Interview with Charles Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology – Council on Foreign Relations. Warning – this is a long episode that ranges from topic to topic! Charles Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology – Council on Foreign Relations paid a visit to The Atomic Show. We engaged in a wide ranging discussion. We started…
A mailing list that I subscribe to sent out a link to a document that should be required reading – with a later test – for all presidential hopefuls. It is a comprehensive statement on nuclear policies issued by President Gerald Ford on October 28, 1976. For those without an immediate understanding of the importance…
Just a few days before the pivotal 1976 election, when President Ford was being challenged by former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter for the U. S. Presidency, President Ford issued this comprehensive nuclear policy statement. Unfortunately, only the parts that limited the expansion of nuclear power were actually implemented. Most of the statements about the importance…
In 2000, Eskom, the South African electric power utility had reserve capacity of about 30%. The government did not agree when the company said that they needed to start building new power plants soon, and imposed a number of policies that limited the company’s ability to expand its production. Here is a warning article that…
After my post about the “Atomic Anne” editorial, I realized that Roger Cohen maintains a blog titled Roger Cohen: Passages that accepts comments on his op-ed pieces. Here is my comment on his blog titled The clean air of France: Roger – you are correct to point out that France is less conflicted about its…
It is standard mythology among many people that support the development of nuclear fission power that one of the reasons that it has seen limited application in the U. S. is that it came under attack from the “liberal” media. It is also an often repeated verse in the dogma of certain “conservative” publications that…
Adam Curry, one of the key players in the podcast world, produces The Daily Source Code, one of the most popular podcasts on the internet. He has often expressed his strong support for new nuclear power plants and often turns to his nuclear power savant – Atomic Rod Adams – for a comment. If you…
According to a Saturday, January 19, 2008 article on the Belfast Telegraph web site titled Nuclear power plan for Ulster Robert Andrews, the founder of Andronics, a satellite communications and location tracking company, has stated his interest in building a new nuclear power plant in Northern Ireland. However, that part of the UK was apparently…
While searching for more information about Hyperion Power Generation – trying to keep abreast of developments at a potential competitor – I ran across Energy Fallout. It is a relatively new blog with a nice look but few posts. However, two of the posts are about nuclear power, so it is worth watching and perhaps…
I have recently read two articles that struck me as important because of an interesting contrast in attitudes and legal treatment. Both of them discuss mining for valuable, but potentially hazardous materials in the commonwealth of Virginia. On Sunday, January 13, my wife and I had a marvelous Sunday morning that included taking the time…
Under the headline Anger over Valli accolade on the Mail and Guardian – out of South Africa – web site, I found an article about the head of a major environmental group named the World Conservation Union (IUCN) who is also a strong backer of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). Valli Moosa, chairperson of…
Eric McErlain posted a blog titled Ireland considers new nuclear build that pointed to a blog on GUBU titled Wind is blowing for nuclear. It introduced me to a blog from Sarah Carey, a lady who has this to say about her background: I am 35 years old, married with two small children and living…