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A Brief Review of Pandora's Promise
Robert Stone behind the camera. It was back in 2006 that NEI Nuclear Notes published its first post with the title, "Another Environmentalist for Nuclear Energy." At the time, I could certainly have understood how a statement like that might seem more than a bit unbelievable. Show More Summary
Robert Stone and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Clash After Screening of Pandora's Promise
On Monday night, I traveled to Pleasantville, NY to attend a screening of Pandora's Promise. While I had originally intended to provide live coverage of the event via NEI's Twitter feed, I was foiled by poor reception inside the theater. Show More Summary
Rep. John Shimkus on Yucca Mountain: Can You Hear Me Now?
Rep. John Shimkus You can't find a more passionate supporter of the Yucca Mountain repository on Capitol Hill than Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.). For years, Shimkus has been a champion of electricity rate payers who have been dutifullyShow More Summary
Why the "Gold Standard" in Nonproliferation Works Against US Interests
Ted Jones of NEI The following is a guest post by Ted Jones, Director of International Supplier Relations for NEI.Global Security Newswire recently published an article that quotes Tom Moore, a well-regarded nonproliferation expert at CSIS, that South Korea is a “gold standard state.” Mr. Show More Summary
Nuclear Ingots from Canada, Pakistan, UAE
From Canada, the least unexpected news of the day: The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has completed a ground-breaking study on populations living near Ontario's three nuclear power plants (NPPs). The most important finding...Show More Summary
Banff Mountain Film Festival 2013
One of my yearly traditions is to go and see the Banff Mountain Film Festival. I found this year's set of movies a little repetitive (much as I like Alex Honnold climbing, Russ Sturges paddling and Danny MacAskill doing tricks on his...Show More Summary
A Chat With Elon Musk
PandoMonthly has an interesting interview with Elon Musk, one of the few unarguable cleantech success stories over the past decade - Fireside Chat With Elon Musk Sarah Lacy talked to Elon Musk of Tesla Motors and SpaceX during PandoMonthly...Show More Summary
A Boy and His Nuclear Reactor
Taylor Wilson built a fusion reactor at age 14 and remains interested in nuclear technology. So, at 19, he has presented his idea for a small reactor concept that uses molten salt to make the smaller reactor both more powerful and more efficient than their cousins. Show More Summary
Guest Post: College Champions Debate Nuclear Energy
Bob Bishop The following guest post comes from Bob Bishop, nuclear guru and former general counsel at NEI: Each year, hundreds of university students from around the country participate in local, regional and national debate tournaments. Show More Summary
Nuclear Cost Calculations From Ivan Penn and Tampa Bay Times Just an Exercise in Fuzzy Math
Ivan Penn of the TBT. Over the weekend, the Tampa Bay Times published an analysis by Ivan Penn claiming that ratepayers in Florida would be better served if Duke Energy built a natural gas plant in place of a proposed nuclear energyShow More Summary
The State-of-Play of Nuclear Safety After Fukushima
If anything set the table for the American nuclear industry’s response to the accident at Fukushima Daiichi, it was the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. After that event, all essential infrastructure and its security was put on the menu for a rethink. Show More Summary
Crash course in outrage management
A couple of days ago, Andrew, an Atomic Insights contributor pointed me to Dr. Peter Sandman, a man who built a career out of helping large organizations improve their ability to communicate about risk. I want to thank Andrew for helping me to put a name to a topic that I’ve been wanting to study [...]
Happy Earth Day!
The Washington Post celebrates Earth Day as it might, with an editorial about the failure to make a cap-and-trade regime work in the European Union. Let’s let that slide off the side a bit, though, and focus on this paragraph: Germany...Show More Summary
Call them unreliable
Rick Maltese is a creative artist who spent this afternoon creating an amusing parody of the diffuse, weather dependent, unreliable power sources that some think can beat both fossil fuel and nuclear energy. Share Call Them Unreliable widely! The post Call them unreliable appeared first on Atomic Insights.
Relaxed approach to protective action in case of radiological release
After deliberating for a period of time approaching a decade, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a new draft Protective Action Manual that includes Protective Action Guides (PAG) for people responsible for responding to radioactive material releases that might come from one of the following sources: a fire in a major facility such [...]Show More Summary
NEI Statement on GAO Report on Radiological Incidents and Likely Public Response
Earlier today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a study that concluded that the NRC needs to do a better job understanding how the public might react in response to theoretical incidents at U.S. nuclear power plants.In...Show More Summary
Jim Asselstine's Bullish Assessment of Nuclear Energy’s Future
Jim Asselstine The following is a guest post submitted by Scott Peterson, NEI's senior vice president of communications. SINGAPORE--Jim Asselstine has an unparalleled pedigree to assess the nuclear energy industry. He has analyzed the...Show More Summary
Nuclear Energy’s Storied History and Bright Future
Marv Fertel The following is a guest post from NEI’s President and CEO, Marv Fertel. 2013 is the 60th anniversary of President Eisenhower’s famous “Atoms for Peace” speech at the United Nations. It is also the 60th anniversary of the...Show More Summary
NEI's Paul Genoa Hits 10 Markets in Radio Media Tour on Small Modular Reactors
This morning Paul Genoa, NEI’s senior director of policy development, completed a tour of 10 radio outlets – including three state networks covering Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee – discussing small reactor technology in the context of the administration’s release of the FY 14 budget tomorrow. Show More Summary
Relying on Nuclear Energy to Keep the Lights Working
The nuclear energy situation in Great Britain has been full of drama, with Spanish and German interests dropping in and out of the mix and the government’s will to even build a new reactor brought into questionable. But, really, theShow More Summary
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