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Harry Reid
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document.write("2010-03-09 08:32:15
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document.write("We're not going to say the cat's out of the bag or anything like that, but we were surprised to read this in the Wall Street Journal, with the paper's Robert Thompson listening to Energy Secretary Steven Chu:\n");
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News and commentary on the commercial nuclear energy industry
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document.write("NEI Nuclear Notes: Department of Energy
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document.write("2010-02-18 08:23:28
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document.write("Here’s an interesting update to a post at Mother Jones on nuclear’s supposed 50% default rate:\n");
document.write("Stephanie Mueller, Press Secretary for the Department of Energy, sent this response on Tuesday evening: \"This {the CBO report} is a 7 year old analysis of legislation that was never enacted, and it is not germane to the current project-which has undergone rigorous financial analysis, is conditioned on regulatory approval, uses proven technology, and sets strict financial requirements to protect taxpayers. Further, the project already has power purchasing agreements in place. In other words, utilities have signed contracts agreeing to buy power from the plant for many years into the future, ensuring a stream of revenue.\"\n");
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We need a carbon-mitigation cost index
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document.write("The Nuclear Green Revolution
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document.write("2010-02-17 08:25:42
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document.write("We need a carbon-mitigation cost index. The index should measure the cost of eliminating the emissions of a ton of CO2, or of eliminating a ton of CO2 from the atmosphere. Without a carbon emission cost index, there is no measure of the potential effectiveness of policy options designed to prevent carbon emissions, or to decrease atmospheric carbon content. \n");
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News and commmentary on the commercial nuclear energy industry
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document.write("NEI Nuclear Notes
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document.write("2010-02-17 08:25:41
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document.write("Or the nuclear elements thereof, anyway. This was written for NEI's member newsletter, Nuclear Energy Overview, and provides a fairly thorough overview of the nuclear elements of this year's budget request.\n");
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Tritium, Tritium, Come and Get It
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document.write("NEI Nuclear Notes
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document.write("2010-02-08 08:15:54
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document.write("Besides last week being a busy week on budget proposals, loan guarantees, etc., there was quite a bit of discussion on the Vermont Yankee tritium issue. \n");
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Republican
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document.write("2010-02-05 08:28:13
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document.write("The Republicans in Congress have put together their own budget plan for nuclear energy for 2011. \n");
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Small Reactors and Closed Minds
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document.write("NEI Nuclear Notes
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document.write("2010-02-04 08:22:40
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document.write("The Navy already operates dozens of small nuclear reactors in aircraft carriers and submarines, with an outstanding record of safety and reliability.\n");
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Rading the Obama Administration Tea Leaves
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document.write("The Nuclear Green Revoloution
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document.write("2010-02-01 08:20:27
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document.write("The Obama Administration might be accused of sending mixed signals on its attitude toward the future of nuclear power. First we have first the January 28, 2010 Obama Memo to Energy Secretary Steven Chu:\n");
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News and commentary on the commerical nuclear energy indiustry.
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document.write("2010-01-23 08:01:54
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document.write("Secretary Steven Chu was on Capitol Hill yesterday talking to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee.\n");
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Nuclear Energy Helps Haiti
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document.write("Pro Nuclear Democrats
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document.write("2010-01-20 08:21:58
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document.write("As I was keeping up with the latest news about the tragic earthquake in Haiti, I heard the USS Carl Vinson is being sent to Port-au-Prince to supply humanitarian aid and fresh water. The desalination capabilities of the aircraft carrier was briefly mentioned but no other details given beyond that which is completely understandable. \n");
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