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Nuclear consultant, Margaret Harding, offers her insights into how smart grid technologies can boost storage capacity on the already constrained US grid network. She also looks at how nuclear's demand response record could actually help solar projects and overall power stability across the US.
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Weekly Intelligence Brief 8 – 15 February 2012
Southern closer to securing $8.3bn DOE loan Companies mentioned: Southern Co., American Centrifuge Project, NNSA, International Energy Agency, Areva, B&W, ATMEA, Toshiba, Andritz, Sulzer Pumps, Flowserve Corporation and KSB Pumps
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Nuclear Energy Insider Policy and Commission Update 8 – 18 February 2012
NRC requests $1.053bn budget Companies mentioned; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Energy Institute, and SCANA
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Nuclear Energy Insider Commission and Policy Update 18 Jan. – 1 February 2012
New seismic model refines, re-evaluates hazards Companies mentioned: Electric Power Research Institute, DOE, NRC, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Byron NPP and Exelon Generation
Industry Insight
Nuclear reactors in a post-Fukushima world:...
With every design investigation, comes improvements, which is making nuclear reactor designers and the respective human resource experts think...
Nuclear Energy Insider Policy and Commission...
DOE pushes ahead with SMR certification Companies mentioned: US Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Research, Nuclear...
Grid investment: could future smart grid policy...
Some experts argue that countries investing in both renewables and nuclear could be pursuing an energy policy of limited use. Could smart grid...
Intelligence Brief
Weekly Intelligence Brief 8 – 15 February 2012
Southern closer to securing $8.3bn DOE loan Companies mentioned: Southern Co., American Centrifuge Project, NNSA, International Energy Agency,...
Nuclear Energy Insider Policy and Commission...
NRC requests $1.053bn budget Companies mentioned; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Energy Institute, and SCANA
Nuclear Energy Insider Commission and Policy...
New seismic model refines, re-evaluates hazards Companies mentioned: Electric Power Research Institute, DOE, NRC, American Society of Mechanical...
Executive viewpoint
Role of nuclear energy in creating smarter US...
Nuclear consultant, Margaret Harding, offers her insights into how smart grid technologies can boost storage capacity on the already constrained US...
Scott MacFarland, SCANA: “It amazes me how little...
Nuclear Energy Insider speaks to Scott Macfarland, Manager, Corporate Workforce Planning at US power company, SCANA.
Jim Sharkey, EPRI: "a vibration analyst may...
Jim Sharkey, Senior Project Manager of Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), writes on the correct set of responses that should be taken in...
Press releases
Progress Discuss the Importance of Long Term...
This week Nuclear Energy Insider spoke with Jim Holt, General Manager for Nuclear Outages and Upgrade Services at Progress Energy, to examine the key...
Multi-$Billion Long Term Operation projects are...
Under the executive sponsorship of SCANA as the host utility, the Long Term Operations and Aging Management Conference is set to take place in the 23...
NUCLEAR POWER UPRATE MEETING TO SELL-OUT DUE TO...
On the 16-17 June, Charlotte North Carolina will play host to the 2nd Annual Nuclear Power Uprate Conference. This meeting has already generated...
Podcasts
Gail Marcus: MENA holds unique regional advantage for nuclear power programmes
Nuclear Energy Insider speaks with industry veteran and author, Gail Marcus, on the challenges and opportunities ahead for the Middle East and North Africa’s nuclear energy programmes.
Nathan Ives, E&Y: Responding to Black Swan Events at a nuclear power facility
Nathan Ives, a Senior Manager in Ernst & Young’s Advisory Services practice, highlights processes that can be put in place to best respond to a black swan event, much like the one experienced this year in Japan.
Upcoming Events
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Feb 23, 2012 - Feb 24, 2012Marriott Downtown, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Featured Articles
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Role of nuclear energy in creating smarter US grid networks
Nuclear consultant, Margaret Harding, offers her insights into how smart grid technologies can boost storage capacity on the already constrained US grid network. She also looks at how nuclear's demand response record could actually help solar projects and overall power stability across the US.
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Nuclear reactors in a post-Fukushima world: moving the safety envelope to the edge
With every design investigation, comes improvements, which is making nuclear reactor designers and the respective human resource experts think outside the box.
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Grid investment: could future smart grid policy hurt nuclear's new build agenda?
Some experts argue that countries investing in both renewables and nuclear could be pursuing an energy policy of limited use. Could smart grid policy inadvertently kick nuclear power ambitions out of the equation? New reactor technology and O&M could give us the answer.
