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07, 2018
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06, 2018
GABI attends 4th Water Summit / Asia Montana Energy Summit in Whitefish, Montana
On May 16-19, GABI attended Asia Montana Energy Summit in Whitefish, MT. This is an exclusive gathering of leaders from a diverse and interdisciplinary community to discuss current trends shaping the U.S. – Asia energy market and important policy developments as well as to talk about new ways for better international cooperation. The gathering represent not only the public policy community
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06, 2018
Current Status of Spent Fuel Management in Sweden: Progress and Lessons Learned
Although solutions to the disposal and management of spent nuclear fuel have proven elusive for virtually all nuclear power countries, Sweden is among the most furthest along in solving this problem. Under Swedish law, license holders are responsible for ensuring the safe management and final disposal of radioactive materials and waste. Thus, Swedish utilities collectively
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06, 2018
US-Korea Cooperation in New Nuclear Markets: Opportunities, Challenges, and Imperatives
Growing global energy demand and carbon mitigation challenges together drive increasing interest in nuclear power globally, even as the world continues to deal with the aftereffects of the Fukushima accident. With China’s potential to become a dominant civil nuclear vendor and significant difficulties for nuclear energy in U.S. power markets, the imperatives for international cooperation
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05, 2018
Commercial Perspectives on Fuel Cycle Development in Saudi Arabia
The uranium fuel market is weak from commercial and technical issues ranging from a small supply chain, to an overabundance of supply met with too little demand. Prices have dropped low enough that conversion plants have begun to temporarily halt production to allow the prices to recover. The current state of the nuclear fuel market
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04, 2018
GABI Attends 3rd Kijang Forum in Busan, Korea
On April 9-11, 2018, Florence Lowe-Lee was invited to 3rd Kijang Forum in Busan Korea. She chaired session III titled "Plan for the Kijang Forum to Strengthen International Cooperation among NPP cities." There were officials and representatives from 15 different cities in 7 countries. The participants shared their perspectives on various issues, including closure and early retirement of nuclear
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04, 2018
Korea’s Current Long-Term Natural Gas Plan
The Republic of Korea (ROK, or South Korea) is presently the world’s third largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, and upon assuming office, President Moon Jae-In had stated his intention to increase the proportion of natural gas in Korea’s energy mix. The ROK Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) recently released its 13th Long-term
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04, 2018
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04, 2018
The National Security Implications of the U.S. Commercial Nuclear Industry
The strength of the United States’ voice in upholding international safety, security, and nonproliferation standards is directly correlated with the robustness and health of its domestic commercial nuclear industry. As the U.S. commercial industry declines, so does the power of U.S. leadership in setting global nuclear governance norms. Players such as Russia and China are
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04, 2018
