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Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy

Existing nuclear plants are valuable and worth saving

May 15, 2014 By Rod Adams

Monthly Average Gas Prices for US Electric Generators

Many currently operating nuclear plants are in danger of being permanently shut down due to temporary conditions including low, but volatile natural gas prices, improperly designed markets that fail to recognize the value of reliable generating capacity, quotas and mandates that result in certain types of electrical generators receiving direct monetary payments in addition to […]

Filed Under: Aging nuclear, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Climate change, Economics, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Open letter to antinuclear groups claiming to be “environmental”

February 10, 2014 By Guest Author

US GigaWatt Hours Delivered per Life Lost (2003-2012)

Dr. Alexander Cannara is an environmental activist who has been writing letters to antinuclear groups. He gave me permission to republish one of his missives here. The views expressed are his, but they deserve to reach a larger audience. By Dr. Alexander Cannara Date: 19 Sept. 2013 Subject: An open letter to groups I’ll no […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Guest Columns

Alvin Weinberg’s liquid fuel reactors

February 6, 2014 By Guest Author

Figure 6. Senators John Kennedy and Al Gore Sr flank Alvin Weinberg on a visit to ORNL

A nuclear pioneer’s work on safer, cheaper, inexhaustible nuclear power is still inspiring nuclear environmentalists. by Robert Hargraves Physicist Alvin Weinberg worked on the Manhattan Project and later co-invented the pressurized water nuclear reactor. As Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory he led development of liquid fuel reactors, including walk-away-safe liquid fluoride thorium reactors with […]

Filed Under: Atomic history, Atomic Pioneers, Atomic politics, Climate change, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Guest Columns, Liquid Fuel Reactors, Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Professional antinuclear greens resist; greens concerned about climate change embrace

November 22, 2013 By Rod Adams

Fissures related to nuclear energy are developing in the monolithic movement known as Environmentalism. The Breakthrough Institute has published a good introduction to the schism titled The Great Green Meltdown: How Economic Arguments Against Nuclear Highlight Environmentalist Delusions. Though this is a simplification, it is generally accurate to describe two sides of the movement that […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Book, Climate change, Economics, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Fossil fuel competition, Natural Gas, Pro Nuclear Video

Jane Velez-Mitchell expresses shock as she interviews Robert Stone about Pandora’s Promise

November 10, 2013 By Rod Adams

Jane Velez-Mitchell concludes this segment by saying: “If you ever thought you knew anything about nuclear power plants, think again.” She then extolls the CNN audience to tune in and watch Pandora’s Promise.

Filed Under: Climate change, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, New Nuclear, Pro Nuclear Video

Robert Stone talks with Michael Moore at the Traverse City Film Festival

September 16, 2013 By Rod Adams

During the summer of 2013, Robert Stone, the director of Pandora’s Promise, was invited to show his documentary at the Traverse City Film Festival. Michael Moore, one of the most famous and financially successful documentary film makers in America, is the founder and president of the festival. After the showing, the two directors chatted about […]

Filed Under: Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Pro Nuclear Video

Pandora’s Promise disrupts assumptions about nuclear energy

June 14, 2013 By Rod Adams

If Robert Stone’s primary purpose in creating Pandora’s Promise was to generate discussion about nuclear energy, it appears that he has succeeded. If his underlying purpose was to generate heated and uncomfortable reactions from people who have invested their entire career identity into being a go-to person for a negative comment about nuclear energy for […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Atomic Advocacy, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Pro Nuclear Video

Pandora’s Promise Review Roundup

June 13, 2013 By Rod Adams

Robert Stone’s Pandora’s Promise has been capturing attention and encouraging people to challenge their personal beliefs and tribal assumptions. Stone’s documentary is a classic “journey of discovery” tale featuring five people who changed their minds about nuclear energy from opposition to support. It takes viewers along the path of knowledge discovery followed by Gwyneth Cravens, […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Pro Nuclear Video

Green Nuclear Junk – reposted from DecarboniseSA

May 22, 2013 By Rod Adams

Ben Heard and Geoff Russell collaborated on a post for DecarboniseSA titled Green Nuclear Junk that takes careful aim at an antinuclear meme that is mostly based on a series of false assumptions that include a table of mortality figures made incorrect by dividing by 8.76 instead of multiplying by that same number. With Ben’s […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Climate change, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy

Mark Lynas describes anti GMO conspiracy to Cornell University

May 3, 2013 By Rod Adams

One of the primary reasons I am sharing the above video is that it has an analog in the multi-decade effort to restrict the growth of nuclear technology. Though not the topic of this talk, Mark pointed out the similarity between the anti GMO and antinuclear movements. At minute 15:30 he said: Indeed, in many […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Atomic Show #202 – Atomic Earth Day 2013

April 22, 2013 By Rod Adams

Many nuclear professionals have been attracted to the technology because of its inherently light footprint when compared to all other alternative power sources. It uses less land, less metal, less concrete, and a tiny volume of fuel when compared to producing a similar quantity of energy from other sources of reliable power, especially when the […]

Filed Under: Alternative energy, Energy density, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Podcast

Cure climate crisis by shifting to Fission, Fast!

March 1, 2013 By Rod Adams

Know New Nukes

Randy Olson’s post about the contribution of a short, alliterative slogan to the mass attraction of the No Nukes movement inspired my recent post about using Fission Fast! to inspire effective action to improve our climate situation. Olson has responded to that proposal with his own idea in a post titled Curb Carbon or Fission […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Energy density, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Politics of Nuclear Energy

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