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• Another Group of Bloggers for Nuclear Energy - Clean Energy Insight

  In May, I attended a gathering of the North American Young Generations in Nuclear (NA-YGN) and had the opportunity to spend a good deal of time talking with a group of engineers from Charlotte, NC, which is quickly becoming a bustling hub of activity in fields associated with atomic energy development. This group, once they found out who I was, wanted as much information as possible about blogging... Posted Jun 22 2009, 12:37 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Two Young Girls Recite the Periodic Table for American Nuclear Society Meeting Attendees

  Kirk Sorensen, a good friend of mine, brought his three daughters and lovely wife to the American Nuclear Society annual meeting. During a session focused on education and public communications, there was a scheduled talk about a program in Texas aimed at encouraging high school aged girls with excellent math and science skills to remain interested in the subjects so that they could enter into technical... Posted Jun 20 2009, 06:43 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Atomic Show 134 - Five Atomic Geek Lunch at ANS Meeting

  Atomic Show 134 - Five Atomic Geek Lunch has been posted. In related news, a good friend also sent me the below screen shot of iTunes on June 16, 2009. Pretty cool, don't you think? Read More... Posted Jun 16 2009, 03:19 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Stock Market Reaction to B&W mPower™ Modular Reactor

  One of the mantras often repeated by the anti-nuclear community during the nadir of the nuclear industry was that any company announcing a nuclear project would see its stock price hammered on Wall Street. That argument has actually been quite effective at slowing down corporate interest in investing - no leaders like to make big new product announcements and watch their company stock price tank. That... Posted Jun 15 2009, 06:33 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Do Nuclear Advocates Need to "Get Over" Themselves?

  There is a thoughtful discussion going on at The Energy Collective about Robin Carey's advice to nuclear advocates titled Message to the Nuclear Industry: Get Over Yourselves . As is often the case, Robin confuses the issue a bit by addressing "the nuclear industry" but then talking more about the activities of nuclear fission technology advocates as if they were one and the same. Never... Posted May 06 2009, 05:48 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Anti-Nuclear Effectively Means Pro-Fossil Fuel

  The Wall Street Journal's Environmental Capital blogged about Phil Radford, the 33 year old activist who has taken over the reins at Greenpeace USA . Not suprisingly, Mr. Radford affirmed his opposition to clean coal, asserted that renewables could do the job of supplying all needed electricity - with a little transitional help from natural gas - and declared that nuclear power should be taken... Posted Apr 15 2009, 03:20 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• View From the Left on Atomic Energy - Atomic Show 131

  David Walters, who blogs at Daily Kos and Left Atomics joined me for a discussion about the benefits that a revived nuclear power industry could bring to the working class and to aid in economic development in states like North and South Carolina. Part of the inspiration for the show was an interview with Chris Kromm of the Institute for Southern Studies that was broadcast on Democracy Now on April... Posted Apr 14 2009, 05:27 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Hard to Believe Story About TMI Radiation and Health Effects

  As part of my rambling effort to catch up with events and commentary about nuclear power, I found an article about "new" whistleblower accusations of a massive cover up following TMI. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the Steven Wing studies that claim that the health records of people who lived near the facility indicate patterns that would be consistent with much higher radiation releases... Posted Apr 12 2009, 07:13 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Wind and Solar Entrepreneurs Arrange a Sales Call on the Vermont Legislature Starring Helen Caldicott

  Yesterday, the Vermont Legislature warmly received a non-nuclear energy salesperson and allowed her to continue her traditional tactic of emotionally telling negative stories about the competition. I know, that is a purposely provocative way to describe the event, but that is certainly one way of looking at a situation where wind and solar entrepreneurs named Jan and David Blittersdorf were able to... Posted Apr 10 2009, 02:44 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• MSNBC Cosmic Log Summarizes Fusion Activity and Mentions My Skepticism

  Axil mentioned that Alan Boyle at MSNBC's Cosmic Log had linked to my skeptical blog about fusion hype in his March 31, 2009 post titled Fusion catches fire . So far, there is no commentary posted, though I have no way of knowing whether or not there are others in the moderation queue. I submitted a comment, but just now realized that I could have been a bit more pithy - today (April 1) might have... Posted Apr 01 2009, 01:22 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Jeff Jacoby - Encouraging Words About the Coming Nuclear Renaissance

  The Boston Globe has a tightly written opinion piece by Jeff Jacoby titled The Coming Nuclear Renaissance . Here is a small sample from that article to encourage you to go and read it. The problems with nuclear energy have not vanished. To build a nuclear plant is an expensive undertaking, the disposal of spent fuel rods remains politically contentious, and at least some environmental activists will... Posted Mar 29 2009, 07:30 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• A Press Release Worth Posting - Benefits of Low Dose Radiation Hormesis

  I have been getting more and more press releases as organizations begin to figure out that bloggers are valid media contacts. Normally, I do not simply take those releases and republish them, but occasionally I will make an exception. On this date, March 28, 2009, thirty years to the day after the events at a new reactor built near Harrisburg, PA followed closely on the heels of the theater release... Posted Mar 28 2009, 08:32 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Clean Cheap Energy Discussion

  The Energy Collective has an article titled Why We Must Make Clean Energy Cheap that has generated a thoughtful discussion. I encourage you to read through the comments and perhaps add your own contribution to the exchange. Read More... Posted Mar 28 2009, 08:25 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• A Nuclear Driven New Deal

  Here is another excellent product that reinforces my belief that we can learn something from our past. When you watch the first few minutes of this video please think for several moments about some of the commentary that you might have heard recently about the New Deal. According to some pundits, the New Deal did not really cause unemployment to decline and it did not do much good. Those pundits tell... Posted Mar 28 2009, 06:47 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective

• Are You Still Afraid of Radiation?

  A good friend sent me the link to this well produced video that makes some excellent points. I am fully aware that the source of this video may call into question its veracity, but I have been doing a lot of research for the past year or so and have come to the conclusion that FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) has been spread about LaRouche as well as about nuclear power. It is quite possible that... Posted Mar 28 2009, 06:16 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: opinion, editorial, perspective