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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...

Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-07-2008
Paul Newman on Nuclear Energy

The National Review has a terrific piece on our old friend Paul Newman and his support for nuclear energy. Here's a taster : “In all the meetings I had with Paul Newman, he struck me as very open-minded and inquisitive,” says [Denis Beller, a professor of engineering at the University...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-03-2008
Senate approves India's nuclear deal

The House voted for it earlier this week Congress approved a landmark deal ending the three-decade ban on U.S. nuclear trade with India. Reuters reports final approval came as the Senate voted to ratify the deal 86-13, sending the legislation to President Bush to sign into law. The Senate's move...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-01-2008
Support for nuclear dwarfed by that for fossil fuels

A new report details the levels of US taxpayer support given to various energy forms since 1950. Fossil fuels have received far more than nuclear power, which was the only source to actually pay back to government.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-25-2008
Go Slow or Go Fast?

A new article in the business section of the New York Times by Matthew L. Wald explores the expansion of nuclear power in the US. In this article, the question is not if, but how fast? With the federal government offering the nuclear industry $18.5 billion in loan guarantees and billions more in production...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-24-2008
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...

Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-21-2008
Nuclear energy discussion group at WSJ

I've created a nuclear energy discussion group at the new community pages of the Wall Street Journal. You must be a subscriber to the online edition and register with your real name. I hope to see you there. Blogging will continue here free to all as always. Wall Street Journal community page on...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-16-2008
Al Franken Endorses Nuclear Power

An article in this morning's Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune , " Nuclear energy is enjoying a renaissance ," looks at the economic and political landscape of nuclear energy expansion in Minnesota. For those building new — and Gov. Tim Pawlenty has proposed lifting the state’s moratorium...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-15-2008
Has the fossil fuel industry worked to slow nuclear power development?

After pointing to the clear thinking on the natural progression of energy technology provided on Chicago Boyz , I have continued to participate in an interesting conversation thread tied to Shannon Love's post titled Fantasy Energy . Shannon's position is that the only real opposition to nuclear...

Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-03-2008
Clear thinking on the natural progression of energy technology

My friend, David Bradish at NEI Nuclear Notes pointed out a well written essay by Shannon Love on Chicago Boyz titled Fantasy Energy . Here is a sample from that blog: I think it important to emphasize that we would need to move to nuclear energy even if we had an infinite supply of fossil fuels and...

Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-30-2008

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