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.
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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…
Coal Will Power Kazakhstan into a Nuclear Future
Kazakhstan’s reliance on coal is deeply entrenched, and for good reason. The country possesses some of the largest coal reserves in the world – an estimated 25 billion tons. Coal-fired…
2025: The Year of the Gigawatt AI Project
“the entire industry is chasing the AI dragon” – $27 billion+ for a single project. Bye bye climate action virtue signalling.
Nuclear Waste could be the game-changer to Unlimited Electricity
Today, nuclear waste is the key to Unlimited Electricity, as that “so-called nuclear waste”, the slightly used nuclear fuel (SUNF), still has 97% of its electricity potential yet to be…
How the Trump Administration Can Make Nuclear Energy Popular With Women
When people think about the incoming Trump-Vance administration’s plans to unleash domestic energy production, they likely start with oil and gas drilling, and policies governing fracking and clean coal. Yet…
Reality Forces Reason into Power Choices
Amazon executives realized their very profitable data centers would fail if they kept posturing with renewable energy.
Artificial Intelligence: A Working Demonstration, and Why Big Tech Ditched Big Green
The real reason Silicon Valley silent quit on the Democrats, and quietly backed President Trump’s America first energy policies.
The Better Path In Energy
It has been assumed that reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is expensive, more expensive than mining uranium at a yellowcake price up to perhaps $250/lb. But what SpaceX has shown private…
Our Energy Future: Conserve to Convert
So that begs the question: what is the ultimate technology in energy? What technology will our great grandchildren have settled on to keep the lights on, the wheels turning and…
A “New Nuclear Posture” for the US is vital in a Hungry World.
Nuclear power has been providing electricity to the US Navy, France, and others around the world for almost 70 years. The technology is well-understood, and it boasts the best safety…
Germany Risks being Left behind…Big Tech Confirms CO2 Neutrality Only Possible With Nuclear Power
Big Tech’s move to nuclear energy to power its data centers show that green energies like wind and sun alone cannot meet the energy needs of our modern digital world.
Nuclear power stations can be a beautiful part of the environment.
Since nuclear is completely clean and green, emitting no gasses, liquids, or anything else, during normal operations, there is no reason why nuclear power stations must be viewed as ugly…
Ed Miliband considers scrapping planned nuclear plant
Plans to build a large nuclear power station in Wales are at risk of being scrapped as Ed Miliband seeks to accelerate Britain’s switch to a net zero electricity grid.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency Approves First Generation IV Nuclear Reactor
All of these are positive developments for those of us who enjoy the perks of civilization, such a light at night and heat during the winter.
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