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New York Times says positive things about new nuclear energy

Rod Adams · March 6, 2013 · 22 Comments

I’ll admit that I am actively searching for good news about nuclear energy to counter the conventional wisdom that we are losing the market battle to cheap natural gas. I found an interesting take on recent Cabinet appointments in a New York Times editorial titled Two Enlistees in the Climate Wars. Though it appears as almost an afterthought, nuclear energy gets a couple of favorable mentions as a technology that can be a useful tool in making a real difference in the rate of CO2 dumping in the atmosphere.

Mr. Obama nominated Gina McCarthy, an experienced clean air regulator, to run the Environmental Protection Agency, and Ernest Moniz, an M.I.T. physicist and strong advocate of natural gas and nuclear power, to run the Energy Department. Both believe global warming is one of humanity’s most pressing challenges.

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There is obviously more: finding new refrigerants to replace climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons, investing not only in familiar renewable energy sources like wind and solar power but also in basic research, next-generation nuclear plants and experimental technologies that could smooth the path to a low-carbon economy.

Sunday morning silliness – Talking heads repeating same line about gas prices

Rod Adams · February 24, 2013 · 11 Comments

I found this highly entertaining – is there a central script writing service for local TV stations that functions like the UPI or the AP? There is a reason why I gather my news on the web and not from talking heads. Hat tip to the people populating the No Agenda group on Google +

99% of mankind should love nuclear energy

Rod Adams · March 17, 2012 · 12 Comments

Please be patient with me on this post – it might take a while before I clearly demonstrate why it belongs on Atomic Insights. First I want to share a couple of entertaining, but informative videos that you’ll probably never see in the commercial media. This is another version of the same song, performed with [...]

The moral imperative to build new nuclear power stations

Rod Adams · November 7, 2011 · 93 Comments

On Friday, Nov. 5, I heard an inspirational talk given by a man who had a big influence on my early career; he was the Brigade Commander who welcomed the class of 1981 to the US Naval Academy on July 6, 1977. Col. Art Athens, USMCR (Ret.) is now the Director of the Stockdale Center [...]

Deadliest adversary of antinuclear movement – guiltless men and women proudly sharing nuclear knowledge

Rod Adams · October 21, 2011 · 96 Comments

For the past few months, I have been rereading Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. Though the book was first published more than 50 years ago, it is remarkably prescient about some of the risks that society can face when too many people forget how to produce items of real value and quality. It is a book [...]

Gregory Jaczko – Example of Public Hazard of Political Appointments

Rod Adams · May 10, 2011 · 23 Comments

On May 4, 2011, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy conducted a hearing titled The Role of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in America’s Energy Future. Watching that hearing and digesting what I heard has resulted in several sleepless nights. I have been struggling with how to share [...]

Flush With Cash – Where Did Climate Activists Get So Much Money?

Rod Adams · May 4, 2011 · 14 Comments

The Economist recently published a column titled Climate politics: Flush with cash. So what? that described the results of a recent study by Matthew Nisbet, an researcher at American University in Washington, DC. According to Nisbet, groups classified in the environmental category spent almost $400 million on climate change and energy issues in 2009. The [...]

Fear of Radiation is Killing People and Endangering the Planet Too

Rod Adams · April 20, 2011 · 13 Comments

This is a guest post by Ted Rockwell. He wrote it in 1998, but the information and opinions remain valid today. The words between the lines below are Ted’s. Begin guest post FEAR OF RADIATION IS KILLING PEOPLE AND ENDANGERING THE PLANET TOO Theodore Rockwell MPR Associates, Inc., U.S.A. ABSTRACT We are permitting [...]

Misunderstanding the “questioning attitude” that infuses nuclear culture

Rod Adams · April 7, 2011 · 16 Comments

The US House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on April 6, 2011 billed as “The U.S. Government Response to the Nuclear Power Plant Incident in Japan”. During the hearing, Dr. Edwin Lyman of the UCS and some of his allies in Congress made a point of discussing some internal emails from regulators at [...]

Welcome to a Revived Atomic Insights

Rod Adams · March 28, 2011 · 3 Comments

Atomic Insights has been on the web in one form or another since the fall of 1995. It started as a paper newsletter produced by a tiny team at Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. (AAE) that was designed to help potential customers learn more about the history and technology associated with using heat from fission to [...]

Atomic Intro

Rod Adams · May 26, 2005 · Leave a Comment

My friends know me as Rod, but some of them call me Atomic. I have a habit that I want to share with you – I am a preacher of the benefits of atomic energy. I have been writing about this topic for more than a dozen years, starting on the USENET when my Internet [...]