Announcement from POWER
ELECTRIC POWER brings together thousands of the industry’s key players and top professionals for four days of business-building, industry-advancing collaboration. We’ll be tracking developments across all fuel sectors, examining the full range of co-generation options, covering new technology from every angle. If you need knowledge, information and solutions to make the best choices for your facility going forward, join us at ELECTRIC POWER this April 1-3, 2014 in New Orleans.Register today! |
NRC Commissioners Grilled on Nuclear Rules, Security, and Efficiency
02.06.2014 | Aaron Larson
“It’s as if the government—the [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)] and the [Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)]—is trying to regulate the nuclear energy industry out of business, just like it’s been trying to regulate fossil fuels out of business,” said Sen. Jim…
|
Exelon May Shutter Some Reactors in 2014
02.07.2014 | Thomas Overton
Some of Exelon Corp.’s 10 nuclear power plants are unprofitable and may need to close in 2014 if “a path to sustainable profits” cannot be found, company President and CEO Chris Crane said in a Feb. 6 conference call to…
|
Advertisement
EPA Mulls Revising Nuclear Plant Radiation Standards
02.06.2014 | Sonal Patel
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is calling for public comment and information on approaches to updating radiation protection standards for nuclear power operations. The standards have not been updated since they were originally issued in 1977. The agency issued an…
|
U.S. Electric Companies Brace for Extreme Winter Weather
01.07.2014 | Aaron Larson
A large part of the central and eastern U.S. was hit with some of the coldest weather in decades on Jan. 6 and 7. A polar vortex—a large low-pressure area that normally spins in central parts of Canada circulating air…
|
Fusion Research Milestone Reached
02.13.2014 | Gail Reitenbach
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have achieved a significant milestone in the development of fusion energy: achieving fuel gains greater than 1 for the first time ever at any facility. Ignition—when the energy…
|
NIST Issues Final Cybersecurity Framework, Version 1.0
02.12.2014 | Sonal Patel
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its final version of a national framework for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity. The "living" document will be updated as industry reports back on its implementation. The "Framework for Improving Critical…
|
Advertisement
Announcement from POWER
It’s POWER Awards Time!
Want to see your power plant or smart grid project featured in POWER magazine? Nominate it now! Award categories are Plant of the Year, Marmaduke (O&M), Smart Grid, plus coal, gas, nuclear, and renewable Top Plants. Don’t miss the April 30 application deadline! Get all the information and nomination forms here. |
Exelon May Shutter Some Reactors in 2014
02.07.2014 | Thomas Overton
Some of Exelon Corp.’s 10 nuclear power plants are unprofitable and may need to close in 2014 if “a path to sustainable profits” cannot be found, company President and CEO Chris Crane said in a Feb. 6 conference call to…
|
When It Comes to Nuclear Plants, Is Small Beautiful?
12.01.2013 | Kennedy Maize
In 1973, an obscure economist from Britain’s National Coal Board, which then owned and operated all the coal mines in the country, published a book that posited—as the title proclaimed—that Small Is
|
|
|
