Despite travel chaos, Gen A and Young Generation Network campaigners eventually made it to Glasgow Author: David de Caires Watson A dark and stormy October night led to chaos for YGN and Generation Atomic campaigners attempting to travel by train from London to Glasgow on Sunday. High winds and heavy rain caused a tree to […]
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And how energy managers may be picking the wrong squad. Author: David de Caires Watson Have you ever wondered what it’s like to put together a championship-winning football (or soccer, as some wrongly call it) team? If you’re a manager (coach) at the top level, the stakes are incredibly high; how you perform makes you either
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Author: Ed Newman “Beating climate change is hard enough without taking away one of the best low-carbon tools we have. It’s time to talk about nuclear.” — David Watson For 25 years I have been involved in the automotive aftermarket with a keen eye on the evolution of diesel engine technology and electric vehicles (EVs).
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Author: Eric Meyer Today marks a massive victory for the United States pro-nuclear movement as key laws were passed in the Illinois legislature that secure the futures of the Byron and Dresden Nuclear Plants. Byron and Dresden provide an unbelievable 30% of all of Illinois’ clean electricity but were dangerously close to being shuttered by Exelon due to record
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Author: David Watson The story of why a digital artist is creating scifi art about nuclear power ⚛ I first came across Alexey Rubakin’s work on Artstation, the social media and job board of the art world. He’s one of a growing community of digital and environmental artists hosting their art there, both professional and personal projects.
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Author: David Watson You’ve heard of living “off-grid”, but how about living “off-world”? Many of us dream about a future in space; few of us actually plan for it. So when I came across Space Is More, I was amazed by what I found. Most of all, I was inspired to discover nuclear energy is the key
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Author: Generation Atomic Join our global team and gain experience, grow in confidence and build your network. Our most recent intern was Lonnie Hastings, a Senior at NC State University. We sat down with him to talk about his time at Generation Atomic. Tell us a bit about yourself My name is Lonnie Hastings and
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On the day Indian Point 3 is prematurely closed for political reasons, Generation Atomic has a message for the plant’s climate hero workers. History will judge those who’ve acted to prematurely close Indian Point 2 and 3 right in the middle of a climate emergency. On behalf of Generation Atomic volunteers around the world, we salute you,
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Author: David Watson “It had to be atomic” says designer of vessel so beautiful, it will make you weep. I recently stumbled across something so beautiful, so ambitious, so CRAZY, that I couldn’t believe what I was looking at. I’m talking about the Earth 300 superyacht. It’s hard to know how to describe the Earth 300, designed by
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Author: Rob Loveday Take part in Generation Atomic’s campaign to persuade the European Union to clear nuclear energy for green finance! Scroll to the bottom if you want to take action! In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s been some fantastic news for nuclear power in the European Union recently — EU experts have said nuclear qualifies as a
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Author: Oscar Archer ‘It was becoming clear that nuclear energy would never be the same and that the industry needed a different approach.’ For the last few years, GE Hitachi have been quietly working away at a reactor design that might blow its competitors out the water — including natural gas. Jon Ball, Executive Vice
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Author: Rob Loveday Ten years on from the accident, it’s time to highlight its real legacy — namely, that lives are lost if nuclear plants close. Is it really ten years? Already a decade since the fourth-most-powerful earthquake ever recorded hit the eastern coast of Japan? That long since the tsunami it caused swept inland, causing devastation
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Author: Rob Loveday Even trusted quality news sources get things wrong occasionally, so it’s important to set them right — especially on nuclear power. Most of the time, The Independentis a really decent news outlet — although it’s now online only, since its lauch in 1986 it has been one of the few UK broadsheet newspapers to
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Author: Rob Loveday A group of nuclear power activists are hoping to make waves at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this November. As any environmental campaigner will tell you, the clock is ticking in the fight against global heating — and the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), which takes place in the Scottish city
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Author: David Watson And why taking fire from the gods has unintended consequences for human morality. The Ancient Greeks used myths to help them make sense of everyday life. Could the story of Prometheus and the gift of fire help us think about how we view nuclear technology? In Greek mythology, Prometheus was one of the
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Author: David Watson From rewilding to district heating, these kickass concepts offer a glimpse of how nuclear power might shape our lives. The below concepts were originally developed for my Instagram channel, atomic trends, as part of a series featuring digital artists working in sci-fi, movie and video game design. Concept 1: The Deep Future What
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Author: Milton Caplan Why extending the lives of current nuclear plants is the cheapest source of low-carbon electricity. When it comes to the economics of electricity, there is no report more important than Projected Cost of Electricity, issued every 5 years by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). This report
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Author: Sam Pryor Eric Loewen is an advanced reactor innovator and holder of 40 patents, but never neglects to support the next generation. The first time I “sat down” with Eric Loewen, he was driving a couple of us to a local popular fast food joint, HWY 55. While he was in the front seat
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Author: Emily Newton Can nuclear propulsion revolutionize space travel? Inspired by the peak excitement of the atomic and space ages of the 1960s and 70s, the entertainment industry dreamed of utopian nuclear-powered futures exemplified by Star Trek, where seemingly unlimited clean energy powered megacities, shuttle pods and star ships on far flung adventures. Nowadays, whilst some
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Author: Miguel TL A new approach to sustainable finance will help us build the future we need. The year 2019 saw a dramatic shift in public awareness of the climate crisis. The science is clear; if we do not make rapid changes to how we use energy and consume resources, it is likely that we
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