]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/nuclear Blog Articles Tagged with 'nuclear' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/150131?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear By William M. BrownThe American Southwest confronts a rapidly changing identity. Symptoms of the current century's biggest challenges skyrocketing population, climate change, ecosystems in peril, demands for a new energy infrastructure are al... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/150131?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:06:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/150072?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear You don't get a very good result: Power suppliers are turning back the clock to use coal-fired plants as their main source of electricity in a bid to avert potential shortages this winter. Latest figures from the National Grid show that the f... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/150072?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:04:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/150132?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Awhile back, Alex Steffen posted an interesting riff speculating on the potential for a new kind of sustainability movement, a crusade of open sharing that would spread the brightest green practices to decaying cities and flailing suburbs aroun... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/150132?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:05:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/150001?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear My interview with journalist and author of Terrestrial Energy, William Tucker, is now up on NEI's YouTube Channel. Part one can be seen here. Part two, here.Favorite Q&A?Q. Have you ever convinced any friends to become supporters of nuclear energy?A.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/150001?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:09:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/149974?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Climate foresight is a valuable strategy, both for helping direct our efforts toward coping with climate change, and for helping us fully grasp the seriousness of the crisis. Although we won't know the future until it arrives, climate futurism takes ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/149974?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:39:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/149830?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear British Energy has been having some unscheduled maintenance difficulties in recent months. Combined with scheduled maintenance that cannot be deferred, the issues have caused the portion of UK energy provided by nuclear power to drop - temporarily - ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/149830?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:35:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/149795?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Dan Yurman who writes for Idaho Samizdat, Fuel Cycle Week and The Energy Collective shared a link with me to a very interesting hour long discussion on the topic of Nuclear Power and Decarbonization. Dan's fellow panel members included E. Ashton Pool... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/149795?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:42:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/149783?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor is considered a chemists reactor. As such its operations will probably be evaluated by the so-called 12 principles of green chemistry. The Wikipedia describes the 12 principles of green chemistry. According to t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/149783?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:54:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/149765?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear The University of Nevada News has posted a brief article about a new project to develop ways to use molten salts to recycle used nuclear fuel. Mano Misra, Director of the Center for Materials Research and a professor in the Department of Chemical and... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/149765?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:38:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/149594?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear The coal industry is reeling from the latest EPA ruling which gave a victory to environmentalists. What about the rest of the power sector?A new gang in town (AP)The Environmental Protection Agency appeals board ruled yesterday that one of its region... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/149594?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:26:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/149574?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear If I told you that there was a potentially limitless source of fossil fuel, you would naturally want to know what the catch was. In the case of methane hydrates, a form of natural gas that has been bound up in ice crystals in the Arctic and deep ocea... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/149574?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:52:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/149637?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear When evaluating energy technologies - whether conventional fossil fuels or alternative energy - one thing that I pay close attention to is the Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROEI). While there are legitimate criticisms of the methodology, it can ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/149637?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/149573?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear The green status of nuclear power has been challenged because nuclear power allegedly does not conform to alleged Green principles; whether or not the supposed Green principles are in fact environmentally sound is of course open to question. The ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/149573?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:24:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/science-base/149548?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Radiological health expert Daniel Hayes who works at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recent published on the subject of low dose radiation and the possibility that a form of vitamin D could be the key to protecting us from b... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/science-base/149548?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:00:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/149537?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear The NY Times Green Inc. blog recently asked readers to provide some suggestions for an image makeover for nuclear power. I did not like the published responses very much so I submitted my own:Dear Editor:In 1991, I took a cruise with my wife and noti... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/149537?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:48:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/149509?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Wisconsin is one of the states in the US that has a law on its books that is a virtual moratorium on new nuclear power plants. Its law is similar to the one in California that states that the public service commission cannot approve a new nuclear pla... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/149509?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/149369?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear There's been a veritable flood of good press on nuclear energy coming out of Wisconsin. The goal, of course, is to get the state's ban on new plants overturned. Now, a few good editorials don't make a Spring or even bring the swallows back to Capist... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/149369?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:21:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149457?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear It all starts with a basket of coal.That's one of the first things you see when you walk into the American Museum of Natural History's ambitious new exhibition on global warming. Climate Change: The Threat to Life and a New Energy Future opened last ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149457?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:34:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149558?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear It all starts with a basket of coal.That's one of the first things you see when you walk into the American Museum of Natural History's ambitious new exhibition on global warming. Climate Change: The Threat to Life and a New Energy Future opened last ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149558?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:34:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149958?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear It all starts with a basket of coal.That's one of the first things you see when you walk into the American Museum of Natural History's ambitious new exhibition on global warming. Climate Change: The Threat to Life and a New Energy Future opened last ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149958?rsstype=tag&tag=nuclear Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:34:30 -0500