Former Dancin' With The Stars contestant and current U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has a bonkers plan to force ratepayers to subsidize coal and nuclear power in the name of "reliability." Not because Republicans are beholden to existing … [Read more...]
Through MIT’s Nuclear Goggles
Switzerland came to the Boston area a week or so ago. There was a conversation with one of the political leaders of the country, Doris Leuthard, Councillor of the Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy, and … [Read more...]
Fukushima: Prayers and Petitions
http://fukushima.greenaction-j... This petition is from concerned Japanese citizens, who would appreciate an international show of support. Radiological Impact of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster On March 11th, Japan was struck by a … [Read more...]
The half-life of nuclear memory
Here in the Boston area we sit in the geographic center of two aging nuclear plants and there's a third just over the border in Western Mass. The Pilgrim Nuclear plant and VT Yankee have the same General Electric Mark 1 reactor as the … [Read more...]
Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power
Wald: First visited a nuke in 1979 at CT Yankee. An alternative press reporter was indignant she didn't get to enter the reactor vessel. General interest reporters don't usually understand mechanical things or complex … [Read more...]
Drilling and nuclear power are neither safe nor clean
Announcing his off-shore oil drilling expansion plans on March 31, Obama said:I want to emphasize that this announcement is part of a broader strategy that will move us from an economy that runs on fossil fuels and foreign oil to … [Read more...]
Mr. President, can we afford to be misled about this?
The Boston Globe is reporting today that operators of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant lied to "misled" Vermont officials about the leak of the radioactive isotope tritium from the plant in 2005.Granted, the technology involved in … [Read more...]
Our nuclear president
But what about the nuclear waste issue? The administration is reportedly looking for new waste dump sites now, after rulling out Yucca Mountain in Nevada, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's home state. I can't quite … [Read more...]
Our nuclear president
But what about the nuclear waste issue? The administration is reportedly looking for new waste dump sites now, after rulling out Yucca Mountain in Nevada, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's home state. I can't quite … [Read more...]
The Simpsons Movie: WHERE’S BLINKY?
This doesn't really have anything to do with the Simpsons Movie but the bridge has been built so alas, I will walk across. For those of you in the Boston area, be sure to stop by The Museum of Fine Arts for the Hopper exhibit (click … [Read more...]