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Politics of Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Provisions of S. 512, Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA)

May 15, 2017 By Rod Adams

The Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA), S. 512, is a draft bill reported out of the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee on March 22 that directs both the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and U.S. Department of Energy to make significant changes in the way they treat nuclear energy technology development. While it […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visits Yucca Mountain and talks with Nevada Gov Brian Sandoval

March 28, 2017 By Rod Adams

Yesterday, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry toured the Yucca Mountain site to get a first hand look at the current state of the facility. Following the site tour, Sec. Perry met with Gov. Brian Sandoval. Here is what the Department of Energy press release said about that conversation. “Governor Sandoval and I had a frank […]

Filed Under: Nuclear Waste, Nuclear regulations, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Bipartisan pro-nuclear love fest at Senate EPW hearing

March 9, 2017 By Rod Adams

Yesterday, on International Women’s Day, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) committee held a hearing that provided both visible and audible proof that times are changing in the political and public acceptance of nuclear energy. The committee organized the hearing in order to gather information and invited stakeholder feedback related to the recently reintroduced […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Atomic politics, Economics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

FFTF restoration would provide the fastest, most efficient path to fast spectrum neutron testing

February 28, 2017 By Rod Adams

If a U.S.-based researcher or reactor designer needs to irradiate fuel or material with fast neutrons for testing, their current options are extremely limited. No domestic test facility can provide enough fast neutrons to do anything more than slowly irradiate a small quantity of tiny samples. Anything more requires the full cooperation of either Russia […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors, mothball, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Trump’s Energy Policy Is Scary To Multinational Petroleum Interests

February 3, 2017 By Rod Adams

This optimistic – scary to multinational petroleum interests – pair of graphs were on the last slide in a March 1956 presentation by M. King Hubbert to the American Petroleum Institute

Trump’s plan for American energy strength is rightfully causing angst among people who believe that renewable energy is the inevitable path forward to reduce society’s dependence on fossil fuel. It is likely to cause even more fear among the people who are betting on fossil fuel to continue dominating the world’s economy and geopolitics. Trump’s […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Coal, Fossil fuel competition, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Weatherwax: Preference for biofuel dev led to low dose radiation research demise

January 9, 2017 By Rod Adams

The following video is extracted from the House Science, Space and Technology joint oversight and energy subcommittee hearing examining misconduct and intimidation of scientists by senior executives in DOE chain of command. It features the opening statements from Dr. Sharlene Weatherwax, a plant microbiologist serving as the Director, Biology and Environmental Research for the Department […]

Filed Under: LDRRP saga, Atomic politics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

NEI Asks Trump Transition Team For Assistance To Make 2017 A Happy Nuke Year

January 4, 2017 By Rod Adams 48 Comments

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently issued a six page memorandum for the Trump transition team titled Nuclear Power in America and the World that outlines a program to improve America’s nuclear energy capabilities. It leads with the following paragraph. Economic, reliable, stable electricity is the lifeblood of our economy, a critical ingredient of prosperity […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Rick Perry might convert DOE into an ENERGY leader

December 27, 2016 By Rod Adams 81 Comments

President-Elect Trump’s choice of Rick Perry to run the Department of Energy is good news for people who believe–or want to believe–that the federal government’s Department of Energy was formed at the end of the 1970s because voters were tired of our abject dependence on foreign oil and its associated entanglements. It is likely to […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Fossil fuel competition, Politics of Nuclear Energy

American’s Nuclear (Power) Program Is Way Behind Russia’s

October 16, 2016 By Rod Adams 28 Comments

After the first hour of the second Trump-Clinton debate, I was beginning to worry that I wouldn’t be able to fulfill my assignment to write about the way that the candidates spoke about my coverage area. There was no mention of energy, clean energy, nuclear energy or climate change. Finally, at 1:02:40 on this video […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Passive-Aggressive Fight Against Plutonium Economy

October 12, 2016 By Rod Adams 36 Comments

Late on a Friday afternoon (September 23), the Department of Energy released an updated performance report on the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF). DOE’s internal Office of Project Management Oversight and Assessment in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers produced the report using assumptions and data provided by DOE leadership. The report concludes […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Fuel Recycling, Plutonium, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Atomic Show #256 – Tom Turner Talks About David Brower

July 26, 2016 By Rod Adams 21 Comments

David Brower had a profound influence on the Environmental Movement and its gradual transition from groups of outdoors enthusiasts and conservationists who focused on protecting public lands and establishing national parks to a powerful political movement with major influences on a variety of important industrial, economic and international policy arenas. The Movement has had a […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Atomic politics, Podcast, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Atomic Show # 255 – Powerful fuels can enable human freedom and prosperity

July 8, 2016 By Rod Adams 7 Comments

Some people who are not well versed in human history believe that fossil fuels are inherently evil, costly and harmful to human health. They ignore the side of the accounting ledger that documents the incredibly beneficial effects concentrated fuels have provided to overall human freedom, happiness, self actualization and reduction of dependence on nature. Those […]

Filed Under: Alternative energy, Climate change, Fossil fuel competition, Fracking, Natural Gas, Podcast, Politics of Nuclear Energy

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