For a variety of reasons, I was not very productive for most of the month of July. I have finally gotten around to adding another installment to the Adams Engine™ story titled Seeking Simplicity, Finding Complexity. Hope you enjoy learning – slowly – a little more about simple cycle gas turbines connected to high temperature reactors.
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There is a new pronuclear voice in town – CleanEnergy4America.org. I read about it on NEI Nuclear Notes this morning and just had to check it out. I recommend that you do the same – right now. After you have perused the well designed site, come back here for a little more discussion. While I…
On December 7, 2010, I attended the New Millennium Nuclear Energy Summit, sponsored by Third Way and the Idaho National Laboratory. The event was held at the Freedom Forum, a part of the Newseum that is located just a few blocks from the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. When I received the press release announcing…
A couple of days ago, the UK government completed its most recent energy review and issued a green paper titled “The Energy Challenge”. Alistair Darling, MP, wrote the preface for the paper and clearly stated the UK’s energy challenge: Energy is essential to just about every aspect of our life and to our continued economic…
One of the pleasures that I get from writing Atomic Insights is being contacted off line by someone who is intrigued by what I have written. Over the years, those off line contacts have resulted in some excellent friendships and correspondence. Several weeks ago, a local high school student made contact for some assistance with…
Eric McErlain at NEI Nuclear Notes pointed out a useful and timely series of reports about nuclear power by Diane Eastabrook. You can find links to videos (both Quicktime and Windows Media formats) from Public Broadcasting System’s (PBS) Nightly Business Report (NBR). The four part series aired during the week of 29 October and include…
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