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Should anti-fossil expansion movement align with pro nuclear movement?

ByRod Adams

…socialist friends. We share many of the same views about the importance of cooperative effort, the use of democratic principles to make the world a better place, and the risk of allowing people whose only measure of effectiveness is money to run the world. I’ve also never joined in any protests or carried any placards, but again, I have friends and associated who have. I understand that mode of communications and community building and sympathize…

Links

ByRod Adams

…sit! International Atomic Energy Agency: The IAEA is the world’s center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world’s “Atoms for Peace” organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies. As mightbe expected, this well supported site is full of information and the latest in Web design features. U…

BBC Report on American Nuclear Renaissance

ByRod Adams

…an American Nuclear Renaissance produced by BBC reporter Julian O’Halloran. Mr. O’Halloran’s report contains a few misconceptions – like the idea that it is only concern about climate change that is encouraging a new look at nuclear power and the idea that Mark Cooper is a reliable source of information about nuclear plant economics – but it is interesting and worth hearing. I like to look at my own situation from other people’s eyes, that is one…

It's More Clear Now – The Vermont Yankee Discussion Is More About Price Than Anything Else

ByRod Adams

…ries of those contracts, it appears that the investor owned, municipal and cooperative utilities that buy and distribute the power have also enjoyed a sweet situation – Vermont’s electricity rates are the lowest in the region, but they still average about 3 times the price of that wholesale power. Here is a graph using October 2008 information from the US Energy Information Agency that illustrates the retail rates in New England. As the time for t…

ITER Fusion Project manager on Science Friday

ByRod Adams

…seful energy. Here is a quick summary. The project requires the continuing cooperation of the United States, the European Union, the Russian Federation, South Korea, Japan and China. If all goes as planned, the reactor will be operational in 2016. If all goes as planned, the reactor will produce 500 MW of heat for approximately 400 seconds. Of the 500 MW of power, 100 MW will be released by the movement of the helium isotope whose energy is captur…

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Atomic Show #207- Stomping scare stories

ByRod Adams

…other that may be equally risky. Despite all-out efforts and international cooperation, Fukushima, which scared Germany right out of the nuclear power business, still isn’t under control. Of course, the fear mongers are almost 100% wrong. For example, there is water leaking out of storage tanks at Fukushima but it is very lightly contaminated water that has no chance of measurably increasing the radioactivity of the harbor right next to the plant,…

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Vermont Yankee and B&W mPower – Victims of Wall Street Greed

ByRod Adams

…evelop nuclear SMR technology. NuScale and DOE are currently negotiating a cooperative agreement that formalizes the public-private relationship and establishes milestones for the five-year funding program. In advance of the office opening, NuScale plans to host recruiting events in Lynchburg and Charlotte over two to three days in mid-May. For more information, visit our Career Page at www.nuscalepower.com/careers.aspx. About NuScale Power, LLC N…

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Transcript: Atomic Show #278 – Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) project partners USNC, GFP and OPG

ByRod Adams

…of a long path that we’ve worked, on micro reactors and, in partnership or cooperation with OPG. We’re extremely excited that we think this will lead to the first, micro reactor deployed on a commercial basis. And I think we’re kind of excited cause we think, it is a great prospect in terms of improving, not only deploying nuclear in a way that hasn’t been deployed, but improving the lifestyle and economic position of many people in these remote c…

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NCSE Food-Water-Energy Nexus – Day 1

ByRod Adams

…When I asked him how his family dries their clothes when the weather isn’t cooperating, his answer was interesting. Though he lives in a place where rain is an infrequent issue and it never gets as cold as it was in DC yesterday (windy with a high in the low 20s) he told me that they dry their clothes in the garage. That’s because he and his wife decided that the air in the LA basin, though much cleaner now than when they first moved there, doesn’…

DSC, Mitsubishi, PBMR, Toshiba, Shaw Group, Italy

ByRod Adams

…the customers are South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) and Santee Cooper. Added to the order that Georgia Power placed in April, that now makes four AP1000 reactors that are on order in the US. This is certainly exciting news for both Shaw and Toshiba (Westinghouse’s parent company) and for the nuclear industry as a whole. If you are not watching closely, it will soon become apparent that the aircraft carrier (AKA the Second Atomic Age) i…

MHI expresses interest in Westinghouse

ByRod Adams

…s interested in Westinghouse. The two organizations have a long history of cooperation, dating back more than 30 years when MHI licensed Westinghouse’s Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)design. MSN Money reprinted an article from the Financial Times on the topic on July 10, 2005 under the title of Japanese group eyes US nuclear operator. In addition to their PWR interests, both companies are major participants in the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR)…

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