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UCS is guilty of harming humans by reinforcing fear mongering

ByRod Adams

…ppendix A Methods of Dose Calculations. In that document, you can find the following conversion factor for a whole body dose from consuming tritiated water. The document has a fully referenced method for producing the final number, so I will not reproduce it on your blog. 6.4 × 10–8 mrem/pCi Therefore dose from consuming 2.79 curies = 6.4 x 10-8 mrem/pCi x 2.79 x 10+12 pCi = 178,000 mrem So, it looks like your number is close enough – on the surfa…

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Why do nuclear energy developers ask for predictable market prices?

ByRod Adams

…not the case for a nuclear plant. Jim L. Actually, PWRs can, and do, load following: http://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/reports/2011/load-following-npp.pdf I was surprised to learn of this, myself. I’m sure Rod can tell more about submarine reactors and their ability to load follow, but that is a significantly different design than a PWR for commercial power. Hat tip to this thread: http://www.energyfromthorium.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3841 Joris v…

Is nuclear reactor licensing process being improved as Congress mandated with NEIMA?
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Is nuclear reactor licensing process being improved as Congress mandated with NEIMA?

ByRod Adams

…to do their job in a way that returns value to the public. He offered the following statement: “Our Vision: Creating new paradigms to make SAFE. use of nuclear technology possible.” He provided some statistical details about the number of applicants in pre-application review (15), in license review (1) and who have the potential to receive operating licenses by 2027 (6+). He briefly described the NRC’s interagency relationships and its internatio…

Means, Motive and Opportunity – The Natural Gas Industry’s Price War Against the Nuclear Renaissance
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Means, Motive and Opportunity – The Natural Gas Industry’s Price War Against the Nuclear Renaissance

ByRod Adams

…power today provides only 20%, so there is no need for reactors to do load following. It is better to do the load following with either hydro, which is easily throttled, or another source with higher marginal costs (e.g., gas) and leave the relatively cheap nuclear plants running full out. DV82XL I am always amused by the fact that supporters of renewable energy have infinite faith that engineering and technology will somehow come to the rescue of…

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Ambulance-Chasing Lawyer Taking Advantage of US Sailors

ByRod Adams

…y orders of magnitude lower than those that might cause any physical harm. Following Operation Tomodachi, the US Department of Defense created a registry of doses in which they used measurements to calculate the highest possible doses received by sailors who participated in the humanitarian mission. The dose estimates for shipboard personnel were based on the following assumptions, all of which would tend to put an upper bound on the possible dose…

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Putting excitement back into nuclear technology development

ByRod Adams

…suppliers is just ridiculous. mjd I probably should elaborate on the “catch 22” statement for folks not following some of the advance design/licensing development like NuScale is facing. I’ve been following this one because I like their design proposal and would like to see it succeed. BTW, anyone can go to the NRC web site and get on the meeting distribution list, for agendas, minutes, etc. But to speak to the regulation problem specifically, if…

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Science has falsified the “no safe dose” hypothesis about radiation. Now what?

ByRod Adams

…el that has been proven to be both false and damaging to human health. The following letter, dated January 21, 2015, is their latest salvo in what will be a sustained effort to encourage change. No reason to fear low-dose radiation The LNT Model – why it is a problem, why it was adopted, why it persists, and how it can be overcome by A group of professionals from Scientists for Accurate Radiation Information (SARI) (Please see the end of the artic…

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Ted Rockwell shared knowledge to combat Fukushima fears

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…ns have Uranium in them. In the pacific ocean the radiation from Uranium is 22 EBq or 22,000,000 trillion becquerels. The oceans have Potassium 40 in them. In the pacific ocean the radiation from Potassium 40 is 7,400 EBq or 7,400,000,000 trillion becquerels. The oceans have Carbon 14 in them. In the pacific ocean the radiation from Carbon 14 is 3 EBq or 3,000,000 trillion becquerels. The oceans have Rubidium 87 in them. In the pacific ocean the r…

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

ByRod Adams

…itled Successful testing of AP1000 reactor coolant pumps that included the following quote. Curtiss-Wright Flow Control – EMD and Westinghouse Electric Company LLC say they are continuing testing of the world’s largest canned-motor reactor coolant pump (RCP) for the AP1000. During testing on 13 May, testing of the AP1000 pressurized water reactor RCP was successfully completed in ambient operating conditions. On Saturday, 15 May testing was succes…

Transportation and Storage Subcommittee BRC on America's Nuclear Future – Aug 19 Meeting Observations

ByRod Adams

…of Concerned Scientists indicate any additional degrees. (Posted on August 22, 2010 at 0234.) Perspectives on Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Aside: Mr. Lochbaum stated a strong preference from the UCS for dry storage and a program to remove fuel from used fuel pools into dry storage containers protected by earth berms as quickly as possible after a five year cooling period. He stated that the current pol icy of only moving fuel to dry stor…

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Ethics of international radiation protection system

ByRod Adams

…ell known medical profession ethic of “first, do no harm.” I submitted the following question on one of the cards provided to the audience. A model that overestimates risk might be conservative and prevent exposures through standards with margins of safety. Is it prudent, or ethical, to exaggerate risk after people have been exposed with a model that asserts hidden, undetectable damage that cannot be healed, treated or repaired. My card made it to…

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Proud nuclear-enthusiast bubble dweller

ByRod Adams

…s one of the design goals. At least two of the SMR designs have rapid load following capabilities. There is also some amount of load following available in systems like the CANDU 6 and the AP1000. Russ Finley Why is there such criticism from you pro-nuke folks? Let me turn that question around. Why is there such criticism from you pro-renewable folks? A lot of the criticism of wind and solar is a reaction to attacks on nuclear, don’t you think? Wh…

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