All Posts Tagged With: "nuclear power"
Nuclear Industry Vows Japan Lessons Will Make Reactors ‘Even Safer’
Would nuclear power plants along the West Coast — where several experts are predicting will be the next location for a ‘big one’ — be able to withstand earthquakes in that range? Not if you go by the industry’s current design criteria, which is about 7.5+, well below the 9.0 disaster in Japan.
14Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedNuclear Could Be a Baseload Answer Says Expert
“We can bring nuclear energy back. We need it. It’s the only base load replacement we have for fossil fuel.” The keynote speaker for the 2011 EnergyBiz Leadership Forum in Washington DC next month also says the nation’s innovation edge will keep us ahead of China.
14Jan2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedWill Colorado Get a Nuclear Plant?
Executives from an independent nuclear power plant developer visited the state last week to meet with a number of key county and state leaders to determine support for a combination nuclear and solar power plant in Pueblo County.
30Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedAt Issue –
Energy Policy Needs To Be Science-Based
Colorado already is a sacrifice area from uranium exploration, mining, milling and dumping, yet we have no one qualified to inspect, monitor or act on water, chemical or toxic pollution or illnesses. We have 3,000 abandoned, ignored uranium mines.
23Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedUpdates
>> Xcel Wants Nuclear Option
>> CSU Pushes Wind Project Despite Opposition
>> Colorado Building Thousands of Net-Zero Homes
>> Green Groups Change Strategies at Capitol
>> U.S. Drilling Count Down Again
Support for Nuclear Energy Remains Near Historically High Level New Survey Finds
The survey showed that majorities of Americans are willing to see existing nuclear energy facilities expanded, believe that the United States “should definitely build more nuclear power plant in the future,” and support federal incentives to build nuclear, wind and solar facilities to meet future electricity demand.
27Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
