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• Engineering Opinion on mPowerTM from Ted Rockwell

  Here is another pithy clip from Ted Rockwell's testimony to the Senate Republican Conference on June 22, 2009. He provides some solid engineering reasons why he agrees that modular reactors provide an interesting alternative to large ones. He is specifically addressing the B&M mPower™ in response to a question from Senator Lamar Alexander, but the comment really applies to a wide range of alternative... Posted Jun 26 2009, 07:23 PM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: engineering, opinion, mPower

• 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

• Great Jobs in the Nuclear Industry - Press Conference Report

  On Tuesday, June 17, 2008, I had an opportunity to take a few hours off from my day job to attend a CASEnergy Coalition sponsored press conference announcing the release of a new white paper titled Job Creation In the Nuclear Renaissance (4.8 MB PDF). If you are interested in just the Executive Summary from the white paper, you can find it at WP Executive Summary . CASEnergy is streaming the video... Posted Jun 19 2008, 02:21 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: engineering, Employment, CASEnergy, Jobs