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December 7, 2010, 3:28PMANS Nuclear Cafe

Third Way and the Idaho National Lab are hosting the New Millennium Nuclear Energy Summit, a bipartisan forum on the future of nuclear energy in the United States. Today's event features Energy Secretary Steven Chu, White House Advisor Carol Browner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko, and more than two dozen industry CEOs, labor and Non-Governmental Organization representatives, and energy investors.

AECL research reactor gets landmark status

November 23, 2010, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe

The international nuclear community designated the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's (AECL) Zero Energy Deuterium 2 (ZED-2) research reactor a nuclear historical landmark, presented by the American Nuclear Society.  The award, given on November 2 during a technical conference in Ottawa, honored the reactor for its 50 years of operation and for its outstanding contributions to the global nuclear industry.