[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNLOIQeH68] Here’s a recent interview in which George Alger asks me about cold fusion. Obviously, this is a controversial topic, viewed by many as a hoax. Yet some credible people believe it’s legitimate science — and, as I point …
Category: Nuclear
The Dubious Appeal of Nuclear Energy
I just posted a piece to Renewable Energy World, in which I recollect my encounters in airports with other college-aged kids of the 1970s who were vigorously gathering support for nuclear energy. I recall how one self-satisfied young fellow quipped, …
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant at LEVEL 4 as of March 16th
Fukushima Nuclear power plant compound has been affected devastatingly by the Japanese earthquake. Latest updates report most problems with Reactors 2 and 3. Radiation at Fukushima Nuclear power plant I, Reactor 3 is the highest. If you are concerned you …
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Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident – an Argument for faster development of Green Energy Sources
First of all let us assure you that according to Tokyo Electric Power Company is still a level four local accident. The dose equivalent on the edge of compound of Fukushima power plant is still about 10-times lower than the dangerous …
Favor Nuclear Energy? Read Jim Bell’s Article First
Jim Bell is a brilliant author and social observer who believes that nuclear power represent one of humankind’s most tragic errors. In this excellent article on the perils the nuclear age, he argues that, if we survive it, our descendants …
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From a Guest-Blogger: Concerned about Nuclear Energy? We Have Work To Do
A piece written by the president of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Dear Friends, Yesterday, President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2012 budget and I’m afraid the overriding message is: we’ve got to get to work! Even while slashing funds for …
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From a Guest-Blogger: What You Should Know About Nuclear Energy
I’d like to present a piece written by Ace Hoffman: The most dangerous times for any nuclear power plant are: Initial start-up or during a restart, and during a shut-down, especially an emergency shut-down. Three Mile Island Unit II, for …
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The Nuclear Industry – Down But Not Out
A colleague sent me an article that starts: “A nuclear renaissance needs government funding to move ahead,” and then goes on to extol the virtues of this horrifically dangerous and expensive technology. (If you’re interested in reading it, you’ll have …
