The Washington Post published an article on July 31, 2007 titled Firm Applies To Expand Nuclear Plant In Maryland. In the article it did not mention that the filing took place on July 13, 2007 according to NRC MEETING AUG. 14 IN SOLOMONS, MD TO DISCUSS REVIEW PROCESS FOR CALVERT CLIFFS REACTOR APPLICATION. I have…
The ‘smoking gun’ series on Atomic Insights provides links to articles that describe a direct anti-nuclear statement from someone who is openly supporting a competitive energy source. This afternoon, I received an anonymous tip with a link to an article in The Australian dated July 30, 2007 and titled Nuclear threatens our jobs: union. Here…
Though I grew up in South Florida and have lived almost all of my life south of the Mason Dixon line (yes, Maryland is south of that line), I have always felt a bit of a linkage with New Englanders. Part of that is the fact that I was the product of a mixed marriage,…
According to a Reuters article dated July 26, 2007 and titled Reid tells four companies no coal power in Nevada, Senator Harry Reid, the United States Senate Majority leader recently wrote a letter to four companies that have been planning to build coal fired power stations in Nevada. His strongly worded letter let them that…
Some energy market observers believe that the current mismatches in natural gas supply around the world represent an opportunity for expanded international trading via long distance pipelines and/or LNG tankers. In some places like Qatar and Kuwait, gas can be purchased for as low as $0.50 per million BTU while in other markets like the…
A couple of weeks ago, a listener suggested that I invite Stewart Peterson the blogger who writes the excellent Nuclear Is Our Future. Stewart provides his insights on the nuclear industry from the perspective of a person who was still in preschool at the time that the Integral Fast Reactor was shut down by the…
One of the frustrating parts of discussing energy choices is that there are plenty of people with opinions who will not recognize facts. In the case of power supply choices, they WANT to believe that there is an easy – or, in the word used by Amory Lovins, “soft” – way to ensure a sufficient…
Rod’s first solo show. Topics include Japanese earthquake, GAO sting of NRC, Kazakhstan investment in Westinghouse, rethinking nuclear This is my first show as a solo podcaster. On the show I talk about the recent earthquake in Japan, the GAO’s sting operation targeting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Kazakhstan’s investment in Westinghouse, an interesting blog post…
On July 18, 2007, BBC published an article titled Water find ‘may end Darfur war’. Though the article actually talks about finding an underground lake that can be tapped to provide drinking and irrigation water, there are several important concepts discussed in the article that are part of my motive for action on atomic energy….
People who follow The Atomic Show as well as Atomic Insights know that it has been about three weeks since the last episode of the show was posted. I finally got a few free moments at the same time as I had something to say. I felt the need to talk about earthquakes, GAO stings,…
A couple of days ago I mentioned a new pro-nuclear blog titled “Some Truths of Things” written by a grad student in Melbourne, Australia. In that post I also mentioned that he has written a detailed academic paper – still a work in progress, but with references and citations – that is a rebuttal to…
One of my favorite sources of interesting commentary on the energy business is Energy Outlook. It has been on my blogroll for a long time. Here is the author’s profile: Geoffrey Styles is an energy and strategy consultant specializing in the application of scenario thinking for Fortune 500 companies and other clients. In his corporate…