http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/nuclear_technology/default.aspxWilliam Tucker provides his insights and opinions on the latest nuclear technology and improvements on existing technology. en-US6.x Productionhttp://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/nuclear_technology/archive/2012/08/24/check-out-story-on-american-spectator.aspxFri, 24 Aug 2012 14:07:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:26203William Tucker0http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/nuclear_technology/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=26203http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/nuclear_technology/archive/2012/08/24/check-out-story-on-american-spectator.aspx#comments<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">I don&#39;t want to be immodest but I&#39;d like to call attention to my story this morning in <em>The American Spectator </em>entitled &quot;<a href="http://spectator.org/archives/2012/08/24/nuclears-dilemma-few-jobs-just">Nuclear&#39;s Dilemma: Few Jobs, Just Energy</a>.&quot; It&#39;s a theme I&#39;ve been trying to emphasize for a long time. Nuclear&#39;s great advantage is that it doesn&#39;t involve moving heaven and earth to extract materials from the ground, as we do with fossil fuels. There are 88,000 coal miners in America and 1360 uranium miners. Does that say something?</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/nuclear_technology/archive/2012/08/24/check-out-story-on-american-spectator.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=26203&AppID=165&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">coalMitt Romneynuclear energyPresident ObamaPresidential electionThe American Spectatorhttp://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/nuclear_technology/archive/2012/08/23/isn-39-t-this-ridiculous-gates-goes-to-korea-to-develop-nuclear.aspxThu, 23 Aug 2012 19:28:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:26199William Tucker3http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/nuclear_technology/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=26199http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/nuclear_technology/archive/2012/08/23/isn-39-t-this-ridiculous-gates-goes-to-korea-to-develop-nuclear.aspx#commentsI&#39;m just going to throw this in as a warm-up because it&#39;s my first blog, but isn&#39;t this ridiculous? Bill Gates is in negotiations with Korea to develop the sodium-cool fast reactor, the one we abandoned in the 1990s and many people think is the ultimate technology. This is on top of Gates...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/nuclear_technology/archive/2012/08/23/isn-39-t-this-ridiculous-gates-goes-to-korea-to-develop-nuclear.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=26199&AppID=165&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Bill GatesChinaKoreasodium-cooled fast reactortravelling wave