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For the Rest of Us

The "N" (Nuclear) Word is no Longer Taboo

May 17, 2001 By Rod Adams

The whispering is becoming a roar. In the six months since the first “For the Rest of Us” column, there have been hundreds of news stories indicating that the “N” (nuclear) word is no longer taboo. Of course, it would be unrealistic to think that there is any cause and effect relationship between my rosy […]

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Long-term effects of Chernobyl debated

April 26, 2001 By Rod Adams

People who oppose nuclear power often use the words “Three Mile Island” and “Chernobyl” as shorthand to imply that there are safety concerns relating to the technology that cannot be overcome. The great news, however, is that Three Mile Island happened more than 22 years ago, while the 15th anniversary of Chernobyl occurred Thursday, April […]

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Atlas is Shrugging in the People's State of California

April 3, 2001 By Rod Adams

I have developed a morbid fascination with reading stories about California’s energy supply situation. I am also working my way through a second reading of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. It is a good thing that the news stories appear as text on my computer screen while Rand’s book is a three-inch thick 35th Anniversary hardback […]

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Get your ash out of here!

March 22, 2001 By Rod Adams

“Clean coal” has always seemed to be an oxymoron, a phrase with words that do not belong in the same thought. Having seen the soot-coated buildings in British cities, the yellow tinged smoke pouring from the stacks of power plants around Tampa Bay, and the enormous bag houses often used to capture most of the […]

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The 760 Million Mile Per Gallon (MMMPG) Carburetor

March 6, 2001 By Rod Adams

There is an old story that goes something like this. An inventor once came up with a revolutionary carburetor so effective that it enabled a typical American car to travel 100 miles on a single gallon of gasoline. The carburetor never made it to the market because “Big Oil Companies” purchased the patent on the […]

Filed Under: For the Rest of Us, Fossil fuel competition

Exelon goes first with PBMR

February 13, 2001 By Rod Adams

“Okay, We’ll go first.” I heard Exelon’s new advertising slogan for the first time on February 1, 2001. I felt the secret thrill that comes from recognizing an allusion that one is pretty sure very few people “get”. I had a strong desire to say “Yeah” and pump my fist. You see, I had just […]

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Cenfuel could burn well in California

January 23, 2001 By Rod Adams

The news from California is frightening. The electricity supply has become so tenuous that it took quick action by the Water Resources Board to avert rolling blackouts yesterday, Sunday January 21, 2001. When supplying normal loads on a Sunday is an emergency, things are very, very, very bad. (My high school English teacher would be […]

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Dear Mr. President, send in the nukes

January 9, 2001 By Rod Adams

Originally published by Power Online On Tuesday, Jan. 9, the U.S. President Clinton is going to hold a meeting at which he plans to try to figure out what to do about the electricity supply situation in California. I have not yet received my invitation to the meeting, but when asked (fat chance), this is […]

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Bandwagon Gas Market

December 29, 2000 By Rod Adams

The “me too” philosophy common in the power generation business is again beginning to take its toll. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, power industry predictions showed that most new plants would be nuclear powered with the technology achieving a 50% market share by the early part of the 21st century. In the 1990s, […]

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Nuclear Confusion, anti-nuclear collusion

December 6, 2000 By Rod Adams

I’ll admit it. There are some confusing things happening in the energy business, especially concerning nuclear power. I promised to translate information about the business and the technology into something you could use. I have been struggling for several days to digest and synthesize a wide range of recent developments. Last week, the Finnish company […]

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A Vision for Nuclear Power

November 6, 2000 By Rod Adams

In 1984, Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh, starting what became a tsunami in the computing world. No longer were screens limited to displaying cryptic messages that only a geek could love. Instead, the new Mac displayed a welcoming “Hello” rendered in cursive writing large enough to fill the tiny, high-resolution screen. With the pleasant greeting […]

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