Please watch this video clip with a questioning attitude to see if you agree with the headline I chose for this post. Comments are welcome. The original story titled Danish Island “CO2 Negative” is at CleanSkies.tv
On August 19, 2010, the Transportation and Storage Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future met at the Washington Marriott Hotel near the George Washington University campus. Approximately 50-60 people attended the meeting, including the following members of the BRC: Richard Meserve – Co-Chairman, Phil Sharp – Co-Chairman, Mark Ayers, Vicky Bailey,…
The Transportation and Storage Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future will be meeting today from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Washington Marriott Hotel, 1221 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC. There will be a webcast. The planned agenda includes the following topics: Industry projections of commercial used fuel inventories The…
A little more than three years ago, I wrote an article expressing my belief that the four AP100s that Westinghouse sold to China in a landmark deal signed in December 2006 would be the only four reactors of that model that Westinghouse ever sold in China. In fact, I wondered at the time if Westinghouse…
There is an article on RenewableEnergyWorld.com titled Welcome to the Revolution: Emanuel Sachs and Frank van Mierlo that includes some remarkably negative commentary about nuclear energy, especially considering the education level of the men being quoted. One of them has a PhD from MIT and one has both an MBA from INSEAD in France and…
NS Savannah at Waterside in Baltimore (June 2008) If you have a bit of free time I highly recommend a visit to the online tour of the NS (Nuclear Ship) Savannah. The Historic Naval Ships Association site includes terrific photos that allow a virtual tour similar to the kind you can take at well designed…
A few months ago, I had an encouraging discussion with an open minded science writer named John Horgan. John had appeared on a Bloggingheads.tv video with George Johnson and expressed some strong anti-nuclear feelings, especially about the Indian Point nuclear plant near his home in New York. I contacted him via email to offer counter…
I admit it – I distrust very large companies who make billions of dollars in after tax profits every quarter. That is especially true when their leaders are reaching for my wallet and asking me to support their investments with my tax dollars as well as my purchasing dollars. I cannot fully explain how I…
On July 8, 2010, an activist group named NC Warn that is specifically organized to fight reliable nuclear energy and promote unreliable, weather dependent wind and solar energy published a press release announcing to the world that they had commissioned a paper proving that solar generated electricity had become cheaper than electricity from new nuclear…
For the past 17 years, the American Nuclear Society has sponsored a utility working conference for members who engage in the demanding, but rewarding work of operating and supporting the fleet of 104 nuclear power plants that provide approximately 800 billion emission free kilowatt-hours each year to the United States power grid. The conference has…
Ever since the first oil price shocks of the 1970s, it has been fashionable for some energy market observers to sagely recommend conservation and energy efficiency as the cheapest, quickest form of new energy supply. Amory Lovins famously gave this response to energy challenges the name “negawatts”. Conservation and efficiency are attractive notions – people…
A friend sent out a link to a July 30, 2010 blog post on Young Australian Skeptics titled Does nuclear energy have the answers we need?. The post was written by Luke Weston, the man who provided excellent material at Physical Insights before real life intruded and he got busy completing his studies in Physics…
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