Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes

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• Calibrating the nuclear renaissance

  Nobody said building new plants will be like shooting fish in a barrel The Nuclear Energy Institute ( NEI ), the industry's policy organization, told Wall Street analysts this week that it expects the two dozen or so potential applications for nuclear reactor licenses to self-select down for the first wave of new construction. NEI projects that four to eight new power plants will move ahead and... Posted Feb 21 2008, 09:17 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy Institute

• Debate over new builds needs good numbers

  Nuclear power is not OK in Oklahoma The Tulsa World reports that Oklahoma power producers said this week the high cost and lengthy construction time for a nuclear power plant make it unlikely they will turn to nuclear energy to meet rising consumer demand for power in the state. There's a problem here. The numbers an Oklahoma statehouse group heard need a second look. John Wendling, director of... Posted Dec 02 2007, 07:45 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy Institute, Oklahoma Gas

• Abstract - DeVore's nuclear initiative; an update

  (Note to readers - this is a repost. Blogger ate the original due a problem with an embedded video) He’s got a long way to go By Dan Yurman, Contributing Reporter Fuel Cycle Week 09/18/07 Assemblyman Chuck DeVore , a republican from a conservative district in southern California, is pursuing an initiative to overturn the state’s 31-year ban on new nuclear power plants. He'steamed up with a group of... Posted Sep 20 2007, 04:20 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Chuck DeVore, California ban on building nuclear power plants, Nuclear Energy Institute, Power for California, Skip Bowman