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Politics of Nuclear Energy

Attacking the “root crown” of 10 CFR 810 nuclear power plant export controls

December 10, 2015 By Rod Adams 10 Comments

Bottom line up front. Atomic fuel utilization facilities should not be subjected to the export control regime that is supposed to be focused on special nuclear materials production facilities. Instead, utilization facility exports should be subjected to rules similar to those that apply to other advanced technology exports like aircraft, computers, and communications equipment. The […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Book, International nuclear, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Deeply troubled by FitzPatrick and Pilgrim announcements. We need their clean electricity production to continue

November 4, 2015 By Rod Adams 120 Comments

Several of the therapists I have visited over the years have told me that I need to stop taking too much responsibility for events that are beyond my control. It’s not always easy advice to follow even for someone who has been aware of similar advice from the Serenity Prayer for the better part of […]

Filed Under: Aging nuclear, decommissioning, Economics, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Democratic Party presidential candidates answer question about climate change and energy plans

October 15, 2015 By Rod Adams 99 Comments

Transcript of the video above. Anderson Cooper: A lot of questions about climate change. I want to go to Don Lemon. Don? Don Lemon: This one is for Martin O’Malley. Governor O’Malley, this one is from Anna Bettis from Tempe Arizona. Anna Bettis: As a young person I am very concerned about climate change and […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Climate change, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Solar energy, Wind energy

Atomic Show #245 – Building a prosperity program on used nuclear fuel foundation

October 8, 2015 By Rod Adams 9 Comments

I applaud reasoned, long term thinking that aims to use science, technology and deep understanding of human wants and needs — aka politics — to set a course for success. You can find one of my favorite current examples of an effort that meets my criteria in the expansive, lightly populated, rather dry state of […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Atomic Entrepreneurs, Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Fuel Recycling, International nuclear, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Nuclear Waste, Podcast, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Meredith Angwin with Pat McDonald on Vote for Vermont

September 26, 2015 By Rod Adams 5 Comments

Meredith Angwin, who blogs at Yes Vermont Yankee and Northwest Clean Energy, was recently invited to talk with Pat McDonald on her television show called Vote for Vermont: Listening Beyond the Sound Bites. Angwin and McDonald covered a number of topics during the conversation. Meredith explained how we safely store used nuclear fuel, why some […]

Filed Under: decommissioning, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Pro Nuclear Video

Why did Richard Nixon so strongly endorse nuclear energy in April 1973?

September 22, 2015 By Rod Adams

On April 18, 1973, President Richard Nixon gave a special message to the congress of the United States on energy policy. Unlike more recent offerings by presidents regarding energy, that document placed a huge emphasis on making regulatory and legislative changes that would enable the rapid expansion of nuclear power; the ‘N’ word appears in […]

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

Saving the Environment from Environmentalism

September 14, 2015 By Guest Author 97 Comments

By Paul Lorenzini Part I. Must we destroy the environment to save it? When Jonathan Franzen wrote a provocative piece in The New Yorker earlier this year, “Climate Capture”, Chris Clarke, an influential environmental blogger in California, described it as having “walked up to a hornet’s nest and hit it with a baseball bat.”[1] Franzen […]

Filed Under: Alternative energy, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Guest Columns, Paul Lorenzini, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Martin O’Malley should distinguish himself from Bernie Sanders by promoting his stance as a pro-nuclear progressive

September 12, 2015 By Rod Adams

I’m a progressive liberal who frequently listens to Democracy Now! That makes me a bit of an oddity because I am also fiercely pro-nuclear energy. It has numerous capabilities that should appeal to progressive thinkers; it is abundant, affordable, compact, reliable, and emission-free. Unfortunately, the catechism taught to hereditary or geographical liberals includes such talking […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, Climate change, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Atomic Show #243 – Cara Santa Maria

September 7, 2015 By Rod Adams 20 Comments

Cara Santa Maria is an Emmy award-winning journalist who studied and taught neuroscience and psychology before deciding that her primary interest was in communicating about science. She was born and raised in Texas, but now lives in Los Angeles. She told me that she has found a terrific community of scientists, communicators, and other creative […]

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

Sad-ending story of EBR-II told by three of its pioneers

August 24, 2015 By Rod Adams

During the period between 1961 and 1994, an extraordinary machine called the Experimental Breeder Reactor 2 (EBR-II) was created and operated in the high desert of Idaho by a team of dedicated, determined, and distinguished people. In 1986, that machine demonstrated that it could protect itself in the event of a complete loss of flow […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, Atomic history, Atomic Pioneers, Atomic politics, Breeder Reactors, Fuel Recycling, Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Pro Nuclear Video, Technical History Stories

South Australian nuclear discussion intensifying

August 8, 2015 By Rod Adams

On August 8, 2015 the Saturday Paper [Melbourne, Australia] published a thought-provoking article titled South Australia’s future role in the nuclear industry. It describes how the economic opportunity presented by an expanded involvement in the nuclear fuel cycle is meeting up with a particularly stressed unemployment situation in South Australia to stimulate some frank discussions […]

Filed Under: Atomic politics, International nuclear, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Diablo Canyon relicensing public meetings August 5, 2015

July 27, 2015 By Rod Adams

On November 23, 2009 — close to six years ago — the Pacific Gas and Electric Company filed a license renewal application for Diablo Canyon units 1 and 2. That renewal application continues its excruciatingly slow journey through obstacles that continue to be invented by people who are opposed to the use of nuclear energy. […]

Filed Under: Diablo Canyon, Politics of Nuclear Energy, Public meetings

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