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A Promising Sign For Nuclear Power In The United Kingdom

December 1, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Jack Spencer ~ Is the Nuclear Renaissance real this time around? Of course, that question is impossible to answer, but reports from the United Kingdom at least show that there is an opportunity. The Times in the U.K. just reported that Rolls-Royce is in early talks with the global industrial firm Ineos to provide […]

Reasons To Hope The Ukraine Nuclear Plant Will Come Through OK

October 18, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ In March of 2022 Russian troops took control of the 6-reactor site of Ukraine’s nuclear energy plant at Zaporizhzhia. They caused minor damage in the battle but raised fears of a wider catastrophe. In the following paragraphs I will explain why that is highly unlikely. While the Russians have blamed […]

“Fueling” A Counter-Revolution In Europe: Can It Happen Here?

September 15, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Duggan Flanakin ~ Shades of Emanuel Macron! California Governor Gavin Newsom has horrified his core constituency by announcing his state will NOT be shutting down the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The state legislature, perhaps remembering that power outages two decades ago led to Gov. Gray Davis being recalled, voted to extend the life of the plant until […]

The Dam Against Nuclear Energy Is Cracking

June 5, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Duggan Flanakin ~ Longtime anti-nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman got a lot more than he had bargained for in response to his latest diatribe, “Say No to Nuclear Power,” published—of all places—in The Progressive. The scornful comments, mostly (one presumes) from the rag’s leftist readers, provide further anecdotal evidence that the dam against nuclear energy is […]

Small Modular Reactors Advance In The Nuclear World

May 13, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Dr. Kelvin Kemm ~ The first two decades of the 21st Century will go down in history as a time of amazing world confusion about energy supplies, particularly electricity. This is all due to electricity planning being done too much at a political policy level, and not by engineers and scientists. This in turn […]

Europeans Clash Over Nuclear Energy

January 16, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Duggan Flanakin ~ Even as construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is nearing completion in nuclear friendly France, their German neighbors have declared all nuclear energy technology to be “dangerous.” Moreover, the Germans, along with Austria, Portugal, Denmark, and Luxembourg, are loudly objecting to a proposal by the European Commission to allow nuclear technology […]

Nuclear Power Update

September 22, 2021 by PA Pundits - International

By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ When we talk nuclear physics to most people their eyes will glaze over with either lack of understanding or fear of the unknown. In fact it is quite simple. Uranium, its most common fuel, is radioactive, which means it naturally decays or fissions. This is the process of splitting atoms […]

Why Climate Activists And Environmentalists Should Support Nuclear Power

August 7, 2021 by PA Pundits - International

By Katie Tubb and Mary Riordan ~ For environmentalists and climate activists who are serious about realistic energy options to reduce pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear power is a compelling option. A feisty Twitter exchange between Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, brought the issue to the fore. Sanders, a sponsor […]

Power Outages And The Indian Point Closure: An “I Told You So” Event

July 28, 2021 by PA Pundits - International

From the team at CFACT ~ BY JONATHAN LESSER: A few days before the Indian Point nuclear plant was permanently shuttered on April 30 of this year, I warned New Yorkers to prepare for power outages this summer. The plant had provided one-fourth of NYC’s electricity. Shutting it down created a cavernous hole in electricity […]

Regifting The Nuclear Bailout

June 23, 2021 by PA Pundits - International

By Katie Tubb ~ Americans across the political spectrum didn’t take it well in 2018 when the Department of Energy tried to coerce them into buying electricity from nuclear power plants under its infamous attempt to bail out coal and nuclear power plants. Americans shouldn’t take it if Congress tries to, either. Noting how politically […]

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Closure Will Escalate Energy Poverty

June 3, 2021 by PA Pundits - International

By Ronald Stein ~ California’s big challenge is not an environmental way of replacing its last nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon destined for closure in 2024, but how to stop fueling the growth of poverty and homelessness. The bigger problem that will thrive in perpetuity, is the growing homelessness caused by continuously increasing the […]

The Real Lessons Of Fukushima

March 29, 2021 by PA Pundits - International

By Dr. Kelvin Kemm ~ A decade has passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the name Fukushima is etched into history. But few people know the truth of what happened. The phrase, “the lessons learned from Fukushima,” is well-known. But how do people implement them, if they don’t know what happened, or what […]

Two Nuclear Options

January 30, 2021 by PA Pundits - International

By Paul Driessen ~ We’ve heard about “nuclear options” since Harry was still Senator Reid. America now faces two major nuclear options: one involves political power, the other power to run an energy-dependent economy. In the political arena, President Biden and his allies are already going nuclear. With a resurgent Deep State to back it […]

Nuclear Superior To Wind And Solar

January 24, 2021 by PA Pundits - International

By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Future energy mixes should show a growing contribution from modern nuclear power plants. That is the core finding of the new “No Regrets Energy Policy” proposed by the Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL). CLINTEL finds current governmental energy-transitions to be “scientifically unfounded and economically suicidal” because of their dependence on wind […]

The Fukushima Nuclear Plant Passed Nature’s Hardest Safety Test

December 2, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ Nearly ten years have passed since a major earthquake and devastating tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Not a single case of radiation illness or death occurred as a result of escaped radiation. A result we should all be celebrating. But years of media rants left […]

Renewables And Nuclear: False Hopes And Unfounded Fears

November 30, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Vijay Raj Jayaraj ~ The world is becoming an increasingly hostile place for power plants that use traditional fossil fuels to generate power. Even Joe Biden, who is expected to become President of the U.S. soon, has made it a priority to abolish traditional fossil fuel-based power. But among the available alternative energy sources, […]

Nuclear Power Provides Clean Energy That Works

November 20, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ The truth about nuclear power is that it provides a viable and safe means for satisfying the world’s growing need for electricity. While the US is truly awash in oil and gas and coal as well, the rest of the world is not so lucky. Fortunately outside of the US […]

Fusion And Fission Both: The U.S. Re-enters The Nuclear Energy Universe

August 16, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Duggan Flanakin ~ Now that the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor [ITER] is under construction, the playing field for the planet’s energy future has shifted. Given even the most promising lead time for fusion viability is decades ahead, nuclear fission will have to compete with both fossil fuels and so-called renewables for market share. So where […]

Modular Nuclear Reactors For Defense And Disasters

May 13, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Duggan Flanakin ~ While there has been little interest of late in developing new-generation nuclear reactors to power the U.S. electric grid, some new initiatives at the Department of Defense – spurred in part by complaints of dumping by U.S. uranium miners – may just be the spark needed to move the U.S. back into […]

Standalone Nuclear Interim Storage Amendment Sidesteps Solutions, Creates Problems

March 11, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Katie Tubb ~ As the Senate debates an expensive and wasteful new energy bill, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has proposed an amendment to launch a pilot program for interim storage of nuclear waste from commercial nuclear power plants. It’s a complex policy problem with plenty of nuance. But this amendment basically resuscitates the Obama […]

A Misguided Approach To Nuclear Power In ‘Energy Innovation’ Bill

March 3, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Katie Tubb ~ Being “well intentioned” isn’t the same as doing well. Look no further than the recently introduced American Energy Innovation Act. The bill proposes an extensive federally funded and directed research, development, and demonstration program for advanced nuclear technologies through the Department of Energy. It’s Act 2 of the Nuclear Energy Leadership […]

Will The West Cede Nuclear Energy Dominance To Russia?

February 14, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Duggan Flanakin ~ When she and Sen. Ed Markey introduced the “Green New Deal” a year ago, newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not mention nuclear energy as part of the future. Later, Ocasio-Cortez admitted she still had “an open mind” on evolving nuclear energy technologies while insisting that older plants be shuttered. But since […]

Trump’s Invitation To Restart The Conversation On Yucca

February 11, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Katie Tubb ~ Addressing nuclear waste policy is one of the most important things Congress can do to improve the competitiveness of the US nuclear industry, protect taxpayers, and reduce federal spending. So it naturally caught attention when President Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to opine about a congressionally designated nuclear waste repository […]

Nuclear Fusion: Tomorrow’s Clean Energy?

January 20, 2020 by PA Pundits - International

By Duggan Flanakin ~ Nuclear energy is a renewable resource that, unlike wind and solar, is not dependent upon the weather. So why is nuclear so little used, and so much maligned? Michael Shellenberger, cofounder of Breakthrough Institute and one of Time’s “heroes of the environment,” notes that the nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, […]