The New Energy Plan

Published in January 21st, 2009

For those that are interested here’s the new Energy Plan from the Whitehouse website. I found the lack of even mentioning Nuclear Power interesting, though not too surprising. We’ve all covered how many of these issues are addressed by Nuclear.
One thing (of many) I found interesting was the importance put on Plug-In Hyrbrids, but no plan of action [...]

Taxpayers fund current on-site storage

Published in January 19th, 2009

Posted by FelisaL in Nuclear Waste Storage

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In the 1980’s the federal government issued a set of laws, The Nuclear Waste Policy Act, that required nuclear-generated power plants to pay a fee of 1/10 of a cent per kilowatt-hour that would be used to help pay for the disposal of spent fuel. In 1987 Congress designated Yucca Mountain, the proposed site for a [...]

The Buzz about Buzzwords

Published in January 12th, 2009

Posted by RobK in clean air/environmental impact

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“Carbon Neutrality” is the new buzzword being tossed around Main Street, USA. The theory behind carbon neutrality is that for all of the carbon emissions you are responsible for generating, you will offset these by investing in renewable energy or the environment in a scale large enough to neutralize your carbon production…good theory…skewed results.
Companies nowadays [...]

Save the Cheeerleader, Save the World!

Published in January 12th, 2009

Posted by FelisaL in Nuclear Energy Safety

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In order to write this post I’m going to have to admit that I had not watched Heroes until this weekend. Let me begin by expressing my most sincere apologies to those that love this show, and I have learned the error of my ways. Because the show is 3 seasons in I have to [...]

Nuclear Jobs: A Good Thing.

Published in January 7th, 2009

Posted by FelisaL in Nuclear News

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An article in Foreign Policy did an analysis of some global “facts” on Nuclear Power. An issue the authors point out that will add to the obstacles in building new reactors is the need for a massive amount of jobs. The quick and pretty graphic can lead you to assume that you need 2,400 [...]

The Price of Energy

Published in January 6th, 2009

Posted by Desiree Wolfgramm in clean air/environmental impact

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Clean energy is expensive. Nuclear power is a reliable source of energy, but has large capital costs. Wind and solar energy still need much research, requiring millions if not billions of dollars, to be reliable on a large scale.
The real issue at hand is that since the industrial revolution when the world started producing power [...]