Carnival of Nuclear Energy 65

Carnival of Nuclear Energy 65 is up at NEI Nuclear Notes

Canadian Energy Issues – Environmentalists who make a big deal out of opposing the proposed expansion of the Keystone pipeline do so on the grounds of the sheer amount of carbon it represents. Keystone carries synthetic crude from the Alberta oil sands to refineries in the U.S. Natural gas is a vital ingredient in oil sands processing, and is the main source of oil sands carbon emissions. Now, if oil sands carbon is bad, and that carbon comes from natural gas, then why do the same environmentalists who oppose Keystone support the increased use of natural gas for power generation in Ontario? … In Ontario, Sierra opposes new nuclear build and favours, incredibly, natural gas.

NBF articles will be added later today –

South Korea APR 1400 nuclear reactor construction, China AP1000 reactor construction and Indian Uranium

The 1080 MWe Ling Ao II, Chinese-designed CPR-1000 pressurised water reactor (PWR) achieved first criticality on 25 February and was connected to the grid on 3 May. CGNPC said that the unit entered into commercial operation following 168 hours of successful test operation. It becomes China’s 14th operating nuclear power reactor.

Recent energy statistics. Slowdown in nuclear generation from the USA and Japan

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