Here’s a great article on the electricity grid in Sweden, one of the best and most reliable in the world today. At issue is the demise of nuclear, a phenomenon based largely on rising costs vis-a-vis competitive energy resources, including …
Category: Nuclear
Nuclear Fusion: Zero-Carbon Energy Source of the Future?
A reader asked me to comment on this breakthrough in Germany re: nuclear fusion. In particular, “Can you speak to its safety?” Thanks. This is very similar to what my friends at TriAlpha are doing here in California. In fact, …
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Nuclear Safety Is Not a Cut-and-Dried Issue
Frank from Florida writes: How can a pro-nuke person honestly say that he or she is “concerned for our descendants and all species around us?” Don’t they know that after a nuclear accident it takes generations for living things to …
Can Nuclear Be Safe?
On my post “Adventures in Biofuels,” a reader notes: One thing I notice is you continue to point to nuclear as an option. Do you really believe humans can build a facility, operate it efficiently and dispose of the waste safely? I …
Some of the Pro-Nuke People Really Don’t Like Renewables At All
A member of the pro-nuke group writes: Craig, we have no $ interest in nuclear. We have concern for our descendants and all the species around us. We have concern for facts, since human progress proceeds no other way. You know …
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Proponents of Nuclear Science Shouldn’t Object to Objectivity
There are many interesting but sad elements to my involvement with the pro-nuclear online community of which I’m a part. For example, last night one guy asked the 95-member group in an effort to discredit the arguments of anti-nuke renewable …
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Think Twice Before Taking a Position Against The Dalai Lama
I like to think of myself as a man of righteous conviction. “Damned be he who disagrees with this,” I sometimes think to myself as I pound my chest between keystrokes. Having said that, it really does feel good when …
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Briefly, Where Does Nuclear Energy Stand?
A colleague in the pro-nuke camp writes to the group: Unfortunately, another horrible opinion piece, from Gregory Jazco, former NRC Chairman. Please comment! Wilco. Those of us that understand the urgency of creating a low-carbon energy future see the need …
The Pro-Nuke People Who Hate Renewables Are Relentless, But a Bit Silly
The pro-nuke people who are trying so desperately to eradicate solar and wind continue their tirade: Wind is a huge waste….. One full scale turbine has enough steel and concrete to build a safe 4th gen MSR with hundreds of times …
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Nuclear Energy: Good News in Fusion
TriAlpha Energy, a company I’ve mentioned many times, is apparently out of its “stealth mode,” as one infers from its new website. The way I understand this, there are various ways to provide the required energy to a certain feedstock, …
