My reading list is getting longer by the day. I was just pointed to Rad Decision a novel in the format of a blog. I have not yet begun to read, but it sure looks interesting. The about the book page is certainly entertaining enough that it would catch my attention as a hardcover “flap” in a bookstore.
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On October 14, 2008, I watched CNBC’s premier of “The Nuclear Option”, a 35-40 minute video documentary about using nuclear fission as a power source. The show was squeezed into a 60 minute television time slot shared by many minutes worth of commercials, but that is par for the course and part of the cost…
The above is a short clip that is part of a longer interview about carbon free power, but it drive home a significant point. Craig Mundie, the head of a $9 billion private high tech research and development organization likes new nuclear approaches. Hat tip to Reuter’s Blogs for the pointer to the story.
I was recently involved in an exchange on John Edwards One Corps blog that got me digging into an old issue. If you have been following the nuclear industry for a long time, you might remember an incident about three years ago where there was a lot of attention paid to unaccounted for fuel rods…
Lefteri Tsoukalas, the head of Purdue University’s School of Nuclear Engineering wrote a guest column for the Lafayette Journal and Courier about ABC’s October 13, 2005 “Prime Time” investigation of university research reactors. His well written column is well worth a visit for “the rest of the story.”
There have been some interesting recent discussions about the overall effect of introducing large amounts of weather dependent wind energy into a complex power grid supplied by more controllable forms of power generation. The conversations have been building on research conducted over several years as countries and states gain experience in integrating ever larger quantities…
A good friend sent me the link to this well produced video that makes some excellent points. I am fully aware that the source of this video may call into question its veracity, but I have been doing a lot of research for the past year or so and have come to the conclusion that…