The New York Times has published an encouraging story about how some Senate Democrats See Nuclear as a Way to Gain Votes on Climate Bill.
It seems that there really is hope for logic and a reasonable political process to work in America.
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A friend sent out a link to a July 30, 2010 blog post on Young Australian Skeptics titled Does nuclear energy have the answers we need?. The post was written by Luke Weston, the man who provided excellent material at Physical Insights before real life intruded and he got busy completing his studies in Physics…
It has been a tantalizing target for more than two years. In the early fall of 2004, China let it be known that it was interested in purchasing four large nuclear power reactor plants from international suppliers. The identified field of competitors from the early stages of the project included Westinghouse, Areva, and Atomstroyexport. (See,…
One of the big reasons that I continued to be fascinated by coated particle (TRISO) in graphite matrix fuel is the fact that it is possible to adjust the fuel to moderator ratios to obtain a variety of neutron spectra. By choosing to add less moderator, it is possible to harden the available neutron spectrum…
As the prospects for new nuclear power plant construction improve, the numerous small suppliers of components like heat exchanger tubes, valves, control rods, specialty materials, and fuel components are seeing strong improvements in their order books. One French supplier of nickel alloy tubes, which was laying people off five years ago, has recently received orders…
In the December 12, 2005 issue of BusinessWeek magazine, there is a “Special Report” titled Business gets serious about emissions. The article talks about a number of initiatives, actions, technologies, policies, and regulations related to the issue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the face of almost certain cost increases attributed to global climate change….
According to a March 24, 2008 article in the Guardian titled We need more nuclear plants to avoid blackouts, say German power chiefs, German power industry executives are working to encourage discussion of the current agreement to phase out nuclear power. They point out future supply challenges and state that shutting down their already operating…