I am highjacking the Atomic Insights feed and blog site for a brief advertisement. People who visit the site instead of receiving posts via RSS feed might have noticed a series of profile photo changes as I went clean shaven for the first time in 28 years and as I have gradually replaced my mustache…
I saw a deceptive headline in my Google Alert for new nuclear power plants this morning. Can you imagine – a headline writer who chooses a deceptive headline! The story, titled FACTBOX-U.S. Coal Plant captures and stores 2% of its carbon comes from Reuters News Service. It sits above an article that provides some interesting…
Like many people who blog, I use it as a tool to communicate with people who share a common interest, but not a common location. Sometimes, however, there are wonderful opportunities to actually meet people in person with whom you have shared thoughts and ideas for several years. I had just such an opportunity last…
The November 1009 issue of Scientific American carried a cover story titled A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables by Mark Z. Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi. That article has received some pointed criticism from some of my favorite pro-nuclear bloggers and podcasters, including John Wheeler who produced an episode titled…
Until very recently, the understanding held by most people associated with nuclear energy has been that nuclear energy plants must be very large to achieve the “economy of scale”. Yesterday a group of several hundred ANS meeting attendees heard from representatives from the USA, Jordan, Mexico, Japan, and Russia that there are customers who are…
Today is the first official day of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting for 2009. The title of this year’s meeting is “Nuclear Power: Crafting Energy Solutions”. During the plenary session that is scheduled for this morning at 8:00-11:30 two US Senators (James Webb (D-VA) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN)) are scheduled to provide information…
On Friday, November 13, 2009, President Obama paid a brief visit to Tokyo, Japan. As part of his visit, he gave a speech in which he affirmed America’s commitment to the basic bargains of the nuclear non proliferation treaty. All nations have a right to peaceful use of nuclear energy Nations with nuclear weapons have…
Dan Yurman at Idaho Samizdat has led the charge in organizing a blogger meetup during the upcoming American Nuclear Society Winter meeting. The meetup will take place in the Capitol Room between 6:30-8:30 pm on November 17, 2009 at the OMNI Shoreham Hotel on Calvert St NW. Areva will be providing refreshments. If you are…
In the past couple of days, I have noticed a significant increase in the amount of highly visible outdoor marketing in Washington, DC that is touting the benefits of burning methane, which is sold under the brand name of “clean, natural gas.” At the corner of 7th Street and Pennsylvania Ave., right across the street…
Steve Kirsch has recently published a guest post on Brave New Climate titled Fee-and-dividend is superior to cap-and-trade for effective carbon emissions reductions that does a better job than I have been able to do to explain my favorite solution to the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. (I called it a tax and return…
One of the banes of my current existence is a long commute from Annapolis to Washington. There are some advantages of a daily opportunity to see a lot of people and pass by a lot of examples of how people live and work. I also am blessed by being able to pass by some inspirational…
While visiting our daughter this weekend for a gathering to celebrate the pending birth of our granddaughter, I noticed the below bumper sticker on a vehicle belonging to a young friend who attends college in western Virginia. I gave her a big hug and told her I was proud of her proclaimed sentiments.