Archive for June, 2009
In the New Job Market, Who Wins?
CBS News
By Nancy F. Smith
June 30, 2009
“The opportunity cost for retraining is low now,” says David Autor, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “If you’re not working anyway or you’re working at a job with no future, now’s a great time to learn the skills for your next job. It’s a challenge to decide you’re going to invest time and energy in something [read more]
Recognize contribution of nuclear-power plants
Des Moines Register
By Carolyn D. Heising, Professor of Industrial, Mechanical and Nuclear engineering, Iowa State University
June 28, 2009
Last year, an astonishing 16 of the nation’s 104 nuclear plants achieved capacity factors that were greater than 100 percent. The unit with the fourth-highest rating was Duane Arnold, at 103.6 percent, one of the most efficiently operated nuclear plants in the world.
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Here in Iowa, the [read more]
Climate bill may spur energy revolution
Associated Press
By H. Josef Hebert
June 27, 2009
Congress has taken its first step toward an energy revolution, with the prospect of profound change for every household, business, industry and farm in the decades ahead.
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The House-passed bill contains provisions to make it easier to get loan guarantees and expands the nuclear industry’s access to loans for reactor construction. An Environmental Protection Agency analysis that shows [read more]
Coalition Touts Nuclear Power’s Benefits
The Electrical Worker
June, 2009
CASEnergy is a strong advocate for creating well-paying jobs that can’t be outsourced. The average annual salary for a nuclear engineer is nearly $83,000. There are currently more than 30 new reactors under consideration to be built across the U.S. If constructed, more than 20,000 temporary and permanent jobs could be added to the market—many of them with union representation.
Use nuclear energy to augment water supply
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
By Robert J. McTaggart
June 27, 2009
Desalination might become increasingly necessary if severe drought continues in the United States. This process of removing salt from seawater will require an abundant, clean energy source with a secure domestic supply that avoids the emission of greenhouse gases. Nuclear energy is that source, and the good news is that the technology for nuclear desalination is proven [read more]
Nuclear rebirth might spur core industries
Monroe Evening News
June 27, 2009
Plans under way to build a new fleet of nuclear plants – including the possibility of a Fermi 3 plant near Newport – is the sound of opportunity knocking at a lot of industries’ doors, nuclear industry officials say.
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Each year the average nuclear plant generates approximately $430 million in sales of goods and services in the local community and nearly $40 [read more]
Climate bill may spur energy revolution
Associated Press
By H. Josef Hebert
June 27, 2009
Congress has taken its first step toward an energy revolution, with the prospect of profound change for every household, business, industry and farm in the decades ahead.
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The House-passed bill contains provisions to make it easier to get loan guarantees and expands the nuclear industry’s access to loans for reactor construction. An Environmental Protection Agency analysis that shows [read more]
What do we have to lose? Let’s lift Wisconsin’s nuclear moratorium
Wisconsin Technology News
By Tom Still, President, Wisconsin Technology Council
June 22, 2009
[The Obama administration] doesn’t sound like an anti-nuke administration. In fact, it is cautiously bullish on expanding the use of nuclear energy and has singled out leading research programs such as UW-Madison to help meet that goal.
So, why does the state of Wisconsin cling to its outdated moratorium on building new generation plants?
Increasingly, [read more]
Letter: Stop the hysteria over nuke plants, safety
Amarillo Globe News
By Scott Peterson, Vice President, Nuclear Energy Institute
June 20, 2009
Despite the nation’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, 70 percent of the nation’s nuclear reactors continue to meet regulatory requirements for decommissioning funding at power plants that, by and large, will continue to operate and accrue decommissioning funds into the 2030s and beyond.
Ohio nuclear facility officially declared
The Daily Independent
By Kenneth Hart
June 18, 2009
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, along with members of the Buckeye State’s congressional delegation and leaders of the companies that will be involved with the multibillion-dollar project, on Thursday officially announced the plant will be constructed on the site of a former uranium enrichment plant between Portsmouth and Chillicothe.
The project is expected to generate thousands of temporary jobs during [read more]
Experts Debate Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Energy
WOSU NPR Newsroom
By Sadie Taylor
June 18, 2009
Ohio State Nuclear Engineering professor Richard Denning specializes in reactor safety and risk analysis. Denning says the safety risks are negligible.
“Somebody that lives within one mile of a nuclear power plant their risk is far less than 0.1% of their risk of just dying in another accident like – in particular – driving their automobile,” says Denning.
Ohio [read more]
Grads should look to nuclear industry
Aiken Standard
By Jeffrey B. Wallace
June 15, 2009
A good bet for those recent graduates of Aiken County’s high schools, however, is something that is right in their own backyards – the nuclear field.
A recent study shows the nuclear field will need 10,000 new skilled workers in the next decade. That comes from a resurgence in the nuclear industry and possibly the first new reactors for [read more]
Nuclear power may sprout
The News Tribune
By Les Blumenthal
June 14, 2009
[Energy Northwest] has asked its 25 utility members to contribute up to $25,000 each for a preliminary study of constructing small, modular, commercial nuclear reactors at the Hanford reservation.
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The federal government is already investing in the nuclear industry, with Congress providing $18.5 billion in loan guarantees in the 2005 version of the energy bill. That would provide [read more]
Louisiana’s two Fortune 500 firms have bet big on nuclear business
The Times-Picayune
By Rebecca Mowbray,
June 14, 2009
Louisiana’s two Fortune 500 companies have bet big on the future of nuclear power.
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“When we talk about activity in the nuclear sector, it’s phenomenal,” J.M. Bernhard Jr., chairman, president and CEO of Shaw said at a June 4 investment conference in New York sponsored by Credit Suisse.
These pushes by Louisiana’s two largest companies mean the nuclear race [read more]
Trades workers want new nuke plant in Oswego
WSYR-TV
June 10, 2009
A hearing in Oswego Wednesday night was held to discuss the environmental impact a fourth power plant at Nine Mile Point would have on the community… “We need a lot of jobs. Jobs need to be coming forward, and this [plant] would be great for all of labor and the local community,” says Dan LaFrance of Painters Local 38.
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[The] the prospect of bringing 4,000 [read more]
Making the Case for Nuclear Energy
Biz Central
By Stephen Gold
June 10, 2009
NEMA had the privilege of hosting a lunch for former Governor and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman the other day. Ms. Whitman is running the Whitman Strategy Group, a consulting firm that specializes in environmental and energy issues. Recognizing NEMA’s significant role these days in energy policy, she visited with us to make the case for the Clean and Safe [read more]
Trades workers want new nuke plant in Oswego
WSYR-TV
June 10, 2009
A hearing in Oswego Wednesday night was held to discuss the environmental impact a fourth power plant at Nine Mile Point would have on the community… “We need a lot of jobs. Jobs need to be coming forward, and this [plant] would be great for all of labor and the local community,” says Dan LaFrance of Painters Local 38.
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[The] the prospect of bringing 4,000 [read more]
Making the Case for Nuclear Energy
Biz Central
By Stephen Gold
June 10, 2009
NEMA had the privilege of hosting a lunch for former Governor and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman the other day. Ms. Whitman is running the Whitman Strategy Group, a consulting firm that specializes in environmental and energy issues. Recognizing NEMA’s significant role these days in energy policy, she visited with us to make the case for the Clean and Safe [read more]
New Tech Could Make Nuclear the Best Weapon Against Climate Change
Discover
By Elizabeth Svoboda
June 8, 2009
Nuclear’s day-in, day-out reliability makes it an essential companion to renewable energy, argues Burton Richter, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics. “The sun doesn’t shine at night, and wind power is highly variable,” he says. “To meet our emissions goals, we’re going to have to grasp every arrow in the quiver, and nuclear is one of those arrows.”
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The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
June 6, 2009
Christine Todd Whitman, former NJ governor, former EPA head and co-chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition (a nuclear power advocacy organization) talks about nuclear energy – and the recent NJ primary.
Job Opportunities in Nukes
CNN’s Energy Fix
June 5, 2009
Christine Todd Whitman, the former NJ Governor and head of the EPA, says a green-light for nuclear could mean higher paying jobs.
Whitman’s Nuclear Ambitions
The former NJ Governor and EPA Director is making a hard push for nuclear to be a broader source of energy in the U.S.
The Washington Journal
CPSAN
June 4, 2009
CASEnergy co-chair Gov. Whitman appeared live on CSPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss nuclear power. Gov. Whitman appears from 01:27:05 to 01:57:36.
The John Gambling Show
WOR 710AM
June 2, 2009
Christie Whitman, Former Governor of NJ and EPA Chairwoman discusses the GOP primary on Tues June 2nd – who does she see winning? Plus: top news and headlines.