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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The German government is seriously considering imposing a significant tax on nuclear fuel rods that is expected to provide the government with approximately 9.2 billion euros of additional revenue over a four year period. This new tax might initially make nuclear reactors less economically competitive compared to fossil fuel alternatives, but it could very well…
On November 16, 2009, at the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) gave a speech titled Nuclear Energy in a Carbon Constrained World that included the following intriguing paragraph: “I plan to introduce a second bill, to complement Senator Udall’s bill. My new bill would require the Secretary of Energy to develop…
Southern Maryland Newspapers Online has published a article titled Reactor under microscope that provides some interesting details about Constellation Energy’s offer to sell its stake in Unistar to EDF. It describes a letter from Constellation’s Mike Wallace expressing a strong desire on the part of Constellation’s management to encourage and assist with the project, even…
As diplomats consider possible actions to try to alter Iran’s stated desire to build a complete nuclear fuel cycle for peaceful power production, they would be well advised to take a hard look at the current oil markets. Iran exports approximately 2.5 million barrels of oil per day from its 4 million barrel per day…
There are a lot of books from the 1970’s and 1980’s that talk about nuclear energy, and some of them are actually quite good. However, there was a real dearth in publications on the topic for a number of years. That trend seems to be over. I am aware of several books that are at…
Gwyneth Cravens’s new book Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy has been released and should be available in book stores around the US. I recently received my bound edition after having received and read an advance copy about six weeks ago. It will make a valuable edition for any library. I…