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Alstom CEO: Nuclear rebirth slow but 'just a question of time'
Feb 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Mike Pare Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn. - The so-called nuclear renaissance has been slow to power up, but Alstom's chief in the United States said Monday he expects "it's just a question of time." More...
Second uranium mine on deck
Feb 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Cyndy Cole The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff - Several months from now, miners could set to work pulling uranium from underground at a mine about an hour from Flagstaff, over the ardent objections of some. More...
Chu, Portman discuss uranium enrichment
Feb 20 - Westville Reporter - For over three years, USEC Inc. has attempted to get the U.S. Department of Energy to approve a $2 billion loan guarantee so USEC and its partners, Toshiba and Babcock & Wilcox, could continue to move forward with the American Centrifuge Project at Piketon. More...
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Speakers at UWM seminar promote nuclear power
Feb 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Thomas Content Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Despite its challenges, including responding to last year's disaster in Japan, nuclear power needs to be part of the nation's energy mix in the years ahead, speakers at a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee seminar said Thursday. More...
Tiny lapses found at Comanche Peak nuclear plant
Feb 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Barry Shlachter Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas - Federal inspectors found six minor violations at the Comanche Peak Power Plant, while its operator self-disclosed two additional lapses at the Glen Rose facility, 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth. More...
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Nuclear-Based Electricity and Economic Theory

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