Young People and Nuclear Power
By Meredith Angwin What questions do young people have about nuclear power? Recently, Howard Shaffer and I had two opportunities to hear their questions for ourselves. University students: Our first Continue Reading →
Monthly Archives: December 2011
84th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers
The 84th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up Atomic Power Review This post is the collective voice of blogs with legendary names which emerge each week to tell the story Continue Reading →
The Wait for the License
by A. Priori (With no apologies to Clement C. Moore, Henry Livingston, or the thousands who have already parodied the original) ‘Twas the wait for the license, When all Continue Reading →
NRC grants design certification to Westinghouse AP1000™
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted unanimously on December 22 in favor of publishing the final certification rule for Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor design, instructing the agency’s staff to forward the final Continue Reading →
GE-Hitachi proposes to burn U.K. plutonium stockpile
An advanced reactor could be used to consume 112 tonnes of weapons grade material By Dan Yurman GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has proposed to the U.K. government to build an Continue Reading →
Jaczko fiasco in Congress
By Jim Hopf Seems to be the season of controversy in Washington concerning nuclear issues and energy issues in general. First we had the whole Solyndra affair (discussed in my Continue Reading →
60 years ago in Idaho
Sixty years ago on December 20, scientists and engineers in Arco, Idaho, successfully used nuclear energy from the EBR-1 to power four 200-watt light bulbs, laying the groundwork for decades Continue Reading →
“I&C” in Nuclear News
The December issue of Nuclear News magazine, which contains a special section on instrumentation and control, is available in hard copy and electronically for American Nuclear Society members (must enter Continue Reading →
The December 2011 ReActions newsletter is online!
ReActions is an information resource newsletter from the American Nuclear Society for teachers interested in the nuclear sciences. The new December issue highlights the upcoming National Nuclear Science Week (January Continue Reading →
83rd Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers
A continuing series from pro-nuclear blogs in North America This post is the collective voice of blogs with legendary names which emerge each week to tell the story of nuclear Continue Reading →
TerraPower seeks wisdom in China
Bill Gates went to Beijing, but he didn’t ink a deal, yet By Dan Yurman TerraPower, the privately-held nuclear reactor development firm directly funded Bill Gates, got a lot of Continue Reading →
Nuclear Art Update!
By Suzy Hobbs Baker In the past week, two exciting new art-based initiatives in the nuclear sector have come to my attention. I am thrilled about both and want to Continue Reading →
Henri Becquerel and the Discovery of Radioactivity
By Paul Bowersox December 15, 1852, was the birthday of French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel, who discovered a completely unknown property of matter in March 1896. Becquerel Some might say Becquerel’s Continue Reading →
ANS 2012-13 scholarship applications are now online
American Nuclear Society scholarship applications for the 2012-2013 academic year are now online! Since ANS was established in 1954, it has promoted the awareness and understanding of nuclear science and technology Continue Reading →
82nd Carnival of Nuclear Energy Blogs
The 82nd Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up : Nuclear Clean Air Energy This post is the collective voice of blogs with legendary names which emerge each week to Continue Reading →