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Reactions to Macfarlane nomination for Chairman of NRC

ByRod Adams

…quite some time. They think that since Senator Harry Reid, Congressman Ed Markey, and Professor Frank Von Hipple say that Dr. Macfarlane is the right person for the job that there is no way to derail the process. Some of my colleagues in the pronuclear blogger community have offered similar advice and analysis. They say that since the NEI has announced that they are not opposed to Dr. Macfarlane being nominated as long as Kristine Svinicki is rea…

Who is Advising the President About Nuclear Power?

ByRod Adams

…s a staffer for Senator Harry Reid and a staffer for Representative Edward Markey. He completed his PhD work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000 and seems to have been a political operative ever since. Since my education and experience is in applied technology, I am having a hard time understanding exactly what it was that Jaczko studied for his PhD. Perhaps one of you can translate the below abstract of his contribution to science: I d…

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Examples of regulatory costs for nuclear energy development

ByRod Adams

…he first unit in operation by the end of 2020, but the NRC chairman, an Ed Markey and Harry Reid protege, just told the Washington Post that his agency will have to slow down its review of licenses because it does not have enough resources to pay for a sufficient staff for an efficient process. (Today’s Atomic Insights will most likely have some additional information about that.) Remember, our design is simply a refinement of currently well prove…

Contentious Introduction of Climate and Energy Bill in Senate Hearings

ByRod Adams

…ommittee aimed at discussing various aspects of the recently passed Waxman-Markey Bill (formally known as the Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009). Judging from the posturing and hard hitting statements of the committee members, the bill is going to get some tough scrutiny before coming to a vote in the Senate. My guess is that any bill coming out of the Senate will bear little resemblance to the bill that barely passed the House on a yes vote o…

Electric Power Industry Scrapping Over Government Handouts and Mandates

ByRod Adams

…mostly Republicans led by Lamar Alexander, are distressed that the Waxman-Markey Bill (formally known as The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES)) essentially ignores nuclear power as a major tool for addressing climate change while also enabling continued access to low cost energy. However, that is not the only concern that they have. Many, including Senator Bob Corker do not like the way that the ACES sets up the cap and trade…

Nuclear Energy Provides "On Demand" Power

ByRod Adams

…bout the recent Energy Information Administration’s analysis of the Waxman-Markey climate legislation that indicated that the only way that the targets could be met without vast energy cost increases would be to double America’s nuclear electricity production by 2030. However, it was instead a perceptive report about an insightful talk given by Craig Piercy from the American Nuclear Society in Idaho Falls at the quarterly meeting of the Partnershi…

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Important public events related to nuclear energy scheduled for week of April 23

ByRod Adams

…ochbaum, Director, UCS Nuclear Safety Project ; U.S. Representative Edward Markey (D-Malden); Ray Shadis, Consultant, New England Coalition; Mary Lampert, Director, Pilgrim Watch; Debbie Grinnell, Research Manager, C-10 Foundation WHAT YOU CAN DO: Attend this event! 10-20 MIT members of the ANS Student Section are expected to attend. Snacks and beverages will be provided. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Event announcement: Safe and Green Energy Alliance web…

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U.S. Shouldn’t Depend On Russian Reactors. Restore Our World Class Fast Flux Test Facility

ByRod Adams

…of agreement in a sharply divided Congress. It is an improvement program where there are so many potential benefits that everyone – with the possible exceptions of Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey, two relics who cannot seem to discard their 1960s point of view – in the House and Senate can find reasons to favor supportive legislation….

Congressional reform act might help to prevent another Jaczko fiasco

ByRod Adams

…ms quite timely because if it was in effect, people like Harry Reid and Ed Markey would have never developed the clout that they have. Representatives of small segments of the American population should never develop the ability to impose their will on the rest of us by taking advantage of the arcane seniority rules and campaign finance rules that bequeath long sitting Senators and Congressmen with outsized power. If the law described below was al…

Opportunities and challenges: Cleaning up Fukushima Daiichi
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Opportunities and challenges: Cleaning up Fukushima Daiichi

ByRod Adams

…ng of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 6, 2011, Rep. Ed Markey drew a comparison between the leak at Fukushima and the Deepwater Horizon oil gusher. Here is what he said: “To assess and then sop up the radioactive water that has begun spewing into the ocean, they are relying on the use of bath salts and diapers. “Just like the use of pantyhose and golf balls to stop last year’s oil spill, the Japanese have been compelled to try…

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Tale of two Chinas – One surging forward, one retreating

ByRod Adams

…clear Regulatory Commission was serving as a staffer for Representative Ed Markey and Senator Harry Reid. In both jobs, his portfolio included supporting their well-known campaigns against the use of nuclear energy, most likely in return for substantial political support from promoters of competitive energy sources like liquified natural gas, coal and fracked or imported oil. Using a skillful manipulation of Senate rules, Senator Reid convinced Pr…

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Fighting for nuclear energy

ByRod Adams

…instead, it is important to check the figures. With great fanfare, Rep. Ed Markey and others claimed that the most recent monthly report by the Energy Information Agency showed that “renewables” produced more energy in the first three months of 2011 than nuclear. However, the details of that report showed that out of the 2,245 trillion BTUs claimed for renewables, just 370 (16.5%) came from wind, solar and geothermal. The remaining 1875 trillion B…

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