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• Colorado Considering Nuclear Power

  Back in April, we first wrote about the possibility of Tri-State Generation building a new nuclear plant in Colorado. In today's Denver Post there's more encouraging news : More than half of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association's customers support the use of nuclear power, a company official told a state legislative panel Tuesday. Colorado's second-largest utility is studying... Posted Sep 17 2008, 02:43 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Colorado

• Time for Nuclear: Gresham Barrett's Energy Plan

  Representative Gresham Barrett from South Carolina has put forward an energy plan that greatly favors nuclear energy. The Greenville News' Anna Simon reports : The legislation will seek to resolve what Barrett called “hindrances” to nuclear development by amending several national energy policies to help with nuclear plant construction, nuclear work force education and the management... Posted Sep 16 2008, 10:49 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant

• TVA, Chattanooga Economic Choo Choo

  Quite a media coup today for the TVA , with an A1 above the fold story in the Chattanooga Times on the nuclear industry's impact on the local economy: Beyond the temporary plant construction jobs, Tennessee is eager to land new manufacturers to supply the nuclear industry, state Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matt Kisber said. “One of the goals that the governor has established... Posted Jun 11 2008, 11:04 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: TVA, New Nuclear Plant

• SCANA to Build Two New Nuclear Reactors

  SCANA ( SCG ) subsidiary, South Carolina Electric & Gas , announced Tuesday that they had reached a contractual agreement with Westinghouse and the Shaw Group ( SGR ) to design and build two 1,117-megawatt nuclear power plants at the Virgil C. Summer Station near Jenkinsville, SC. The AP 1000 reactors are slated to become operational in 2016. After-hours trading for SCG and SGR was up on Tuesday... Posted May 28 2008, 04:39 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, SCANA, AP1000, VC Summer, Shaw Group

• Toshiba Expects 33 Reactor Orders by 2015

  From the World Nuclear News : Japan's Toshiba Corporation expects orders for at least 33 nuclear power reactors by 2015, and plans to expand all its nuclear businesses over the period to 2020, according to the company's president. The predictions were made earlier this month in Strategies for Growth 2008 , the company's outline of the business directions planned for all its divisions. In... Posted May 22 2008, 02:11 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Toshiba, New Nuclear Plant

• Mambo Italiano: Nuclear Energy in Italy?

  It certainly seems likely : Enel SpA. plans to build a nuclear power plant in Italy to take advantage of a possible legislative shift in Italy making nuclear power production legal, Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing chief executive Fulvio Conti. This would be a big change: nuclear energy has been banned in Italy since 1987. The reason for the change would apparently be the mandate voters... Posted Apr 22 2008, 11:01 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Italy

• New Nuclear Plant in Colorado?

  That's what AP is reporting from Westminster, Colorado : The state's second-largest utility is considering building a nuclear power plant in southeastern Colorado. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has a site in Prowers County near Holly and water rights for a plant that could be either coal-fired or nuclear. Recently Tri-State's board of directors voted to have its staff... Posted Apr 08 2008, 07:02 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant

• Popular Mechanics Weighs and Measures

  Popular Mechanics has assembled a package of articles discussing the technical aspects of new nuclear technologies. The lead article is called The Next Atomic Age: Can Safe Nuclear Power Work for America? and is exceptionally well researched. Here's a taster to give you a sense of the contents: Though the pebble-bed reactor is promising, other Gen IV designs have distinct advantages, too. Three... Posted Apr 02 2008, 04:58 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant

• China to Build More Nuclear Than Projected

  From Reuters : China is expanding nuclear power construction plans faster than earlier planned, a senior energy official told state media on Saturday, saying installed power capacity by 2020 could be 50 percent above the initial goal. China's nuclear energy development plan had called for operating power capacity to hit 40 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 , enough to power Spain but feeding just 4 percent... Posted Mar 10 2008, 11:53 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, China

• Entergy Submits Application for a New ESBWR at Grand Gulf

  From Entergy : The application seeks regulatory approvals to potentially build a new unit adjacent to Entergy’s existing Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, a reactor that ranks third among the nation’s 104 nuclear plants for total electricity output over its lifetime of commercial operations. With energy demands rising across the nation, many energy companies are pursuing clean, safe nuclear options through... Posted Feb 28 2008, 09:35 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Entergy, ESBWR, New Nuclear Plant, Grand Gulf

• Progress Files for Two New Nuclear Plants

  From Progress : Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN), announced that it will file a combined operating license (COL) application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) later today [yesterday] for two possible new reactors at the existing Harris Nuclear Plant site near New Hill, N.C. Nuclear power is one of three components of the company's balanced solution... Posted Feb 20 2008, 07:22 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Progrss Energy, AP1000

• Constellation to Submit an Application for a New Plant in New York

  From Constellation : UniStar Nuclear Energy (UNE), a strategic joint venture between Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) and the EDF Group, today announced it has notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of its plans to submit a Combined License (COL) application in late 2008 for a potential advanced design nuclear reactor at Constellation Energy's Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in upstate... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:02 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Nine Mile, COL, Constellation Energy, UniStar Nuclear Energy

• Italy Looking at Nuclear Again

  From Reuters : Simmering debate of a nuclear energy relaunch in Italy, banned 20 years ago in a referendum, got a fresh boost on Wednesday with the news that major utilities were to draft a plan to build nuclear power stations. A newly created think tank Energy Lab, which includes experts from leading Italian utilities A2A A2.MI and Edison, will soon start a feasibility study to build at least three... Posted Jan 15 2008, 03:43 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Italy

• Belarus Approves New Nuclear Build

  Details from ITAR-TASS . This is the same project we first mentioned last October . Read More... Posted Jan 15 2008, 03:06 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Belarus

• Eskom Seeks Bids for New South African Reactors

  Eskom has invited AREVA and Westinghouse to submit bids . Read More... Posted Jan 14 2008, 12:47 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, AREVA, Westinghouse, Eskom