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• AEHI moves reactor site

  But the company is still in Idaho Alternative Energy Holdings Inc. ( AEHI:PK ) said this week it is moving the site of a proposed nuclear reactor from Owyhee County to nearby Elmore County just 15 miles upstream from the original location.  The Idaho Business Review reported that preliminary geologic studies found underground faults at the Owyhee site, adding to analytical and construction expenses... Posted Apr 04 2008, 03:25 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AEHI

• Owyhee County tells AEHI to pay up

  The firm owes $50,000 and could lose its permit if it defaults The Idaho Statesman reports that Owyhee County officials say they are prepared to stop work on the land use permit process for a proposed nuclear plant near Bruneau because company officials have failed to pay a $50,000 fee to process the application. It seems the Virginia firm has been getting a free ride since filing its papers with the... Posted Feb 11 2008, 09:32 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AEHI, Alternative Energy Holdings, Owyhee

• AEHI Claims $150 Million for startup costs

  It's difficult to qualify the investors' background Alternative Energy Holdings Inc., a Virginia firm ( PK:AEHI ) that claims to be engaged in planning to build a nuclear power plant in southwestern Idaho this week said it had $150 million in a commitment letter from Silverleaf Capital Partners, LLC, Salt Lake, Utah. The Idaho Statesman interviewed Shane Baldwin, the director of the firm, who... Posted Dec 07 2007, 09:00 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AEHI, Alternative Energy Holdings, Silverleaf Capital Partners

• Baloney detection for nuclear new builds

  You can't tell the players without a scorecard In 2001 Michael Shermer, a columnist for Scientific American, introduced the concept of baloney detection , which is the fine art of detecting fraud in the scientific and engineering realms. Schermer asks five questions which are appropriate for assessing the legitimacy of a claim. In the case of nuclear energy, baloney detection is unusually appropriate... Posted Oct 30 2007, 10:18 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Fresno Nuclear Energy Group, AEHI, Energy Alberta, Michael Shermer, baloney detection, NRG Energy, Transition Power Utah

• AEHI still "invisible" to NRC's radar screen

  NRC chairman - agency "not engaged" in licensing dialog with AEHI Idaho Statesman reporter Ken Dey spoke with NRC Chairman Dale Klein at a nuclear industry conference taking place in Boise, ID, this week. Dey asked Klein about Alternative Energy Holdings (AEHI) proposed AREVA EPR for a location on southwestern Idaho near Mountain Home AFB. Here's the dialog . . . Q: We have one nuclear plant proposed... Posted Sep 11 2007, 11:55 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC licensing, AEHI, Ken Dey, Idaho Statesmen

• Abstract - Idaho's Invisible Nuclear Power Plant

  AEHI Idaho Reactor: For Real? State Regulators, NRC Baffled By Dan Yurman, Contributing Reporter Fuel Cycle Week V6 N237 July 14, 2007 The proposal to erect a 1,600-MWe reactor in Idaho, floated last month by Alternative Energy Holdings (AEHI) of Virginia, seems to be invisible to those regulators who would have anything to do with it. That includes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Idaho Department... Posted Sep 08 2007, 04:32 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AEHI, Idaho nuclear