Who Says Nukes Have No Sense of Humor or Rhythm?

On January 21, 2010, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to receive testimony on the research, development, priorities and imperatives needed to meet the medium and long term challenges associated with climate change. The only invited witness was Dr. Steven Chu, the Secretary of Energy. There were a number of interesting…

Amy Myers Jaffe has written an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal titled Shale Gas Will Rock the World. The teaser for the article is as follows: “Huge discoveries of natural gas promise to shake up the energy markets and geopolitics. And that’s just for starters.” There is no doubt that Ms. Jaffe and…

A new friend who has read Atomic Insights from China sent me a link to a commentary titled The generation game: Those hostile to nuclear power, like Peter Tatchell, are engaging in an unconvincing crusade from another age: the debate has moved on. Here is a quote that I really like from the commentary: It…

I like the United Kingdom’s new approach to solving its future energy demand problem. It has done the studies, analyzed the options and determined that nuclear fission can play an increasing role in providing clean, reliable, indigenous, affordable, and sustainable electricity. It is an interesting thought exercise to compare its current state and its prospects…

It is earnings season – that time of the quarter where publicly traded companies issue their quarterly reports. The third quarter ended on September 30 and it normally takes a few weeks to close out all of the transactions and produce the numbers. While perusing reports in the Wall Street Journal from companies that interest…

There is a new pronuclear voice in town – CleanEnergy4America.org. I read about it on NEI Nuclear Notes this morning and just had to check it out. I recommend that you do the same – right now. After you have perused the well designed site, come back here for a little more discussion. While I…