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View From the Left on Atomic Energy - Atomic Show 131
David Walters, who blogs at Daily Kos and Left Atomics joined me for a discussion about the benefits that a revived nuclear power industry could bring to the working class and to aid in economic development in states like North and South Carolina....
Hard to Believe Story About TMI Radiation and Health Effects
As part of my rambling effort to catch up with events and commentary about nuclear power, I found an article about "new" whistleblower accusations of a massive cover up following TMI. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the Steven Wing studies that...
Wind and Solar Entrepreneurs Arrange a Sales Call on the Vermont Legislature Starring Helen Caldicott
Yesterday, the Vermont Legislature warmly received a non-nuclear energy salesperson and allowed her to continue her traditional tactic of emotionally telling negative stories about the competition. I know, that is a purposely provocative way to...
Nitrogen or Air Versus Helium for Nuclear Closed Cycle Gas Turbines
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...
Proud to be a Fusion Skeptic
Some of the commenters on my recent fusion related posts have been quite defensive and irritated by my skepticism. They claim that there is a lot of value in the experiments that I have not mentioned. They also have told me that my assertions about...
MSNBC Cosmic Log Summarizes Fusion Activity and Mentions My Skepticism
Axil mentioned that Alan Boyle at MSNBC's Cosmic Log had linked to my skeptical blog about fusion hype in his March 31, 2009 post titled Fusion catches fire. So far, there is no commentary posted, though I have no way of knowing whether or not...
Pebble Bed Reactor MOU Between China and South Africa
Just a couple of days ago, I broke one of my normal blogging rules and published a press release in its entirety. It was a good one that contained important information about low dose radiation that is useful to Atomic Insights readers, so I...
One Side of the Nuclear Technology Public Relations Battle in Wisconsin
The Center for Media and Democracy - PRwatch.org has a well-researched piece about the nuclear industry's public relations actions partially aimed at overturning the outright ban on new nuclear power plants in Wisconsin. It warms my heart to...
More Fusion Hype - The National Ignition Facility - a Gold-Plated, Expansive Playing Field Producing NO Useful Power
The fusion press release machine is still in business after all these years. I just completed reading an article in Forbes titled Reinventing Nuclear Power that provides some amazing details about the fusion experiments that will be taking place at...
Smoking Gun Part 17 - German Renewable Industry Spokesman Presses for Nuclear Shutdown
The old "smoking" industries are not the only ones who have a direct financial incentive in shutting out the nuclear competition. Here is a quote from a March 6, 2009 article on Energy Daily titled Analysis: Nuclear vs. renewable in Germany:In 2020...
Harvey Wasserman Claims That TMI Caused Deaths - He Denies All Evidence to the Contrary
Sometimes, I plow my way through material that almost turns my stomach or makes me laugh outright in order to keep tabs on just how far some people will go in their efforts to deny the use of atomic fission energy.It is now very close to the 30th...
The Economist Discusses Nuclear Safety
A commenter here on Atomic Insights pointed to a couple of interesting articles published by The Economist, a well respected publication that has never been much of a fission fanzine. One of the articles, published on March 19, 2009, was titled The...
