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Millstone reactor up and running
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AEHI Gets Favorable Decision for Its Nuclear Site From Elmore County
Nov 19 - MARKETWIRE - Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AEHI): In somewhat of a reversal from last year, the Elmore County Planning and Zoning Commission voted last night to move forward with amending its comprehensive plan so AEHI could rezone land for a proposed nuclear plant. More...
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Drill tests nuclear plant's crisis plan
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AEHI Optimistic About Hearing This Week for New Idaho Nuclear Plant Site
Nov 17 - MARKETWIRE - Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AEHI): AEHI's Comprehensive Plan amendment application hearing in Payette County, Idaho for the development of a nuclear power plant is currently scheduled for November 19. More...
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The Future of Commercial Atomic Power -- A Case for Nationalization

By Jim McInvale
Commercial atomic power was the moniker used when the current generation of nuclear plants were built. Distrust grew as the public mind fused the concepts of atomic power and atom bombs, and questioned the ability more...
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Deeper Thoughts Than Usual About Nuclear Energy

By Ferdinand E. Banks
Perhaps the most straightforward reasoning in favour of nuclear-based electricity is in the non-technical article of Rhodes and Beller (2000). They say that "Because diversity and redundancy are important for safety and security, renewable energy more...
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Nuclear Industry Leadership at the Crossroads

By J.K. August
After the Three Mile Island (TMI) at Unit 2 accident on March 28, 1979, President Carter launched an investigation. He chartered a commission to examine the accident's causes and recommend changes. more...
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An Unexpected Solution to our Energy and Climate Crises

By Michael Keller
The global need for environmentally clean yet inexpensive and reliable energy is a problem that has yet to find a solution. more...
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Did Delays Kill GE Nuclear?

By J.K. August
For years, General Electric (GE's) commercial success came from being one or two in its markets. Today, GE is Number 3 in nuclear design. Cancelled contracts for its Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) push more...
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