Nuclear News From a Journalist’s Perspective
Interesting new study from the Congressional Budget Office. The bottom line, according to Daniel Hall, is that we’re unlikely to see the U.S. government levy a carbon cost sufficient to make nuclear power economically viable on its own.
Exchange-Monitor Publications has an interesting interview up with Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Michael Anastasio.
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman got a pretty good going over in a recent congressional hearing on Yucca Mountain. From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Annette Cary has a story in this morning’s Tri-City Herald about an intriguing project getting underway at Hanford: cleanup up after the animals that have been dragging dangerous waste hither and yon.
The Wisconsin legislature is considering repealing a longstanding ban on new nuclear power plants. From the AP:
At Hanford, questions about whether the feds are providing enough cleanup money continue, according to Annette Cary:
Argentina and Brazil are teaming up on the nuclear power problem:
It has been widely reported that the two sides also agreed to build a new nuclear power plant to supply both countries and ‘develop a program of peaceful nuclear cooperation that will serve as an example in this world.’ A joint venture company set up by both countries is to be set up to undertake uranium enrichment. Brazil developed that capability in recent years and started its own small enrichment program in 2006.
The UK is trying to avoid the problem of big end-of-life costs for nuclear waste disposal and decommissioning for new reactors, according to Platts.
The EIA’s monthly energy review, out yesterday, shows 2007 on track to be a record year for U.S. nuclear electricity production.
