Author: Kiersten Sundell As a lot of people know and hate to talk about, the nuclear industry has a bit of an ugly history as far as uranium retrieval goes. From 1944 to 1986, nearly thirty million tons of uranium ore were extracted from Navajo lands under leases with the Navajo Nation. This was partly […]
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Author: Kiersten Sundell We’ve talked a lot about the COP pledge to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050, but there’s more to unpack. The pledge began with 22 countries on board, which later increased to 25. There many more countries that utilize nuclear power which were conspicuously absent from the agreement, however, so let’s talk
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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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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: 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: 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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Author: Milton Caplan The modern nuclear industry sets the benchmark for the responsible management of wastes. This month, as we continue our short series on energy economics, our focus is the nuclear industry’s commitment to safely managing its wastes. More specifically how this commitment ensures the cost of managing waste is included in nuclear power
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Author: Don Watkins Progress and innovation require ingenuity and learning; both have been missing from the nuclear industry. by Robert Hendershott and Don Watkins Nuclear power is experiencing something of a renaissance: Commonwealth Fusion recently raised $1.8b. But safer, smaller, more versatile fission technologies are getting increasing pushback despite being far closer to real-world application
Nothing Is More Dangerous Than Sacrificing Progress To Safety Read More »
Did the 39th president of the United States save the Capital city of Canada from nuclear destruction? Author: Katie Mummah If you spend a lot of time on Twitter, you may have seen a recent tweet from Professor Jeff Lundeen of the University of Ottawa, hailing an unlikely hero of Canada’s capital city… former U.S.
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UN report challenges public perceptions of nuclear energy — and may change how we think about energy forever. Author: David de Caires Watson “I give you the magic fire of the atom…an almost endless source of heat…Here we are, burning up our coal and oil only to produce power. But now we have a new
Will Surprising UN Findings Reignite Optimism For Nuclear Power? Read More »
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: 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: 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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If Nuclear Energy is So Great, Then Why …? We answer frequently asked questions in the nuclear energy debate. Written by Joris van Dorp, MSc. September 1, 2020 The following questions are addressed: If civilian nuclear energy is as important as advocates claim, then why doesn’t it appear to be pursued as such? If nuclear
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It’s normal to feel guilty about climate change. The important thing is to get things right from now on.
Written by
David Watson
April 22, 2020
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Shark Attacks and Nuclear Meltdowns How our fear of the misunderstood is putting us in danger. Written by David Watson January 31, 2020 There are few things in life with a worse public image than nuclear power. It’s a close call, but I think I might have found one. Some say it was the success
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Exploring how abundant energy leads to longer, healthier lives.
Written by Meredith Joan Angwin
July 29, 2019
When Energy Was Expensive and Lives Were Cheap Read More »
Uncovering the social problems in nuclear advocacy.
Written by Daniel Chen
June 29, 2019
What HBO’s Chernobyl Can Teach Us. Read More »
The nuclear reactors powering some of the coolest tech from the world of science-fiction.
Written by David Watson
June 21, 2019
7 Awesome Sci-Fi Nuclear Reactors Read More »
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