The 28 December 2006 episode of the G’Day World Podcast features a debate about nuclear energy and human population control between Doug La Follette (Wisconsin Secretary of State) and me, Rod Adams, the host of The Atomic Show and author of Atomic Insights. Please have a listen and consider whose vision of the world’s future…
Professor Wade Allison recently gave a lecture to his Oxford colleagues titled “How dangerous is ionizing radiation”. He has concluded that excessively restrictive rules are more dangerous than the radiation. On Wednesday, 27 December, I woke up bright and early so that I could have a chat with Professor Wade Allison, who teaches physics at…
Business opportunities in the nuclear industry continue to grow. Shane and I discuss the Westinghouse-China deal, the US-India nuclear supply agreement, and Fresno Nuclear Group. After many years of relative calm, the nuclear business is heating up in many different areas of the world. Opportunities continue to grow, so Shane and I talk about some…
On show 42, Shane Brown and I talk about some of the new business developments in the nuclear industry. There are large and growing opportunities for employment and the two recent deals signed between US organizations and potentially huge customers – China and India – are just two of the topics that we decided were…
The Energy Central Network published a story on 20 December titled Ash landfill proposal moves forward. According to the article, Xcel Energy received permission to study the environmental impacts of opening a new landfill to store the ash produced at the Allen S. King power plant in Oak Park Heights, MN. The current ash landfill…
The Financial Times – as reported by MSNBC.msn.com – is reporting that Areva will post sharply lower profits in 2006 compared to 2005. A big contribution to the lowered estimates are increased provisions for delays and increased costs at Olkiluoto 3, its first ever European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) construction project in Finland. While I know…
There is a quick poll in operation at the Global Network of Environment & Technology (GNET) web site that is asking the following question: “Can nuclear-based energy be considered “clean” since the reactors don’t emit the pollution or greenhouse gases of coal-burning plants?” I have already cast my vote, but the early results indicate that…
On a number of occasions, I have expressed my view that Yucca Mountain is the right answer to the wrong question. What I mean is that I have no question that burying carefully packaged used fuel assemblies would be a “safe” way to store the by-products of nuclear fission, but I believe that it is…
Food irradiation can prevent food borne illness caused by microorganisms like eColi. Shane and Rod discuss the technology, motivation, and controversy surrounding the application. It is possible to almost completely eliminate a number of different pathogens from food by treating that food with exposure to electron or gamma radiation. The process is approved by the…
Just before heading out for a Christmas party, I noticed a link to the following article from Bloomberg.com in my Google News alerts – Westinghouse Wins $5.3 Billion China Nuclear Contract (Update5). This is the same contract that was originally supposed to be awarded by the end of 2005. The contract selection follows about 18-24…
I am appalled that it is now December and Congress has yet to pass a budget for the year. I am even more worried on many levels by the effect of that failure to complete a constitutionally assigned duty now that I have read Stalled funding could hurt new nuke plants on Earthtimes.org. Even though…
One of the things that I love about the Internet is the ability to find articles from local newspapers about topics that get little attention in the national media. Those local sources often provide layers of details and information about the people involved in the activity that are key to a full understanding of what…