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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A frequent contributor to the discussion threads here on Atomic Insights shared the following observation about the battle over Vermont Yankee. I think it deserves more attention than it will get buried in a separate commenting system. I would be interested in hearing from you; especially if you have a personal connection to the struggle….
Please believe me when I say that I am not “rooting” for wind turbines to fail. I certainly hope that most of the machines that are built and installed provide reliable service for their owners. However, as guy who used to make a living as operating engineer, I have to say that I was not…
Many people who read Atomic Insights have told me that they appreciate the effort that I invest in the publication. Some ask me how I find the time, others ask me how I plan to make a return on the time invested. The answers to those questions are best discussed over coffee or something stronger….
Scott Peterson, the Vice President of Communications for the Nuclear Energy Institute visited with Clean Skies News to talk about his organization’s reactions to the formation of the blue ribbon commission on used nuclear fuel policy. It is heartening to hear an industry spokesman so clearly stating that the industry has accepted the responsibility for…
After posting a video clip of a key segment of Wednesday’s State of the Union address, in which President Obama states: “But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. And that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country.” I…
On Thursday, September 9, 2010, the Institute for Energy and the Environment at the Vermont Law School, which is not affiliated with the University of Vermont, hosted a phone press conference to announce the release of a paper titled Policy Challenges of Nuclear Reactor Construction: Cost Escalation and Crowding Out Alternatives by Dr. Mark Cooper….
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