New Nuclear Race in USA

Here's a slide I'll be discussing in my next episode. It outlines a simplified version of the nuclear plant licensing and construction process in the USA, along with time estimates for each major step. I've also included a summary of the financial incentives contained in the new Energy Bill, and a current status of compaies who are talking about new construction.

Hope you join us on the show!

This Week in Nuclear - Episode 4 - January 15, 2006

PodCast Episode 4

Show Notes from this week's show:

• The Problem with Iran
• Lithuania wants to keep their RBMK reactor running longer
• Harry Reid and John Ensign, and their nutty "Take Title" Bill
• Hillary singles out Indian Point for political gain
• Seabrook gets a license extension
• Vermont Yankee 20% power up-rate passes important milestone
• An overview of the Canadian nuclear industry
• Growing support for new nuclear plants in UK
• Ukraine talks of enriching their own fuel
• Borselle gets a license extension
• More opinions on why governments are reluctant to support nuclear energy

The Aljazeera News Story on Iran

I tried to fit in some discussion of the incentives contained in the US Energy Bill, but I ran out of time. We'll cover thant next week!

Here's some "recommended reading" (on the right side of the page).

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