Does something here seem like it doesn’t quite fit? Yes, it was just four years ago, in April 2021, that New York completed the forced closure of the two perfectly…
Category: nuclear power
Govt To Invest £14.2 Bn In Sizewell C
The £14.2 billion mentioned will be direct government investment in the project, which will still be owned by EDF. Private investors are still being sought, and a Final Investment Decision…
“Renewable” Electricity Champion Denmark Now Looking into Nuclear
Now that Denmark has recognized the need for some form of high-inertia synchronous generation to make its grid work reliably, it’s hard to see how they can avoid the next…
Claim: “Throw Away” Conventional Economics to Become a Renewable Superpower
“… productivity … has deluded far too many of the economics profession’s conventional thinkers.”
The Rise of the First SMR in the US: A New Chapter in Pragmatic Energy Innovation
In the final analysis, this is a project to celebrate—not because it checks some ideological box, but because it works. It’s funded privately, regulated rationally, and constructed in a community…
Chernobyl Radiation Cut by 47%: Breakthrough or Overhyped?
Exlterra projects that the test site could reach natural background radiation levels within five years, a substantial reduction from the estimated 24,000 years required for natural decay without intervention .
The Nuclear Imperative
Plutonium breeder reactors can be designed to have a breeding margin of up to 40%, that is they will produce 40% more plutonium than they consume. As a practical matter…
Aussie Election: A Choice Between Impractical Renewables and Unaffordable Nuclear
Domestic energy policy blunders from politicians on all sides are killing Australia’s manufacturing industry.
Recycling Power: Rethinking Nuclear Waste
The United States should establish a recycling policy so that the 90,000 metric tons of UNF in the country can be recycled and fabricated into mixed oxide fuel (“MOX fuel”).…
Nuclear Subsidies: Did DOE’s Wright Get the Message?
The DOE loan authorities have come under fire since the 2011 collapse of the advanced solar photovoltaic firm Solyndra, leaving the Obama administration holding a bag containing a $527 million default.
The Uranium – Hydrogen – Carbon Energy System of the Future
In summary, we will be going to Net Zero whether we like it or not. Because one day we will run out of coal and oil and all the other…
The Golden Age of Nuclear Energy Is Here
Fortunately, America has an opportunity to turn the page on this anti-energy agenda and fully embrace a new era of nuclear power. In President Donald J. Trump’s first term, he…
The AI Age Begins: Texas ERCOT Slammed with 99GW of New Energy Demand
I wonder how many fossil fuel plants and nuclear reactors are required to service 99GW of new energy demand?
Small Modular Reactors will benefit developing economies.
Next-generation reactor designs like Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and advanced fast reactors offer greater efficiency, improved safety features, and a notable reduction of spent fuel.
New French Nuclear Fusion Record – 22 Minutes
No doubt nuclear fusion is just 20 years away, just like last time…
Texas takes giant steps toward nuclear energy dominance
Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp last week announced that his university has surpassed even the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology and now has the nation’s largest nuclear engineering research department.
Professor Stefan Rahmstorf and Thermodynamics
Doubters of the greenhouse effect are sometimes rightly accused of denying the climate problem. But what are Rahmstorf, Lesch and Co. doing when they reject everything except green energies, which…
Claim: Coal Powered AI Will Consume 20% of Global Energy by 2030
“… plans to decommission several coal plants have been delayed … 20 per cent of global electricity use by 2030. … “
French Nuclear: End of the Line?
Flamanville, he writes, “is likely one of the last nuclear plants to be built in Europe. Hinckley Point may be completed at some point in the future in the UK,…
Unshackling Nuclear Energy: The Case Against the NRC’s Overreach
Federal courts should simply require the NRC to follow federal law. Reactors that could affect the nation’s public health and safety should be subject to rigorous federal oversight. But state…
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