Author: Mary Kloser Elise Wall, who works in energy efficiency and sustainability policy, was chosen as September’s volunteer of the month! Trained as a chemist and having interned at Argonne National Laboratory, Elise is passionate about equity issues in the energy sector and currently works in sustainability policy. During the state fair, she volunteered for […]
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Author: Mary Kloser Jerry Mbazor is our esteemed volunteer of the month for August! Hailing from Abuja, Jerry has been the cornerstone of Generation Atomic’s outreach in Africa, passionately advancing nuclear advocacy throughout this summer. Over the summer Jerry organized a team of nuclear experts to speak at and host an exhibit at the Nigerian
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Author: Madison Schroder Most of the 2023 state legislative sessions have come to a close and it has been quite the year for nuclear energy. Since January, I have tracked more than 70 pieces of legislation across over 30 states that all have something to do with nuclear energy — from policies aiming to appropriate
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Author: Mary Kloser July’s Volunteer of the Month is Pratik Lokhande! Pratik took charge of our technical research team back in 2021, and has been the “go-to” guy for anything and everything related to materials and land use of various energy sources. He’s got an eye for detail and a knack for making complex data
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Last week, Generation Atomic generously helped me attend the US Nuclear Industry Council’s annual Advanced Reactors Summit, hosted this year in Charlotte. As an advocate for nuclear energy, it can feel redundant to join a gathering where everyone is already pro-nuclear. If you’re going to the trouble of attending an event, why hang out with a
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Author: Anna Grindeland Nuclear power has experienced impressive growth and innovative breakthroughs in the past year. Countries are turning to nuclear to reduce emissions, bolster energy security, and provide reliable power to consumers. This progress is also seen in the U.S., where 24 state legislatures introduced over 60 pieces of legislation of spurring nuclear development.
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Author: Mary Kloser We are proud to honor Alyssa Hayes as our May Volunteer of the Month! Her dedication to energy policy is both inspiring and vital to our work at Generation Atomic. Continue reading below to learn more about Alyssa and how she got interested in the world of nuclear. Q: When did you
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Author: Kiersten Sundell To hear the full story, visit our tik tok page! Did you know that many college campuses across the U.S. already have their own nuclear reactors? These microreactors are usually part of university research programs that help provide hands-on experience for future nuclear engineers, technicians, and physicists. They tend to be much more accessible
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Author: Mary Kloser Volunteers are the backbone of Generation Atomic. Their dedication and passion help us to achieve our mission of a world powered by clean and reliable nuclear energy. Because of this, we will be highlighting one Volunteer of the Month each month. Congratulations to Philip Hult, our Volunteer of the Month for April!
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Author: Kiersten Sundell For a discussion, head to Generation Atomic’s tik tok to watch our rundown on Monticello. For now, here are the facts. In the surrounding area of any nuclear plant, there are underground monitoring wells which routinely report on water quality. On November 22, tritium was detected in the water around the Xcel Energy Monticello
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Author: Jeff Luse For much of the latter half of the 20th century, the United States was a global leader in developing nuclear power. Vast buildout of nuclear operations came to a halt in the wake of the meltdowns at Three Mile Island in 1979 and Chernobyl in 1986, however, sparking an anti-nuclear movement that
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Author: Kiersten Sundell In an effort to step out into new avenues of advocacy, Generation Atomic has recently become an associate member of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). It is an honor to be accepted into an organization dedicated to enabling vital energy & broadband connections to communities across the US. Ensuring rural
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Author: Matthew Meyer Last week, I attended an Xcel Energy open house to answer questions for local residents about the recent tritium leak from the Monticello plant. The event was well-staffed by communications officers from both Xcel and the MN Department of Health, who were excellent at engaging with those in attendance. I attended to
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Author: Guerric Summer 2011. While attending a summer course on space studies, my fellow students and I watch the landing of the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program — Atlantis. At the time, SpaceX was an ambitious yet young company, which still had a lot to prove. That very morning, we
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Author: Adam Stretford Something incredible just happened. Right-wing political commentator Ben Shapiro and left-wing political commentator Ana Kasparian just agreed on something…and that thing is nuclear energy. Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and Ana Kasparian, producer, and co-host of “The Young Turks”, are known for making
Author: Kiersten Sundell Generation Atomic’s 2022 Atomic Art Contest asked artists across the globe one thing: what does the future of nuclear power look like? In response, artists from 34 countries rose to the challenge and produced some of the most exceptional artwork that industry experts have ever seen. The contest featured judges such as artist Angel
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August 9, 2022 – Multiple California Agriculture groups have expressed support to Governor Newsom’s office and various commissions to keep the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) open beyond 2025 in order to explore the option of utilizing the plant to provide fresh water from desalination. It is no secret California agriculture is under extreme pressure
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Author: David de Caires Watson An example of how DALL·E adds a new layer of reality. I recently made the case that developers should put community spaces at the heart of future nuclear power projects. I believe this could help break down some of the mystery and stigma surrounding nuclear power. I talked about how, in Iceland,
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Author: David de Caires Watson Using a revolutionary AI tool to re-imagine nuclear energy. DALL·E is a ground-breaking artificial intelligence tool trained using millions of images and capable of generating original art, photos and illustrations via a simple, natural language text prompt. And I do mean original; none of the below images are real or exist anywhere on the
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Author: David de Caires Watson Brandon Sanderson’s “The Stormlight Archive” has a lot to teach us about nuclear power. I’ve always thought of fantasy authors as scientists, their novels giant experiments. When an author writes fantasy, they are creating a universe with its own physical laws, investing it with a believable magic system and filling
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