Here is a link to a well reasoned viewpoint from Donald A. Grant, Ph.D., P.E. He is the R. C. Hill Professor and chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Maine.
This piece is recommended reading for anyone trying to understand why so many people are waking up to the importance of nuclear power developments.
Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.
I noticed yesterday that I had missed two interesting articles in the Financial Times last week (July 8, 2008) – Oil price prompts nuclear move and Total and Eni eye nuclear option. Apparently, Total (a large French oil company) and Eni (a large Italian oil company) have determined that their future includes nuclear power plant…
The Tallahassee Democrat published an opinion piece on October 7, 2005 titled “New nuke? Nuclear power may be an option.” The article lays out the arguments very well and makes the case that nuclear power should be considered, especially in a situation where there is an existing proposal to build a new coal fired power…
After pointing to the clear thinking on the natural progression of energy technology provided on Chicago Boyz, I have continued to participate in an interesting conversation thread tied to Shannon Love’s post titled Fantasy Energy. Shannon’s position is that the only real opposition to nuclear power developments has been the technology fearing leftists who vocally…
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…
Mr. Gene Karpinski is the President of the League of Conservation Voters, based in Washington, DC. He is excited about the prospects for changes in governmental attitudes toward environmental issues that have arisen from the recent congressional elections. He was interviewed by Bruce Gellerman of Living on Earth on January 5, 2007. Here is the…
Fox 11 News out of Green Bay, Wisconsin has been airing a story on the future of nuclear power. The most recent segment was a journalistically balanced view about used nuclear fuel – what most people call “nuclear waste”. One part of this story that bothers me is that the plant owners and their representatives…
This site uses a cookie for Google Analytics. Accept or decline — your choice.