Who Says Nukes Have No Sense of Humor or Rhythm?

One of the mantras that some people in the nuclear industry have repeated to themselves so often that it has become a fundamental part of their belief system is that “the media” bears a lot of responsibility for the 30 year hiatus in building new nuclear power plants. That could be the subject for many…

At the end of a letter published in the Cape Times on August 18, 2005, Liz McDaid of Earthlife Africa stated the following: Moreover the installation of 88 000 solar water heaters on residential properties at a cost of R300 million would offset the energy generated by one PBMR (approximately 132 Mw output). I did…

The US Department of Energy has a stockpile of approximately one ton of Uranium 233 that was produced as part of several experimental programs including the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment and the Light Water Breeder Reactor. According to a March 3, 1997 decision by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the stockpile is held in…

A few days ago, a former intelligence officer and current fear-mongering book writer published an op-ed piece in the New York times titled Al Qaeda’s Nuclear Plant where the word “plant” is intended to convey a nuanced meaning about a covert operation insider while also fitting into context as a word frequently associated with nuclear…

At Nuclear Talk, Gail Marcus has shared information from a recent presentation provided by Jason Tolland, Counsellor for Environment and Energy at the Canadian Embassy. The audience was a group of folks who graduated from MIT; the topic was the Canadian-US energy relationship. The title of Gail’s post is LNG and Gas Pipeline Requirements: Nuclear…

An Atomic Show listener who heard the recent show about atomic gas turbines provided a link to an article posted on Energy Pulse titled The Potential for Air-cooled High-Temperature Nuclear Reactors. That article provided me an opportunity to review just why I continue to be intrigued by the use of nitrogen (N2) or air as…