Archive for November, 2011
CASEnergy Tours Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Facility in Maryland
CASEnergy worked with Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG) to organize a tour of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear facility in Maryland on Nov. 2 for the coalition’s Business, Labor and Minority Steering Committee members. The two-hour long tour included a presentation and question-and-answer session with the facility’s staff and a walkthrough of the secure access area led by the facility’s manager of safety and security. For many, this was the first time to [read more]
CASEnergy Tours Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Facility in Maryland
All photos courtesy of Constellation Energy Nuclear Group
CASEnergy Co-Chair Dr. Patrick Moore: Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States
On Tuesday and Wednesday, November 15-16, I met with national media outlets, leaders in the academic and environmental sector, and our nation’s future generation of nuclear energy employees in and around the Washington, D.C. area. In those meetings, I stressed the important role of nuclear given America’s increasing demand for energy and how it will enhance our nation’s energy security and economic growth in the future.
Bottom line, nuclear energy is [read more]
North Anna Nuclear Facility Approved to Return Online
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the industry’s independent regulator, has given Dominion Virginia Power the green light to restart the North Anna Power Station just outside of Richmond following the earthquake that occurred just miles from the facility this summer.
After the East Coast earthquake on Aug. 23, North Anna safely shut down and diesel generators powered safety systems, as designed, until off-site power was restored the next day. The NRC set aside ample time [read more]
CASEnergy co-chair Christine Todd Whitman: “Nuclear power needs to remain central to our energy mix”
In an op-ed for The Hill, CASEnergy co-chair Christine Todd Whitman writes that moving forward with the next generation of new nuclear energy facilities will ensure economic prosperity and the continued development of sustainable energy in the U.S. She highlights nuclear energy’s ability to ensure affordable, environmentally clean, reliable and safe supply of electricity to homes and business across the country 24/7.
Gov. Whitman writes:
Today, a total of 104 nuclear reactors are [read more]
Should the U.S. Invest More In Nuclear? MIT Professor Says Yes
Need to Know, a PBS program which looks into important issues facing Americans today, recently looked into the question “Should the U.S. invest more, not less, in nuclear energy?” To help answer this question, PBS sat down with Dr. Richard Lester, the head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT.
Lester points to the fact that nuclear energy is an option that is essential for the U.S. [read more]
CASEnergy Co-Chair Christine Todd Whitman Voices Her Support of Clean, Safe, Reliable Nuclear Energy in New Op-ed
On Nov. 5, Diario Las Americas, the second-largest Spanish-language paper in Miami-Dade County, published an op-ed penned by CASEnergy co-chair Christine Todd Whitman. In her piece, Gov. Whitman outlines the steps the industry is taking to ensure nuclear energy facility safety and security, reinforced the need for the U.S. to continue incorporating nuclear energy in its portfolio of clean energy options, and highlighted the long-term career opportunities available in the nuclear industry [read more]
