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Micheal Shellenberger tells Cal Poly audience how nuclear fear began. How will it end?

January 7, 2017 By Rod Adams 7 Comments

Michael Shellenberger, the director of Environmental Progress, recently gave a talk at Cal Poly titled How Fear of Nuclear Ends. As usual, Michael did a terrific job of presenting the talk and provides excellent graphics in support of his primary discussion points. There is, not surprisingly, more to the story he told. After all, he […]

Filed Under: Pro Nuclear Video, Antinuclear activist, Atomic politics, Diablo Canyon

NEI Asks Trump Transition Team For Assistance To Make 2017 A Happy Nuke Year

January 4, 2017 By Rod Adams 48 Comments

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently issued a six page memorandum for the Trump transition team titled Nuclear Power in America and the World that outlines a program to improve America’s nuclear energy capabilities. It leads with the following paragraph. Economic, reliable, stable electricity is the lifeblood of our economy, a critical ingredient of prosperity […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

U. S. should strengthen and export its atomic energy capabilities

December 31, 2016 By Rod Adams 60 Comments

Donald Trump has once again caused a huge stir with the issuance of a 140 character statement of purpose. Here is the tweet heard around the world: The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, International nuclear, Nuclear Communications

Rick Perry might convert DOE into an ENERGY leader

December 27, 2016 By Rod Adams 81 Comments

President-Elect Trump’s choice of Rick Perry to run the Department of Energy is good news for people who believe–or want to believe–that the federal government’s Department of Energy was formed at the end of the 1970s because voters were tired of our abject dependence on foreign oil and its associated entanglements. It is likely to […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Fossil fuel competition, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Maria Korsnick describes nuclear industry strategy under incoming Trump Administration

November 27, 2016 By Rod Adams

Maria Korsnick, the new President and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, recently talked with Monica Trauzzi, host of E&E News’s OnPoint. Korsnick and Trauzzi discussed the nuclear industry’s near term future and its public information strategy under the coming Donald Trump Administration. A complete transcript of the interview is posted on the E&E News […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics, Nuclear Communications

Is Donald Trump considering Donald Hoffman as Secretary of Energy?

November 23, 2016 By Rod Adams

After every Presidential election, the game of “guess the cabinet” becomes one of the hottest activities in Washington, DC. One of the more entertaining aspects of the game is that almost anyone can play. Some participants read press articles voraciously and seek to impress their friends or readers by repeating names that they have heard. […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics

President Trump: Nuclear energy is the mother lode of untapped potential

November 11, 2016 By Rod Adams

President-elect Trump’s gracious acceptance speech includes a statement that should stimulate creative people who appreciate the capabilities of nuclear energy yet are saddened by the huge gap between the promise and the current reality. “I’ve spent my entire life in business looking at the untapped potential in projects and in people all over the world. […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics

Maria Korsnick brings fresh thinking to nuclear energy leadership

October 28, 2016 By Rod Adams 20 Comments

Maria Korsnick has a passion for nuclear energy and a well- informed view of the challenges and opportunities the U.S. nuclear industry faces. That was my impression after recently attending her first press conference as NEI’s new president and CEO. “If we hope to maximize nuclear energy’s immense potential globally, the United States must take […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Nuclear Communications

American’s Nuclear (Power) Program Is Way Behind Russia’s

October 16, 2016 By Rod Adams 28 Comments

After the first hour of the second Trump-Clinton debate, I was beginning to worry that I wouldn’t be able to fulfill my assignment to write about the way that the candidates spoke about my coverage area. There was no mention of energy, clean energy, nuclear energy or climate change. Finally, at 1:02:40 on this video […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Passive-Aggressive Fight Against Plutonium Economy

October 12, 2016 By Rod Adams 36 Comments

Late on a Friday afternoon (September 23), the Department of Energy released an updated performance report on the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF). DOE’s internal Office of Project Management Oversight and Assessment in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers produced the report using assumptions and data provided by DOE leadership. The report concludes […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Fuel Recycling, Plutonium, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Why are nuclear plants losing money at an astonishing rate?

August 18, 2016 By Rod Adams 24 Comments

Joe Romm recently wrote a piece for Climate Progress titled Nuclear Power Is Losing Money At An Astonishing Rate. In that post Romm exaggerates the amount of support that the New York Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) will provide, absolves the massive build out of industrial scale wind and solar from any responsibility for contributing to […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Climate change, Economics

New York’s environment progressed one step forward

August 2, 2016 By Rod Adams 23 Comments

The US environment and electrical supply system measurably improved yesterday. That is something worth celebrating. The New York State Department of Public Service (NYSDPS) took a small, but significant step forward yesterday. By a vote of three yeses and one concur, the commissioners decided to implement a clean energy standard that includes zero emission credits […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Climate change

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