Great hope for technical innovation in the Nuclear Industry? Not without China on-board

Great hope for technical innovation in the Nuclear Industry? Not without China on-board By Geoff Finger In early February, Duke Energy announced the closing of its Crystal River nuclear plant. Duke Energy, the largest electric power holding company in the U.S., plans to replace the idled plant with a gas-fired power plant. Although the cause […]

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The Wind is Blowing the Wrong Way: Why the U.S. should be subsidizing new nuclear rather than wind

By David Snider In the first State of the Union speech of his second term, President Barack Obama discussed the importance of U.S. energy policy and its role in addressing climate change. During his remarks, the President used the word “energy” 18 times and highlighted the promise and accomplishments of solar, wind and natural gas.[1] […]

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VC and Nuclear – The Next Frontier or A Recipe for Losing Money?

By Anonymous Nuclear technology startups offering the promise of cheap, abundant, and safe electricity for everyone justifiably generate enthusiasm in the VC community as well as in the classroom. However, having worked in the power business, this author’s sense was that it would be beneficial for all those interested in the space from an investment […]

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Depleted Uranium Stockpiles Not Getting Smaller Anytime Soon

By Justin Langlois TerraPower’s travelling-wave reactor largely reduces the amount nuclear waste required for storage. Most of these gains are achieved since travelling-wave reactors require almost seven times less enriched uranium than the LWR plants in operation today. While this is a huge gain going forward, it is far from solving one of the main […]

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A Sobering Look at the Energy Available in Nuclear Waste

By Anonymous TerraPower’s design for a nuclear reactor capable of running on natural uranium and nuclear waste has heightened the allure of carbon-free nuclear energy. CEO John Gilleland explains this technology “could supply every person on earth with U.S. levels of per capita energy consumption for 1000 years”.1 The ability to extract energy from nuclear […]

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