Thorium Energy Alliance Conference – October 19

I got permission to take a few hours off of my day job yesterday morning to attend a professional event related to future employment. I crossed town on the excellent Metro system to the Florida Ave-Galludet University stop and made my way to the Kellog Conference Center for the opening of the first session of…

The Dose Makes the Poison

A friend who reads Atomic Insights suggested that I would enjoy watching the below videos based on my recent comments about how “the dose makes the poison” when it comes to the health effects of low levels of exposure to radiation and other potential hazards. He was right – this is a well done, valuable…

Ted Rockwell's Nuclear Energy Facts – Useful Reference Using Serious Research From a 60-Year Nuclear Professional

Ted Rockwell took some time away from his nascent blogging efforts at Learning About Energy to produce a useful reference that he calls Nuclear Energy Facts 10-09. He has described the effort as a “draft working report that attempts to collect and document the scientific and engineering facts, and the basic rationale, that support the…

Entertaining and Informative Look Back On Energy Development Decisions Since 1973

Llewellyn King, founder of “Energy Daily” is one of the more knowledgeable and entertaining commentators on energy issues. He recently sat down with Margaret Ryan of Clean Skies News to talk about some of his observations of American energy policies and investments during the years since the Nixon Administration. He has interesting comments on natural…

Pro-Nuclear Writers Meeting in DC During ANS Winter Meeting

Dan Yurman, my friend at Idaho Samizdat, is organizing a get together for bloggers and authors interested in talking and sharing stories about nuclear energy – and probably lots of other topics of interest. This event will build upon a community of interest that that got together in Atlanta in June for a wonderful outdoor…

Kerry – Graham Op-Ed Piece Reinforces the Importance of Nuclear Energy as a Climate Change Mitigation Tool

During the weekend, while I was climbing over rocks and mountain summits on the Appalachian Trail, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) published an Op-Ed in the New York Times titled Yes We Can (Pass Climate Change Legislation) that contained the following comment about nuclear energy: Second, while we invest in renewable energy…