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Developer shelves plan for nuclear power plant

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (The Associated Press) - Aug 17  A developer is dropping plans for a nuclear power plant near Ester. > > John Reeves said signals from federal nuclear regulators > ... read more

New battery could change world, one house at a time

 ASHLEY FRANSCELL/Daily Herald Ceramatec President Ashok V. Joshi and his team John Gordon (from left to right), John Watkins, Grover Coors and Anthony Nickens at Ceramatec in Salt Lake City. The ... read more

Retrofits Juice Up Old Nuke Reactors

Aug 14 - The Orlando Sentinel > By Kevin Spear, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. > > The operators of a nuclear-power plant built more than three > decades ago to generate electricity for ... read more

With Yucca Out, Where Does Nuclear Waste Go?

Aug 15 - Planning > By Koss, Geof > > The decision by President Barack Obama to shelve the proposed > nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, has revived a > ... read more

Duke pushes for nuclear revival

Site chosen, but energy utility must > make case for risking billions of dollars Aug 16 - McClatchy-Tribune > Regional News - Bruce Henderson The Charlotte Observer, N.C. > > ... read more

A New Test for Business and Biofuel

New York Times August 17, 2009 By KIRK JOHNSON IGNACIO, Colo. - An unusual experiment featuring equal parts science, environmental optimism and Native American capitalist ambition is unfolding ... read more

TVA plan for Ala. nuclear plant drops to 1 reactor [While Cancelling 3]

By DUNCAN MANSFIELD (AP) - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority, faced with falling electric sales and rising costs from cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee, on Friday ... read more