Skip to content
  • Scholarships
  • Honors/Awards
  • Nuclear Careers
  • Policy
  • Nuclear News
  • ANS Store
  • Join
  • Donate
  • Sign In
American Nuclear Society
  • About ANS
      • Mission and Vision
      • Society Structure
      • Governance
      • Position Statements
      • Diversity Statement
      • Donate
      • Advertising
      • Join
      • Contact Us
    • About ANS

      ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.

  • About Nuclear
      • Nuclear Science 101
      • Nuclear in Every Classroom
      • Radiation
      • Nuclear Energy
      • Classroom Resources
      • Dose Calculator – How much radiation did I really get?
    • About Nuclear

      Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.

  • Communities
      • Professional Divisions
      • Local Sections/Plant Branches
      • Student Sections
      • Young Members Group
      • Diversity and Inclusion in ANS
    • Division Spotlight

      Operations & Power

      Operations & Power

      Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.

  • Meetings
      • Upcoming Meetings
      • Meeting Calendar
      • Meetings Archive
      • Webinars
      • Resources
    • Meeting Spotlight

      2021 Student Conference

      April 8–10, 2021

      Virtual Meeting

  • Standards
      • What's New
      • Purchase Standards
      • How to Get Involved
      • Resources
      • ICONS
      • Nuclear Standards News
      • Inquiries
      • Errata
    • Standards Program

      Standards

      The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!

  • Publications
      • ANS Library
      • Magazines
      • Journals
      • Books
      • Newsletters
      • Proceedings
      • Transactions
      • Subscriber Access
    • Latest Magazine Issues

      Jan 2021

      Jul 2020

      Latest Journal Issues

      • Nuclear Science and Engineering

        February 2021

      • Nuclear Technology

        January 2021

      • Fusion Science and Technology

        November 2020

  • Newswire
      • Latest News
    • Latest News

      Understanding the ITER Project in the context of global Progress on Fusion

      (photo: ITER Project gangway assembly)

      The promise of hydrogen fusion as a safe, environmentally friendly, and virtually unlimited source of energy has motivated scientists and engineers for decades. For the general public, the pace of fusion research and development may at times appear to be slow. But for those on the inside, who understand both the technological challenges involved and the transformative impact that fusion can bring to human society in terms of the security of the long-term world energy supply, the extended investment is well worth it.

      Failure is not an option.

  • Search
  • Scholarships
  • Honors/Awards
  • Nuclear Careers
  • Policy
  • Nuclear News
  • ANS Store
  • Join
  • Donate
  • Sign In
  • Home
  • Newswire

Newswire

Newswire
  • Latest News
  • Advertise

Nuclear News Weekly

Nuclear News Weekly
  • Sign Up

Topics

Topics
  • Power & Operations
  • Waste Management
  • Research & Applications
  • Fuel
  • Education
  • Supply Chain
  • Nonproliferation
  • Security
  • Isotopes & Radiation
  • Transportation

Sources

Sources
  • Nuclear News
  • Radwaste Solutions
  • ANS News
  • ANS Nuclear Cafe
  • Nuclear Policy Wire
  • Notes and Deadlines
  • ANS Executive Committee
  • Press Releases

Categories

Categories
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Sponsored Content
  • Profile

87th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

ANS Nuclear Cafe
January 15, 2012, 3:24PM|ANS Nuclear Cafe

This post is the collective voice of blogs with legendary names which emerge each week to tell the story of nuclear energy.

If you want to hear the voice of the nuclear renaissance, the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Blogs is where to find it.

Past editions have been hosted at Next Big Future. Yes Vermont Yankee,  Atomic Power Review, ANS Nuclear Cafe, Idaho Samizdat, NEI Nuclear Notes, and CoolHandNuke, as well as several other popular nuclear energy blogs.

The publication of the Carnival each week is part of a commitment by the leading pro-nuclear bloggers in North America that we will speak with a collective voice on the issue of the value of nuclear energy. While we each have our own point of view, we agree that the promise of peaceful uses of the atom remains viable in our own time and for the future.

If you have a pro-nuclear energy blog, and would like to host an edition of the carnival, please contact Brian Wang at Next Big Future to get on the rotation.

This is a great collaborative effort that deserves your support. Please post a Tweet, a Facebook entry, or a link on your Web site or blog to support the carnival.

This week's carnival

Cool Hand Nuke

Areva inks $500 million nuclear fuel deal with Xcel for Monticello - French state-owned nuclear giant Areva signed an integrated fuel and services contract with Xcel Energy to supply the utility's Monticello nuclear generating plant in Minnesota. The contact is worth approximately $500 million for a ten year period of performance.

The deal, which starts in 2015, will cover six re-fuelings of the reactor. Products and services include uranium, conversion, enrichment, fuel design, and fabrication as well as related engineering services. It is the first integrated contract of its type in the U.S. in several decades.

ANS Nuclear Cafe

At the ANS Nuclear Cafe, Suzy Hobbs Baker writes about the new social media phenomenon Pinterest.com, and explores how to better connect and communicate with women about energy issues.

NEI Nuclear Notes

NEI Nuclear Notes has two posts ~ Early in the week, Mark Flanagan, NEI and many others criticized the Department of Interior's decision to ban uranium mining next to the Grand Canyon. The Interior's own environmental impact statements explain that uranium mining is done safely and sustainably and that the Grand Canyon won't be harmed.

The other post to mention is from Victoria Barq detailing the nuclear industry's new FLEX strategy to increase safety based on the lessons learned from Fukushima. The industry presented its strategy to the NRC in a public meeting on Friday. From Victoria:

The FLEX concept is based on how the industry responded to the events of 9/11, in which additional security precautions-such as portable generators, water pumps, hoses and batteries-were put in place to mitigate against "beyond design-basis events," or unlikely events that are considered outside the scope of what a plant should be designed or regulated to withstand.

Idaho Samizdat

New reactor deals for the new year - Dan Yurman writes that Jordan short lists three firms and selects six potential sites for a $5 billion project

Government energy officials completed a site selection study.  The JAEC, which had already selected two sites at Mafraq, 60 km east of Amman, and Aqaba, Red Sea port city, said the criteria for the first two and the other four are safety, seismic stability, and access to cooling water.

Next Big Future - Brian Wang

Toshiba has a device for removing 97% of radioactive material from soil and water at 1.7 tons of soil per day. The rate of treatment will be increased by 100 times to the range of 100-200 tons of soil per day

A team of LLNL researchers has developed the first plastic material capable of efficiently distinguishing neutrons from gamma rays, something not thought possible.  The new technology could assist in detecting nuclear substances such as plutonium and uranium that might be used in improvised nuclear devices by terrorists and could help in detecting neutrons in major scientific projects.

China cleared to buy world's fourth largest uranium deposit which is in Namibia. Liu Tienan, head of NEA, said that China would approve nuclear safety regulations more quickly and speed up revisions of its medium- and long-term plans for nuclear power development.

Yes Vermont Yankee

Meredith Angwin writes ~ The Sixth Lawsuit About Vermont Yankee: Suing For the Cost of Replacement Power - Meredith Angwin follows her "five lawsuits" post with another about the newest lawsuit. Vermont distribution utilities are suing Vermont Yankee for the cost of their replacement power.

VY cut its power output to repair a cooling tower, and the utilities had to buy more expensive power during the repairs.  The utility contracts did NOT require VY to pay replacement power costs. However, in Vermont, mere facts never stand in the way of a lawsuit.

Atomic Insights

Rod Adams writes that David Owen's book, "The Conundrum" comes to the conclusion that there is no way for people to sustain a high energy consumption life-style. He ignores the incredible store of energy inside of uranium and thorium.

Nuke Power Talk

Gail Marcus writes that we have long known about the radioactivity of emissions from coal-fired plants.  Now, Gail Marcus comments on radioactive emissions from yet another fossil fuel.  Among the other problems identified with the process of "fracking" to extract natural gas, they have now been identified with increased releases of radioactive emissions.

# # #

Share:
LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Receive Nuclear SmartBrief
Join ANS Today
Donate Today
American Nuclear Society

Advance, foster, and spur the development and application of nuclear science, engineering, and technology to benefit society.

  • Advertising Opportunities
  • Navigating Nuclear
  • Contact Us
  • FacebookFacebook
  • TwitterTwitter
  • LinkedInLinkedIn
  • InstagramInstagram
  • PinterestPinterest
  • ANSNuclearCafeANSNuclearCafe

© Copyright 2021 American Nuclear Society

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Invoices
  • Media