Godzilla is returning. The 60-year-old monster is responding to the call of a world that is once again grappling with questions raised by the fearsome power of the atom. But while he was born to comment on the destructive capabilities …
Category: Nuclear
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor
If you don’t mind taking a 36-minute-long drink of water from a fire hose, here’s the most visible spokesperson for the thorium nuclear reactor, Kirk Sorensen, speaking a few years ago at Google. The essence of his talk is the …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Nikita Rao: The Future of the Nuclear Industry
Nuclear energy is the world’s largest source of emission-free energy. Nuclear power plants don’t produce air pollutants, sulfur or greenhouse gases. The United States has 65 commercially operating nuclear power plants with 104 nuclear reactors in 31 states around the …
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Regrettable Division Among Those Concerned About Climate Change: Anti-nuclear and Pro-nuclear
The author of this article is 100% correct: there are two opposing factions among those of us who believe that action is necessary to deal with climate change: anti-nuclear and pro-nuclear. His assertion that “divided we fall” is also accurate; …
A Toast: To U.S. and China Teaming Up To Build Thorium Nukes
Can you handle a little good news? This article just in from frequent commenter Colin Brown: It appears that nuclear reactors based on thorium (vs. uranium) may be closer than we think. There is very little not to like about …
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Nuclear Energy — Current Status of Fukushima
One of our regular readers makes this comment: Craig, if we don’t get that potential raging hell problem solved at Fukushima, all that (concern about renewable energy) will not be the issue. We are one earthquake from having the cooling …
Some Fiction on Nuclear Energy
Here’s another article by Robert Hargraves on the safety and cost-effectiveness of nuclear. If you have the stomach for it, read how the reporting of Fukushima spread unwarranted fear, and see if you can figure out the author’s explanation of …
The "Nuclear Renaissance" Was Cancelled
Here’s an article that makes the same point that I have put forth a few dozen times: there is no nuclear renaissance. At the core of the discussion is the simple and unavoidable fact that nuclear is fantastically expensive – even …
Nuclear Power Industry Unhappy with Energy Pricing Model
According to this article in the New York Times, the nuclear industry is complaining that the energy industry is “rigged against them,” insofar as the price paid to the sources that generate electricity varies on an hour-to-hour basis, and nuclear …
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Thorium Reactors
Colin Brown comments on my recent piece Attempting To View Renewable Energy Intelligently: “Great to see that you now have thorium reactors in the mix.” Anyone who rules out all types of nuclear — now and forever — simply because of …
