Gwyneth Cravens, a former anti-nuclear activist is a switcher who has just published a new book titled “Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy”. The tour guide for the journey that changed her mind was Rip Anderson, a scientist with a long history in nuclear research. Part II of a two part…
Yesterday I posted a comment that included the below quote from the NRDC’s review of Gwyneth Cravens’s new book “Power to Save the World”. I semi-promised to come back to the comment and poke some holes in the assertions. If she’d driven north for a day from New Mexico, for instance, she could have spent…
Bruce Power is one of the more interesting partnerships in the energy business. Cameco Corporation, TransCanada Corporation, BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust, the Power Workers’ Union and the Society of Energy Professionals came together to form Canada’s first privately owned company focused on nuclear power. The company purchased a nuclear power station that included eight reactors…
Gwyneth Cravens, a former anti-nuclear activist is a switcher who has just published a new book titled “Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy”. The tour guide for the journey that changed her mind was Rip Anderson, a scientist with a long history in nuclear research. Part I of a two part…
Gwyneth Cravens’s new book Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy has been released and should be available in book stores around the US. I recently received my bound edition after having received and read an advance copy about six weeks ago. It will make a valuable edition for any library. I…
As a podcaster and self confessed IT geek, I subscribe to a newsletter published by Phil Windley titled IT Conversations. It is part of a terrific blog and podcast enterprise of the same name. Phil and his crew have been recording talks, panel discussions and keynote speeches at various IT conferences for several years, providing…
Phosphate deposits often contain substantial quantities of uranium with concentrations ranging from a few parts per million to as much as 600 ppm. The spoils left over from phosphate mining for fertilizer can contain even higher concentrations that are in a form suitable for chemical recovery of the uranium. This recovery process used to be…
Dr. Jeremy Whitlock was one of the first nukes to recognize the value of web-based communications. He started the Canadian Nuclear FAQ in 1996. He is a second generation nuclear professional. Enjoy. Dr. Jeremy Whitlock is a second generation nuclear profession who lives with his family in Deep River, a town he describes as an…
Every once in a while I come across articles that directly support the notion that much of the energy source debate is really a marketing battle, though the stated topic might be “energy security”, “environmental concerns”, or “global warming”. To their great credit, most engineers and scientists that I know are very straightforward people; they…
The “No Nukes” crowd continues to spread their misinformation. On Tuesday, 23 October, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Graham Nash traveled to Washington, D.C. to deliver a petition to Congress. Their demand is the removal of language in the 2007 energy bill that would provide funds to back up loan guarantees for energy producing projects…
As Atomic Insights readers may remember, I have a lifelong association with FPL (Florida Power and Light). My Dad worked as an engineer for the company for 35 years – starting well before I was born. Dad passed away just one month after he retired, so it is almost completely accurate to say that the…
Nick Bruse of TPN’s The Cleantech Show invited me for an interview. He also gave me permission to cross post that interview. Hope you enjoy. Nick Bruse of The Cleantech Show, hosted by The Podcast Network, invited me to his show to discuss nuclear power as a potential clean technology. As Nick said, it is…