I’m excited – it is time to head out for some live contact with young(er) nuclear professional. I will be covering the first-ever Young Professionals Congress, A Hitchhiker’s Guide to a Career in Nuclear in Washington, D. C. today. Maybe I will even capture some of the “dress for success” session on my iPod.
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The March 6, 2011 edition of Energy Now focuses on the controversy surrounding hydraulic fracturing. Thalia Assuras interviews Ian Urbina, the lead author of the recent New York Times series titled Drilling Down and also hosts a panel consisting of a state hydrologist, a former state official, a gas industry representative and an environmental group…
I know that some people avoid long comment threads, so occasionally I elevate a good discussion from the comments section up to the main part of the blog. A reader who identifies himself as K made a comment on my 25 August post titled Looking at nuclear power as a heat source for Alberta oil…
John Rowe, the man that Fortune Magazine once called “Mr. Nuke” in a May 15, 2006 article titled Meet Mr. Nuke and I have a few things in common. We were both given a copy of Richard Halliburton’s Book of Marvels, a two volume set of travel books that divided the world into two areas,…
Gizmodo published a blog entry by Adam Frucci titled The China Syndrome And Why We Wussed Out On Nuclear Power in which he describes how a coincidental sequence of events turned a 1979 “B” movie into a blockbuster that is still making money today. While The China Syndrome was still in theaters during its first…
This post originated in the middle of a great discussion on the Oil Drum. On March 1, 2007, that blog published a story titled Is Nuclear Power a Viable Option for Our Energy Needs? The story generated a lot of interest with more than 300 comments and about 678 “Diggs”. Comments are now closed on…
The South African Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) remains on track to begin construction in September of 2007. According to Tom Ferreira, the project communications manager, the first plant should be operational by 2010. A large portion of the construction and component development is being contracted to local South African firms in an effort to…