What’s the Take-Away from Fukushima?
We often read articles that acknowledge that, while Fukushima was indeed a disaster, that it caused an unwarranted spike in fear of danger of nuclear power, and that this alarmist message was spread...
View ArticleA Conversation on Nuclear Energy
I wrote to a friend yesterday that I really don’t know whom or what to trust when it comes to evaluating the safety of nuclear energy. Obviously, there is a ton of content that suggests a cover-up on...
View ArticleNuclear Versus Solar Energy
Rick Maltese is a bright, thoughtful guy, and makes some very solid statements on behalf of nuclear energy. He writes: Statistically safety for nuclear power in the US does better than renewables,...
View ArticleThe Key Driver of Energy: Cost
Larry Lemmert, astute as always, wrote a terrific comment here, to the effect that our assessments of the dangers of nuclear energy are unfounded, and the math we attempt to apply here unfair. I think...
View ArticlePredictions on Nuclear Energy
On my post on the costs of nuclear energy, frequent commenter Larry Lemmert writes: Nuclear may go away for the next 50 years or so, not because of renewables beating them on price but because gas...
View ArticleSmall Modular Reactors
Looks like the Obama Administration wasn’t kidding about an “all-of-the-above strategy,” i.e., the deployment of every available source of energy; the U.S. DoE announced the implementation of small...
View ArticlePhotovoltaics, Biofuels, and Nuclear Energy – Some Food for Thought
Thanks to frequent commenter Tim Kingston for sending me these two articles with which I begin the work week here at 2GreenEnergy. First is a pro-nuke piece – certainly a concept that defies what...
View ArticleFrom Guest-Blogger Jessica Greenberg: Nuclear Power – Is the Industry Doomed...
After the Chernobyl incident, nuclear power became infamous as a potent yet deadly source of alternative energy. It would seem that no one would want to take second chances, not after the calamity...
View ArticleYes, Our Assessment of Nuclear Safety is Not Completely Logical, But….
A great deal of our objection to nuclear energy is based not on logical thinking, but on a kind of irrational hysteria that derives from our contemplating the explosion of hydrogen bombs, or how much...
View ArticleA U.S. Nuclear Exit?
Many of us are trying to understand the complex dynamics of energy, including the technology, the economics, and the politics that surround our ever-changing mix of coal, gas, oil, hydro, nuclear, and...
View ArticleIs There a Future for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors?
Here’s an infographic that summarizes some of the observations on the adoption of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). The reader will note that some of this stuff is so vague that it’s really...
View ArticleClosing of One of California’s Two Nuclear Power Plants Bears Mentioning
The no-nukes people are celebrating a considerable victory today out here in sunny California: the permanent closing of the San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station. Anti-nuclear activist Ace...
View ArticleMore Nuclear Energy?
A reader asked me to comment on this: “As the US moves toward a more sustainable energy future, simply maintaining nuclear energy at 20 percent of US electricity supply will require the construction of...
View ArticleFrance Will Lead the World In Clean Energy
I’ve often said that I expect France to lead the way in terms of the adoption of clean energy, for two main reasons: 1) They’re self-styled; they don’t ask permission; they just do what they think is...
View ArticleIs Nuclear Power Necessary for a Workable Approach to Energy?
A reader named Barry has been active in 2GreenEnergy since its inception and asks: I had a couple of college professors that told me in 1977 at UCSB that nuclear power was using a flawed theory and...
View ArticleNuclear Energy vs. Variable Renewable Resources
Reader Mike Carpenter asks: Craig: Please look at NuScale Power in Corvallis, Oregon. Thanks very much, Mike. Unfortunately, I’m not qualified to evaluate the merits of individual approaches to...
View ArticleCan We Get to Low-Carbon Energy Without Nuclear Power?
Regarding my post in which I advised the nuclear power industry to “move on from the past,” a reader comments: Craig, it sounds like, “The truth is the best policy.” I have a response from an engineer...
View ArticleAdvanced Nuclear Seminar in Northern California
I’ve mentioned my colleague Dr. Alex Cannara a few times lately. If you’re interested in advanced nuclear, and you really appreciate the science behind the subject, you may want to check out his...
View ArticleNuclear Energy Experts Debate the Health-Related Effects of Radiation
Here’s a discussion on the medically acceptable levels of radiation I thought readers would enjoy: Contributor “A” – The existence of life more than 3 billion years ago in Australia, when radiation was...
View ArticleFactions within Low-Carbon Energy Need To Harmonize
I may have mentioned that I’m part of a pro-nuclear email group consisting of 80 – 100 people. They’re all smart people, but, in terms of making forward progress, it’s a train wreck. Earlier tonight...
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