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Richard Muller is marketing natural gas in a “converted skeptic” costume

ByRod Adams

…ry that deserves a second hard look. [1] – https://www.llnl.gov/str/June01/Cooper.html Rod Adams @Robert When an interviewer asks the author of a book titled “Energy for Future Presidents: The Science behind the headlines” what we should do about manmade global warming, the interviewer is providing all the opening that any honest energy researcher needs to talk about the importance of nuclear fission. Muller’s answer to that question could have be…

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Fighting climate change with best available tools

ByRod Adams

…and, after all local demand has been satisfied.) Why wouldn’t Cherryland’s cooperative members want to pay full retail, or even wholesale, for power sent back to the co-op?  A bunch of reasons, including: 1.  The power is not there when needed.  Cherryland has to pay for power to be available.  Peak demand hours in the area go until 5 PM; solar is usually well past its peak by 3 PM.  Power that cuts off before the need does simply isn’t worth very…

Update: One-Woman Crusade to Encourage Exelon to Restore the Zion Nuclear Power Plant and Operate it In Her Backyard

ByRod Adams

…lved by newer approaches, and I would like to know where there needs to be cooperation between utilities, because that sounds like someone talking out of their hat. There is no lack of cooperation between utilities, and you haven’t the faintest clue how the wholesale electrical market works. Your lack of grounding in this topic at all levels, and in all aspects is just not good enough to make the sort of statements that you are posting here. They…

Day -1 At American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting 2009

ByRod Adams

…on traveling wave reactors, small and medium sized reactors, international cooperation efforts, and new power plant licensing activities. I stopped by informative booths and learned about the status of the Toshiba 4S, the status of Areva’s partnership with Constellation Energy, the interest on the part of the Navy’s nuclear propulsion program in attracting new recruits, and the interest on the part of a number of first time exhibitors in the oppor…

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No intrigue at NRC regarding Stephen Burns

ByRod Adams

…mmission to take over as Director-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). That term expires on June 30, 2015. Several Atomic Insights readers have noticed that the The Commission page on the NRC’s web site lists four members, and does not include Stephen Burns. They asked if I knew why. There is a note on the NEI web site indicating that Burns would be seated in early November. My…

When the heat is on, the reactors are pumping out the juice

ByRod Adams

…00 Columbia Generating Station 100 Comanche Peak 1 100 Comanche Peak 2 100 Cooper 100 Diablo Canyon 1 100 Diablo Canyon 2 100 Fort Calhoun 100 Grand Gulf 1 100 Palo Verde 1 100 Palo Verde 2 100 Palo Verde 3 100 River Bend 1 100 San Onofre 2 100 San Onofre 3 100 South Texas 1 100 South Texas 2 100 Waterford 3 100 Wolf Creek 1 100 You can find an NEI press release talking about the reactor fleet’s performance for the period from July 4-7 at As Easte…

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Spent Fuel Pools Protect The Public. Don’t Believe Skeptics

ByRod Adams

…Commission and the public. That short Policy Issue Information paper has a 22-page enclosure that addresses each of the findings of the National Academy of Sciences work mentioned in the Lyman, von Hippel, and Schoeppner Science Policy Forum opinion piece in excruciating detail. The following conclusion statement from SECY-16-0100 should set most minds at ease, even if it does not satisfy or quiet the stubborn critics. The staff concludes that sp…

AlterNet article – "Bush's Nuclear Madness"

ByRod Adams

…. Part of my efforts have included public information activities, often in cooperation with other dedicated, independent thinkers. For the most part, our efforts to share our passion for nuclear energy have not be well received by leaders of what some people would call the nuclear industry. They have often counseled us to act more quietly; some of them have been quite concerned that any efforts to tell the world how good nuclear energy is would ha…

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Virtual silence at “Golden Fleece” award news conference for SMRs

ByRod Adams

…ermission, would violate the anti-trust laws that prevent competitors from cooperating. Price-Anderson’s system rewards the industry for sharing detailed technical information that would normally be carefully protected trade secrets. The nuclear industry’s habit of widely sharing important information and lessons learned from experience is one of the foundations on which its excellent safety record is built. Price-Anderson, however, is one example…

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George Monbiot debates Helen Caldicott, who says he is lying

ByRod Adams

…adiation (UNSCEAR) has been recently updated. That study, conducted with a cooperative effort by some of the world’s leading radiation effects scientists, states that 28 workers died during the accident response and that 19 additional workers died in the period from 1986-2004, some from causes not necessarily related to radiation exposure at Chernobyl. There has been a noticeable increase in the rate of thyroid cancer, particularly among children…

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People Achieving Excellence – American Nuclear Society Utility Working Conference

ByRod Adams

…now than there was when my father was working for FP&L, the industry still cooperates to solve issues that affect all of them. The ANS Utility Working Conference is one of the more productive meetings that just happens to allow the attendees to combine work with family style pleasure. On Sunday evening, the meeting kicked off with a walk around dinner in the expo center. There are 85 exhibitors with manned booths and displays – that is also a sign…

Lake Michigan College adds energy production degree program

ByRod Adams

…a glut.) One college that has recently announced a new program created in cooperation with local nuclear power plants is Lake Michigan College. You can find out more about the announcement by reading Lake Michigan College to begin nuclear tech program, published on May 2, 2008 by mlive.com. Here is a sample from the article: Increased demand in the industry and retirements locally spurred the two companies to work with LMC to develop local traini…

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