Resurgence of nuclear power not likely to happen

After the disasters at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, years passed before anyone took seriously the idea of a nuclear revival. Then our friend the atom started making a comeback.

Rising demand for energy provided a boost. And the outpouring of concern about climate change put fossil fuels and their carbon emissions at center stage as environmental enemy No. 1. Utilities across the country began laying the groundwork for new reactors, following the lead of Europe and Asia.

Yet talk of a “nuclear renaissance” has run into a financial meltdown.

Exelon: Tritium leak found early

Exelon Nuclear is digging deep today for the source of a tritiated water leak at Dresden Generating Station at Morris.

The incident – discovered via a monitoring well on Tuesday, June 2, and officially confirmed Thursday, June 4 – is confined within the station site. This is the second incident of its kind for Dresden, which successfully capped off and replaced a leaking pipe in December 2006.

$1 million grant approved for facility

Victoria County could have an emergency operations center capable of withstanding 170 mph winds by the start of the 2010 hurricane season.

Hurricane could wipe out emergency center

The new center would be on an underground electrical grid, and it would have a generator for backup power. It also could provide room for an emergency center for Exelon if the company decides to build a nuclear plant in the county.

Rancher fears radioactive water from nuclear plant would affect his cattle

John L. Gibbs worries what the release of radioactive water into the Guadalupe River would do to his cattle that drink from it.

Energy Group Shares Information

Daniel Rojas, a 61-year-old retiree, came to the nuclear power forum to see how a nuclear power plant would affect him.

Forum faces Nuclear Issues

A group of residents concerned about nuclear power coming to Victoria doesn’t think the city is giving it a “fair shake.”

FirstEnergy and Davis-Besse: Ducking Responsibility

TOLEDO — “In the end, not one FirstEnergy bigwig was held to account personally for the near-calamity that shut down the Davis-Besse power plant in 2002.

Nuclear Power Less Popular Than Other Energy Strategies

PRINCETON, NJ — John McCain has ramped up his long-standing call for building more nuclear power plants — 45 new ones by 2030 — drawing the sharpest distinction between himself and Barack Obama on energy policy, but also, to some degree, throwing the political dice.

A Lot of Questions

The nuclear debate shifted into overdrive Thursday night.

A larger-than-expected crowd of citizens packed the Victoria Community Center to learn about the nuclear regulatory process.