Shane Brown, my old friend from the early days of The Atomic Show, send me a link yesterday evening to a comic titled Climate Change. When Shane recommends that I read something, I generally follow his advice. I hope you will as well; this comic is quite good, gently opinionated and thought provoking. Here is…
I had an opportunity to chat with David Hollein, a man who has been campaigning to reopen the Zion Nuclear Power Plant for more than a dozen years. His efforts were the initial inspiration for Nancy Thorner, a lady who is working hard to convince Exelon to operate a nuclear plant in her hometown. David…
About six weeks ago, I wrote about Nancy Thorner’s relatively lonely effort to encourage Exelon, the largest owner/operator of nuclear power facilities in the United States, to operate a nuclear plant in her backyard. Nancy’s effort has a giant advantage over those of several other groups around the country who are trying to attract the…
I clipped this MP3 audio file from a video titled “Colorado Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act Panel” that is available at The Rocky Mountain Energy Epicenter 2010 web site. The speech is one that should fascinate people who recognize that the energy discussion is far deeper and nuanced than many discussions about technological choices. It is…
NPR produced a story yesterday about the fight over electricity fuel market share between natural gas and coal. Interestingly enough, both fuels have been extracted for many years from the same area in Northern Colorado. The NPR story provides some voices of real people that share their views of the effects of the market battle…
I received a depressing press release last evening. Exelon has announced a decision to close Oyster Creek in 2019, 10 years before the expiration of its current operating license. The company has announced that the decision is based on several factors. As the plant ages the cost of maintenance gradually increases; the selling price of…
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 friend just shared a link to this video of a Russian nuclear powered ice breaker speeding to the North Pole at 16 knots, using 1 pound of uranium per day to drive a 25,000 tons ship through pack ice. Displays of power like this should help people understand just why nuclear energy is so…
The comment that I made yesterday on Climate Progress that questioned why the blog has such an antinuclear stance did not make it through the moderation step and did not appear. However, there is a useful conversation going on there about an important topic. If an organization claims that preventing climate change is its reason…
Climate Progress published a post on December 3, 2010 titled Sen. Lamar Alexander plans to nuke his own agenda that is sharply critical of Senator Alexander’s idea to build 100 new nuclear power plants. The post minimizes the potential benefits of high tech job creation, low cost clean energy, and productive new infrastructure that will…
According to recently released diplomatic cables, several Arab leaders have made it clear that they was worried enough about Iran’s nuclear program to want it destroyed. Israel has pointed to those cables as evidence that its focus on Iran as the major threat in the Middle East is shared with its neighbors. According to the…
A great way to celebrate the birth of atomic fission power is to visit PopAtomic Studios to purchase an attractive desk display that includes a piece of history – a slice of graphite from CP-1. The additional gift that you receive from purchasing one is the knowledge that you are supporting the Michael Krupinski Memorial…