Nancy Thorner of Lake Bluff has written a letter to the editor of the Daily Herald to tell them she would rather have a restarted Zion Nuclear Plant in her backyard than accept several proposed wind turbines that would produce just a tiny fraction of the power – if the wind blows from the right direction at the right velocity.
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Thailand, like many rapidly developing countries, has a growing need for more power. It has plans to build about 32,000 MW of new capacity during the next fifteen years – with the vast majority of that capacity coming from coal and gas fired plants. However the plan does include about 5,000 MW of capacity from…
The Hyperion Power Module continues to generate discussion. Many blog posts on the topic are mere repetitions of the same stories, right down to the misquotes about cost per unit energy. There is a good article posted on Physicsworld.com with answers to some of the questions that people have asked about the HPM. I highly…
Suzy Hobbs at PopAtomic.org has released a series of new pieces of original art that will add depth and visual interest to discussions about energy. The drawings are suitable for inclusion into presentations or as components of an advertising/information campaign. I particularly like the “Uranium, Not Just Another Rock” poster. It has the vibrant orange…
Craig Lambert is Director of Engineering, New Business Development, Exelon Generation Company, LLC. He was the tenth and last speaker at the B&W hosted press conference announcing their mPower™ modular reactor. In the above video, he describes Exelon’s analysis of some of the potential benefits that can come from modular reactors and he describes Exelon’s…
This does not qualify as a smoking gun because it does not include a specific anti-nuclear comment from someone who has a visible connection to finding, extracting, transporting, trading or marketing coal, oil or natural gas. However, a recent article in the Wall Street Journal titled No Uptick Seen for Natural Gas Prices, ENI Says…
According to an article in MaineToday.com titled Wiscasset scouted for power plant, there are some power plant developers that are interested in building a coal-fired power plant in Wiscasset, Maine, on the site where the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant (now completely decommissioned) used to be. The site has a number of advantages for a…