Month: August 2008

I will state up front that I am not an expert in human health. I am, however, a student of words and language and must make an observation about an article in the August 30, 2008 issue of The Lancet titled “Can low-dose radiation increase risk of cardiovascular disease?”. For people that read just headlines…

Today has been a “clean up the office” day. I ran across an old issue of the Wall Street Journal that I had squirreled away, meaning to do something with it. As leafed through the paper, I tried to figure out just why I had saved that particular issue. I realized that it was for…

My friend, David Bradish at NEI Nuclear Notes pointed out a well written essay by Shannon Love on Chicago Boyz titled Fantasy Energy. Here is a sample from that blog: I think it important to emphasize that we would need to move to nuclear energy even if we had an infinite supply of fossil fuels…

On August 29, 2008, I spoke with John Deal, the CEO of Hyperion Power Generation about his company’s plans to build 4,000 small nuclear power plants sized to be able to be transported anywhere in the world on the back of a truck. (Of course, there are places in the world not reachable by truck,…

I have been publishing Atomic Insights since 1995 and have not yet published a press release article. I am going to break that string today. A few minutes ago, I received the following from Tom Ferreira – PBMR Corporate Communications. It is interesting enough to publish directly without editing: Production of graphite feedstock for the…

Bill Tucker, author of Terrestrial Energy (warning: Terrestrial Energy has a fascinating intro video that plays automatically unless you skip it) has produced a series of posts for the Freakonomics blog hosted by the New York Times. The comments are being moderated – which slows down the conversation, but elevates it to something worth reading….

I encourage you all to visit the active discussion going on at Depleted Cranium about wind energy limitations. Here is a sample: I shouldn’t complain though. I’m glad to see that wind energy is finally getting some of the criticism it deserves in the mainstream media. Just like biofuels started getting called on its various…

Shaw Group, which has a 20% ownership stake in Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, has announced a new plant that will build reactor components to be shipped via barge to new construction sites. The plant, destined for Lake Charles, Louisiana, will be a joint venture between Shaw and Westinghouse with about $210 million in assistance spread…

Steve Darden at SeekerBlog.com has some thoughts worth a read in his post titled CBO Study: Nuclear Power’s Role in Generating Electricity. You might also want to visit the Wall Street Journal’s Environmental Capital Blog post titled Going Nuclear: Will Dems Support Nukes To Fight Climate Change?. That one contains some interesting comments that lead…