Welcome to the 38th Carnival of Nuclear Energy. For those not familiar, the Carnival is a weekly compilation of blog coverage of the world’s most powerful and important energy source. I’m pleased to host this week’s offerings, which are from Dan Yurman of Idaho Samizdat Nuke Notes, Meredith Angwin of Yes Vermont Yankee, Charles...
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Fragile pro-nuclear consensus emerges in U.S., but wait for the green/gas counterattack
Jacques Besnainou, CEO of Areva North America, on Monday applauded the Obama administration’s decision in February to award federal nuclear loan guarantees to The Southern Company. Southern will use the guarantees to borrow US$3.4 billion to build two Westinghouse AP 1000 reactors in Georgia. Yes, the head of a French company is happy to see...
Doomsday Clock reset to six minutes before midnight: breathe easy, people of East and South Asia
Over the last couple days I have participated in a very interesting discussion on the relevance of proliferation concerns to the renaissance in civilian nuclear energy. This closely preceded the announcement, a few minutes ago, by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that the hands of its famous “Doomsday Clock” have been reset from 5 to...
McCain’s jab: presidential hopeful touts cap and trade in the fight against climate change
U.S. presidential candidate John McCain talked up energy and the environment in a campaign speech in Ottawa this afternoon. Climate climate figured prominently in his speech. McCain called for cap and trade as an effective way to reduce carbon emissions, underscoring the importance of the first punch in the decisive one-two combination that will...
India’s nuclear expansion: climate change and the Great Game
Climate change and nuclear weapons proliferation are the biggest dangers facing humanity. The two issues are inextricably and dramatically linked in the U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal. In its drive to industrialize, India will need enormous amounts of electricity. As in many other major economies in the world, most of India’s new power will come...
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