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    The Clean Skies News Energy Report: Afternoon Edition of August 17, 2009 concluded with a report about a wind electricity production record set on August 6, 2009. The video from that report is posted below. It is clipped from the report, but otherwise unedited. I am sharing it with you under the site’s Creative Commons…

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    One of the weapons that the anti-nuclear movement used against nuclear power in the first Nuclear Age was the testimony of disgruntled workers who often had legitimate concerns about the way that their particular slice of the industry was being managed. In some cases, the specific workers became so disillusioned by their particular experience that…

  • MetaFilter discussion about nuclear power

    Eric McErlain at NEI Nuclear Notes pointed me to an interesting discussion that is going on at MetaFilter about nuclear power in response to Judith Lewis’s article in the LA Weekly. You can find the discussion at http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/46540. I was impressed by the civil nature of the discussion and the intelligence of the comments, even…

  • Multiple Nuclear Revival or Nuclear Renaissance Articles in Major News Outlets

    My Google Alert summary on “new nuclear power plants” this morning is chock full of articles from major news publications like the Wall Street Journal, CNNMoney.com, Forbes, International Herald Tribune, and the New York Times. All of them are pointing to signs that the sleeping giant – the heavy manufacturing industry that will be involved…

  • Amarillo Power Update – License Application Will be Filed In 2009 vice 2008

    On Tuesday September 9, 2008 Amarillo.com published an update on Amarillo Power’s planned nuclear project in the Texas panhandle. For undisclosed reasons, the company – led by George Chapman – has notified the NRC that it will be filing its construction and operating license application in late 2009 vice late 2008. At least part of…

  • Monsters and Critics discussion about nuclear energy rules

    Monsters and Critics has published a UPI wire story titled Nuclear energy rules knocked as outdated. You can probably find the same story elsewhere, but Monsters and Critics has a pretty nice comment feature so this might be a place where a real discussion about the article may occur. The discussion area has already been…