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A Path from Coal to Nuclear is Being Blazed in Wyoming
Many of those who care about finding solutions to the physical distress that our climate is experiencing, as reported on this week in a landmark 1,300 page report by the IPCC‘s Sixth Assessment...
View ArticleChina’s high temperature reactor – pebble bed modular (HTR-PM) achieves its...
On the morning of September 12, 2021, reactor number 1 of the eagerly awaited HTR-PM project was taken critical for the first time. Initial criticality for any new reactor is a big deal for the people...
View ArticleWhat makes smaller nuclear power systems so exciting?
Let me start by dispelling the notion that I think smaller, modular, manufactured nuclear power systems – often called SMRs or micro reactors – are the be all and end all solution to anything,...
View ArticleThe Assay TV speaks with Rod Adams, Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital...
The Assay is a media project of the 121 Group, based in Hong Kong, that serves investors, fund managers and analysts who are involved with and/or investing in a wide range of mining ventures. As part...
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Atomic Show #296 – Julia Pyke, Director of Finance Sizewell C
Julia Pyke, Director of Finance, Sizewell C Sizewell C is a project to build a 3,200 MWe power station consisting of two EPR units on the site that currently hosts a single large pressurized water...
View ArticleNuclear energy growth prospects and secure uranium supplies
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Atomic Show #298 – Marcus Seidl – Researching small modular reactors near...
Reactor Internals by Marcus Seidl Marcus Seidl is a German nuclear professional who received his PhD in nuclear physics in 2002, a year after his home country decided that it would exit nuclear energy...
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Why are smaller reactors attracting so much interest?
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How Hot is Cold Fusion?
Matt Trevithick of DCVC moderates a panel with Dr. David Nagel, Prof. Robert Duncan and Dr. Thomas Schenkel The 24th International Conference on Cold Fusion (ICCF24) was held at the lovely and...
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Atomic Show #301 – Matt Crozat, Executive Director for Strategy and Policy...
The nuclear energy policy landscape in the US has changed significantly during the past 5 years. Once seen as an issue with enormous differences between the political parties, it has become one of the...
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Atomic Show #302 – Dr. Sama Bilbao y Leon, Director General, World Nuclear...
Dr. Sama Bilbao y Leon, the Director General of the World Nuclear Association Dr. Sama Bilbao y Leon, the Director General of the World Nuclear Association, visited the Atomic Show to provide an...
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Atomic Show #303 – Bret Kugelmass, CEO Last Energy
Rendering of Last Energy’s 20 MWe installations (Last Energy) Last Energy is an innovative new company governed by a philosophy of avoiding the invention of anything that has not been done before....
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Can prototype nuclear reactors be licensed in the US under current rules?
Designers and developers of nuclear power systems that are substantially different from conventional light water reactors face a conundrum. They are required to provide sufficient information to...
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IRA’s Clean Electricity Tax Credits (Sections 48E and 45Y) are an...
President Biden signs Inflation Reduction ActImage source: Jennifer Granholm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) should make an important contribution towards...
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NRC’s imposition of Aircraft Impact rule played a major role in Vogtle...
Vogtle 3 fabricated shield building panel liftCourtesy Southern Company Projects that last as long as building nuclear reactors in the U.S. are analogous to extreme endurance competitions in which...
View ArticleObservations from the US Nuclear Industry Council’s 10th annual Advanced...
Non-attendees might dismiss it a just another nuclear industry conference full of talk signifying nothing, but the 2023 edition of the Advanced Reactor Summit (AR Summit) – hosted by the US Nuclear...
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Where is the nuclear industry headed? Four top executives share their...
One good reason to attend industry conferences is to be able carefully listen to the thoughts of industry leaders, especially during unscripted panel discussions. When the executives are among...
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Unnecessary rules should be eliminated
Commissioners on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are worried. They see a pending avalanche of license applications for new reactors, fuel production facilities, uranium mines, transportation...
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Parnassus Versus Green Century: A Contrast in Styles
Cross-posted from Nucleation Capital June, July and August of 2023 were the three hottest months the Earth has ever seen by such a large margin, it left climate scientists agog. Climate disasters are...
View ArticleAtomic Show #314 – Economies of scale for micro, small, medium, large...
James Krellenstein is a physicist, consultant and nuclear energy historian. He is currently employed as a senior advisor to Global Health Strategies. He started up their decarbonization practice with...
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