Clean Energy Insight - Moving Energy Forward

One of the issues that Clean Energy Insight is supporting at the moment is the opportunity to mine the biggest Uranium deposit in US history in Pittsylvania County, VA (www.virginiauranium.com).  Two of the people on our team are from this area and have seen the tens of thousands of jobs that have been lost during their lifetimes in the textile and furniture industries.  By mining this deposit in Southwest Virginia, we can provide high-paying jobs and energy for our future.  It sounds like a good... more

( By Carrington Dillon ) Before we get ahead of ourselves with this blogging venture, I’d like to thank some people for helping us get started.  Mark Flanagan of NEI Nuclear Notes and Rod Adams of Atomic Insights gave us some great advice for starting this thing up.  It is obvious from the quality of their nuclear advocacy blogs that they are both very busy.  So, I’d like to sincerely thank these two pros for reaching out and taking the time to answer some questions we had about blogging. ... more

It’s being reported today that AREVA and Duke Energy will enter exclusive 18-month negotiations to build AREVA’s new generation EPR reactor in Ohio.   It must be true that when you can build a nuclear plant that can gross $2 million per day, an economic slump can’t do much to deter your operations.  Keep on trucking, AREVA.  Check out the wire: Areva, Duke To Sign Negotiation Deal Over US Nuclear Plant AREVA in talks for EPR reactor deal in Ohio-report More news to come…  Read More →

( By Lakshmi Pendyala ) The Partnership for Public Service released its fourth “Best Places to Work” survey last week. The study started in 2003 and conducted every two years, tracks employees’ satisfaction with their agencies. (PPS) looked at working conditions in 278 federal agencies and bodies, evaluating the satisfaction levels of some 212,000 US government employees. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission emerged a clear winner scoring 80.7 percent in ratings for employee satisfaction, up... more

( By DGM ) Harry Reid tries to stop Yucca Mt. and waste 15 Billion in tax dollars. Lately, when I watch the news about congress debating a new Nuclear Waste Policy Act I feel like I should be watching “Really?” with Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers. So, really, taxpayers have spent more than $15 billion over 25 years and we want to start over? Really? The site has been studied, selected, validated, approved, and is in the process of applying for a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and... more

( By Carrington Dillon ) Welcome to Clean Energy Insight.  We are a group of nuclear industry professionals volunteering our time to advocate nuclear energy.  Clean Energy Insight was born out of discussions between members of NA-YGN (North American Young Generation in Nuclear) on how to better encourage political action in favor of nuclear energy. NA-YGN is a national not-for-profit organization for nuclear industry professionals to develop professionally, share their passion for nuclear technology,... more