National Nuclear Science Week and Nuclear Science Day!

By pbowersox on Jan 13, 2012 01:00 am

It’s time to welcome the next generation of nuclear scientists, engineers, artisans, technicians, health professionals, and the myriad other nuclear experts of the future… and celebrate our remarkable nuclear science and technology achievements to date… with National Nuclear Science Week, January … Continue reading →
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The Fable of the Scary Monster

By pbowersox on Jan 12, 2012 01:00 am

By Margaret Harding Once upon a time… There lived a little girl named Polly. She lived in a big castle with lots of aunts and uncles. The aunts’ and uncles’ only job was to keep Polly safe. One night, after … Continue reading →
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Pretty Energy

By pbowersox on Jan 11, 2012 01:00 am

By Suzy Hobbs Baker I recently joined the latest social media phenomenon—“Pinterest”—after some good old-fashioned peer pressure from my pals. Basically it is an online scrapbook, where you can collect images from all over the Internet and organize or “pin” … Continue reading →
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Vermont Outreach Continues as Opponents Reorganize

By pbowersox on Jan 10, 2012 01:00 am

By Howard Shaffer On March 21, 2011, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a renewal of the operating license for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant for an additional 20 years. Vermont Yankee’s original license would have expired on March 21, 2012, and … Continue reading →
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Greetings from a proud member of “the nuclear party”

By radams on Jan 09, 2012 02:30 pm

By Rod Adams Back in the playground—about half a century ago—I learned that it can be fun and frustrating to the bullies if you cheerfully accept the tags that they apply to you. Back then, I was called a four-eyed … Continue reading →
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86th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

By dyurman on Jan 09, 2012 09:11 am

The 86th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up at NEI Nuclear Notes This post is the collective voice of blogs with legendary names which emerge each week to tell the story of nuclear energy. If you want to hear … Continue reading →
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Nuclear energy R&D budgets spared major cuts

By dyurman on Jan 05, 2012 01:00 am

Congress trims funding while adding new priorities By Dan Yurman A Congress that has public approval ratings in the single digits because of deficit-related gridlock managed to get some of the federal budget out the door for 2012. The Energy … Continue reading →
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Nuclear engineering professor takes fellowship at State Department

By pbowersox on Jan 04, 2012 01:00 am

By Lenka Kollar Gilbert Brown, a professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a long-time member of the American Nuclear Society, has started a year-long fellowship at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C. The … Continue reading →
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Little ado about nothing

By rmichal on Jan 03, 2012 11:08 am

A so-called scientific article issued on December 19 by Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman purports that an estimated 14,000 excess deaths in the United States are linked to the radioactive fallout from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors in Japan. The article, published … Continue reading →
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85th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

By dyurman on Jan 01, 2012 10:46 am

The 85th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up at: Yes VermontYankee This post is the collective voice of blogs with legendary names which emerge each week to tell the story of nuclear energy If you want to hear the … Continue reading →
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Young People and Nuclear Power

By pbowersox on Dec 27, 2011 01:00 am

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 interaction with students and their questions was at the University of … Continue reading →
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84th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

By dyurman on Dec 25, 2011 04:48 pm

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 of nuclear energy. If you want to hear the voice … Continue reading →
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The Wait for the License

By lscheele on Dec 23, 2011 01:00 am

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 through the site, Not a module was fitted, No matter … Continue reading →
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NRC grants design certification to Westinghouse AP1000™

By lscheele on Dec 22, 2011 01:40 pm

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 rule, which amends Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 52, … Continue reading →
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GE-Hitachi proposes to burn U.K. plutonium stockpile

By dyurman on Dec 22, 2011 01:00 am

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 advanced nuclear reactor that would consume the country’s stockpile of … Continue reading →
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