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Stanford climate scientists promote 100% renewable revolution using natural gas money

June 7, 2015 By Rod Adams

We’ve been repeatedly told that 97% of climate scientists agree that CO2 emissions from human activity are a major cause of climate change. Scientists who question that assertion are villified as “climate change deniers” and marginalized as representing a fringe point of view. They’re frequently accused of being paid by fossil fuel interests. Politicians, journalists […]

Filed Under: Fossil fuel competition, Natural Gas, New Nuclear, Smoking Gun

Tale of two Chinas – One surging forward, one retreating

May 26, 2015 By Rod Adams

Two stories caught my attention this morning. One came from the Taipei Times, one from the Beijing Review. The first one focused on a future energy supply prognostication from an American “expert” who has a light educational and professional background in energy technology, manufacturing, engineering, economics and market dynamics. The second one documents recent progress […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Antinuclear activist, Fossil fuel competition, International nuclear, New Nuclear

Participation opportunity – Turkey Point EIS public meeting

April 15, 2015 By Rod Adams

One of the most prolific anti-nuclear activist groups, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), is distributing posts encouraging their followers to oppose FP&L’s plan to build two new reactors at the Turkey Point Power station. SACE is encouraging people to submit negative comments via the public comment process for the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Atomic politics, Climate change, New Nuclear, Nuclear Communications, Public meetings

Atomic Show #238 – StarCore Nuclear co-founders

April 7, 2015 By Rod Adams

StarCore Nuclear is a Canadian company whose co-founders, David Dabney and David Poole, are experienced engineers and businessmen. They have spent most of the past six years developing a technology and a business model aimed at providing reliable, emission-free electrical power and heat to remote locations. The basis of their technology is a high-temperature helium […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Atomic Entrepreneurs, Business of atomic energy, Gas Cooled Reactors, Graphite Moderated Reactors, International nuclear, New Nuclear, Podcast, Smaller reactors

SMRs – lots of noise but DOE budget that’s 1% of annual wind tax credit

March 29, 2015 By Rod Adams

I’ve been spending some time watching, rewatching and clipping interesting excerpts from the Senate Appropriations Energy and Water subcommittee hearings on the FY2016 Department of Energy budget. It’s not everyone’s idea of entertainment, but it’s fascinating to me to watch publicly accessible discussions about how our government makes decisions, sets priorities and spends the money […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Atomic politics, New Nuclear, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Small Nuclear Power Plants, Smaller reactors, Unreliables, Wind energy

NRC issues SER for Westinghouse Small Break LOCA PIRT

March 22, 2015 By Rod Adams

I apologize for the acronym soup in the title. Here is what I really wanted to say, but couldn’t fit into the title field. On February 27, 2015, nearly three years after it was submitted, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a letter reporting that the NRC staff had prepared a final Topical Report Safety […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, New Nuclear

NRC RIC 2015 – Day one observations

March 12, 2015 By Rod Adams

On March 10, 2015, I attended my first ever Regulatory Information Conference (RIC), which is an annual event hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. I had heard from various associates that everyone who is anyone in the nuclear industry should plan to go to the RIC whenever possible. They were right. First of all, the […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Conferences, Natural Gas, New Nuclear, Nuclear regulations

Diseconomy of scale – world’s largest canned-motor reactor coolant pump

February 28, 2015 By Rod Adams

On February 16, 2015, an AP article by Ray Henry titled Nuclear plants delayed in China, watched closely by US firms contained a short paragraph that has contributed to a number of sleepless nights. I’m pretty sure there are plenty of other people affected in the same manner who have far more at stake than […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, AP1000 saga, Business of atomic energy, New Nuclear, Pressurized Water

Atomic Show #233 – Innovators discuss advanced reactor development in US

February 23, 2015 By Rod Adams

There are a growing number of innovative small companies and a few divisions of larger companies that have recognized that nuclear energy offers solutions to a number of important human challenges. Despite the proclamations by opponents, the Nuclear Renaissance is not any more dead in 2015 than the original Renaissance was dead in 1315. In […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Atomic Entrepreneurs, New Nuclear, Nuclear regulations, Podcast

What Aircraft Manufacturers Can Teach the Nuclear Industry

February 6, 2015 By Evan Twarog

Evan is a New Hampshire resident who will be graduating from high school in 2015 and plans to pursue a career in engineering. Few innovations have shaped the world as dramatically as the development of the airplane. In less than a century, mankind went from riding horses to flying non-stop half way around the world. […]

Filed Under: Business of atomic energy, New Nuclear, Nuclear regulations

ThorCon – Demonstrated Molten Salt Tech Packaged With Modern Construction Techniques

January 6, 2015 By Rod Adams

The dearth of real innovation and focused direction from the established companies in the US nuclear industry in the face of rapidly expanding demand for clean energy solutions has stimulated the formation of a number of start-up companies. The leaders of these companies have backgrounds that have taught them to ask “Why not?” when faced […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Atomic Entrepreneurs, Atomic Pioneers, Liquid Fuel Reactors, New Nuclear

Protecting our shared environment is a conservative value and a liberal responsibility

December 19, 2014 By Rod Adams

It is past time to move towards a broader view of our shared responsibility to protect our environment, seek improved prosperity, and leave a better world than the one to which we were born. The political boundary lines that seem to have been hardened in recent years are preventing us from cooperating, even in areas […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Climate change, New Nuclear

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