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Legal & Regulatory
NRC Chairman Floats Plan for Long-Term Spent Fuel Storage
A sea change in thinking about how to deal with spent nuclear fuel in the U.S. appears to be on the policy and political horizon, rekindling battles last fought in the 1980s about how to pay for the disposal of nuclear waste and where to put it. Holes in the ground look increasingly unlikely.
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Legal & Regulatory
Dodd-Frank: Legislation and Magical Misdirection
Here’s how, with almost no attention, recent financial reform legislation changes how business must deal with whistleblower employees and affects other seemingly nongermane issues.
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HR
Social Media: Watch Your Words and Fingers
Letting loose on Facebook, Twitter, and email, no matter how tempting and satisfying, can be a prescription for big trouble for you and your organization. Watch out for the dangers of social media on the job.
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HR
The Five Most Common Workforce Strategy Mistakes
Business planning that doesn’t carefully consider workforce issues can result in economic and management headaches.
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Commentary
Regulating Smart Power: The Next Generation of Energy Regulation
The smart grid, a truly disruptive business force, will require a new regulatory paradigm and new approaches to the electric utility business model.
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Commentary
Who Do They Think You Are?
The Scottish poet Robert Burns had it right. Using the power to see ourselves as we really are, and as others see us, is a key to leadership in business.
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Commentary
Good Habit—Questionable Motive
Sometimes we do things for the wrong reason . . . that turns out to be exactly right.
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News
China Starts Commercial Operation of 650-MW Nuclear Unit
Qinshan Phase II Unit 3—the first power station built during China’s 11th five-year plan period and the country’s 13th nuclear unit—started commercial operation last week. The unit is the second Chinese reactor to start up this year, following Ling Ao II, which began commercial operation this September.
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News
GE Hitachi Nuclear and Partners to Explore PRISM’s Potential at Savannah River
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Savannah River Nuclear Solution, a partnership comprising Fluor, Northrop Grumman, and Honeywell, have agreed to explore the potential of deploying a prototype of the Generation IV PRISM reactor at a proposed demonstration of small modular reactor technologies at the Energy Department’s Savannah River site.
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News
EDF Acquires Constellation’s Stake in UniStar
Électricité de France (EDF) is to acquire Constellation Energy’s 50% share in the companies’ joint venture, UniStar, for $140 million under an agreement reached on Tuesday.