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Politics of Nuclear Energy

Nuclear fission can help solve George Monbiot’s environmentalist dilemma

May 13, 2011 By Rod Adams

George Monbiot has recently published some thought provoking articles about the dilemmas facing people who are focused on protecting the natural environment. Those articles have made me think hard about trying to share my own thoughts on the matter, perhaps offering a way of overcoming at least some of the challenges. One of my favorite […]

Filed Under: Politics of Nuclear Energy

Jaczko decided to halt Yucca review by February 2010, not October 2010

May 12, 2011 By Rod Adams

Chairman Gregory Jaczko testified recently that the NRC decided to begin closing down the agency’s effort to review the Yucca Mountain license application in early October, 2010. Some of his fellow commissioners testified that they did not agree with the decision and they do not agree that the commission has made the policy decision to […]

Filed Under: Politics of Nuclear Energy

Gregory Jaczko – Example of Public Hazard of Political Appointments

May 10, 2011 By Rod Adams

On May 4, 2011, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy conducted a hearing titled The Role of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in America’s Energy Future. Watching that hearing and digesting what I heard has resulted in several sleepless nights. I have been struggling with how to share […]

Filed Under: Editorials, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Flush With Cash – Where Did Climate Activists Get So Much Money?

May 4, 2011 By Rod Adams

The Economist recently published a column titled Climate politics: Flush with cash. So what? that described the results of a recent study by Matthew Nisbet, an researcher at American University in Washington, DC. According to Nisbet, groups classified in the environmental category spent almost $400 million on climate change and energy issues in 2009. The […]

Filed Under: Editorials, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Energy Supply Worries Are Over! Natural Gas Resource Estimate Increased by 3%!

April 28, 2011 By Rod Adams

I am in a snarky mood this morning. Please forgive me while I try to explain the sources of my wry amusement – and my continuing worries that keep me from getting a good night’s sleep. Yesterday, I was in a conversation with a man who was explaining the recent changes in Nuclear Regulatory Commission […]

Filed Under: Fuel Comparisons, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Smoking Gun

“Chernobyl” – 25 years as a profitable brand

April 26, 2011 By Rod Adams 21 Comments

World Nuclear Generation Barrels of Oil Equivalent per Day 1999-2009

Twenty-five years ago today, the operators at unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power station violated enough procedures and by-passed enough safety systems to cause their water-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor to suffer a nuclear power excursion large enough to cause a steam explosion. The force of that steam explosion was strong enough to lift the lid […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Why is the New York Academy of Sciences allowing its name to be used in an anti-science FUD campaign?

April 25, 2011 By Rod Adams

Yesterday, I received a copy of a letter from Ted Rockwell, a member of the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), to the leaders of that organization. After a year of counseling others to be patient while he works through channels, he has decided to take off the gloves and directly challenge the decision processes […]

Filed Under: Politics of Nuclear Energy, Accidents, Chernobyl, Health Effects, LNT, NYAS Chernobyl Saga

Fear of Radiation is Killing People and Endangering the Planet Too

April 20, 2011 By Rod Adams

This is a guest post by Ted Rockwell. He wrote it in 1998, but the information and opinions remain valid today. The words between the lines below are Ted’s. Begin guest post FEAR OF RADIATION IS KILLING PEOPLE AND ENDANGERING THE PLANET TOO Theodore Rockwell MPR Associates, Inc., U.S.A. ABSTRACT We are permitting tens of […]

Filed Under: Editorials, Guest Columns, Health Effects, LNT, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Radiation

Is Mark Hertsgaard a nuclear skeptic or a nuclear “crank”?

April 18, 2011 By Rod Adams

Rod Adams with granddaughter, Florida, February 2011

Mark Hertsgaard, the author of Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth, appeared on Democracy Now on Friday, April 15, 2011. He made several important statements that lead me to believe that he might be one of the next influential environmental writers to be swayed by evidence to become a nuclear energy supporter. […]

Filed Under: Nuclear Cost Data, Politics of Nuclear Energy

As Fukushima gets moved from 5 to 7 remember that 0 (deaths) is still an applicable number

April 12, 2011 By Rod Adams 26 Comments

Anti-nuclear site pimping for wind and solar

The overreaction and stoked fears about the events at Fukushima continues. One month ago today, I wrote an article titled Nuclear plant issues in Japan are the least of their worries that exposed my ignorance of the differences between various kinds of containment designs and was a bit too optimistic about the eventual releases of […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Contamination, Health Effects, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Twitter conversation about energy sources and free market

April 10, 2011 By Rod Adams 9 Comments

Graph of Electricity Production Costs

On April 8, 2011, Alan Nogee, Director of Climate & Energy Strategy and Policy for the UCS posted the following on Twitter. Cato’s Jerry Taylor takes #nuclear power 2 the free market woodshed. Ouch! Forbes. He repeated that tweet with a better link and called Taylor’s opinion piece a “must read”. The article that Alan […]

Filed Under: Nuclear Cost Data, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Misunderstanding the “questioning attitude” that infuses nuclear culture

April 7, 2011 By Rod Adams

The US House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on April 6, 2011 billed as “The U.S. Government Response to the Nuclear Power Plant Incident in Japan”. During the hearing, Dr. Edwin Lyman of the UCS and some of his allies in Congress made a point of discussing some internal emails from regulators at […]

Filed Under: Editorials, Politics of Nuclear Energy

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