A couple of days ago, Marc Fisher, who operates a blog titled Raw Fisher at the Washington Post, published a commentary titled Mixed greens: How nuclear power splits environmentalists. This post has attracted a significant string of well-reasoned (and a few goofy) comments. I encourage you to visit, read the thread and contribute if you are so inspired.
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China has announced the start of construction for 6 new nuclear reactors on a site in Yangjiang City, Guangdong province. Each plant will produce 1,000 MW of electrical power (1 GWe). The total cost for the 6 reactor project is expected to be $10.2 billion. The announcement, when added to others means that China plans…
I have been trying to learn more about Africa, its people, its markets, and the concerns that face that large continent. One of my current information sources is the MBendi web site and its weekly newsletters. In their 17 November 2006 newsletter, there was a disturbing paragraph that should cause biofuels developers to pause and…
Friends of the Earth is running an internet ad campaign that attempts to link the current world financial crisis with the future prospects of nuclear power. Paul Gunter – a career anti-nuclear activist – has tried to make the same link. From a logical argument point of view, the effort is a real stretch. For…
It is encouraging to find that some members of the investment oriented press are beginning to “get it” with regard to the opportunity provided by nuclear power. They are also beginning to understand that the old anti-nuke mantra of “we do not know what to do with the waste” is being overcome by reality. There…
The Energy Bulletin has published a post titled “Energy resources and our future” – remarks by Admiral Hyman Rickover delivered in 1957. The talk was for delivery at a banquet of the Annual Scientific Assembly of the Minnesota State Medical Association St. Paul, Minnesota. According to Energy Bulletin contributor Rick Lakin, it was pulled from…
As I described several weeks ago, the Rapleaf symbol now displayed on the Atomic Insights Blog is a link to a service where you can document your opinion of the service provided by Rod Adams (aka atomicrod). In other words, please click on it and add your comments – I think it is a great…
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