By Jim Conca

The 261st edition of the Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival has posted at Atomic Power Review.

Opinion piece for ANS Nuclear Cafe by Will Davis

by Sophie Prevot

ANS Nuclear Cafe is proud to host the 259th Nuclear Energy Blogger Carnival.  This rotating feature travels around the various pro-nuclear, English-language blogs every week and showcases the top blog posts of those blogs, as submitted by the blog authors or administrators.  Let's get to it!

Editor's Note: Evan Twarog is a new nuclear enthusiast writer from New Hampshire. We welcome his first article on the ANS Nuclear Cafe.

Tugs prepare to start the former nuclear barge Sturgis on the final voyage this morning, April 16, 2015. Photo courtesy NS SAVANNAH ASSOCIATION, INC.

Tugs prepare to start the former nuclear barge Sturgis on the final voyage this morning, April 16, 2015. Photo courtesy NS SAVANNAH ASSOCIATION, INC.

This morning at twenty minutes after nine, the historic nuclear barge Sturgis began what will surely be the final voyage in its life. Shut down since 1976 and unneeded, the barge is being towed to Texas where it will ultimately be completely dismantled and scrapped.

by Will Davis

Callaway Energy Center - one of the completed, historic SNUPPS nuclear plants. Photo courtesy AMEREN Missouri.

by Will Davis

Editor's Note: The Department of Energy's Richard S. Goorevich answered questions posed by American Nuclear Society members to clarify details regarding the 10 CFR 810 rule: Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities, which goes into effect March 25, 2015. 

Tihange Nuclear Plant, Belgium. Courtesy Electrabel.

The years-long saga surrounding the reactor pressure vessels at the Doel-3 nuclear power plant and Tihange-2 NPP in Belgium has taken another turn, pushing these units back into the broader news cycle and renewing calls from some (uninformed) quarters for further worldwide action and/or permanent shutdowns.

The 248th Nuclear Energy Blogger Carnival is being held this week right here at ANS Nuclear Cafe!

The 247th edition of the Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival has posted at Neutron Bytes.

by Beth Kelly

The 246th edition of the Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival has posted at the Energy Reality Project.

Dresden Nuclear Generating Station; photo courtesy Exelon

By Will Davis

The 245th edition of the Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival has posted at the Hiroshima Syndrome's Fukushima Commentary.