The “me too” philosophy common in the power generation business is again beginning to take its toll. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, power industry predictions showed that most new plants would be nuclear powered with the technology achieving a 50% market share by the early part of the 21st century. In the 1990s,…
I’ll admit it. There are some confusing things happening in the energy business, especially concerning nuclear power. I promised to translate information about the business and the technology into something you could use. I have been struggling for several days to digest and synthesize a wide range of recent developments. Last week, the Finnish company…
Reprinted with permission of the author by Dr. Jerry Cuttler, Cuttler and Associates A symposium on this subject was held in Washington, November 15, near the ANS/ENS Winter Meeting. It was sponsored by Radiation, Science and Health (RSH), an international non-profit organization, and the Center for Nuclear Technology and Society at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI),…
In 1984, Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh, starting what became a tsunami in the computing world. No longer were screens limited to displaying cryptic messages that only a geek could love. Instead, the new Mac displayed a welcoming “Hello” rendered in cursive writing large enough to fill the tiny, high-resolution screen. With the pleasant greeting…