I could not help smiling when I learned that German automakers VW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz had chosen “BLUETECH” as a common label to refer to clean burning, high mileage diesel engine cars and SUVs that can pass emissions tests in all 50 US states.
Kind of reminds me of my company slogan:
Go Blue.
Go Atomic.
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The Alaska state legislature has approved $500,000 to fund a study of using nuclear power reactors – perhaps the Toshiba 4S described here a couple of days ago – to replace diesel generators as a source of electricity in remote areas. Even though Alaska is a large crude oil producer, the residents of the state…
Dan Yurman at Idaho Samizdat has a full series of very informative posts about the tension filled effort to get full concurrence from the 45 member Nuclear Supplier’s Group – an organization of the countries that export nuclear related goods and services – to allow sales to India, the world’s most populous democracy. It is…
For the past several days, I have been getting flashbacks to a high school semantics project where we were assigned to watch TV for at least 2 hours per night for a week. Some students jumped for joy at having a great excuse for doing something that they would do anyway, but this assignment came…
On Thursday, September 9, 2010, the Institute for Energy and the Environment at the Vermont Law School, which is not affiliated with the University of Vermont, hosted a phone press conference to announce the release of a paper titled Policy Challenges of Nuclear Reactor Construction: Cost Escalation and Crowding Out Alternatives by Dr. Mark Cooper….
The Current Argus.com web site – billed as “Your online information oasis for the Pecos Valley” published a story titled Schedule set for GNEP public scoping meetings. These public scoping meetings will occur in the 11 geographic areas that are currently conducting studies to determine if they are viable sites for one or both of…
Dan Yurman, my friend at Idaho Samizdat, is organizing a get together for bloggers and authors interested in talking and sharing stories about nuclear energy – and probably lots of other topics of interest. This event will build upon a community of interest that that got together in Atlanta in June for a wonderful outdoor…
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