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Nuclear Majority Needs to Speak Out

July 26, 2010

The most recent public opinion poll published by the Nuclear Energy Institute (Perspective on Public Opinion, June 2010) contained encouraging news for the supporters of increasing the use of nuclear energy. The number of Americans that are in favor of using nuclear power to provide electricity in the United States has reached 74%, the highest [...]

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Same Story, Different Target

July 21, 2010

So what’s new? First, the press picked up the report that almost 80 percent of the stimulus funds for wind and solar energy projects are going to support and sustain overseas jobs. Now, an anti-nuclear group claims that the Calvert Cliffs Unit 3 reactor will be controlled by a foreign company. Let us state: Foreign [...]

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The Other Side of Accenture

July 15, 2010

In our last post we mentioned Galaxy, the Knowledge Management system we’re co-developing with Accenture to manage the entire lifecycle of a nuclear energy facility – from licensing through decommissioning. What was not mentioned is the span and breadth of the team now working on developing Galaxy and making it the application to ensure time [...]

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Nuclear Energy Study Analyzes New Build Challenges

July 7, 2010

A recent study by Arthur D. Little, “Nuclear New Build Unveiled,” analyzes new nuclear energy facility construction around the world. While it sounds like stating the obvious, the study concludes that, “the management challenges posed by a nuclear new build are often underestimated and call for professional management of nuclear new build ventures.” That’s why EDF, [...]

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“Alliance Between Beauty and Power”

June 29, 2010

Those were the words of Philippe Joubert, President of Alstom Power Sector, describing the new Alstom manufacturing and engineering facility in Chattanooga Tennessee. The $300 million dollar investment and 350 jobs in a 350,000 square foot facility on the banks of the Tennessee River opened up officially for business last week on the site of the [...]

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APPA “Public Power” focus on New Nuclear

June 21, 2010

The focus is on nuclear energy in the June edition of the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) “Public Power,” and Mark Kirshe of UniStar has written an article on the current resurgence of interest and actions to start a new nuclear energy construction in the United States. Over the past year, the APPA has taken several looks [...]

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Three New UniStar Issue Briefs

June 17, 2010

Several months ago, we published a series of short articles or “briefs” describing the impact of nuclear energy on the U.S. economy, the global labor market, the environment, etc. Each brief is four short, factoid-filled and succinct pages. They can be found on the UniStar website. We’ve just published three new ones, “Energy Alternatives”, “Protecting [...]

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57 Nuclear Reactors Underway Around the Globe

June 15, 2010

The two AREVA EPRs currently under construction at the Taishan location in China are on time and on budget . Hmmm – why is good news never broadcast the way bad news is? Of the 57 reactors currently under construction, much of the publicity is focused on the one reactor which has experienced the most [...]

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SMRs are interesting to watch in the media!

June 10, 2010

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) seem to be all the rage these days with lots of articles and advertisements, conferences and tradeshows popping up; NRC meetings, twitters and tweets and YouTube videos to boot! What I am curious about is: Whether and when the NRC policy level regulatory conditions will change to actually be able to license [...]

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Construction Ahead: America’s Clean Energy Path

June 9, 2010

During the nearly two months since the Gulf oil spill numerous critics have characterized the disaster as an overdue wakeup call to put America on a clean energy path. The fact is this nation’s 104 nuclear energy facilities already provide the roadmap to get us there. Nuclear energy has the lowest direct impact on the [...]

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