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 →