My daily Google Alert that searches for pebble bed reactors came up with a well written primer on conventional and advanced nuclear power plants this morning. The article was written by Vallana Hill and is titled How Nuclear Plants Work. It is encouraging to see articles like this one appearing in places like Jamaica, where…
The atomic geeks ramble from DTE’s recent announcement of a site license application plan to TXU coal, to small atomic plants of the 1950s. Enjoy the ride! Rod and Shane discuss a variety of topics including DTE’s recent announcement of a plan to apply for a new nuclear plant site license (quite a change from…
In some quarters of the world’s political establishment, there is grave concern over the idea that oil owning nations in the Middle East and elsewhere are displaying an interest in developing nuclear technology. People with this political orientation seem to be only able to think about war; they view the power of the atom as…
Interview with Dr. J Marvin Herndon, best known for his development of the georeactor theory, an idea that the Earth’s core heat is provided by a natural fission reactor. Last night I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Dr. J. Marvin Herndon, a fascinating and independently minded geophysicist and chemist who is best known…
The Atomic Show received a mention on DSC 539 – check it out at the 42:30 minute point! I think I will include a clip on the next show – I am childishly excited by this event. Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code (DSC) is one of the most popular podcasts on the web. One of…
The Atomic Show received a mention on DSC 539 – check it out at the 42:30 minute point! I think I will include a clip on the next show – I am childishly excited by this event. Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code (DSC) is one of the most popular podcasts on the web. One of…
At least two large organizations that claim to be dedicated to a mission of reducing greenhouse gas emissions have demonstrated that they are still in the denial mode when it comes to the use of atomic fission as one of several ways to attack the problem. You can find story by Brita Belli about Greenpeace’s…
The PBMR project continues to work its way through the legal appeals processes that have slowed its development considerably. However, it keeps winning those appeals, with the most recent victory occurring when Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk’s dismissed Earthlife Africa’s appeal of a June 2003 RoD (Record of Decision). IOL.co.za published a…
Lithuania and her immediate neighbors – Latvia and Estonia – are in the market for a new nuclear nuclear power station. These Baltic states are trying to replace the electricity supply that is scheduled to be removed from the grid when Unit 2 of the Ignalina nuclear power station shuts down because of an agreement…
Atomic batteries can store thousands of times more energy per unit mass than chemical batteries – leading to very long lives in special applications One of our listeners – Bruno Garcia – asked us to talk about nuclear (atomic) batteries. These devices make use of the energy that radioactive isotopes emit on a continuous basis…
A friend at rightdemocrat.blogspot.com mentioned my post from January 18 and also posted some information about the recent report issued by the Progressive Policy Institute, an arm of the Democratic Leadership Council. (You can find this post at http://rightdemocrat.blogspot.com/2007/01/atomic-insights-democrats-increasing.html.) Here is a section of the post about the PPI report that caused me to add…
Japan Times published a story on February 1, 2007 titled Toshiba triples its group net profit in April-December period. The article had this to say about the source of the results: Toshiba Corp. reported Wednesday a group net profit of 111.3 billion yen for the first three quarters of its 2006 business year to March…