nuclear power

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I know any poll here will be unscientific but might be a place to start Simple questions 1. Do you consider yourself a skeptic? 2. Do you support nuclear power? Of course anybody want to explain why your positions would be best as well. My position is that I do consider myself a skeptic. I...

Don't know if anyone has posted on this yet... (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp said on Wednesday it had made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, and the first reactors, small enough to fit on the back of a truck, could be ready for use in a...

Might it be possible to use one of the new smaller reactors to generate electricity for an entirely electric turbofan or turboprop airplane? It is just kind of a crazy idea I suddenly had and I'm sure there are good reasons no one tries it.

http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2012/05/22/reactions-to-nrc-chairman-jaczko-resignation/ The controversial chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gergory Jazco, has resigned under an investigatory cloud. He has been accused by the other commission members of brow-beating and foot dragging in...

If anyone else started a thread on this I apologize, but I would like to read opinions from forum members on the following article: http://optics.org/news/3/1/37 If the NIF is claiming a "burn" within the next 18 months then this would be the biggest news in the energy world since Fermi made...

The NRC has voted 4 to 1 to approve the building of two nuclear generators in Vogtle, GA. They will be Westinghouse AP1000's. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/09/146646228/u-s-regulators-approve-first-nuclear-power-plant-in-a-generation?ft=1&f=1001

This report was done in collaboration with the NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is meant to minimize and discount any impact of earthquakes on new or existing Nuclear Plant Licensing. http://www.ceus-ssc.com/project_report.html The writers don't attempt to enlighten us. While saying...

I've been engaged in writing up a point-by-point rebuttal for a broadsheet from the NIRS entitled Routine Radioactive Releases from Nuclear Reactors - It Doesn't Take an Accident. I'm fairly confident about the science, but not being a nuke myself, and considerably self-taught since my two...

Apparently Germany, in an astounding knee-jerk reaction, is going to shut down many of their nuclear reactors. I'm guessing they've done a rational analysis that they're in immediate danger of a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami. Regardless of whatever logic lead them to want to shut...

I'm trying to put together a list of prominent/famous people who support nuclear energy. So far I have: Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Catalog Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace James Lovelock, Gaia theory Barack Obama, President Hugh Montefiore, founder and director of Friends of the Earth...

With fossil fuels depleting and alternative energy projects mostly insufficient (I'll probably start a thread about that later) it looks like the way forward is nuclear. I suspect that the upcoming economies will not have the fears that live among the Western populations. Also China has...

Instead of helping defend the Southern Hemisphere against North Korean missile attack, would setting up a site for nuclear waste be a useful contribution to world security? I have just been reading some of the issues with storing waste in Europe here...

Barack Obama has stated that we must cut our carbon emissions 80% by 2050. The United (sic) Nations has stated that we must cut our carbon emissions 80% by 2050. National Geographic, the Sierra Club, Governor Schwarzenegger, and countless other governments, organizations, groups, and...

In another thread, when the subject of the Republican plan for the future came up someone recommended this web site: http://www.gop.gov/solutions A subpage to that site deals with the Republican plans for energy: http://www.gop.gov/solutions/energy Here are a few highlights and my comments...

What's the point of even having the NNPT if non-member states can be aided in their quest to proliferate while member states are constantly threatened with violence for exercising their rights under the treaty? We may as well rip it up and just have an all out free-for-all at this rate :mad...

'...One of the elements that contributed to the phased approach "was the realisation that if Iran were actually to launch a missile attack on Europe, it wouldn't be just one or two missiles or a handful," Gates told the hearing. Iran says its nuclear programme is aimed solely at peaceful energy...

Good news, everybody! From CNN: I'm glad Obama is finally putting pen to paper as far as advancing nuclear power goes.

Although this thread is prompted by the reaction (I was going to say fallout :)) to the recent rejection of the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme, and the kneejerk reaction of the government and the greens to refuse to even discuss nuclear power, it raises a wider issue. If you were in...

Hi! I'd like to hear some thoughts of the claims made here: STYRGE(roll down for English text) The guys who've put the site up are part of the most prominent anti-Nuclear Power people in Finland, and getting notably extensive support from all around. For a long time I've felt annoyed by how...

I borrowed a book from the library some time ago and have been meaning to suggest it since. It's called Nuclear Power in Canada and Beyond by Roger G. Steed. If you've ever wondered about how a plant works - I mean really works - this is a fabulous book. I love diagrams and cutaways and this...

OK, so I used to be against nuclear power like anyone else, do to risk of radiation, a meltdown, the fact that there exist cleaner sources of energy, how reactors don't last long, storing of waste, etc. Then I started reading the "Nuclear power - I need to vent/rant" thread (when it was active)...

http://www.slate.com/id/2212792/ http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/budget.departments/index.html?iref=newssearch • It cuts funding for the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage program. Funding for the program "will be scaled back ... while the Administration devises a new...

It would seem that Ms Rice is in India to further cement US ties and to promote US business interests in India, in particular nuclear power. There is nothing wrong with this but India has never signed the non-proliferation treaty. Might this not be read as double standards? Actually, I wasn't...

Apparently, the strategy of trying to isolate Russia helping Georgia may not have worked as planned! Venezuela wants to work with Russia on nuclear energy CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he was interested in accepting Russia's offer of help in developing a...

McCain says wants 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 And 100 ultimately. http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWBT00921120080618?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsevening Finally someone willing to transition us to clean non-carbon emitting sources of power!

Is it feasible? I got this idea from Isaac Asimov.

I have a concept I hope somebody can find a developer for; Build a housing development which is all steam-heated by one of those domestic heating reactors that Toshiba is making. And show what can be done with that kind of energy; Self clearing streets and sidewalks for example. And...

I came across an article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette today that I found interesting. The first commercial nuclear reactor in the U.S. was brought to full power on December 2nd, 1957. The Shippingport site as it was in 1957 Although it did not come online to provide power until later in...

South Texas gets two more reactors. The first built in the US in more than 20 years and they go to Bay City (Houston, Texas). This time - unlike last time - we'll be ready for all the Greenpeace, wimps, liberals, and their shill attorneys, who would like to cause trouble and delays in the...