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Politics of Nuclear Energy

George Monbiot recognizes that “a great wrong has been done” by antinuclear movement

April 5, 2011 By Rod Adams 20 Comments

With each passing day, I gain a greater measure of respect for the hard headed rationality with which George Monbiot approaches controversial topics. He was a long time opponent of the use of nuclear energy, but began a personal journey of discovery several years ago as a result of his search for real solutions to […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Go Nuclear – Message from Murray Miles

April 4, 2011 By Rod Adams

A few days ago, I published the text of a speech given by Murray Miles to The Keese School of Continuing Education. At the time I published that speech, I had not been able to contact Mr. Miles to obtain his permission. Since that time, I have made contact and begun what I hope will […]

Filed Under: Guest Columns, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Successful Alternatives to Fossil Fuel

April 3, 2011 By Rod Adams

The New York Times published a story titled Certainties of 1970s Energy Crisis Have Fallen Away that caused me to fire up my keyboard to send a note back to the author. Following my personal mantra of “reduce, reuse, and recycle”, I thought I would share that note with you. Ms. Galbraith: Your article titled […]

Filed Under: Fuel Comparisons, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Is Nuclear Renewable? – Michael Eckhart, President of American Council On Renewable Energy Says NO!

September 28, 2010 By Rod Adams

During the period from August 19-22, 2010, AREDAY hosted the 7th Annual American Renewable Energy Day in Aspen Co. CSPAN published a series of videos of the speeches and presentations, including one panel that is of particular interest to Atomic Insights readers titled Is Nuclear Renewable?. That panel included talks by four people, Mr. Tom […]

Filed Under: Alternative energy, Fossil fuel competition, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Unreliables

The Atomic Show #161 – Shoreham Documentary Project

September 10, 2010 By Rod Adams Leave a Comment

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8CqdECzklI In early 2009 a recently graduated film student and a journalist who grew up on Long Island got together to produce a film about the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant fiasco. Originally planned as a 10 minute YouTube video, the project grew to what might be a documentary lasting 100 minutes. Rod Adams and Gwyneth […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Technical History Stories

Independence Day Letter to President Obama – Re: Nuclear Energy Summit

July 5, 2010 By Rod Adams

A group of distinguished and dedicated energy experts has composed and signed a letter to President Obama in support of a recent call by a group of eleven US Senators to convene a Nuclear Energy Summit. Here is the full text of the July 4, 2010 letter along with the initial list of signatories. (Note: […]

Filed Under: Atomic Advocacy, Atomic politics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Miscommunications Are Frequent in Human Discourse – Sometimes They Become Intentional Weapons

April 25, 2010 By Rod Adams

Morgan Lewis & Bockius has produced a report that concluded that Entergy employees did not lie or intend to mislead investigators. Several employees have been punished anyway and there is a chance that a reliable plant that produces more than $100 million worth of electricity per year without any greenhouse gas emissions will be shutdown […]

Filed Under: Aging nuclear, Antinuclear activist, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Atomic Show #149 – Pro Nuclear Bloggers Reaction to SOTU Address

February 1, 2010 By Rod Adams

During the 2010 State of the Union Address, President Obama took the handcuffs off of the nuclear industry revival when he said: But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. And that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country. […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Two interpretations of the fight against the plutonium economy

February 2, 2008 By Rod Adams

Why does anyone oppose nuclear fuel recycling and breeder reactors? The vocal arguments against recycling nuclear fuel focused on weapons and the concept of nuclear nonproliferation. It was a major topic in the mid 1970s with a large political impact. Part of the stimulus that brought the issue center stage was a test conducted in […]

Filed Under: Plutonium, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Atomic Show 78 – Armond Cohen, Clean Air Task Force talks about carbon and nuclear neutrality

January 11, 2008 By Rod Adams

On Wednesday, January 9, I posted Atomic Show number 78, a chat with Armond Cohen, the Executive Director of the Boston-based nationally active environmental group called the Clean Air Task Force (CATF). Here is how the group describes its focus: Founded in 1996, the Clean Air Task Force (CATF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to […]

Filed Under: Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Podcast, Politics of Nuclear Energy

The Atomic Show #061 – Allison MacFarlane, Atomic Agnostic

June 15, 2007 By Rod Adams

Dr. Allison MacFarlane is an Associate Professor of Environment Science and Policy at George Mason University. She is also a self proclaimed nuclear agnostic who is not sure that nuclear power can grow much. About a month ago a friend sent me a link to an interesting panel discussion that was held at MIT on […]

Filed Under: Fossil fuel competition, Nuclear regulations, Podcast, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Ask Atomic: What was your point regarding the 760 million mile per gallon carburetor?

June 24, 2006 By Rod Adams

Patrick asked: In “The 760 Million Mile Per Gallon Carburetor” what was your point? Are you claiming that the fossil fuel industry and car manufacturers are NOT working together to make cars that use more fossil fuel? In sales you can do three things to increase profitability: Increase the number of people who use your […]

Filed Under: Ask Atomic, Atomic Insights 2006, Politics of Nuclear Energy

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