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FACTBOX-What happens to spent nuclear fuel? | Reuters
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GE.N) (6501.T) has proposed an alternative nuclear fuel recycling system, which could reduce radioactive waste and avoid extraction of plutonium that can be used for making weapons.
Nuclear experts say while the proposed Advanced Recycling Center (ARC) could help to solve some of the biggest worries as more countries build nuclear reactors, high costs are drawbacks.
Here is what is happens about spent nuclear fuel at present:
-- What happens to spent nuclear fuel?
Reportlinker Adds Nuclear Energy Report, ed.2, 2009 Report | Reuters
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Nuclear Energy Report, ed.2, 2009 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0109389/Nuclear-Energy-Report-ed2-2009.html Nuclear power is on an ascendant path, after years of stagnation. The environmental fight against fossil fuels is heating up. As informed people start to ask questions about what renewables will be able to achieve, nuclear power is re-entering the picture. The report looks at the global nuclear energy market, past, present and future. It also looks at the countries now considering Nuclear Power, including those considering it for the first time and several countries which are reinstating its use. This report provides country profiles of nuclear use and future plans, statistics of nuclear energy and power, the nuclear fuel cycle and supply, the safety and environmental issues and the history and economics.The nuclear power utilities and nuclear power manufacturing companies are as listed as are the international associations and organisations. The Nuclear Power Report provides a global overview and comprehensive data.
FACTBOX: Who are the world's nuclear powers? | Special Coverage | Reuters
U.S. President Barack Obama is chairing an historic meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that called on nations with nuclear weapons to scrap their deadly arsenals.
Here are some details of official and unofficial nuclear powers and their weapon stocks:
OFFICIAL NUCLEAR POWERS:
* UNITED STATES: According to the counting rules in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), as of January 2009 the United States had an estimated 5,200 nuclear warheads and 2,700 operationally deployed warheads (2,200 strategic and 500 nonstrategic).
FACTBOX: The International Nuclear Event Scale | Green Business | Reuters
More than 20 years after the Chernobyl disaster, public fear of nuclear power remains strong.
But nuclear accidents are very rare and the industry is one of the most tightly regulated, with a global system of measuring the threat posed to public safety.
The International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) was designed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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ACCIDENTS
LEVEL 7 - MAJOR ACCIDENT - External release of a large part of the radioactive material in a large facility like a power reactor, threatening serious health effects; delayed health problems over a wide area, possibly involving several countries; long-term environmental consequences.
Example: The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, caused widespread environmental and human health problems.
LEVEL 6 - SERIOUS ACCIDENT - Large external release of radioactive material, likely to result in full use of emergency measures to limit serious health problems.
Example: The 1957 accident at the Kyshtym reprocessing plant in the Soviet Union, now Russia, led to a large off-site release. Emergency measures including evacuation of the population were taken.
NRC: A Short History of Fire Safety Research Sponsored by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1975-2008 (NUREG/BR-0364)
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FR: List of DOE facilities covered by the EEOICPA
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Employment Standards Administration, Labor. ACTION: Notice of revision of listing of covered Department of Energy facilities. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) is publishing a list of Department of Energy (DOE) facilities covered under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended (EEOICPA). This notice revises the listing of DOE facilities that was included as part of the list of covered facilities last published by DOE on August 23, 2004 (69 FR 51825) to include the determinations made by OWCP on this subject through June 23, 2009.
FACTBOX: European nuclear plant life extensions | Green Business | Reuters
Most nuclear power plants have a nominal design lifetime of up to 40 years but many have been approved to operate for longer.
The possibility of component replacement and extending the lifetimes of existing plants are very attractive to utilities, especially given lingering public opposition to constructing new nuclear plants, while some governments see them as a way of limiting carbon emissions and power price rises.
But economic, regulatory and political considerations have led to the premature closure of some power reactors.
Below are details of those plants that have been granted life extensions in Europe:
Dallas Morning News: Nuclear Power 101: What all those unintelligible letters and numbers mean
Nuclear, coal, natural gas - they're all just different ways of heating water. But oh, those differences.\n\nAs Luminant and anti-nuclear activists duke it out during the next few years over Luminant's proposed expansion of its Comanche Peak nuclear plant, the jargon of nuclear power isn't likely to penetrate the public consciousness without help.\n\nIn the interest of general enlightenment, here's the first of an occasional series we might call Nuclear Power 101.\n\nToday's topic: Catching up with nuclear reactor designs.
EEOICPA PDF FactSheet (database lists)
The Office of Former Worker Screening Program (FWP) has developed a list of records that are essential for DOE to fulfill its role under EEOICPA and FWP.
FACTB0X-U.S. states with renewable power targets | Industries | Industrials, Materials & Utilities | Reuters
Twenty-nine of the 50 U.S. states have established a required minimum amount of electricity generation that must come from renewable sources like wind and solar power, called a Renewable Portfolio Standard or RPS.
Another five states have "renewable goals" which are considered voluntary and do not penalize utilities for not meeting the goals.
The District of Columbia also has an RPS.
California's utility regulator, the Public Utilities Commission, issued a report on Friday that showed that requiring a third of the power delivered in the state be made from renewable sources of energy will increase electricity retail costs by 7 percent more than having a 20 percent RPS goal. [ID:nN1275374]
FACTBOX: Key facts about Spain's nuclear power stations | Green Business | Reuters
Spain's nuclear regulator CSN on Friday recommended that the Garona plant may renew its operating permit for another 10 years on safety grounds, newspaper online reports said.
The government has the final say and must decide by July 5.
Permits to operate another six of Spain's eight nuclear plants are up for renewal in the next two years, or within the mandate of a government that has vowed to phase them out.
Following are some key facts about Spain's eight nuclear power stations.
The Cost of Energy » Blog Archive » Document alert: Renewable Energy Trends 2007
The US Dept. of Energy/EIA has released the 2007 edition of Renewable Energy Trends:
The report, Renewable Energy Trends in Consumption and Electricity, 2007, provides an overview and tables with historical data spanning as far back as 1989 through 2007 on renewable energy consumption and electricity.
As always, you can download the whole report from the above page in one PDF or grab individual chapters, data in Excel spreadsheets, etc.
WMICentral - Payments available to those exposed to radiation
Congress passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act providing for compassionate payments to individuals who contracted certain cancers and other serious diseases as a result of their exposure to radiation released during above-ground nuclear weapons tests or as a result of their exposure to radiation during employment in underground uranium mines.
Northern Arizona RESEP (Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program) through North Country HealthCare is set up to provide education to the public concerning the effects of nuclear radiation due to nuclear fallout or nuclear materials such as uranium.
Nuclear Knowledge at the Click of a Button
The IAEA is making its International Nuclear Information System (INIS) available for free to Internet users around the world. INIS is the world’s leading database on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology.
Following a pilot test project, free, open and unrestricted access to the INIS Online Database is now available from the INIS homepage to all internet users worldwide. No registration is required.
FACTBOX: What is the Non-Proliferation Treaty? | Reuters
U.S. President Barack Obama set out his vision for a world free of nuclear weapons on Sunday, vowing to involve all states with atomic weapons in the process of reducing arsenals.
Obama also said North Korea had broken the rules with a rocket launch earlier on Sunday and called on Pyongyang to abandon its efforts to acquire nuclear weapons.
Russia and the United States said on Saturday they would start talks on a new deal to cut nuclear warheads before the end of the month. On Wednesday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Obama agreed to pursue a new arms deal, in accordance with U.S. and Russian obligations in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Here are some key facts about the treaty, regarded as the cornerstone of global efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons:
* PURPOSE OF THE NPT:
The Cost of Energy » Blog Archive » Top 50 blogs shaping the energy debate
Construction Management Degree has posted a list of The Top 50 Blogs Shaping the Energy Debate. The list is divided into categories — General, Alternative, Environmental, Coal, Oil, and Corporate — and includes numerous sites that I suspect TCOE readers would find interesting.
And yes, TCOE made the list.
NRC: Archive of NRC's video meetings
This is an archive of the NRC's webcast video meetings.
They start in November of 2007 to date.
FACTBOX-Japan's nuclear power plant construction plans | Reuters
The table below shows the status of Japan's new nuclear power generators that are slated to start operations over the coming years.
Capacities are shown in megawatts. "P" represents planned
commercial operations.
FACTBOX-Proposed U.S. nuclear plant licenses | Reuters
The weak global economy and frozen
credit markets are cutting the size of the first wave of what
has been billed as a renaissance for U.S. nuclear power.
Since 2007, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has
accepted applications for the construction and operation of 26
new reactors.
Is wind power worth it? Find out online | Energy and Fuel
Not sure whether a wind turbine on your property would generate enough energy to be worth the effort? Stew no more: the Carbon Trust has launched a new “Wind Yield Estimation Tool” on its Website.
The tool lets users calculate their annual mean wind speed, potential energy generation and carbon savings based on postcode, landscape and type of wind turbine.
According to the Carbon Trust, the tool is the “most rigorous of its kind” and is based on 30 years of data from the Met Office’s 220 weather stations.
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