Eric McErlain at NEI Nuclear Notes pointed me to an interesting discussion that is going on at MetaFilter about nuclear power in response to Judith Lewis’s article in the LA Weekly. You can find the discussion at http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/46540. I was impressed by the civil nature of the discussion and the intelligence of the comments, even those where the author has a negative view of nuclear power plants.
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The price increases experienced in the uranium market during the past 7 years has resulted in predictable behavior – exploration and mining operations are increasing. The clear signal sent by the market is that uranium is a desirable product, one that the customers need and that the suppliers can provide profitably. In a December 26,…
Freedom for Fission pointed me to a thought provoking article on the BBC web site deceptively titled Nuclear veterans vow to fight on. Normally, I have at least some sympathy for the fact that writers cannot cover every aspect of a story, but in this case, I have to challenge what the author left out….
I have spent the last few hours reading some interesting, sometimes detailed articles about nuclear power in India, Texas, Vermont and South Carolina. I also re-read a thought provoking article about how the neo-cons “killed” nuclear power. Though the author of that article used the word “killed”, I think she would agree that it is…
On Thursday, December 1, 2005, the Buisness Gazette published an article written by David Siddall titled Warm Reaction to All-Encompassing Review. It is a fascinating look into the British political environment in which the idea of new nuclear power plants is going to be evaluated. Mr. Jamie Reed, MP from Copeland had the following to…
This is a time compressed post whose major purpose is personal – I need to work a bit on my graphing skills and on my use of the Blogger software that enables Atomic Insights. Quite a while ago, I promised to find some graphs that would show the real energy path that the US has…
My Google News Alert that searches the world of publications for me every day for the words “new nuclear power plants” brought me a rather interesting link yesterday afternoon. The article, titled A Good Day for Nuke Power, was published on September 28, 2007 on the blog for The Texas Observer. The author, Forrest Wilder,…
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