A couple of days ago I mentioned a new pro-nuclear blog titled “Some Truths of Things” written by a grad student in Melbourne, Australia. In that post I also mentioned that he has written a detailed academic paper – still a work in progress, but with references and citations – that is a rebuttal to Helen Caldicott’s “Nuclear Power is Not the Answer.”
At least one reader asked me to post a link to that paper so here is is:
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Predictions of future costs play a large role in the discussion of whether or not to enable the construction of new nuclear power plants. A commentary in the Duluth News Tribune (free registration required) titled Pro/con: Nuclear power is not competitive with coal, natural gas encouraged me to share some of my thoughts on the…
According to an article posted on Allheadlinenews.com Senate Bill Paves Way For Up To $50 Billion To Nuclear Power Industry the specific form of assistance being considered for the nuclear industry is for the US Government to provide backing for the loans that the industry will need in order to complete the plants that they…
Just yesterday, I wrote a lengthy piece talking about how natural gas suppliers are working hard to market their product to both gas customers and to politicians who are making large impact energy policy decisions. One of the marketing bullets being used is that natural gas is newly abundant and can thus be considered a…
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Part 2 of 2 – CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl and the 60 minutes crew provide a look inside Saudi Aramco, the world’s most profitable company and its largest oil supplier – by far. The interviews focus on Ali Al-Naimi, the Saudi Oil Minister, but also include discussions with Abdallah Jum’ah, Saudi Aramco’s president and CEO,…
On the June 10, 2008 episode of the Daily Source Code, Atomic Rod (that’s me) payed a visit to rant about the fact that we have been conditioned to consider nuclear waste as an unsolvable problem while we have also been conditioned to simply accept and deal with the deadly waste products that spew out…
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