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  • Idaho lab funding looking up in the Senate

    Craig's final acts on Energy & Water Appropriations bring welcome increases The Idaho Falls Post Register reports that the Senate Energy & Water Appropriations subcommittee responsible for nuclear energy R&D funding this week has given the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) something to...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-09-2008
  • Simpson scores huge increases for INL in House bill

    Idaho's representative on the House Appropriations Committee has good news for the site's nuclear energy and cleanup programs. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson (right). a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced substantial increases in funding...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-18-2008
  • Navy nukes extend Idaho role

    A long term agreement with the U.S. Navy will keep them anchored on the Idaho desert beyond 2035 A new agreement between the State of Idaho and the  U.S. Navy settles a long-term issue for both parties, which is what happens after the current agreement is done in 2035. The answer is life goes on...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-08-2008
  • Areva selects US enrichment site

    Areva has confirmed a site 30 kilometres west of Idaho Falls, near the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, as the place for its potential new $2 billion centrifuge enrichment plant. Areva's is just one of several plans for new uranium enrichment in the USA.
    Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-07-2008
  • How will Idaho lab build NGNP?

    Answer - two heads may be better than one The Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) is facing a formidable challenge with the release of a request for information (RFI) earlier this month by the Department of Energy (DOE). The government wants to hear from firms that think they can build the Next Generation...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-29-2008
  • Idaho lab's long range vision for NGNP

    Comes up short on cash There is great profile of the plans by the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant ( NGNP ) at the Energy Central web portal. It reports that the people planning the future of nuclear energy measure time in decades and time is running short. Philip...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-08-2008
  • DOE Cleanup program facing deep cuts in 2009

    Energy communities across the U.S. turn to Congress for relief A critical issue for the future of the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) nuclear energy mission is unfolding in an area where the incumbent site contract on the R&D side of the house has little control. The issue is that advocacy for...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-11-2008
  • National lab lends a hand to Idaho

    State gets help from scientist to assess new nuclear plant A top expert in nuclear energy has been dispatched to help the State of Idaho assess the impacts of a proposed new nuclear power plant in Idaho. Ralph Bennett, a scientist from the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ), is working with the State...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-25-2008
  • PBMR seeks Mitsubishi investment in new reactor

    Demonstration plants are expensive South Africa has asked for funding from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan to finance all or part of 24 small nuclear power installations, at 160 Mw each, to be built by the pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) project. They will need a lot of money because the rollout...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-25-2007
  • INL gets good funding news for 2008

    Rep. Mike Simpson says there are challenges ahead Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson had some good news, and some practical advice, for an audience of Idaho Falls business leaders this week. Simpson said the now complete congressional appropriation process had been good for the Idaho National Laboratory...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-22-2007
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