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Nuclear Waste Company Fires CEO, Reduces Guidance (ES, UEC, URRE, CCJ, DNN, D, EXC, DUK, GE)

Posted: June 11, 2012 at 10:56 am

Shares of nuclear waste disposal company Energy Solutions Inc. (NYSE: ES) are getting pummeled today following the announcement that the company has appointed a new CEO and that the company ...
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USEC Shares Collapse on Loan Worries (USEC, URRE, UEC, URG, URZ, URA)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 12:02 pm

The sole US provider of low-enriched uranium fuel for nuclear power plants is in serious trouble. USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) shares have fallen more than -12% this morning and posted ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: Areva Dumps CEO as Utility Sector Preps for Big Changes (ARVCY, GE, EXC, DUK)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 10:09 am

France's government-controlled nuclear power behemoth, Areva SA (OTC: ARVCY), will not renew the contract of CEO Anne Lauvergeon, aka "Atomic Anne," when it expires at the end of June. Her ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Swiss Nix Nuclear Energy; Chinese Renewables Firm Withdraws IPO Again; Northeast Utility Sells Last Wind Farm (CHG, DUK, DATE, RENN)

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Today's alt energy news begins with a decision in Switzerland to phase out nuclear power generation. A Chinese renewables firm has withdrawn its IPO for a second time and CH ...
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New Storage Proposal For US Nuclear Waste Sure To Be Unpopular

Posted: May 14, 2011 at 11:30 am

No US politician ever lost an election by opposing a nuclear waste dump. That's why the latest report on from a US Department of Energy commission will end up in ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Renewable Investment; No Vermont Yankee Buyer; Cloudy Days for Solar (RDS-A, CZZ, EXC, DE, SI, ETR)

Posted: March 31, 2011 at 11:45 am

Here's our daily report on developments in solar and wind power, alternative fuels, and other news related to the alternative energy sector. PricewaterhouseCoopers has released a report on M&A activity ...
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Does It Matter Which Nation Leads In Alternative Energy?

Posted: March 29, 2011 at 5:06 am

The Pew Charitable Trusts released its 2010 "Who's Winning The Clean Energy Race" study. Many experts in the field consider it the gold standard of research in the field of ...
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Nuclear Plant Extension Underwhelms Entergy (ETR, EXC, DUK)

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 11:33 am

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a 20-year renewal of Entergy Corp.'s (NYSE: ETR) Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Whether that's good news or bad for Entergy remains to ...
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