My old friend Jeremy Whitlock, who has been publishing the Candian Nuclear FAQ since April 1996, published a very amusing article titled “Refurbish thyself” with slightly disguised references to some prominent anti-nuclear leaders and their groups. Worth visiting, especially if you are a nuke that likes recognizing allusions are not necessarily obvious to outsiders.
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In January 2019, the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) of the U.S. Department of Defense officially informed the world that it was interested in learning more about small, mobile, nuclear generators. The SCO said it wanted to find out if there was technology available that could supply a forward operating base with abundant, emission-free electricity for…
George Monbiot, a longtime critic of nuclear power, recently made a statement that was almost a ringing endorsement considering the source. On August 5, 2008, he published an article titled The stakes could not be higher. Everything hinges on stopping coal in The Guardian. Here is a quote from that article: I have now reached…
Steven Ayer at disinterested party has written a number of interesting articles about nuclear power and its future prospects. One of my readers pointed me to his recent article titled Nucleonomics. Unlike Steven and a number of other writers who have written about nuclear power economics, I have a direct and significant interest in getting…
I ran across a Reuters article that got me thinking. On December 4, 2008, Reuters reported that the World Bank had agreed to loan Eskom up to $5 Billion for a power capacity expansion program deemed crucial to the mining sector. On that same day, Eskom’s board met and determined that it would no longer…
Craig Severance recently wrote a commentary that he calls analysis titled The Case Against Nukes. The piece has been picked up by EcoWorld.com and is currently prominently featured on the home page. Though the author blurb that follows the article claims that Severance was the co-author of a book published in 1976 titled “The Economics…
I received an email a few minutes ago asking if I had heard about the recent movements of the NS Savannah, the first nuclear powered commercial ship in the world. The email quoted a story from the Charleston, SC News and Courier, and piqued my interest. (I would provide a link, but the News and…