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• Another Blogger (and Environmentalist) for Nuclear Energy - BraveNewClimate.com

  A friend sent me a link that once again indicated that the Internet, despite search engines and alerts, is still a source of content and opinions that is so vast you can still find surprises about even a very narrowly focused topic. I have been publishing and researching articles and commentary about atomic energy for going on fifteen years, yet had never come across BraveNewClimate.com. Considering... Posted Mar 10 2009, 04:15 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, opinion, editorial

• Another Blogger (and Environmentalist) for Nuclear Energy - Our Green Empire

  Darren and Heather McLaughlin are the editors of Our Green Empire which describes itself by the following profile statement: Our Green Empire is a blog devoted to eco-friendly solutions for modern living. The environment is our friend, and sustainability is our goal. Here is an example quote from a March 4, 2009 blog titled Nuclear Energy Use In The United States : Any essential energy for our country... Posted Mar 06 2009, 04:31 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, opinion, editorial

• Joe Romm's Emotionally Charged Anti-Nuclear Pitch at Huffington Post

  Joe Romm, an Amory Lovins protege and strongly partisan anti-nuclear activist who claims to be concerned about climate change, has published an emotionally charged diatribe at HuffingtonPost.com against the very idea that the US Senate included emission-free nuclear power in its list of clean energy sources eligible for loan guarantee programs under the stimulus bill . Comments are encouraged on Huffington... Posted Feb 03 2009, 01:22 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power Plant Costs, nuclear waste

• Tactical Use of Deceptive NIMBY Actions

  A recent story by Emily Lambert in Forbes titled Nimby Wars caught my eye while doing some dead tree reading. (I confess; I have subscriptions to a fairly large number of print publications and sometimes leave my computer screen to read them.) The story is about an experienced political operative with the misnomer of Mike Saint who runs a company called Saint Consulting that sells his expertise, and... Posted Feb 01 2009, 10:59 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Energy, nuclear waste, nuclear poll, anti-nuclear activists, nuclear fuel, Nuclear Renaissance

• Iowa Representative Believes the State Could Use Some Nuclear Power

  Iowa is the corn capital of America which also makes it the ethanol capital, with an annual current production capacity of 1.5 billion gallons of that gasoline supplement. The trouble is that most of the production plants use a lot of natural gas and electricity produced in coal fired power plants. Some Iowans believe there is an alternative that works : How many Americans would risk living in a place... Posted Feb 01 2009, 05:29 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Energy, energy supply, engineering, Nuclear Renaissance

• When ExxonMobil Talks, People Should Listen

  No matter what you might think about ExxonMobil's product, you should take a hard look at their business results and recognize that the company is very good at what it does. The people in charge there look far into the future and deep into the past. They know their product, they understand the market, and they consistently deliver exceptional cash flow and profit results. With the exception of... Posted Feb 01 2009, 03:07 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: new nuclear plants, Nuclear Energy, Energy Budget, energy supply, Clean and Safe Energy, Education, engineering

• Slovakia Ready on Technical Level To Restart Jaslovske Bohunice Reactor

  The gas crisis in Europe continues. The European Commission has sent a letter to Slovakia requesting clarification for the reason it has announced its intention to put aside its EU the accession agreement. That agreement, despite requests for reconsideration, resulted in shutting down two 408 MWe reactors that had met International Atomic Energy Agency safety standards. The shutdown occurred as agreed... Posted Jan 15 2009, 03:08 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Energy, energy supply, Alternative Energy Sources, Russia

• Fighting Words in Florida - "Renewable" versus "Clean" Energy

  As a life-long lover of words, I enjoyed reading a PalmBeachPost.com article titled State's green-energy future down to one choice: Renewable or clean? . It was a well-written piece that should help people understand just how important the battle over certain words can be. In this specific case, the difference between one word and the other may result in the movement of billions of dollars. In... Posted Dec 22 2008, 03:58 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Nuclear Reading List from the Wall Street Journal

  I received several comments from people who had perused yesterday's Wall Street Journal. Apparently they saw the abbreviated paper version of the article titled Reading Up on Nuclear Energy . It was nice to hear from so many people and kind of nice to see my name in print. ( I am the guilty owner of a bit of vanity: sometimes it's not well hidden.) In the same special section of the Journal... Posted Nov 18 2008, 08:57 PM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Diamonds Versus Pennies - Nuclear Fission Versus Chemical Combustion

  An good friend just sent me a letter (yes, it was digital, but not your typical "email") that included mention of a topic important to both of us, but somewhat difficult to explain. Ted mentioned that most nuclear advocates do not spend enough time talking about the important difference in ultimate capability between a raw power source that produces 200 Million electron volts (MeV) for each... Posted Oct 18 2008, 02:26 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Thoughts about CNBC's "The Nuclear Option"

  On October 14, 2008, I watched CNBC's premier of "The Nuclear Option" , a 35-40 minute video documentary about using nuclear fission as a power source. The show was squeezed into a 60 minute television time slot shared by many minutes worth of commercials, but that is par for the course and part of the cost that most people seem to be willing to accept in order to watch "free"... Posted Oct 15 2008, 03:21 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Getting my popcorn ready for "The Nuclear Option"

  I would hate to be called a "shill" for the established media, but I am very interested in seeing what CNBC's Melissa Francis will be showing us tonight when The Nuclear Option airs at 9:00 pm eastern time. After watching the show, I hope to provide some commentary. It might go up early tomorrow morning since the show will be ending well after my normal bedtime. (As Ben Franklin would... Posted Oct 14 2008, 07:49 PM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• The Nuclear Option - CNBC Original Premiering on October 14, 2008

  I received a comment on a recent post letting me know about a new CNBC Original production titled - The Nuclear Option . It will be shown starting October 14, 2008. Check your local schedule for a listing, but the web site says it will be shown at 9 pm Eastern Time in the US. I would have preferred to find out about a show titled "The Nuclear Imperative", but what do I know about marketing... Posted Oct 09 2008, 02:22 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Energy

• Beyond Fossil Fools - New, Must Read Book by Joe Shuster

  I have a new hero, even though I have not yet read his book. Joe Shuster is a retired entrepreneur who is spending $200,000 of his own money to promote the idea that the United States needs to build about 800 new nuclear power plants in order to stretch supplies of fossil fuels far into the future. Joe's book, Beyond Fossil Fools: Roadmap to Energy Independence by 2040 was published in June 2008... Posted Oct 07 2008, 03:07 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Energy, Joe Shuster

• Welcoming CleanEnergy4America.org to the blogosphere

  There is a new pronuclear voice in town - CleanEnergy4America.org . I read about it on NEI Nuclear Notes this morning and just had to check it out. I recommend that you do the same - right now. After you have perused the well designed site, come back here for a little more discussion. While I followed my own advice, I discovered CleanEnergy4America's Blog and read the growing collection of posts... Posted Sep 21 2008, 05:51 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Nuclear Energy