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Another blogger for nuclear energy – Ecomodernist Mom

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This morning I ran across a relatively new blog titled Ecomodernist Mom that deserves to be visited with some regularity.

I feel a bit of a kinship to the publisher; she lives in Florida but loves mountains enough to feature them in her site’s banner. She’s a busy mom struggling with raising kids in suburbia, loves nature, loves humanity, drives an SUV and believes that smart applications of technology offer a way to balance her love of nature with her rejection of the notion that humans are some kind of invasive species.

Here is a quote from the About page of Ecomodernist Mom:

Exploring ways to use our influence as mothers to drive pragmatic, evidence-based solutions for the health of our children and our planet.

This page is not funded by industry or special interest groups. It has been created out of love for my children, frustration at the anti-science movement, and hope that rational voices will eventually be heard in the fight for our planet. – Amy

I’m obviously not a mother, but I have a mother, I live with a mother and have two daughters who are mothers. They are some of my favorite people to hang out with.

Amy Levy, the publisher of Ecomodernist Mom, recently co-wrote an article on Huffington Post titled Ecomodernism: An Environmental Movement Unites Politically Divided Moms

I intend to keep reading Amy Levy’s work. You can follow her on Twitter @AmysTruth.

Nuclear facts and feelings in pink and green by Sunniva Rose

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Sunniva Rose is a nuclear engineer working on her PhD at the University of Oslo. She is also a talented public speaker who likes to capture her audience’s attention, partially by choosing colors like pink and green to highlight facts about nuclear energy, deaths per terawatt hour, and growth in human population.

In Nov 2013, she gave a TEDxOslo talk titled How bad is it really Nuclear technology – facts and feelings. For your convenience, I’ve embedded the YouTube video of that talk.

Ms. Rose is studying nuclear energy systems that will take advantage of thorium. She is not a fan of plutonium, but I will not hold that against her. She wryly points out that it might not be quite fair that Norway was endowed with both oil and perhaps the third largest thorium resource in the world. She is also rightfully proud of the fact that thorium was discovered in Norway and is named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor.

At the end of her talk – spoiler alert – Ms. Rose channels her inner Stuart Brand by asking a puzzling question that needs to be posed more often — especially at gatherings of liberal, pro-science critical thinkers.

How is it possible to worry about global warming and not be pro-nuclear?

I’m not sure why none of my contacts have pointed this video out before now, but I am glad I found it on a Singularity, Inc. web page titled Still Don’t Believe?

Aside: Singularity, Inc.’s story is worth retelling. That is a task for another day and time. Please remind me if you do not hear more soon. End Aside.

Sunniva Rose has a multilingual blog – sometimes English, sometimes Norwegian – titled SunnivaRose – about nuclear physics and research and stuff. I recommend a visit; you might want to be using a browser that can perform translations on the fly.

While browsing Sunniva Rose’s site, I found this thoughtful and beautifully photographed piece about contrasts, challenges and opportunities related to nuclear energy.

Sushi & Nuclear (12min) from Bulldozer Film on Vimeo.

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy – Northwest Clean Energy

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There is a new blog about clean energy with a strong focus on the contributions made by clean nuclear energy. Northwest Clean Energy published its introductory post on September 10, 2014 titled Electricity in the Northwest. The lead blogger is Meredith Angwin, an experienced regional blogger and clean energy expert. The most recent post — […]

Another blogger for nuclear energy – Nuclear Layperson

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An Atomic Insights reader sent me a link to a blog started in July of 2014 titled Nuclear Layperson. The blogger, using the nom de plume of “millysievert” provides the following on her “About” page: Bio: Professional nuclear layperson, a.k.a. Executive Assistant to the World Nuclear Association Director General. Got a C in GCSE Physics. […]

A Veteran Blogger for Nuclear Energy Has Returned – Dan Yurman Now Publishing “Neutron Bytes”

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A familiar hand has returned to the nuclear energy information challenge. Dan Yurman who published the outstanding and popular blog titled Idaho Samizdat has published his first post on the newly created Neutron Bytes. The post, titled NRC to Spent Nuclear Fuel: Stay Put for Now discusses the recently issued Nuclear Regulatory Commission rule on […]

Another Blogger For Nuclear Energy – Power for USA

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Update: (Posted 08/21/2014 at 7:35) Donn Dears and I have continuing exchanging comments on his blog post about the destruction of nuclear energy. Atomic Insights readers might be intrigued by the way that the experienced, retired GE executive is responding to the “smoking gun” type stories I have shared with him. End Update. I was […]

Another blogger for nuclear energy – The Actinide Age

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I just realized that a new Twitter friend — @ActindeAge — had also started a blog named The Actinide Age. The publisher is an Australian working for a manufacturing company that is not related to nuclear energy, but that would benefit if energy was cheaper because of a less constrained supply. You can learn about […]

Another blogger for nuclear energy – NGNP Alliance

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I’m perhaps a bit late to welcome the NGNP Alliance to the pro-nuclear blogging community, but it’s better to be late than to never share a welcome at all. I love the tag line that the NGNP Alliance has chosen for their blog – Digital Advocacy for Energy Density. It concisely captures my own motive […]