Jim Conca, Forbes Contributor
Confidence- What does it mean for nuclear waste?
NEW- Neutron Bytes
NRC to spent nuclear fuel: stay put for now
Next Big Future
NEW- Neutron Bytes
NRC to spent nuclear fuel: stay put for now
Next Big Future
TVA within 18 months of completing Watts Bar 2 reactor
NEW- Nuclear Economics
Nuclear Power – a long-term asset in a short-term world
ANS Nuclear CafeNEW- Nuclear Economics
Nuclear Power – a long-term asset in a short-term world
Nuclear blogger roundtable: Webinar with NRC ChairmanAllison Macfarlane—Thursday, Sept. 11, 9 AM Eastern
Atomic Power Review
Doel 3, Tihange 2 nuclear units back in the news
Atomic Insights
Atomic Power Review
Doel 3, Tihange 2 nuclear units back in the news
Atomic Insights
Yes Vermont Yankee
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Confidence- what does it mean for nuclear waste?
On Tuesday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission made an incredibly important decision about nuclear waste that could finally get nuclear energy moving forward again. It is now confident that long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel, even over a hundred years, is safe and effective, and we don’t have to wait for a deep geologic repository to get our nuclear program going again.
Neutron Bytes
NRC to spent nuclear fuel: stay put for now
Dan Yurman's first posts on a new nuclear blog. Check it out!
Nuclear Economics
Nuclear Power – a long-term asset in a short-term world
The electricity and financial markets are focused on short term, making it difficult for nuclear power to be developed (or even to remain in operation). One solution is a return to system planning for electricity infrastructure investments (like nuclear power plants). The UK is trying to do this with the EMR program and the Hinkley Point C incentive package and the Japanese are considering measures to keep nuclear power plants financially stable when (if) the Japanese electricity system is restructured.
Dan Yurman's first posts on a new nuclear blog. Check it out!
Nuclear Economics
The electricity and financial markets are focused on short term, making it difficult for nuclear power to be developed (or even to remain in operation). One solution is a return to system planning for electricity infrastructure investments (like nuclear power plants). The UK is trying to do this with the EMR program and the Hinkley Point C incentive package and the Japanese are considering measures to keep nuclear power plants financially stable when (if) the Japanese electricity system is restructured.
Next Big Future
India's indigeneously built Fast Breeder Reactor at
Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu is likely to be commissioned next year,Parliament was
informed today. The 500 MW reactor which is part of the second stage in India's
three stage nuclear program is complex technology mastered by India.
India is hoping to win Japanese backing for a nuclear energy pact during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and lure investment into its $85 billion market while addressing Japan's concern about doing business with a nuclear-armed country.
India is hoping to win Japanese backing for a nuclear energy pact during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and lure investment into its $85 billion market while addressing Japan's concern about doing business with a nuclear-armed country.
About 30 percent of TVA’s power supply comes from its three nuclear plants: Browns Ferry, near Athens, Ala.; Sequoyah, in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., and Watts Bar, near Spring City, Tenn. Those plants alone make enough electricity to power more than three million homes in the Tennessee Valley.
ANS Nuclear Cafe
Motives for pushing a no-threshold dose radiation riskmodel (LNT) in 1955-56 by Rod Adams
On the origins and history of the Linear No-Threshold
radiation cancer risk model - fears of radioactive fallout were key to halting
atmospheric testing of atomic bombs, but were other motivations possibly at
work that may have encouraged exaggerating the danger from tiny amounts of
radiation exposure?
Motives for pushing a no-threshold dose radiation riskmodel (LNT) in 1955-56 by Rod Adams
The American Nuclear Society welcomes U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane in an online webinar for nuclear bloggers – details and registration
Potential safety issues with the
reactor vessels at Belgian Doel Unit 3 and Tihange Unit 2 have thrust
these two back into the news, just on the heels of a report of sabotage
at Doel Unit 4 that caused serious damage to that unit's turbine
generator. Will Davis, who has reported on these pressure vessel issues
since they were first discovered, catches up readers on the events at all three
units. Includes special section for the layman on nuclear plant turbine
generators and background links.
Atomic Insights
AtomicShow #221 - Acting Locally
On August 25, 2014, a group of atomic energy advocates gathered to share experiences and advice about how nuclear energy advocates can more effectively act locally. We discussed ways to find people who are interested in atomic energy, ways to develop social interaction, ways to show our humanity, and ways to make it fun to support something beneficial to the world’s current population and future generations.
Remy
DeVoe and Justin Knowles, two nuclear engineering graduate students, have
analyzed the EPA's proposed CO2 intensity rule and determined that a flaw in
the formulas would give 15 states credit for reducing CO2 emissions if they shut
down their existing nuclear plants and replaced them with an identical amount
of generation from natural gas combined cycle plants.
Yes Vermont Yankee
With
her Internet connection down, Meredith Angwin of Yes Vermont Yankee read two
non-nuclear books. A book
about wilderness survival reminded her of the importance of accurate risk
assessment (and avoiding FUD). A mystery set in Quebec reminded her of the human cost
of the James Bay hydro project. These dams are often touted in
Vermont as the perfect substitute for Vermont Yankee.
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