…ve been picked up in Japan by Akio Matsumura, who has a wide international following. Alverez has written extensively about spent fuel pools and is widely quoted in the news media about it. Most have accepted uncritically his claim that the entire contents of the spent fuel pool at Fukushima reactor #4 are at risk of spontaneously converting themselves into a radioactive cloud of contamination. This simply is not true. Mr. Alverez is not a nuclear…
…me to participate in a poll for the American Nuclear Society, I asked the following question of my Twitter followers. Would the American Natural Gas Society poll its members to find out if they should stop marketing the “low-carbon” aspect of their product? — Rod Adams (@Atomicrod) August 8, 2013 Coincidentally, I found a new ad produced by the Shell Oil Company that provides clear evidence that the natural gas industry has no internal conflicts…
…ied as Fox News, CNN, Reuters, and National Journal ran headlines like the following: Fox News – Security at nation’s nuclear facilities vulnerable to terrorist attack, report says CNN – Report: U.S. nuclear plants remain vulnerable to terrorists Reuters – U.S. nuclear power plants vulnerable to 9/11-style attacks: report National Journal – Pentagon-Sponsored Report: Civilian Nuclear Reactors at Risk of Attack Here is an example of the kind of bre…
…and move on to find other names or groups to add to the suspect list. The following quote comes from a daily stock column. This particular issue, dated Saturday, March 31, 1979, was headlined “Nuclear Stocks Plunge: Accident Called Coal-Stock Aid”. It was written by Alexander R. Hammer and published in the market section of the New York Times. Nuclear Stocks Plunge: Accident Called Coal-Stock Aid Stocks of companies in the nuclear power field plu…
…hs about the actual events at Fukushima. For example, the article uses the following example of how antinuclear activists are still trying to spread the myth that the used fuel pools at Fukushima caught fire. Oyster Creek – the oldest nuclear plant in the United States – has generated over 700 tons of high-level radioactive waste, Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear said. “Granted that some of that has been moved into dry cast storage, but the pool rema…
…there was an increase in the rate of thyroid cancer incidence in children following the nuclear meltdowns in both Chernobyl and Fukushima, there is evidence even in the more plausible instance of Chernobyl that this putative increase may be an artifact of the new onset of screening. There was no baseline measurement of the rates of such cancers prior to either accident, so any claim of an increase is unfounded, especially in the case of Fukushima…
…es. In 2009, MIT completed an update to the 2003 report that ends with the following statement. The sober warning is that if more is not done, nuclear power will diminish as a practical and timely option for deployment at a scale that would constitute a material contribution to climate change risk mitigation. There is a stark difference in tone between the two reports that is nearly impossible to miss. Natural gas, which is still so difficult to m…
…nergy Organization Act” (Emphasis added) Perry’s letter concludes with the following statement. “It is the policy of this Administration to support an “all of the above” approach to energy development and use. We need to properly recognize the value of each resource, being mindful of its role in our national defense, economic security, and pursuit of environmental outcomes. In particular, we must account for the value of on-site fuel storage capab…
…k environment (SCWE). Near the end of the 7 page letter, you will find the following paragraph: When we compare the examples listed above to the factors that contribute to a chilled work environment, it appears that the Commission would receive a Chilling Effect Letter if it were subjected to the same scrutiny as it imposes on its licensees. However, there doesn’t appear to be a similar procedure under which the NRC would hold itself accountable….
…conservative regulators”. The first unit to be restored, Unit 7, started up 22 months after the quake. Even today, about 30 months after the earthquake, five of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors are still shutdown while inspections are being completed. Just imagine how difficult it must be to prove that nothing happened to the miles of piping and wiring, thousands of tons of building materials and thousands of components that make up seven large nuc…
…ioactive materials and their uses. He offered his personal insights to the following questions to help equip citizens with what he considers the most effective tool available in the fight against terrorism: knowledge. Q: What is a radiological dispersion device? A: It is a weapon designed to spread radioactive material over an area. Radioactive materials can be spread via a conventional (“dirty”) bomb, an aerosol device or through waterways. Q: Wh…
…d, but then I demonstrated my ignorance of popular culture by Tweeting the following reaction to his talk. I missed his name, but I’d follow the Congressman from Newark, NJ into battle. Let’s roll. — Rod Adams (@Atomicrod) January 27, 2016 A small flurry of my followers quickly responded by telling me that the guy I had referred to as the “Congressman from Newark” was Senator Cory Booker, the former Stanford All-American tight end, Rhodes Scholar,…
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