Mon, Apr 8, 2013
Westinghouse Electric and Ameren Missouri plan to again team up to compete for a second round of federal funding for the development of small modular nuclear reactors. Officials with Pittsburgh-based Westinghouse said Monday the company sent a letter of intent to the U.S. Department of Energy. The letter puts the Westinghouse SMR, a 225-megawatt integral pressurized water reactor […]
Mon, Apr 8, 2013
Westinghouse Electric Co. and Ameren Missouri confirmed on Monday that they will pursue up to $226 million federal funding for a small-scale nuclear reactor in central Missouri. The companies sought a similar grant last year. But the U.S. Department of Energy instead chose to fund a consortium led by Babcock & Wilcox, a company known […]
Thu, Apr 4, 2013
I’m writing because I strongly believe we need to pass House Bill 398 immediately. Passage of this legislation will lead to thousands of new jobs and improve energy reliability for our small businesses and manufacturers, which drives Missouri’s economy. Economic development is the best way to move forward as a region and as a state. […]
Mon, Apr 1, 2013
Dear Editor: The American Society of Civil Engineers just released a study that confirms we shouldn’t wait for a crisis to deal with our power grid. The study gave our power grid infrastructure a D+. That is awfully close to failing. This is a nationwide report and while not indicative of just Missouri it does […]
Mon, Apr 1, 2013
To the Editor: Missouri desperately needs new jobs and I’d like to thank Rep. Don Gosen (District 101) and Rep. Sue Allen (District 92) for helping to provide them. Reps. Gosen and Allen voted to support Infrastructure Strengthening and Regulatory Streamlining (ISRS) legislation. ISRS just makes good sense. Passing this bill would help our state’s […]
Thu, Mar 28, 2013
Dear Editor: There’s been a bit of chatter lately about which way our local Sen. Mike Kehoe leans. If people would take him up on his offer and talk to him about the issues they’d know that he’s not leaning at all but standing straight doing exactly what he promised to do. He isn’t trying […]
