On episode 19 of The Atomic Show, Shane Brown and I chat about the prospects for new nuclear power plants in Canada, the choices that Ontario will be making for new nuclear power plants, and the possibility that CANDU reactors might be good choices for providing the steam and hydrogen needed to produce useful products from Alberta’s tar sands. Check it out at http://atomic.thepodcastnetwork.com/index.php?p=32
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During the January 21, 2010 hearing held by the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the subject of the Department of Energy’s Research and Development program, Senator Bernie Sanders made some statements about nuclear energy that begged comment. I have put together a video clip that inserts my comments as he makes his…
A couple of days ago, I linked to an article quoting Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov stating a need to restart Kozludy 3, a 405 MWe nuclear power plant that was forced to shut down at the end of 2006 as a result of EU demands as part of Bulgaria’s accession to the EU. A reader…
Joshua Holland at AlterNet has posted a thought and comment provoking article titled Bush’s Nuclear Madness in which he postulates that the only reason that nuclear power is making a comeback in the public eye is that there has been a focused, long term effort by a shadowy group of industry lobbyists making key political…
I am learning to play with a new tool – Google Book Search Beta. Though I have some concerns about Google’s treatment of authors and their copyrights, I am excited by the prospects of being able to do serious research from my home office. Until today, I did not realize just how many obscure, but…
On July 1, 2005, Ira Flatow interviewed Ned R. Sauthoff, Project Manager, U.S. ITER Project, DOE Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University. As usual, I was not able to listen to the program at the time that it was broadcast, but fortunately Ira has established a podcast edition of his show, so it showed up…
The Reason Foundation recently hosted a moderated discussion between William Tucker, author of Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America’s Long Energy Odyssey, and Jerry Taylor, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. In addition to the initial essays, Reason’s Out of Control blog hosted a continuing exchange titled…
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