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Today Show cheers nuclear power by chanting “Go Nuke!”

March 13, 2015 By Rod Adams

Before readers get too excited, I need to acknowledge that the Today Show in the below video is broadcast from Sydney, Australia, not New York City. However, it is still kind of exciting to have a TV newscaster chanting “Go Nuke!” The broadcaster’s excitement is based on an announcement by Liberal Party Senator Sean Edwards […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Fuel Recycling, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Pro Nuclear Video

How do metal alloy fuel fast reactors respond to rapid reactivity insertion events?

February 17, 2015 By Rod Adams

Update: (Posted Feb 21, 2015 at 7:22) The title has been modified after initial discussion indicated it was incomplete. Other related updates are in blue font. Fast neutron spectrum reactors offer one answer to the trump question that is often used to halt informative discussions about using more atomic energy to reduce our excessive dependence […]

Filed Under: Breeder Reactors, Fuel Recycling, Plutonium

Proving a Negative – Why Modern Used Nuclear Fuel Cannot Be Used to Make a Weapon

February 17, 2015 By Rod Adams

Editor’s note: This post was first published on Jul 24, 2010. While working on a new post involving the use of fast spectrum reactors to address many important society challenges, I thought it would be worthwhile to share this important background piece to let you start thinking about some of the misinformation you might have […]

Filed Under: Fuel Recycling, Plutonium, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Slowly accelerate fast reactor development

February 4, 2015 By Rod Adams

In one corner are people who are certain that breeder reactors that can effectively use the earth’s massive supply of fertile isotopes — thorium and uranium 238 — should be pursued as rapidly as possible with the assistance of prioritized government funding. In the other corner are people who are just as certain that those […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Breeder Reactors, Fuel Recycling

Russia continues sustained fast breeder reactor effort

June 30, 2014 By Rod Adams

On June 26, 2014, the 60th anniversary of the start of the 5 MWe Obninsk reactor that was the first reactor in the world to routinely supply electricity to a commercial power grid, Russia started up the latest in a series of sodium-cooled fast reactors, the BN-800. This new nuclear plant is an evolutionary refinement […]

Filed Under: Breeder Reactors, Fuel Recycling, International nuclear, Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors, New Nuclear

Waste No-Confidence Was Antinuclear Action

March 19, 2014 By Rod Adams

The Nuclear Energy Institute is celebrating its victory for consumers, having convinced the DC Circuit Court and the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Court to set the nuclear waste fee to zero until the federal government implements a new plan for used nuclear fuel. That victory will save each of the people […]

Filed Under: Fuel Recycling, Nuclear Waste

Future of energy must include nuclear

February 27, 2014 By Rod Adams

On Monday, Feb 24, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) unveiled its Future of Energy advertising campaign with a press conference at the National Press Club. The campaign will stress four major aspects of nuclear energy that are not as well understood as they should be. It will talk about the importance of nuclear energy in […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Fuel Recycling, Nuclear Waste, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Pro Nuclear Video, Pronuclear ads

Spamming NRDC about recycling used nuclear fuel

January 4, 2014 By Rod Adams

The following tweet led me to an interesting tale about the history of recycling. #Recycling seems like a relatively modern phenomenon. Instead, it has deep roots. http://t.co/5NqweNZVkb via @OnEarthMag — NRDC (@NRDC) January 4, 2014 After reading the article, I composed the following comment, taking care to ensure that it followed the rules for civil […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Fuel Recycling

Fantasy Crossfire debate: Ed Lyman versus Rod Adams on fast breeder reactors

November 8, 2013 By Rod Adams

CNN has done a masterful job of seizing the opportunity provided by Robert Stone’s thought-provoking Pandora’s Promise to generate a passionate discussion about the use of nuclear energy — a vitally important topic — at a critical time in American history. The decision makers at that somewhat fading network should be congratulated. Of course, generating […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Antinuclear activist, Breeder Reactors, Fuel Recycling, Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors, Plutonium

Hydrocarbon-fueled establishment hates idea of plutonium economy

November 7, 2013 By Rod Adams

In the above clip from a recent interview on CNN’s Piers Morgan, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. describes how Pandora’s Promise advocates that canceling the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) project in 1994 was a mistake. RFK Jr., a man from an iconic family that has been a part of the US moneyed Establishment for the better […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Breeder Reactors, Fossil fuel competition, Fuel Recycling, Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors, Plutonium

“Waste issue” is part of antinuclear movement strategy of constipation

September 17, 2013 By Rod Adams

During the 1970s, the antinuclear movement made a collective decision to use “the waste issue” as a weapon to help force the eventual shutdown of the industry. Though the strategy has not succeeded in forcing any plants in the US to shut down, it has prevented a number of plants from being built. Ralph Nader, […]

Filed Under: Fuel Recycling, Health Effects, LNT, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Nuclear Waste

Chairman Macfarlane refuses to recuse herself, saying she is impartial about Yucca Mountain

September 10, 2013 By Rod Adams

Nye County, NV, the local community that would host the Yucca Mountain used nuclear fuel repository if is completed, really wants the facility to be built. The leaders of the county and the people that continue to select them as their representatives recognize that the facility would generate hundreds of well-paying jobs without imposing an […]

Filed Under: Fuel Recycling, Nuclear Waste

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