LOAN GUARANTEE SUPPLEMENTAL NIXED: DOE DECISION TIME
The House gave its blessing to a clean Fiscal Year 2010 supplemental appropriations bill for Iraq and Afghanistan war funding yesterday evening sending the measure to the President by a 308-114 vote....
View ArticleSHOULD NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONERS BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF...
When U.S. Supreme Court Justices appear before the Senate for confirmation hearings, they are never -– never -– asked respond to questions on how they would vote in specific cases. Thus, a whole line...
View ArticlePENTAGON COOL ON WIND: SQUARES OFF AGAINST DOE
The Pentagon — which has been warm to things nuclear including, most recently small reactors as part of its move away from fossil fuels and toward energy self-sufficiency — has emerged as the latest...
View ArticleDEBATE OF THE WEEK: IS NRC CHAIRMAN JACZKO FIDDLING WHILE YUCCA BURNS?
On February 22, 2010, just 21 days after the U.S. Department of Energy formally announced it would suspend the Yucca Mountain national nuclear spent fuel and high-level waste repository project in...
View ArticleFORMER DOE YUCCA DEPUTY DIRECTOR DERIDES JACZKO PR EFFORT AS...
In a letter to the editor made available independently to Nuclear Townhall, former U.S. Department of Energy official Lake Barrett – commenting on a letter widely distributed by U.S. Nuclear...
View ArticleARE EIA PREDICTIONS FOR SOFT U.S. NUCLEAR GROWTH VALID?
December 17, 2010 Nuclear Townhall From the Editors Enthusiasts of nuclear energy could have been discouraged this week by the Energy Information Administration’s latest Annual Energy Overview, which...
View ArticleDOE YUCCA LIABILITY ESTIMATE UP $2 BILLION FROM 2009
December 18, 2010 Nuclear Townhall The Federal government’s recorded liabilities for "its inability to accept commercial spent nuclear fuel" from utilities are now estimated at $15.5 billion...
View ArticleEDWARD DAVIS AND DAVID C. BLEE: NRC’s Waste Confidence ‘Moratorium’– Carpe Diem
By Edward Davis and David C. Blee The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) August 7, 2012 order to defer any final agency action approving the issuance of new reactor licenses or to...
View ArticleMessage from Secretary Moniz and Deputy Secretary Poneman on DOE Reorganization
Subject: Message from Secretary Moniz and Deputy Secretary Poneman on DOE Reorganization Message from Secretary Moniz and Deputy Secretary Poneman on DOE Reorganization Dear Colleagues, Earlier...
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