Many unsolved questions about continuing dilapidated Oyster Creek nuclear reactor
Many reasons remain why Oyster Creek should be shutdown overnight, not least of which includes the continued generation of unmanaged nuclear waste and its vulnerable onsite storage with the equivalent radiation from the Hiroshima nuclear weapon blast many, many times over.
Countdown to Shutdown of Oyster Creek in 2019, Beyond Nuclear, 10 Dec 2010, Rather than be sued by the State of New Jersey to save Barnegat Bay by building less destructive cooling towers for the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, Exelon Nuclear Corporation and Republican Governor Chris Christie announced a negotiated agreement to close the nation’s oldest operating nuclear power plant early in Lacey Township in 2019. Continue reading
US Congress approves $7 billion, not $36 billion, for nuclear loans
House approves money for nuclear loan guarantees The Washington Post, By FREDERIC J. FROMMER , December 9, 2010; The Associated Press WASHINGTON –– The House has passed legislation that would provide $7 billion in new loan guarantees for nuclear power plant construction. The $7 billion in loan guarantees is just a fraction of the $36 billion that President Barack Obama requested earlier this year…. House approves money for nuclear loan guarantees
Water problems may bring early closure of nuclear reactors
The biggest push has been for power plants to install cooling towers to reduce the amount of water used to cool the plants. EPA estimates that over 200 billion gallons of water per day are withdrawn by manufacturing facilities and power plants.
Oyster Creek plant closing, will others follow? Power Gen, 12/09/2010 On Dec. 8, Exelon announced that the Oyster Creek nuclear power generating facility in New Jersey will be shut down by 2019, roughly 10 years before the plant’s operating license expires… Continue reading
Public better protected from radioactive pets than from radioactive people
“The public is more protected from a radioactive Fluffy than from a radioactive father who receives the very same treatment and is then just sent home,”
Radiation Rules Differ for Humans and Pets NYTimes.com, by Matthew Wald, 9 Dec 10, WASHINGTON — One group receiving treatment for a thyroid disorder is given a radioactive drug that makes the patients a potential hazard to children or pregnant women for several days. Still, doctors usually send them home immediately after treatment. Continue reading
Texas opposition to allowing nuclear waste from other States
Commenters on proposed nuke rules mostly opposed, Houston Chronicle, By BETSY BLANEY Associated Press 9 Dec 2010, A commission overseeing the burial of low-level radioactive waste in Texas heard mostly opposition at a public hearing on proposed rules to allow nuclear waste from 36 other states to be buried near the New Mexico border…….Commenters on proposed nuke rules mostly opposed | AP Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
USA’s Energy Secretary wants to call nuclear energy “clean’, “renewable”
White House open to nukes as ‘clean energy’ , POLITICO.com
By PATRICK REIS | 12/7/10 The Obama administration may consider caving to GOP demands to include nuclear and some coal production in a “clean energy standard,” Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Tuesday.A national “clean” or “renewable” energy standard would require utilities to purchase a percentage of their electricity from nonfossil fuel sources and is seen as one of the administration’s few options for a broad energy policy after the death of the cap-and-trade bill……..White House open to nukes as ‘clean energy’ – Patrick Reis – POLITICO.com
USA’s new House Energy chairman an enemy of renewable energy
“When the subsidy spigot is shut off, the green jobs will collapse, just like a Ponzi scheme,” he wrote for The Daily Caller, a conservative web site.
Renewable energy critic gets House post | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs, 8 Dec 10, Michigan Rep. Fred Upton, who last week attacked subsidies for renewable energy, was confirmed today as the next chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
In an online article, the Republican slammed “rampant cash handouts” for renewable energy and warned against a proposed renewable power mandate that he said would raise electricity prices.
“When the subsidy spigot is shut off, the green jobs will collapse, just like a Ponzi scheme,” he wrote for The Daily Caller, a conservative web site…….Upton replaces liberal California Democrat Henry Waxman, who shepherded a cap-and-trade climate bill through the committee along with the health-care overhaul….
Renewable energy critic gets House post | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs
Thousands to lose jobs if Obama closes renewable energy grants
If President Obama’s final tax package doesn’t include grants for renewable energy projects, the industry expects hundreds or perhaps thousands of solar and wind workers to add to already-lengthy unemployment lines.
Obama Tax Deal Leaving Out Clean Energy, Putting Jobs at Risk Reuters, By Elizabeth McGowan, Wed Dec 8, 2010 Thus far, 1,179 solar projects with total investments of $1.3 billion in 42 states have been built with support from an expiring program Continue reading
USA Democrats seek big cut in nuclear loan guarantees
House Panel Scales Back Obama Plan for Nuclear Loan Guarantees, Bloomberg, By Simon Lomax – Dec 9, 2010 President Barack Obama’s proposed $36 billion expansion of loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors would be scaled back to $7 billion, according to legislation from House Democrats to fund the U.S. government into next year.The loan-guarantee expansion is part of a $1.1 trillion measure that is scheduled for a vote today in the U.S. House.In his February budget proposal, Obama urged Congress to expand the Energy Department’s loan-guarantee program to $54.5 billion from the existing $18.5 billion……………House Panel Scales Back Obama Plan for Nuclear Loan Guarantees – Bloomberg
Public outcry results in closure of NASA’s cruel radiation monkey experiements
dozens of squirrel monkeys …. will be spared from receiving harmful doses of radiation and then being isolated in cages and subjected to years of behavioral experiments
NASA Grounds Monkey Radiation Experiments! | PETA.org. by Alisa Mullins, 9 Dec 10, Well, folks, you did it. After scores of protests and more than 100,000 letters, phone calls, and e-mails from PETA supporters—including some high-profile allies, such as Sir Paul McCartney, Bob Barker, Alicia Silverstone, members of Congress, and even a former NASA astronaut and engineer—the space agency has quietly called off plans to conduct cruel radiation experiments on monkeys. Continue reading
USA govt unable to kickstart the ‘nuclear renaissance’
“In addition to loan guarantees, you need an environment that’s right, that makes it look like a good investment,’’ Dr. Chu said. But many of those factors, including the price of natural gas, are obviously beyond federal control, raising substantial doubts about how much the government could do to encourage new nuclear construction……..
Nuclear ‘Renaissance’ Is Short on Largesse, NYTimes.com, December 7, 2010 By MATTHEW L. WALD The federal aid now in place for new nuclear plants is far from sufficient for the so-called “nuclear renaissance” that backers are seeking, a panel made up of members of Congress, high-ranking federal officials and leaders of major nuclear companies agreed on Tuesday. Continue reading
Nuclear plant to close 10 years earlier, rather than install cooling towers
NJ Nuke Plant Closing 10 Years Early Oldest US nuke plant to close 10 years early, won’t have to build cooling towers, ABC News, The Associated Press By ANGELA DELLI SANTI and WAYNE PARRY TRENTON, N.J. December 8, 2010
The nation’s oldest nuclear power plant will close in 2019 — 10 years earlier than planned Continue reading
Excessive radiation from airport scanners not properly scrutinised
The TSA and its contractors had failed to identify the machines that were emitting excessive radiation — a failure that continues to leave TSA workers and some lawmakers uneasy, especially as the agency continues to deploy hundreds of controversial radiation-emitting machines to help screen passengers……
TSA workers, experts worry about radiation exposure
By Alison Young, USA TODAY, 6 Dec 10,When investigators with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s workplace safety team visited a dozen airports in 2003 and 2004, what they found was disturbing — at least to federal airport workers. Continue reading
USA has lost control of key parts of nuclear fuel chain
Russians to gain US uranium foothold, FT.com, By Ed Crooks December 5 2010 A Russian state-owned company is set to control up to half of US uranium output by the middle of the decade, after American authorities gave the go-ahead to thepartial takeover of Uranium One of Canada by ARMZ.The deal is the latest sign of how, after a three-decade hiatus in new reactor projects, the US has lost control of key parts of the nuclear supply chain……..FT.com / Companies / Mining – Russians to gain US uranium foothold
Complicated nuclear waste problems between USA States
The prospect of losing space to waste from generators in other states worries the incoming governor of Vermont, Peter Shumlin, who has vowed to shut down that state’s reactor, Vermont Yankee.
Texas Proposal Spurs Race to Dispose of Nuclear Waste – NYTimes.com, By MATTHEW L. WALD December 2, 2010 WASHINGTON — Aged nuclear plants in Vermont and Illinois may be playing the equivalent of musical chairs in a graveyard, vying for space at a dump in Texas whose owner hopes to accept radioactive waste from many other states. Continue reading
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