After writing about Iran’s motivations for atomic energy independence, I came across the following article in the online edition of the Harvard International Review – Forced to Fuel – http://hir.harvard.edu/articles/1294/ which discusses, with more detail and rigor – the current electrical power supply situation in Iran.
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For a variety of reasons, I was not very productive for most of the month of July. I have finally gotten around to adding another installment to the Adams Engine™ story titled Seeking Simplicity, Finding Complexity. Hope you enjoy learning – slowly – a little more about simple cycle gas turbines connected to high temperature…
At the end of last week, Seminole Electric Cooperative – the third largest power generator in Florida – announced that it was canceling a 750 MW coal fired power plant project that it had been developing near Palatka, Florida. The cooperative filed papers with state regulators announcing the cancellation. The stated reasons included uncertainties regarding…
Yesterday I mentioned the high cost of the competitors for atomic energy in America. The fact that energy is far more expensive now than it was just two or three years ago is not really news – radio, television and newspaper articles that talk about gasoline prices are published with great regularity. Gasoline prices are…
A few days ago, I posted a map overlay of the US visitors to Atomic Insights for a thirty day period. One commenter asked for information about international visitors. Here is a screen capture of one of the useful reports provided by Google Analytics about Atomic Insights. During the past 30 days, visitors from 98…
There is a lot of attention being paid to the incredible quantity of money that is flowing from oil consumers to oil gathering and refining companies. Here are some examples of interesting viewpoints on the issue: Gregg says oil company profits should be taxed Off topic: Record oil company profits and gas prices Backlash spreads…
Any experienced “nuke” worth his or her salt can provide dozens of examples gleaned over their careers of extra costs that provided no increase in value or safety. I will never forget my first introduction to the ways that layer upon layer of requirements have been added over the years. These layers insidiously slow progress…