Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes

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• David G. Frantz
• Dennis Spurgeon
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• Energy budgets boost nuclear power for 2009

  DOE & NRC see increases in key nuclear programs Today was budget day for the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Both agencies unveiled budgets for FY 2009 that support new nuclear power plants. That's good news. The challenges ahead include two U.S. Senators, both Democrats, running for President and both need environmental votes and cash to make it to the finish line... Posted Feb 05 2008, 10:51 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dennis Spurgeon

• NGNP Costs said to be high than expected

  The plant won't be built for another eight years Platts reports that demonstrating the commercial viability of a high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor capable of producing both electricity and hydrogen could cost between $3.8 billion and $4.3 billion, according to estimates from three contract teams competing in the US Department of Energy's Next Generation Nuclear Plant ( NGNP ) project... Posted Dec 14 2007, 11:07 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, NGNP

• DOE Names Director of Loan Guarantee Program

  David Frantz has the financial background to run a successful program, but will OMB let him? The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it is implementing its loan guarantee program by naming David G. Frantz to serve as its Director. Mr. Frantz will report directly to DOE’s Chief Financial Officer and, in this capacity, will manage DOE’s Loan Guarantee office. The loan guarantees will cover... Posted Aug 05 2007, 06:30 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, David G. Frantz, Department of Energy