Quick note – go and read Op-Ed: Nuclear Power is looking for a new identity and the associated comments. The blog is not supportive of atomic energy, but the comments sure are interesting.
Off to enjoy the warmth of the coming spring with another lengthy bike ride.
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Update to Information Sheet Regarding the Tohoku Earthquake The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC) Washington DC OfficeAs of 10:15AM (EST), March 16, 2011Highest Radiation Levels At 6:40AM (JST) on March 16, a radiation level of 400 milli sievert per hour was recorded outside the west side of the secondary containment building of…
A good friend sent me the below screen shot of iTunes on June 16, 2009. Pretty cool, don’t you think?
Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) has signed on as a co-sponsor for a proposed bill that would, among other things, enable the Department of Energy to increase the amount of research and support that it provides to small and medium sized nuclear power plant development. The reaction in the Colorado press and in the blogosphere to…
One of the more persistent and frustrating comments that anti-nuclear groups have about nuclear power is that the market has spoken and has rejected the technology. There are lots of complicated responses to those statements, but here is one that is becoming more true – “That statement is OBE (Overcome By Events).” Here is an…
Joseph Romm recently published an article at Salon.com titled Nuclear Bomb that attempted to prove that nuclear fission power plants were too expensive to consider building without massive government subsidies. He has apparently failed to understand or acknowledge what is happening in the electrical power industry and in the energy industry in general. He also…
Peter Beattie and his friends in Queensland Australia have succeeded in their mission of protecting the coal and gas industry in Queensland from having to compete with nuclear power. They did it the old fashioned way – they made it illegal to build or operate nuclear facilities in their state. According to a May 2,…
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