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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
Bell Gardens Intermediate School Thinks Green
This past weekend, Central Basin had the opportunity to visit a farmer’s marked hosted by the Environmental Garden Club in Bell Gardens. An impressive harvest was available at affordable prices for residents in the area. Located at the Bell Gardens Intermediate School (BGI), students volunteer their time to maintain the garden with a variety of fruits, vegetables [...]
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
Bungled Bundle Bill? McCain Introduces the "Television Consumer Freedom Act"
Proposed law looks to address multiple aspects of TV in the MVPD era, including bundling, broadcast abandonment and blackouts.
True to his reputation as a maverick, Arizona Senator John McCain has authored a bill seemingly designed to please nobody, while arguably disserving just about everybody. 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
Canadians’ Cellphone Bills 13% Higher than Last Year
A J.D. Power study has revealed a couple interesting facts about the Canadian wireless market: Koodo topped its consumer satisfaction survey, followed by Virgin Mobile and Wind Mobile. Don’t let yourself be mislead by the names: both Koodo and Virgin Mobile are owned by the incumbents. The only odd-one-out on the list is Wind Mobile, [...]
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 [...]
Jailhouse Block (Reprise): FCC Looks to Ban Burners from the Big House
FCC proposes rule changes to help combat contraband cell phone usage in correctional institutions.
If The Shawshank Redemption had been set in 2013 rather than 60 years or so earlier, this prison-yard exchange between inmates Andy Dufresne...Show More Summary
The Swami gets McBURNeyed by the Supremes
Thoughtful prediction of 6-3 vote for petitioners proves wrong, big time, as 9-0 Court upholds Virginia citizens-only FOIA provision.
[Blogmeister’s Note: Paging Dr. Heimlich! A couple of months ago, our Supreme Court Haruspicator Extraordinaire, the Swami (a/k/a Kevin Goldberg) confidently predicted that the petitioners in McBurney v. Show More Summary
FTTH Benefits for Real-Estate Webinar Replay
The replay for the FTTH Benefits for Real-Estate Webinar is up on Vimeo. You can find it here: Video Webinar 18 April 2013 – The Positive Effects of FTTH for Real Estate Projects from paftthcouncileu on Vimeo. I’ve also uploaded the slides on slideshare if you’re interested, they’re here. Related Posts:Successful FTTH Service Strategies ReplayBenefits [...]
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.
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