nuclear power
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Western governors’ eye nuclear for power demand
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The Western Governors’ Association’s two-day “Energy Superabundance” workshop this week brought together Gov. Brad Little of Idaho and Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah with federal regulators, utility executives, investors and supply-chain managers. The workshop in Idaho Falls focused on nuclear power’s chicken-and-egg problem. Without workers there are no factories, without factories there is no fuel,…
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Is proposal to study nuclear power at DIA off the table?
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Are efforts by Colorado’s biggest airport to study the feasibility of powering its operations with nuclear energy off the table? A councilmember last week suggested that Denver International Airport pulled a request for proposal to study the possibility of building a small modular nuclear reactor power station on its 34,000-acre campus to meet its expected…
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Q&A with Heidi Ganahl | Colorado’s energy transition is ‘too far, too fast’
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The Denver Gazette invited gubernatorial candidates to talk about energy and transportation. Republican candidate Greg Lopez declined the Q&A. In this interview, Republican candidate Heidi Ganahl argues that Colorado’s transition to renewable energy sources is going “too far, too fast,” hammering the poorest Coloradans. The Denver Gazette: What’s the elevator pitch on your energy intentions? Heidi Ganahl: I…
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Colorado remains uninterested as much of U.S. turns to nuclear power
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The Polis administration appears uninterested in nuclear energy, bucking a growing consensus that nuclear power is an essential component in eliminating carbon emissions. Powering homes by splitting atoms is not part of Gov. Jared Polis’ Greenhouse Gas Roadmap plan for 100% carbon-free energy by 2040. While Will Toor, director of the Colorado Energy Office, said…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Idaho test reactor is pivotal in US nuclear power strategy
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IDAHO Test reactor is pivotal in nuclear power strategy IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY, Idaho – A nuclear test reactor that can melt uranium fuel rods in seconds is running again after a nearly quarter-century shutdown as U.S. officials try to revamp a fading nuclear power industry with safer fuel designs and a new generation of power…
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SLOAN | The redemption of the Colorado Energy Office
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There is something to be said for a legislative process which, even in what many have categorically proclaimed to be the most bitterly rancorous, partisan year in living memory, still manages now and then to churn out legislation which tackles major issues and does so in a bi-partisan manner. One such effort is Senate Bill…
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Out West Roundup: Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith
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Utah Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith Mitt Romney’s allies lashed out at former White House strategist Steve Bannon last week after he said at an Alabama rally that Romney and his family “hid behind” their Mormon religion to avoid military service. Sen. Orrin Hatch and other prominent Utah…
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Statehouse Dems, Republicans eye environmental policy opportunities
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State Senate Republican and Democratic leaders have signaled they will dedicate additional resources and attention next year to energy and environmental issues, but in the turbulent wake of the surprise election of Donald Trump as president, the news has observers wondering whether the party caucuses are simply shoring up positions or seeing new opportunity to…
