A couple of days ago, I mentioned the fact that the DOE might have decided to remove funding from the INIE – Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education – program. I promised to find out more information and get back to you. While the current status of the program is still a little unclear since…
During day three of the ANS Winter Meeting, I chose to focus my efforts to learn about advances and efforts underway in the areas of training and education. That area seems very important to me – as the Second Atomic Age begins it will be very important to work diligently to train operators, technicians, engineers,…
The agenda for Day 2 of the ANS Winter Meeting included a wide variety of technical breakout sessions with papers being presented on topics as varied as “Multigroup Formulation of the “Correction” Hybrid Mont Carlo/Deterministic Transport Method” to “Optimization of Fission Product Identification Using Compton Suppression and Gamma-Gamma Coincidence” to “Integral Test and Analysis for…
Glen Reynolds at Instapundit has an opinion on a lot of topics, but I really like what he had to say about nuclear power on 13 November. He was responding to a story about America’s need for rapidly expanding its electricity production capability. Here is is comment: It seems to me that nice, clean nuclear…
It is tougher that I thought it would be to participate in a conference and also cover it as a blogger. That is especially true when wireless connectivity is either spotty, toll, or non-existent. The Albuquerque Convention Center supposedly has hot spots, but I cannot seem to find one that provides me with any kind…
For the next several days, I will be attending the American Nuclear Society annual Winter Meeting, which is being held in Albuquerque, NM. There should be some interesting reading as I attempt to share my impressions about the presentations, the buzz in the hallways, and the conversations on the associated show floor. One indication that…
Actually, the article that caused me to ask that question had a slightly different headline Can Russia Substitute More Coal for Gas?. It should be pretty obvious that Russia “can” burn more coal, it has the second largest reserves in the world and currently extracts less than 1/4 of the amount produced in the United…
Iran is a complex and diverse country that is portrayed in a very negative light in many US publications. It has also been the subject of many confusing and bellicose statements by US government leaders for many years. However, with very few exceptions, Americans have little first hand knowledge of the people or the country…
A couple of days ago, I mentioned an article on ArmsControlWonk.com titled Nuclear Power for Everyone!. The article is generating some interesting comments. It is worth a second visit.
The International Herald Tribune published an Associated Press story dated 10 November 2006 titled Poland considers nuclear power to reduce dependence on Russian energy. According to the story, Poland is more worried than most of its European neighbors about the long term implications of continuing to depend on Russia, which has so far refused to…
As I described several weeks ago, the Rapleaf symbol now displayed on the Atomic Insights Blog is a link to a service where you can document your opinion of the service provided by Rod Adams (aka atomicrod). In other words, please click on it and add your comments – I think it is a great…
One of my loyal and informative readers pointed me to an interesting site that describes itself as follows – Energy-TV, the first ever news magazine style program that focuses on Canada’s energy resources sector. The site is new, and one of their first shows is a segment featuring Hank Swartout talking about using Canadian nuclear…