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.
Category: Nuclear
Can We Get to Low-Carbon Energy Without Nuclear Power?
Regarding my post in which I advised the nuclear power industry to “move on from the past,” a reader comments: Craig, it sounds like, “The truth is the best policy.” I have a response from an engineer friend of mine …
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Nuclear Energy vs. Variable Renewable Resources
Reader Mike Carpenter asks: Craig: Please look at NuScale Power in Corvallis, Oregon. Thanks very much, Mike. Unfortunately, I’m not qualified to evaluate the merits of individual approaches to nuclear energy. Having said that,
Is Nuclear Power Necessary for a Workable Approach to Energy?
A reader named Barry has been active in 2GreenEnergy since its inception and asks: I had a couple of college professors that told me in 1977 at UCSB that nuclear power was using a flawed theory and that we have …
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Challenges Facing Thorium Reactors
Re: my recent post on liquid fluoride thorium reactors, a reader notes: It seems thorium is the best choice, as they become flexible enough to reduce atomic gen-sets down to 20 MW, put anywhere near clean water with 8-10 pre-made …
Advice to Advanced Nuclear Advocates: Move On From the Past
As much as I stand behind the developers of solar, wind, and any other forms of renewable energy that can be made cost-effective, it appears that we will be unable to turn the corner on the environmental catastrophes associated with …
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Should We Censor Communication—Whether in Movie-Making or Renewable Energy?
For the first time in the history of Hollywood, filmdom is caught in a no-win situation: if Sony Pictures airs its movie exposing the insane brutality of the Kim Jong Un regime, it’s a near certainty that North Korea is …
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What Will the World of Clean Energy Look Like in 100 Years?
I wrote a post recently on nuclear energy and how its advocates tend to denigrate wind and solar. Commenting on it, my colleague Mario Gottfried offers a note about nuclear reactors’ lasting 100 years. 100 years? Obviously, neither Mario nor …
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Can Nuclear Succeed Without the Failure of Wind Energy?
“It is not enough to succeed; one’s best friends must fail.” – variously attributed to Gore Vidal, La Rochefoucauld, Somerset Maugham, Genghis Khan (pictured), and Larry Ellison People who think this way must have very sorry lives. Personally, I’ll be …
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Nuclear Energy’s Role Vis-à-vis Solar and Wind
Here’s a note I sent earlier to a very senior scientist who leads a group of people whose purpose is to re-invigorate the nuclear industry here and around the world. He rests his position on a point with which I …
