Nuclear Power

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Attempts to impose a policy of not selling to any country that will not agree to permanently forgo domestic nuclear fuel production will lock US-based suppliers out of the most important energy technology in the world.[read more]

North American Young Generations in Nuclear group

It will take me several days to digest all of the things I learned and heard at the Nuclear Energy Assembly, both from the podium and in the valuable “hallway conversations.”[read more]

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Even if there is enough lithium to displace the 1 billion internal combustion engine cars that now pollute the earth with electric cars, it is the electronic waste problem that should dominate the question.[read more]

solar vs nuclear energy costs

Germany’s solar program will generate electricity at quadruple the cost of one of the most expensive nuclear power plants in the world, raising serious questions about a renewable energy strategy widely heralded as a global model.[read more]

Nuclear energy costs

 

On Saturday, the Tampa Bay Times published a lengthy piece that argues the two reactor installation proposed for Levy County, Florida is a more expensive option than a natural gas power plant.[read more]

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I wanted to find a means of estimating the cost of a one million mega watt (Mgw) wind generator and compare that to the cost of one million Mgw of nuclear generation capacity.[read more]

Kewaunee nuclear power station

Shortly after 11 AM on Tuesday, May 8, 2013, the operators at Dominion Resources’ Kewaunee Nuclear Power Station opened the plant’s output breaker, disconnecting the turbine generator from the grid for the last time.[read more]

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It is high time for the communicators to get to work on reducing the outrage that causes the perceived risk of nuclear energy to remain high for the public, the government, and the investment community.[read more]

mid-Atlantic offshore wind

Atlantic Wind Connection plans to enable the Atlantic Coast to use off-shore wind efficiently. When completed, the AWC will be able to carry as much as 7,000 MW of offshore wind energy to consumers along the US East Coast.[read more]

Spectra Pipeline campaign

From a public relations point of view, nuclear energy has disadvantages that are actually important advantages from the point of view of ensuring real human safety.[read more]

US CO2 emissions

The policy lesson is obvious—real and lasting reductions in CO2 come from economy-wide policy effects, not from the current transient boom in the US natural gas market.[read more]

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It's important we learn the "right" lessons from Fukushima. This will lead to improving the response following accidents, and then ultimately starting a meaningful dialogue to reduce the public fear of nuclear energy.[read more]

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By the end of 2022 Germany will have no nuclear power plants remaining. To put the numbers in perspective I will estimate how much solar power will need to be added to replace the lost production due to each reactor being closed early.[read more]

avian abbatoir?

Normally we ignore the radical fringe, but sometimes claims take on a life of their own. One such charge has found its way as an authoritative reference on Wipikedia, alleging that nuclear energy causes more bird kills than wind.[read more]

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Young attendees were invited to contribute their ideas. In particular, this meeting focused on ways that the symposium could better serve and attract a new generation of nuclear energy organizers, leaders, and participants.[read more]