I love these people who claim that their report/infographic/whatever is the one “the government doesn’t want you to see.” Here’s an infographic that makes the point that we can generate more power per acre with nuclear than we can with …
Category: Nuclear
Advocates of Nuclear Energy Would Be Well-Advised to Chill Out a Bit
To my chagrin as well as my astonishment, the advanced nuclear people I’ve been hanging around with recently love to bash the supporters of solar and wind. Are they hired hit-men for the nuclear industry? I don’t think so; lots …
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Energy Pragmatism
Reader Jerry Nolan writes: “Most greens who advocate wind, solar, and conservation are anti-nuclear,” and he’s 100% correct in this. However, like my friend, GreenTech Media’s Stephen Lacy (pictured), I think of myself as an “energy pragmatist.” This means, at a …
Are Advanced Nuclear and Renewable Energy Competitors?
It’s amazing how parochial some people are in their beliefs about energy. I’m on an email distribution list for the proponents of advanced nuclear, which normally means molten salt reactors based on thorium. I’m a proponent too; who wouldn’t support …
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Advocates of Various Forms of Low-Carbon Energy Should Not Fight One Another
The advocacy group for molten sale thorium reactors I came across recently is composed of some really smart people who understand the mechanisms behind climate disruption very well. But astonishingly, many members of the group see solar and wind as …
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Advanced Nuclear: Let’s Keep Our Minds Open
The other day, I was lucky enough to have connected with a group of a few dozen extremely senior scientists whose main beliefs I would summarize as follows: • The damage being wreaked upon Earth from fossil fuels, principally in …
Dr. Alex Cannara, Ocean Acidification, and Advanced Nuclear
I recently came across the work of Dr. Alex Cannara, an extremely senior engineer based in Northern California, while I was writing a few comments onto blog posts published on Renewable Energy World. Dr. Cannara is one of the foremost …
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From 2GreenEnergy Intern Olivier Goavec: The Impact of Germany’s Decision to Decommission its Nuclear Reactors, France’s Phasing Out Nukes Too
The power of the atom was shown during the Manhattan project and, more particularly, the explosion of the first nuclear bomb “Little Boy” in 1945. The world has never been the same since. Then, after military usage, it came rapidly …
It’s Not Too Late To Push Nuclear Energy in a Peaceful and Safe Direction
The first atomic bomb was exploded in the deserts in central New Mexico 69 years ago today. Now, the radiation levels there are still 10 times greater than those occurring in nature. Had the U.S. government not been interested in …
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The Nuclear Energy Debate in a Nutshell
Yesterday, a Canadian judge sided with Greenpeace in its claim against Ontario Power Generation, that its proposed “Darlington New Nuclear project” poses unacceptable levels of environmental risk, especially with the respect to the disposal of waste. To me, this is …
