Readers often talk about thorium and its potential to become the feedstock for the next generation of nuclear fission reactors. I have high hopes for thorium; there is a whole chapter in my most recent book (Bullish on Renewable Energy) …
Category: Nuclear
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Nuclear Radiation
Question: How many bequerels per cubic meter of seawater is safe? Hold on. Wait a second. What’s a bequerel? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: As my colleague Mike Conley writes: Fear and paranoia are the two …
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Taking a Positive Tack with the Marketing Messages of Solar, Nuclear
Here’s a conversation between members of the pro-nuke group of which I’m a part. It demonstrates a peculiar aspect of all this, i.e., that the group feels a need to beat up on renewable energy at every turn. At the …
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For Reasons I Can’t Begin To Explain, Advanced Nuclear Group Features Some Horrendously Unenlightened Members
I’ve had some amusing conversations with some of the scientists associated with the “advanced nuclear” group of which I am a part. Speaking to entire group of ~100 people:
Nuclear Energy: Achieving Realism and Balance
A nuclear energy scientist from a group of which I’m a part writes: (It wasn’t hard to see how) we came to agreement that a proven technology should be developed ASAP to produce abundant, clean energy, reduce existing health risks, …
Energy-Related Public Relations
As I’ve mentioned, I get several emails each day from a pro-nuclear energy group, and, the more I learn about what they’re doing, the more I deeply sympathize with their situation, which, to summarize, is dealing with public misunderstanding. How …
A Little Nuclear Energy Humor
The pro-nuke group that has me on its email distribution list has some extremely intelligent and highly educated people, most of whom take this subject extremely seriously. Occasionally I tell them to take a few deep breaths; all that rancor …
Factions within Low-Carbon Energy Need To Harmonize
I may have mentioned that I’m part of a pro-nuclear email group consisting of 80 – 100 people. They’re all smart people, but, in terms of making forward progress, it’s a train wreck. Earlier tonight from “Contributor A” to “Contributor …
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Nuclear Energy Experts Debate the Health-Related Effects of Radiation
Here’s a discussion on the medically acceptable levels of radiation I thought readers would enjoy: Contributor “A” – The existence of life more than 3 billion years ago in Australia, when radiation was 8x higher from potassium 40 and 16x …
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Advanced Nuclear Seminar in Northern California
I’ve mentioned my colleague Dr. Alex Cannara a few times lately. If you’re interested in advanced nuclear, and you really appreciate the science behind the subject, you may want to check out his upcoming seminar he’s co-presenting on the topic.
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