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My old friend Jeremy Whitlock, who has been publishing the Candian Nuclear FAQ since April 1996, published a very amusing article titled “Refurbish thyself” with slightly disguised references to some prominent anti-nuclear leaders and their groups. Worth visiting, especially if you are a nuke that likes recognizing allusions are not necessarily obvious to outsiders.
The Telegraph published an article titled Chernobyl: The toxic tourist attraction that is clearly designed to play off of the upcoming (April 26) 25th anniversary of the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. The teaser for the article reinforces that assumption. As Ukraine prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl…
The Miami Herald has published a story titled Hole found in nuclear plant containment building. The article is about a rust-caused hole the size of a quarter that was found in the containment liner at one of the Turkey Point nuclear units during a recent routine refueling outage inspection. The story is rather typical “he…
I stumbled across a Brookings Institution Policy Brief titled The Political Economy of Nuclear Energy in the United States that is dated September 2004. Oh what a difference a year can make. After reading the briefing closely, I took the advice offered at the bottom of the last page of the brief and composed a…
This does not qualify as a smoking gun because it does not include a specific anti-nuclear comment from someone who has a visible connection to finding, extracting, transporting, trading or marketing coal, oil or natural gas. However, a recent article in the Wall Street Journal titled No Uptick Seen for Natural Gas Prices, ENI Says…
Kirk Sorensen, a good friend of mine, brought his three daughters and lovely wife to the American Nuclear Society annual meeting. During a session focused on education and public communications, there was a scheduled talk about a program in Texas aimed at encouraging high school aged girls with excellent math and science skills to remain…