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NEWSWEEK SHOCK CLAIM: NUCLEAR PLANT SECURITY ‘FLIRTING WITH DISASTER’

Nuclear Townhall January 5, 2011 In a feature story right from the anti-nuclear playbook (“Flirting with Disaster…Every few years the defenses of the nation’s nuclear plants are tested. What’s scary is...

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CAL FULLERTON INSTRUCTOR: OBAMA’S “GREEN DREAM TEAM” MISLEADS AMERICAN...

Nuclear Townhall January 12, 2011     Calling the Obama Administration’s energy planners “The Green Dream Team,” Gary Jason, an instructor at Cal State Fullerton, has charged that “American is under an...

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MINNESOTA MOVES A STEP CLOSER TO LIFTING NUCLEAR BAN

Nuclear Townhall January 13, 2011   The Republican-initiated bill to live the two-decade-old ban on nuclear construction in Minnesota was voted out of the House Environment, Energy and Natural...

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NATURAL GAS:  NEED SUBSIDIES FOR NEW PLANT IN NEW JERSEY?

Nuclear Townhall January 14, 2011 From the Editors   The tired argument these days against building new nuclear is that it is uneconomical. That’s notwithstanding the fact that 60 plants are underway...

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NUSCALE TO JOIN U.S. COMMERCE DELEGATION FOR INDIA MISSION

Nuclear Townhall January 17, 2011 NuScale Power’s president Paul Lorenzini will be one of 24 American company representatives on board next month when Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke visits India on a...

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RENEWABLES INDUSTRY NOT ENTHUSED ABOUT OBAMA CALL FOR NUCLEAR IN ‘CLEAN...

Nuclear Townhall January 27, 2011 Press reports on the reaction to the President’s call for 80 percent “clean energy” by 2035 are finding a surprisingly tepid response in the renewable energy industry....

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U.S. CHAMBER SLAMS OBAMA 2035 ENERGY STANDARD: ‘PROFOUND DETACHMENT FROM...

January 28, 2011 Nuclear Townhall   The first dissenting voice to President Obama’s call for an aggressive “clean energy” standard came from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s energy institute, whose Chief...

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SENATORS HIT NRC ON LICENSE RENEWAL, DELAYS, ‘DUAL STANDARD’

February 10, 2011 Nuclear Townhall All eyes in Washington are fixed on the national debt ceiling and the brinkmanship involved when it has to be extended in the next two months. Will the government...

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WISCONSIN SETTLEMENT – $45 MILLION DOWN, $50 BILLION TO GO

February 23, 2011 Nuclear Townhall     One of the most persistent myths about nuclear power is that there is no residual value to spent fuel and that the costs of dealing with this supposedly...

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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN NUNES: LEGISLATIVE U.S. ‘ENERGY ROADMAP’ DESIGNED...

March 4, 2011 Nuclear Townhall   Five-term Congressman Devin Nunes has submitted legislation that he says would achieve energy independence for American by building 200 new reactors by 2040.   “Nothing...

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