FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff spoke yesterday at the Nuclear Energy Assembly in Washington D.C. and appears to be having a change of heart on the future of nuclear and coal in this country.  He was previously quoted as saying that no new nuclear or coal plants may ever be needed (see my previous blog).  When [...]

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I went to see the new X-Men Origins movie this weekend and was surprised that the major battle scene takes place at Three Mile Island.  It apparently takes place sometime after the Three Mile Island accident in 1979.  The idea behind the Three Mile Island location is that it was a good place to “hideout” [...]

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I don’t typically get upset about articles I read, but the one I saw today in the New York Times completely floored me.  FERC Chairmen Jon Wellinghoff told reporters at a U.S. Energy Association forum that no new nuclear or coal plants may ever be needed in the United States.  Mr. Wellinghoff believes that renewables [...]

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During a presentation at the University of Pennsylvania, a question was asked about how much water nuclear power uses compared to other forms of electricity.  Since I didn’t know the numbers, I said I would find out and post the answer on our website.
 Below are the results from a technical report done in 2002 by [...]

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While doing research on nuclear proliferation, I came across something called the “spent fuel standard” which I found very interesting.   
In 1994, the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on International Security and Arms Control wrote a report titled ”The Spent-Fuel Standard for Disposition of Excess Weapon Plutonium”.  This standard states that “plutonium in its final dispositioned forms [...]

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