting two reactors at the Takahama nuclear power plant,
giving their approval three days after pro-nuclear Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe won a reelection bid with strong voter support.
http://tinyurl.com/mhflhse
Westinghouse and EDF sign long-term fuel contract
18 December 2014
Westinghouse has signed a long-term contract to provide several thousand tonnes
of fuel to EDF for use in its nuclear reactors in France. The contract will continue
an existing agreement between the companies that expires at the end of this year.
http://tinyurl.com/nvp66rg
Belgian government approves life extensions
19 December 2014
The Belgian government has said that two of the country's oldest nuclear power reactors
- Doel units 1 and 2 - can operate for a further ten years, reversing an earlier decision
that the units must shut down in 2015.
http://tinyurl.com/k5u3e5p
Chinese fast reactor completes full-power test run
19 December 2014
China's experimental fast neutron reactor has been successfully operated at full capacity for the first time,
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced.
http://tinyurl.com/q2n7ftw
Why climate change is forcing some environmentalists to back nuclear power
http://tinyurl.com/mnkxrph
Time to wake up!!!
Scientists sign nuclear entreaty
More than 60 leading scientists are urging environmentalists to set aside their preconceptions about nuclear power.
http://tinyurl.com/q5w3lfx
In an open letter, they express their support for a recent article titled Key role for nuclear energy in global biodiversity conservation.
They wrote that this publication provides "strong evidence for the need to accept a substantial role for advance nuclear power systems with complete fuel recycling" as part of a range of sustainable energy technologies. These should include "appropriate use" of renewables, energy storage and energy efficiency.
"Much as leading climate scientists have recently advocated the development of safe, next-generation nuclear energy systems to combat global climate change ... we entreat the conservation and environmental community to weigh up the pros and cons of different energy sources using objective evidence and pragmatic trade-offs, rather than simply relying on idealistic perceptions of what is 'green'."
The paper was written by Barry Brook, chair of environmental sustainability at the University of Tasmania, and Corey Bradshaw, Hubert Wilkins chair of climate change at the University of Adelaide in the journal Conservation Biology.
This assesses the land use, emissions, climate, and cost implications of three previously published but contrasting "storylines" for future energy production. It then uses a multi-criteria decision-making analysis to rank seven electricity-generation sources - coal, gas, nuclear, biomass, hydro, wind, and solar - based on costs and benefits. It also tests the sensitivity of their rankings to bias stemming from philosophical ideals. Irrespective of weightings, they found that nuclear and wind energy had the highest benefit-to-cost ratio.
Next-generation nuclear power and related technologies, based on modular systems with full fuel recycling and inherent safety, "hold substantial yet largely unrecognized prospects" as a replacement for fossil fuels, Brook and Bradshaw wrote. But nuclear power still has an "undeservedly poor reputation" in the environmental community.
The letter, with its list of signatories, is published on the conservation blogs ConservationBytes and Brave New Climate.
IMSR - Blueprint Stage In Late 2016
http://tinyurl.com/k56mocd
Terrestrial Energy Inc. announces that it has entered into a Letter of Intent for services with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, based in Ontario, Canada. This arrangement includes research and development work that is required to bring the company's Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) to the engineering blueprint stage, expected in late 2016.
GOP gains put nuclear power back on the table
http://tinyurl.com/kvzsz5e
We're Running Out of the Nuclear Fuel That Powers Space Travel
http://tinyurl.com/mvcamne
With NASA's current stockpile and the DOE production plan, the U.S.
has enough plutonium-238 to fund two missions a decade for the next
couple of decades.That's certainly better than nothing, but it puts
into perspective just what a limiting factor nuclear fuel for
space exploration really is.
Westinghouse In Exclusive Talks For Four-Unit Deal In Turkey
http://tinyurl.com/of22u8l
Toshiba Corporation's nuclear power giant Westinghouse Electric announced that had entered
into exclusive negotiations to develop a four-reactor AP1000 power plant in the Republic of Turkey.
The deal with the Electricity Generation Company,
Turkey's largest utility company, has a potential value of $20 billion...
The agreement also involves a partnership with the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation of China,
which is developing two AP1000 plants, each with two reactors, in eastern China, one in Sanmen and one in Haiyang.
GE's PRISM Reactor Got a Boost From the DOE
http://tinyurl.com/o37qojv
The PRISM sodium-cooled fast reactor, a Generation IV reactor in development
(only Generation III reactors are in use today), is capable of consuming spent nuclear fuel
and unused plutonium feedstocks to produce grid-scale amounts of clean, low-carbon electricity.
In fact, the PRISM could reduce the volume of used nuclear fuel in storage in the United States by 96% --
and supply 10% of the nation's electricity in the process.
Q&A: Trying to build a future for nuclear power
http://tinyurl.com/q73he3k
"Nuclear power has a future and it remains the only real baseline energy
available that emits no carbon and largely avoids the vicissitudes of the
energy market, something that cannot be said for natural gas or coal."
Yes...that "political benefit" to work with the Canadians is indeed good news.
Russia is getting me worried lately.
The sooner we stand on our own feet, the better
Thanks for all the new info......
It would be interesting to know, what this means for Lightbridge and their proposed fuel manufacturing deal with B&W.....
Do you know anything more specific?
BTW: Thanks for the article...
Boom
Japan CO2 emissions hit record yearly high
http://tinyurl.com/p75n8j3
Examining Nuclear Power as Climate Option
http://tinyurl.com/k93tmkj
IPCC calls for zero carbon by 2100
http://tinyurl.com/pgxargs
A long view of nuclear
http://tinyurl.com/onxxrlr
Big Risk, Big Reward In This Biotech
http://tinyurl.com/obb88df
Just passing this on.........
Good Luck
How to solve global warming in 2 steps
http://tinyurl.com/oej2kxb
DOE to Offer $12.6 Billion in Nuclear Loan Guarantees
http://tinyurl.com/kp3waam
The DOE has drafted a federal loan guarantee opportunity that, if it goes into effect, could help provide $12.6 billion for nuclear power projects.
As part of the Obama administration's efforts to reduce carbon emissions, the DOE aims to provide more financing support for nuclear projects that might otherwise face challenges raising capital in private markets. In a release Monday, the DOE said the program would be available for advanced reactors, small modular reactors, uprates and plant upgrades. Additionally, the program would set aside $2 billion for fuel cycle projects, including those providing fuel fabrication and uranium enrichment and conversion.
Draft Solicitation: http://tinyurl.com/lvomrdg
In the draft solicitation (.pdf), the DOE requires that projects employ technologies that are new or significantly improve existing commercial offerings in the nuclear power sector. It also will favor projects with the potential to have a "catalytic effect" on the commercial deployment of those technologies. The DOE's authority to issue the guarantees dates to an appropriations bill in 2009 and an energy bill passed in 2005.
Video: Uranium-Fueled Molten Salt Reactor
http://tinyurl.com/me4g78j
Paris Talks: A Climate For Action?
http://tinyurl.com/o575dzz
New Approach to Nuclear Power on the Way
http://tinyurl.com/pmwfuhd
Closing Vermont Nuclear Bad Business For Everyone
http://tinyurl.com/oeoyeb2
Nuclear looks for recognition of wider benefits
US nuclear generators continue to fight for recognition of their contribution to electricity supply,
as subsidies for other forms of power undermine the business case for operation of older nuclear units.
http://tinyurl.com/owqp384
In the state of Illinois, Exelon's Kathleen Barrón spoke at a policy session organised by the
Illinois Commerce Commission meant to gather perspectives on the EPA's plans to reduce
carbon emissions from existing power plants.
"We are pleased that the EPA has recognised the important environmental, reliability and
economic benefits of existing nuclear power plants and is creating a regulatory incentive
that values the many benefits they provide to Illinois and the businesses and families here,"
said Barrón.
"All zero-carbon resources should be treated similarly, and a state like Illinois that has
invested in nuclear technology should be recognized for that clean energy investment,"
concluded Barrón.
India turns to nuclear as energy crisis deepens
http://tinyurl.com/o5yebdm
Lowest lifetime cost of energy any known technology
Integral Molten Salt Reactor
http://tinyurl.com/orro62c
The 25 MWe version of the IMSR is the size of a fairly deep hottub
• lowest lifetime cost;
• high passive safety;
• scalability;
• use in industrial process heat markets, not just power;
• small plant footprints;
• grid and water independence, and;
• a dramatic reduction in the magnitude, toxicity and longevity of the waste stream.
Molten Salt and Oilsands
* Using nuclear produced steam for Oil Sands production long studied
* Vast majority of oil only accessible by In-Situ methods
* No turbine island needed so 30% to 40% the capital cost saved (instead of steam to turbine for electricity just send it underground to produce oil from oilsands)
* Oil sands producers expected to pay 200 Billion$ on carbon taxes over the next 35 years, funds mandated to be spent on cleantech initiatives
* Canada Oil Sands in ground reserves of 2 trillion barrels, current estimate 10% recoverable (likely much higher with cheaper steam)
* 64 GWth nuclear to add 6.4 million bbls/day (200B$/year revenue)
* 64 GWth needed as about 200 small 300MWth MSRs
* Oil Sands a bridge to MSRs then with time, MSRs a bridge to not needing oil
60 Years of Nuclear Power
http://tinyurl.com/o8luxv8
New trends in financing
http://tinyurl.com/nxdroel
Leaders panel: Financing the future of nuclear
http://tinyurl.com/knkcuhw
Next-generation nuclear reactors use radioactive waste
http://tinyurl.com/okg5mwj