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A weekly summary of energy and climate issues. We feature updates from the Legislature and state agencies, Idaho's utilities and regulators, and topical clean energy developments in Idaho and the Northwest - all designed to help you follow and participate in Idaho energy issues.


 

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Thursday, January 31, 2008
State Subsidies for Uranium Enrichment Plant Would be an Insult to Idahoans
By @ 4:36 PM :: 991 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Reprocessing, Plutonium-238, SRA News Releases, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Idaho’s state leaders have no business using taxpayer money to try to lure a French government-controlled uranium enrichment plant to Idaho, the Snake River Alliance said Thursday.
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Monday, July 23, 2007
No to nukes
By @ 2:58 PM :: 850 Views :: 2 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Reprocessing, Clean and Renewable Energy, Nuclear Waste and Contamination, Nuclear Weapons, Energy Intelligence News Releases
JAPAN SEES NUCLEAR POWER as a solution to global warming, but it's paying a price. Last week, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake caused dozens of problems at the world's biggest nuclear plant, leading to releases of radioactive elements into the air and ocean and an indefinite shutdown.
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Meeting on nuke waste storage plan threatens to melt down
By sstamper @ 4:45 PM :: 794 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Reprocessing
Over 50 local residents and activists grilled a member of the nuclear-energy industry Thursday night in Athens over a controversial proposal to reuse spent nuclear fuel rods at the former uranium enrichment site in Piketon, Ohio.
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Rocky Barker's blog: INL chief misses chance to get nuclear converts
By sstamper @ 11:29 AM :: 694 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Reprocessing
Idaho National Laboratory Director John Grossenbacher spoke to a packed house Monday at the Boise City Club about the upcoming resurgence of nuclear power.
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
GNEP: Nuclear wolf in sheeps clothing (VIDEO)
By jmaxand @ 9:52 AM :: 1871 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Reprocessing, Nuclear Waste and Contamination, Nuclear Weapons, Bruneau nuclear reactor
WATCH: an interview with experts addressing GNEP through the failed history of reprocessing in the US and abroad.
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Durbin changes opinion about nuclear plant
By sstamper @ 1:13 PM :: 701 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Reprocessing
METROPOLIS, Ill. - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has withdrawn his support of efforts to lure a nuclear waste recycling facility in Paducah, Ky., saying that he now has concerns about safety.
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
S.C. House says no to nuclear waste plan
By sstamper @ 4:01 PM :: 710 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Reprocessing
COLUMBIA -- A Utah company's push to dump more nuclear waste in Barnwell County suffered a crippling defeat Wednesday that some legislators called historic in its message to the nation: South Carolina wants out of the nuclear waste disposal business after three decades of owning a landfill for the country's radioactive garbage.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Nuke research in Idaho? Sure, if it’s safe
By sstamper @ 11:09 AM :: 766 Views :: 1 Comments :: :: Reprocessing
The huge research facilities proposed by the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership are not your father’s nightmare.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Oregon hearing unleashes objections
By sstamper @ 10:28 AM :: 736 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Reprocessing
HOOD RIVER, Ore. -- Oregon has strong objections to using the Hanford nuclear reservation to reprocess spent commercial nuclear fuel, a state official said Monday night
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Idaho's next nuclear opportunity
By sstamper @ 10:19 AM :: 683 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Reprocessing
America's best chance at a nuclear renaissance involves finding ways to efficiently recover spent fuel and reduce the waste headed to a repository. Idaho should be at the vanguard of that work, writes Mike Simpson.
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