People who follow The Atomic Show as well as Atomic Insights know that it has been about three weeks since the last episode of the show was posted. I finally got a few free moments at the same time as I had something to say. I felt the need to talk about earthquakes, GAO stings, and Kazakhstan’s purchase of a portion of Westinghouse.
Hope you enjoy the show.
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NuStart Energy, the consortium that includes both plant suppliers and utility companies, has awarded a contract to Enercon Services, Inc. to lead a team of specialist firms in a project to produce Combined Construction and Operating Licenses (COL) for two separate projects. One will be a two reactor Westinghouse designed AP-1000 project at the Tennessee…
Marathon Oil has announced plans to drill gas wells approximately 21 miles off the coast of Wales. The company discovered a gas deposit there in 1994, but determined that the market price was not high enough to support the cost of developing the field while still providing an attractive rate of return. The current price…
The needle moved today in the effort to change the general perception of nuclear power. Even in California – a place that I have often called “the land of the fruits and nuts” – there are plenty of people that “get it”. They understand that clean, safe, abundant nuclear energy beats the alternatives hands down….
Friends of the Earth is running an internet ad campaign that attempts to link the current world financial crisis with the future prospects of nuclear power. Paul Gunter – a career anti-nuclear activist – has tried to make the same link. From a logical argument point of view, the effort is a real stretch. For…
My Google News Alert that searches the world of publications for me every day for the words “new nuclear power plants” brought me a rather interesting link yesterday afternoon. The article, titled A Good Day for Nuke Power, was published on September 28, 2007 on the blog for The Texas Observer. The author, Forrest Wilder,…
As we watch Hurricane Katrina come ashore and pray for the safety of the people who were not able to evacuate, there is little doubt that oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is going to be seriously affected by this massive storm. Off shore wells and the pipelines that connect them…
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