Monday, June 01, 2009

The SVBR: Russia Makes it Modular

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Recently there has been a flurry of attention in the English-language blogosphere about the Russians' prospective SVBR reactor series , ...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Is Joe Romm a "Delayer-1000"?

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I'm rapidly losing patience with Joe Romm, whose self-righteous arrogance is, if anything, actually harming the cause of addressing glob...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Jon Wellinghoff is Blind

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Via Joe Romm , some comments from the Obama Administration's pick for head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Jon Wellinghoff:...
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Thursday, April 09, 2009

"Solar-Powered City of Tomorrow" Will Probably Be More Nuclear Than Solar

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From Time : An NFL lineman turned visionary developer today is unveiling startlingly ambitious plans for a solar-powered city of tomorrow in...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Nuclear Power: An Indispensable Climate Change Solution

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Joe Romm clarifies his position on nuclear power : Why not more than 1 total wedge of nuclear? Based on a post last year on the Keystone re...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Noisome Falsehoods About Three Mile Island

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As I expected, the upcoming anniversary of the Three Mile Island Accident has inspired Harvey Wasserman to trot out one of his more dubious ...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

NNSA to Remain in DOE

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Well, that didn't take long : The Obama administration has scrapped a plan to study placing U.S. nuclear-weapon research under the contr...
Friday, February 13, 2009

Down To Earth

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Atomstroiexport has issued a new tender for the proposed nuclear complex in Turkey : Russia's Atomstroiexport has offered to cut the pri...
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Monday, February 09, 2009

A VERY Special Relationship

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A rather shocking revelation published in The Guardian: The US military has been using Britain's atomic weapons factory to carry out r...
Friday, February 06, 2009

NNSA to DOD?

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Obama's pondering it , apparently: The Obama administration is considering moving the nation’s federal weapons complex, including New Me...
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Thursday, February 05, 2009

The Soviet "Doomsday Device" Myth

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Those of you who watch the History Channel may have come across this clip, which is from a series titled "Secrets of War ." The sp...
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Sunday, February 01, 2009

Aqueous Homogenous Reactor Research in US

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As I noted in my recent post, the Russians are developing an aqueous homogeneous rector (AHR) for medical isotope production at the Kurchato...
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

So Much For "Solar Baseload"

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One of the most-hyped renewable energy technologies of the moment is CSP--concentrating solar power. Joe Romm, in particular, is an unabashe...
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Friday, January 30, 2009

Will 50% of Nuclear Loan Gurantees Default?

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Critics of DOE's loan guarantees for new nuclear construction are fond of pointing out that the Congressional Budget Office reported in ...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Aqueous Homogeneous Reactor Lives!

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I'm a big fan of the aqueous homogeneous reactor. These are nuclear reactors that have their fissile fuel in an aqueous solution, rather...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Just Say No to Portfolio Standards

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The latest regulatory boondoggle, this time from Illinois : Omaha-based energy company Tenaska Inc. plans to move forward with building a $3...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Russia Seeks Japanese Nuclear Plant

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From The Japan Times : The government plans to send senior officials to Moscow for final-stage negotiations on concluding a bilateral civil...
Thursday, January 08, 2009

A Federal RPS: A Very Bad Idea

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However thrilled I am about Obama's choice of Steve Chu as Secretary of Energy, I am not exactly thrilled by the proposals being put for...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Are Gen III+ Nukes "Prudent?"

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The latest critique of building new nuclear power plants, Craig Severance's Business Risks and Costs of New Nuclear Power , has created ...
Saturday, January 03, 2009

Time Magazine on New Nukes

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From Going Nuclear , by Micheal Grunwald: Nuclear power is on the verge of a remarkable comeback. It's been three decades since an Ameri...
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