Westinghouse is searching for a site where it can locate a facility capable of housing 1000 nuclear engineering and support people. Eventually, Westinghouse plans to expand the facility to house as many as 2000 people. The list of potential locations has just been narrowed to sites in western Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina. According…
There is an excellent and well debated article on Energy Pulse titled Wind Generation’s Performance during the July 2006 California Heat Storm. I encourage you to go read the article and as much of the comment thread as you can. Though it is quite long, there is much of value there and it is a…
There is an interesting opinion piece on TomPaine.com written by Peter Bradford and Kurt Gottfried titled Nuclear Deficits that I think every nuclear advocate needs to read carefully. In preparation for any battle, whether it is actual warfare, a football game, or an intellectual debate, it is always worth the effort to try to understand…
The Houston Chronicle picked up and published an AP newswire story by Paul Foy titled Western U.S. in midst of uranium boom. It provides an interesting perspective on the cyclical nature of uranium mining. It is also an article that helps me believe that the coming nuclear age really is on its way. If you…
Space exploration applications of nuclear power Space exploration is critically dependent on energy sources that are long lasting and can operate in a vacuum. Nuclear power fits the bill, but there have always been objections that limited its applications. Objections notwithstanding there have also been a number of missions where the only real solution was…
Shane Brown and I recently had fun talking about nuclear power in space exploration. You can listen in by downloading Atomic Show #029 – Nuclear Power in Space. We just had time to scratch the surface of this fascinating topic – please visit and leave us some comments and suggestions for future directions to explore.
Monsters and Critics has published a UPI wire story titled Nuclear energy rules knocked as outdated. You can probably find the same story elsewhere, but Monsters and Critics has a pretty nice comment feature so this might be a place where a real discussion about the article may occur. The discussion area has already been…
Eric McErlain of NEI Nuclear Notes pointed me to an interesting discussion that is taking place under the title of The Long Green over on Unqualified Offerings. There are about 30 comments and counting. I have participated, but will not cross-post my comments here since they would not make too much sense out of the…
I received an email a few minutes ago asking if I had heard about the recent movements of the NS Savannah, the first nuclear powered commercial ship in the world. The email quoted a story from the Charleston, SC News and Courier, and piqued my interest. (I would provide a link, but the News and…
Apparently Russia did not get the memo. According to a 7 September 2006 article in the Russian News and Information Service, Rosenergoatom is planning to start building nine nuclear power units in 2007
Reuters South Africa published a story on September 8, 2006 titled US looks for quick Iran sanctions resolution. According to the story, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns stated that the US will seek action in the Security Council to draft a resolution setting sanctions against Iran for its defense of its right to build…
South Africa is ready to join the increasingly competitive commercial uranium enrichment industry. Like several other countries that are already in the uranium mining business, leaders in South Africa are considering expanding into more lucrative phases of the nuclear fuel supply chain including enrichment and fuel element fabrication. Note: If you want to learn more…