The above clip came from a lunchtime talk that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave to the Colorado Oil and Gas Association on July 8, 2010, during the Energy Epicenter conference. Aside: People who are not from Colorado might need some background to explain the reference to working with Governor Ritter on “1365”. There is another…
On July 8, 2010, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave a lunchtime speech at Energy Epicenter, the annual conference of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. That speech provides a number of insights that are useful to those who are concerned about energy issues, concerned about the environment, and interested in the activities of power brokers…
It sometimes surprises me just how long it takes the advertiser supported media to recognize an important story. This morning, my Google News Alert indicated that MSNBC and Bloomberg had both noticed that Westinghouse had transferred 75,000 documents relating to the design and construction of AP1000 nuclear reactor plants to China. One of those sources…
On November 22, 2010, the New York Times published another one of those “protect the children” articles that quotes professional critics, plays on fears and perpetrates the journalistic assumption that the general public should be protected from math and numbers at all costs. The article, titled Radiation Worries for Children in Dentists’ Chairs describes how…
On the advice of a friend, I just visited the New York Times web site to read a story from November 16, 2010 titled When Uranium Outshines Gold. Since I understand how quickly web advertising can change, I thought I would capture the view that I saw when I read the article. It is a…
This clip might seem like a bit of a detour from the normal topics on Atomic Insights, but there is a relationship. A major reason why nuclear energy has not grown more rapidly here in the US is that too many people have passively accepted the fear-promoting efforts of people with hidden agendas rather than…
I just read another antinuclear rant published by Harvey Wasserman titled America’s Eggshell Nukes. It is not an opinion piece, but a series of lies that uses inflammatory language to cause unwarranted fear of an important energy source. The headline itself is an obvious lie to anyone who has ever seen the details of a…
The Nuclear Energy Institute, the American Nuclear Society and the North American Young Generation in Nuclear have been investing time and money into focused workforce development programs for several years. The people leading the effort are taking the action to ensure that there are educated and trained people who are ready to meet the challenge…
This will be just a quick post to log a thought that I just had on the web, where I can find it later. (By the way, that was one of the original purposes of a web log, aka a “blog”.) There are many reasons to doubt the credibility of people who have made a…
Immediately after the November elections in the United States, Dr. Helen Caldicott, a well-known antinuclear activist from Australia, offered commentary for publication by the Huffington Post titled simply The Election. A part of her message was another round of fire in of what I believe will be a lengthy campaign leading to a loud crescendo…
During my stint as a Washington DC bureaucrat, I noticed how certain phrases worked their way into the daily language. Most people were probably not even aware of how quickly they would adopt the popular phrases, but I have always been a bit fascinated with language and how it develops. I tried to take note…
Twice during the past week, I have run into antinuclear rants that point to Admiral Rickover’s final testimony to Congress in January 1982 as evidence to support an assertion that nuclear energy should be avoided. Admiral Rickover was one of the pioneers in the field of capturing nuclear fission energy for beneficial use; he is…