There have been serval articles about atomic energy published in the past couple of days. These articles are appearing in prominent places in my local newspapers. Here is a sample:
Calvert Residents Content in Nuclear Plant Shadow from the Washington Post on Saturday, August 13, 2005
Power Hungry World Embraces Nuclear Energy from the Washington Times on Monday August 15, 2005 – front page
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One of the things that I love about the Internet is the ability to find articles from local newspapers about topics that get little attention in the national media. Those local sources often provide layers of details and information about the people involved in the activity that are key to a full understanding of what…
Lefteri Tsoukalas, the head of Purdue University’s School of Nuclear Engineering wrote a guest column for the Lafayette Journal and Courier about ABC’s October 13, 2005 “Prime Time” investigation of university research reactors. His well written column is well worth a visit for “the rest of the story.”
In the November 23, 2009 issue of the Washington Post, there is an article titled Nuclear Power Regains Support that describes how some established Environmental groups and individuals have decided that nuclear power can be part of a set of tools that will enable a transition away from fossil fuels. A major reason given for…
The United Kingdom (UK) equivalent of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Apparently that organization is under some of the same pressures as the NRC; it’s staff needs to expand to begin the process of reviewing new designs in a timely manner. As in the US, it has…
We have reached the point where a response to the time worn question “What about Three Mile Island and Chernobyl?” can be answered with “They were both problems that happened MORE than 20 years ago.” Of course, there is room for discussion about the events and they should not be dismissed or forgotten, but the…
This is a time compressed post whose major purpose is personal – I need to work a bit on my graphing skills and on my use of the Blogger software that enables Atomic Insights. Quite a while ago, I promised to find some graphs that would show the real energy path that the US has…
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