EnergyCommentary
Biden’s Incoherent Energy Policy Continues
President Joe Biden says he wants a carbon-free future for the United States and acknowledges that to realize that future, nuclear energy is essential. Judging… Read More
Iran Now Unhindered in Obtaining Nuclear Weapons, Experts Warn
The nuclear deal the Obama Administration negotiated with Iran is flawed by the premature easing of sanctions in return for easily reversed Iranian pledges that… Read More
Rouhani Blames West for Concern over Iran
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani blamed U.S. concern about Iran’s continuing nuclear enrichment on “false propaganda” seeking to portray Iran as a threat. In an… Read More
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North Korea Defies with Nuclear Test
Pyongyang again disobeyed international efforts to rein in the recalcitrant regime by conducting its third nuclear test. North Korea announced it successfully conducted a test… Read More
Virginia’s Uranium Working Group Releases Report
The Uranium Working Group (UWG)—established by Governor Bob McDonnell (R–VA) to help Virginia state legislators determine the regulatory requirements for uranium mining—released its final report… Read More
Morning Bell: Why We Aren’t Producing Enough Domestic Energy
President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney had a heated exchange about energy in the most recent debate. The President repeated his refrain that oil… Read More
Powering America Vignette: Uranium Mining and Milling
While nuclear energy is unique, uranium, its primary fuel, occurs naturally within the earth much like other, better understood energy sources such as coal, oil,… Read More
Australia’s Reversal of Uranium Ban to India Could Spur Trilateral Engagement
In a November 15 op-ed in The Age, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that she would push her Labor Party to overturn its ban… Read More
Sweetheart Deal for Kentucky Uranium Enrichers, Bad Deal for America
The Department of Energy (DOE) holds approximately the equivalent of 59,000 tons of natural uranium. This includes low-enriched uranium, highly enriched uranium, depleted uranium left… Read More
Defiant North Korea Reveals Covert Uranium Nuclear Facility
Pyongyang revealed a covert facility for enriching uranium to a visiting U.S. scientist last week. Dr. Siegfried Hecker, former head of the Los Alamos nuclear… Read More
A Very Special Anniversary
Over at National Review Online they asked experts to weigh in on the situation with Iran and Heritage Expert Peter Brookes was asked to share… Read More
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Unveils Satellites and Disingenuous Offer on Uranium
Iran’s government today announced the successful launching of a research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad trumpeted the… Read More
Iran’s Foreign Minister Rejects Nuclear Deal
Today Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki publicly rejected the U.N.-backed proposal to send about 70 percent of Iran’s known supplies of enriched uranium out of… Read More
Iran Marches Ahead in Nuke Goal
Heritage’s Nile Gardiner reacts to Iran’s admission that they have built a second uranium enrichment facility. Watch: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrTay-C1kXM[/youtube]
$10 Billion Worth of Safe Power Just Waiting To Be Tapped
The Chinese, Russians, and Indians are planning to build a combined 159 new nuclear power plants. They are going to need uranium. Fortunately for us,… Read More
World Preps for a Nuclear Renaissance: Huge Boost in Uranium Exploration
More evidence arises that the world is preparing for a global nuclear renaissance: although the spot price for uranium fell, global exploration for 2007 totaled… Read More
More Energy Off Limits
Members of Congress have been right on at supporting bad energy policies while dismissing the good ones. For all their rhetoric about supporting the development… Read More
