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Are Mark Cooper and Peter Bradford climate change deniers?
In a recent paper, Mark Cooper and Peter Bradford advocate expanded use of natural gas, even if that expansion requires using hydraulic fracturing. They believe that fossil fuel plants should continue dumping vast quantities of combustion waste into our shared atmosphere, even after new nuclear energy plants start operating. They dismiss the notion of a [...]Show More Summary
Virtual silence at “Golden Fleece” award news conference for SMRs
Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) trace their heritage to William Proxmire, a senator famous for his “Golden Fleece” awards for wasteful government spending. Yesterday, the organization held a press conference to announce that they had decided to award a Golden Fleece to the US Department of Energy SMR (small modular reactor) program. The press release [...]Show More Summary
Replacing Coal With Trees Won’t Scale
A report written by the British arm of Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace titled "Dirtier than Coal" criticizes their government's plan to burn trees to make electricity.
The U.S./South Korea Commerical Nuclear Energy Partnership
At the beginning of June, I recorded a short video with Dan Lipman, Senior Vice President with Westinghouse Electric Company, concerning the need for Congress to renew an agreement for peaceful cooperation on nuclear energy between the U.S. Show More Summary
Drumbeat: December 30, 2011
Tight oil rises to front of mind Just when it seemed the Earth was serving up its last drops of oil, squeezing from tough spots such as the oil sands in northern Alberta and the deepest seas offshore Brazil, a new oil age is emerging. Tight...Show More Summary
Wednesday Update
From NEI’s Japan Earthquake launch page: Pillars Installed To Support Used Fuel Pool Update as of 5 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 22 Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co. workers have installed 32 steel pillars to support the reactor 4 spent fuel pool at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy facility and improve its capability to withstand earthquakes. Show More Summary
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