Category: Politics

Gov. Whitmer Signs ‘Make it in Michigan’ Budget

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Gov. Whitmer Signs ‘Make it in Michigan’ Budget Balanced, bipartisan FY24 budget lowers costs, grows the economy, and delivers on kitchen-table issues   LANSING, Mich.— Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a balanced, bipartisan general government state budget for Fiscal Year 2024 to grow the economy, lower costs, deliver on kitchen-table issues, and help anyone “Make it in Michigan.”   The FY24 budget, when combined with the education budget previously signed by the governor, lowers costs on health care, preschool, meals for kids, higher education, housing, and workforce …

Niger coup sparks concerns about French, EU uranium dependency

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Niger is the provider of 15 percent of France’s uranium needs and accounts for a fifth of the EU’s uranium stock. The military coup in Niger is raising fears, especially in France, over its potential impact on the import of uranium to power nuclear plants. Niger supplies 15 percent of France’s uranium needs and accounts for a fifth of the EU’s total uranium imports. …

ICYMI: Senate Agrees to Manchin’s Bipartisan NDAA Amendment to Onshore Nuclear Fuel Production

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Today, the U.S. Senate voted 96-3 to agree to Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, S.Amdt.999, a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 that directs the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a nuclear fuel program with the purpose of onshoring …

Niger Army Chief Backs Attempted Coup in West African Country

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Amadou Abdramane, center, during a televised statement, on July 26.Source: Télé Sahel/AFP/Getty Images Niger’s army chief has backed a coup in the West African country, a day after President Mohamed Bazoum was detained by soldiers. The army announced its support for the coup plotters in order to “avoid bloodshed,” it said in a letter released on social …

Canada’s nuclear drive picks up speed

By John Dyer   Posted in Nuclear Attitude Nuclear Technology Pending Reactors U
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Canada’s plans to make nuclear power a central part of its decarbonization strategy are taking shape with major announcements around large nuclear builds, small modular reactors and medical isotopes. Nuclear power accounts for around 15% of Canada’s electricity generation with most capacity in Ontario where some 40% of the population resides. A total of 19 …

BILL SUMMARY: Energy and Water Development Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill

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The Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act provides $58.095 billion in total funding for the Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and independent agencies.   “Our energy and water infrastructure need significant investment to meet the needs of Americans throughout the country, particularly in the West,” said Senator Dianne Feinstein …

Huizenga calls repowering Palisades ‘a worthwhile exploration’

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U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga last week sought an opinion from President Joe Biden’s administration on the restart of Palisades Nuclear Power Plant. Palisades owner Holtec International is currently seeking federal funds to restart the plant, which closed in May 2022 and is in the midst of decommissioning. Huizenga, R-Zeeland, brought up the efforts during a subcommittee …

Korean, Polish construction firms team up for nuclear projects

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The signing of the MoU between Daewoo E&C and ERBUD (Image: ERBUD) Among the agreements signed during a Polish-Korean business forum on 14 July was a memorandum of understanding between Poland’s KGHM Polska Miedź SA and South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corporation on the implementation of low and zero-emission technologies, including small modular reactors (SMRs). Daewoo …