Shane Brown and I recently had fun talking about nuclear power in space exploration. You can listen in by downloading Atomic Show #029 – Nuclear Power in Space. We just had time to scratch the surface of this fascinating topic – please visit and leave us some comments and suggestions for future directions to explore.
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The U. S. arm of Areva has announced a plan to invest $25 million for additional space at its Lynchburg, VA engineering/nuclear services site. The additional space will be needed as the company hires the 500 new employees that it intends to add during the next 3 years. These new employees will be assisting in…
I decided that it might be interesting to see what the Esperanza crew thought about my idea that they could use an AdamsEngineTM. Here is the comment that I made on their most recent blog post by Irene titled Are we there yet?: Irene: I heard about your expedition while listening the interview that Melissa…
Kirk Sorensen is one of the most energetic pro-nuclear activists I have ever met. Not only is he the head nuclear technologist at Teledyne, but he is teaching at the University of Tennessee, obtaining his PhD, and raising some of the brightest young ladies I have ever met. Somehow, he manages to find time every…
As the US government continues to pander to the farm states by subsidizing the price of ethanol and encouraging its use as an energy fuel, our southern neighbors are feeling the pinch. According to a February 1, 2007 article on CNN.com, there have been mass protests over a dramatic rise in the cost of corn…
My wife and I have returned from our summer vacation. This year’s trip was special – we journeyed with some long time friends to Europe for a “Castles on the Rhine” river cruise. Because of the nature of the trip, we decided that we would completely unplug. We did not carry a laptop or even…
A news article posted on 5 November 2005 on the website of KTVO TV3 out of Kirksville Missouri reported that the retail price of natural gas in the area had increased from $0.72 to $1.29 per 100 cubic feet between the winter of 2004-05 and now. That is an increase of 85%. Customers have expressed…
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