Nuclear USA

As the birthplace of the atomic bomb, the United States plays a critical role both the nuclear weapons complex and in contributing to nuclear power generation worldwide. It is also a key player in international non-proliferation and nuclear remediation agreements. This section discusses topics relative to the US’s domestic nuclear politics, as well as its affect on maintaing nuclear stability worldwide.

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Nuclear USA

February 24, 2010 Nuclear USA

Vermont State Senate votes to close tritium leaking nuclear power plant, tarnishing confidence in Obama nuke build-out plans

NEW YORK – In what could be the first backlash against the Obama Administration’s warm endorsement of nuclear power as a climate saving […]

obama nuclear announcment (Frontpage ingress image)

February 16, 2010 Climate change, Nuclear USA

Obama announces $8.3 bln loan guarantee to US nuclear power plant in an upset to many environmentalists

NEW YORK – US President Barack Obama, in a move that cleared any ambiguity that surrounded his attitude toward nuclear power, today […]

February 9, 2010 Climate change, Nuclear USA

Nominees to US NRC confident of quick confirmation, but plagued by tritium leaks at US nuke plants

NEW YORK – Three nominees to the five-member US Nuclear Regulatory Commission who have been chosen on the basis of their apparent ability […]

three mile island (Frontpage ingress image)

February 7, 2010 Climate change, Nuclear USA

Obama budget proposes federal funding infusion into US nuclear power

NEW YORK – The US nuclear industry got a big boost and big oil took a hit when US president Barack Obama submitted his federal budget […]

January 18, 2010 Nuclear USA

With no panel to study alternative US nuke waste sites, could Yucca Mountain’s bones be creaking back to life?

NEW YORK – A year since US President Barack Obama effectively killed the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository – and his 2011 budget […]

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Private: Nils Bøhmer

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nils@bellona.no
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Nils Bøhmer has been managing director of the Bellona Foundation since 2006, after he worked 13 years at Bellona’s Russian department. Previously he worked at the NRPA. Bøhmer is Bellona’s expert on radioactive waste, nuclear accidents and nuclear power. He holds a M.Sc. from the University of Oslo and a Master’s degree in nuclear physics