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| NRC fines NextEra’s FPL for nuke plant violations BusinessWeek The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has fined NextEra Energy Inc.’s Florida Power and Light Co. $140000 for safety violations at its Turkey Point nuclear plant south of Miami. The civil penalty levied Tuesday stems from the utility’s failure to report … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Nuclear plant approval helps state Greenville News There is no doubt that there is risk associated with nuclear power plants. However, the United States nuclear power industry has worked hard to mitigate that risk here. It learns from accidents in other parts of the world such as the one at the … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Closing down Vermont Yankee in best interest of the people BurlingtonFreePress.com She simply appears angry that she disagrees with a majority of us Vermonters, our Legislature and our attorney general. Nuclear power plants are extremely dangerous. They threaten our planet’s existence, and a 2005 National Academy of Sciences’ … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Scoundrels Assail Gunter Grass Truths Bay Area Indymedia Israel’s nuclear armed and dangerous. A previous article discussed it. Portions are repeated below to explain what’s vital to know. In his 1991 book, “The Samson Option: Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal and America Foreign Policy,” Seymour Hersh discussed its … See all stories on this topic » |
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| Judge sends Burlington man who calls himself the Messiah back to prison BurlingtonFreePress.com Nuclear power plants are extremely dangerous. They threaten our planet’s existence, and a 2005…- 8:08 pm A Burlington man released into a local group home last August after 19 years of incarceration at federal psychiatric hospitals was ordered to … See all stories on this topic » |
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| China’s test is to stop North Korea going ballistic The Australian CONFIRMATION that North Korea will attempt to launch an experimental “satellite”, possibly as early as this week, heightens political tensions in Asia and reminds us that ballistic missile proliferation remains a key strategic concern for the region. See all stories on this topic » |
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| DARPA: Build us robots that drive — and use power tools CNET A key goal: Let humanoid robots, not fleshy humans, enter danger zones. by Martin LaMonica April 10, 2012 7:40 AM PDT Follow @mlamonica DARPA’s Robotics Challenge is a contest to design robots for dangerous disaster relief situations from natural or … See all stories on this topic » |
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Oil Price Daily News Update
Oil Price Daily News Update
- Keystone XL Takes Center Stage in Maine(?)
- Croatian Environmental Projects Take a Bribery Hit
- Greece: Oil Smuggling Helps Define the ‘Parliamentary Mafiocracy’
- End Game for Hugo Chavez, What Next for Venezuela?
- The Inevitability of the Nuclear Age
- As Mali Risks Regional Stability, No One Is Asking the Right Questions
- Ford Looks at Increasing the Quantity of Ethanol in Fuel
- Ahmadinejad Claims Iran can Survive Two to Three Years under Oil Sanctions
- Chile’s Acceptance as a Developed Nation is Hampered by its Energy Problems
- How Urbanisation will Change in the Future
Keystone XL Takes Center Stage in Maine(?)
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:12 PM PDT
Maine lawmakers last month quietly passed a non-binding resolution backing the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline. The pipeline has become political fodder during the U.S. presidential campaign season and the Maine Senate, along partisan lines, said it was time to lend its voice to the contentious debate. Left out of the Senate debate, however, were controversial plans for a similar pipeline planned to deliver oil to ports in their very own state. And it’s an election year. For critics of U.S. President Barack Obama, the Keystone XL has…Croatian Environmental Projects Take a Bribery Hit
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:08 PM PDT
In the Manichean struggle between the forces of light and dark, energy companies are frequently portrayed as accomplices to Darth Vader with their disregard of the environmentalists, whilst everyone else cheers on those allying themselves with Mother Nature. But, sad to say, sometimes environmentalists, particularly those in government, can fall prey to practices more identified with energy issues, like bribery. Such a case is now wending its way through Croatia’s courts, with Zagreb being regaled with tales of high level embezzlement and…Greece: Oil Smuggling Helps Define the ‘Parliamentary Mafiocracy’
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:05 PM PDT
Oil smuggling is embedded into the social, political and economic fabric of Greece, with annual revenues generated from illegal fuel smuggling reaching €3 billion euros as of 2008, and some sources say that although Greece imports up to 99 percent of its fuel needs, it still manages to export more than it imports. Greece thrives on its shipping industry and one of its main contraband markets is petroleum. Greek regulations have shipping oil priced at one-third the price of automotive and home heating oil. In response, smugglers transform…End Game for Hugo Chavez, What Next for Venezuela?
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:00 PM PDT
The current health of Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chavez can best be described as parlous. The health of the leader of Latin America’s self proclaimed Bolivarian revolution has enormous global implications, even as the American press regards it as a minor diversion somewhere below March Madness. Why should American’s care? Well, for a start, according to the U.S. Energy Administration, the United States total crude oil imports now average 9.033 million barrels per day (mbpd), with the top five exporting countries being Canada (2.666…The Inevitability of the Nuclear Age
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 11:49 AM PDT
I am firmly convinced that one of the best investment opportunities in the world today is in nuclear power. In this article I will discuss why that is, and how one can go about making such investments. The first point to be made in any discussion of a coming nuclear renaissance is that peak oil is real. In other words, oil production will continue to decline over the next couple decades, at a time when population and energy demand are rising. This creates a situation in which the energy market is being hit on both ends: on the supply side, oil…As Mali Risks Regional Stability, No One Is Asking the Right Questions
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 11:40 AM PDT
A lot has happened in Mali in less than three weeks’ time. Renegade soldiers have declared a coup d’état; Touareg separatists have carved out their own state the size of France in the country’s north; the president has formally resigned; elections have been promised within 40 days; and a handful of Algerian diplomats have been kidnapped. All of this has happened to the surprise of Malians, Mali’s neighbors, the entire African community and Western Intelligence. The media across the board has provided us with the “news”…Ford Looks at Increasing the Quantity of Ethanol in Fuel
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 11:38 AM PDT
A team of researchers from Ford Motor Company are asserting in a paper published in the journal Fuel that “substantial societal benefits” would arrive for consumers by using higher volume blends of ethanol to leverage the alcohol’s inherent high octane rating to produce ethanol-gasoline blends with higher octane numbers. Octane numbers measure in scale the ability of a fuel to resist “knock” an ignition event resulting from premature fuel burning in spark-ignited engines. The early ignition drives the piston…Ahmadinejad Claims Iran can Survive Two to Three Years under Oil Sanctions
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 11:35 AM PDT
The European Union and US sanctions against Iran, intended to limit its oil exports and put the nation under economic pressure, will soon take full effect. They have been established in an attempt to force the cessation of uranium enrichment which the West fears is aimed at developing nuclear weapons; although Iran protests that their intentions are peaceful. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently stated that the wide-ranging sanctions against Iran could its oil exports by as much as 1 million barrels per day (40% of total production).…Chile’s Acceptance as a Developed Nation is Hampered by its Energy Problems
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 11:34 AM PDT
In 2010 Chile had a GDP per capita of $15,400, far more than most of its neighbours and a sign that it could be become one of the first Latin American nations to become a fully developed country. However it faces a major obstacle before it could hope to achieve this status; the fact that it has been struggling to fulfil its energy needs. In September 2010, nearly 60 percent of the Chilean population found themselves without electricity due to a blackout caused by the inability to match the power supply to demand. The blackout left the country’s…How Urbanisation will Change in the Future
Posted: 10 Apr 2012 11:21 AM PDT
In 2009, the percentage of the planet’s population living in urban areas crossed the 50% threshold…this year the population of the world’s cities will grow by a further 65 million people, equal in size to the total population of France…As recently as 1990 the United States had the highest number of one million plus inhabitant urban agglomerations globally with a total of 33….by the year 2020 China will lead the world with 121 followed by India with 58…Remarkably, in 2009 China generated some 40.9% of GDP…You are subscribed to email updates from OilPrice.com Daily News Update
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World Nuclear News
10 April 2012NEW NUCLEAR: Chinese reactor enters commercial operation
Unit 4 at China’s Qinshan Phase II has begun commercial operation. The announcement marks the successful conclusion of the project to add two more indigenously-designed units at the plant in Zhejiang province.REGULATION & SAFETY: Restart decisions rest with politicians
Members of the Japanese cabinet have met publicly to discuss restarting reactors while the country’s crisis of confidence in nuclear safety continues. At the centre of debate is the potential restart of two reactors at Kansai Electric Power Company’s Ohi plant.NUCLEAR POLICIES: Japan-UK nuclear cooperation framework
British prime minister David Cameron met with his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda in Toyko today as part of a trade mission. The leaders renewed their commitment to nuclear cooperation as begun in the 1960s.5 April 2012
REGULATION & SAFETY: Fires trigger shutdown at Penly
EDF reported two fires in the reactor building of Penly 2, which shut down automatically on detection of smoke.Copyright © 2012 World Nuclear Association, All rights reserved.Our mailing address is:World Nuclear AssociationCarlton House, 22a St James’s SquareLondon, Westminster SW1Y4JH
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Oil Price Daily News Update
Oil Price Daily News Update
- Cheaper Gas for your SUV, Wade through the Politics
- Why America’s Missing Out on the Billion-Dollar Global LNG Game
- Intelligence Report: Why Prospects of an Israel Iran Conflict Remain Low
- How the UK Could Receive 60% of Electricity from Renewables by 2020
- Gold Bugs – Keep An Eye On The Canadian Dollar To Keep Confidence
Cheaper Gas for your SUV, Wade through the Politics
Posted: 08 Apr 2012 08:06 AM PDT
Gas will play a significant role in the November election in the United States, and though there has been a recent gain in biofuels that could lead to some progress at the pump very soon, most economists predict that prices will remain high throughout the summer.The average US consumer will be guided by a bombardment of gas-related campaign advertisements, which flaunt a number of misnomers on both sides. The consumer/voter might also consider that spending on gas represents only a small percentage of consumer spending: In January, for instance,…Why America’s Missing Out on the Billion-Dollar Global LNG Game
Posted: 08 Apr 2012 07:59 AM PDT
The fast-growing Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) market is creating serious wealth around the world. So who is profiting the most right now – and who will profit most in the coming years?In short, it’s Australia. The country is already the #4 exporter of LNG in the world. Seven new plants are in various stages of planning and development – That translates to roughly $200 billion in capital investment… and an enormous number of jobs.Now let’s look at the U.S. in the context of LNG. America as you probably know produces massive amounts…Intelligence Report: Why Prospects of an Israel Iran Conflict Remain Low
Posted: 08 Apr 2012 07:55 AM PDT
Global security concerns continued, in early April 2012, to be geared around the possibility of armed conflict between Iran and Israel, an issue hedged by a range of other conflicts and issues. The actual prospect of such a conflict, however, remained extremely low, for a variety of reasons, despite the near hysteria of media, and even poorly-reasoned reporting from “professional” intelligence agencies.The ostensible cause of the potential conflict remained the nominal determination of key Western states to ensure that Iran did not…How the UK Could Receive 60% of Electricity from Renewables by 2020
Posted: 08 Apr 2012 07:49 AM PDT
This seemingly optimistic scenario is very much a possibility according to a report by WWF, so what will it take for us to get ahead of the game now and make it a reality? It’s 2030, and the UK is a world leader in green energy, sourcing more than 60% of its electricity from renewables. Given that the 2010 figure was just 7%, this may seem an unlikely scenario. Not so, says WWF, in a new report. Positive Energy argues that it is within the technical potential of renewables to meet between 60 and 90% of the UK’s electricity demand by…Gold Bugs – Keep An Eye On The Canadian Dollar To Keep Confidence
Posted: 08 Apr 2012 07:42 AM PDT
It hasn’t been the best of days for the gold bug community (of which I am proud to be a member). While we did open 2012 at $1564 — and thus are up around 4% year-to-date — the fear still persists, with rumors that the September 5, 2011 high of $1,920 is a top that will not be revisited for some time, if at all. The PDAC show revealed that our own industry was concerned about fundraising for future mining operations. Mainstream journalists like Joe Weisenthal are making fun of us.All those are contrarian indicators, of course, and the fact that…You are subscribed to email updates from OilPrice.com Daily News Update
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