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What Nuclear Waste Problem?
Get the MP3 HereDownload printable version hereI have a family member that I love dearly and have an infinite amount of respect for. She is a fantastic mother, a caring person, respected in her chosen...
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Nuclear's Brand Recognition
Download mp3 hereI’m happy to see the nuclear industry getting it’s name out there in the public eye. It’s about time!The latest venture is sponsorship of the Washington Capitols Hockey Team in an...
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A Lot to Like in Kerry-Boxer
Get the MP3 HereThe senate has released their version of the climate bill and there’s a lot to like in it. The bill was drafted by Senators John Kerry of Massachusetts and Barbara Boxer of California....
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Nuclear-Powered Electric Vehicles
Get the mp3 hereWill hybrid electric vehicles spell the end of the oil age? At least one major international bank thinks so. This week Deutsche Bank released a report that predicts a oil prices will...
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Will the USA Follow Europe and Become Dependent on Russian Gas?
Get the MP3 HereNews stories are not always as benign as they appear.On October 9, 2009 Forbes.com ran a story about Gazprom, Russia's state owned natural gas company. It would seem they've set up shop...
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Media Bias, Anyone?
Get the MP3 File HereI have a Google alert set up to notify me when nuclear related news stories hit the wire services and I’ve noticed something interesting: every spring and fall there’s a flood of...
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Nuclear Blogger Meeting
Get the MP3 HereWho says blogging and podcasting has to be all work and no play? Come and join your favorite nuclear bloggers, reporters, writers and podcasters at an "underground meet up" on Tuesday,...
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Why am I so passionate about nuclear energy?
Get the MP3 HereToday is Blog Action Day 2009 and this year's topic is Climate Change.Is man made climate change real or not? Heck, I don't know. What I DO know is this: whether or not human activity...
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US Taxpayers Funding Wind & Solar Overseas
Get the MP3 HereIt's 9:00 at night and I'm on an Amtrak train heading north out of Washington DC where I attended an awe inspiring inaugural Thorium Energy Alliance Conference. What a great event! I...
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Radiation Health Risks from Nuclear Plants
Get the MP3 HereSometimes bad things happen to good people for no apparent reason. This is particularly true when it come to illness. Sometimes people get sick and sometimes people die without ever...
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Student Loans for Nuclear Plants
Fast Fission Podcast #11 – MP3 FileA bi-partisan group of US Senators is pushing for an increase in the nuclear federal loan guarantee program. They argue the USA can not meet air pollution goals...
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Nuclear Energy's Tiny Footprint
Fast Fission Podcast #12 – MP3 FileI recently came across a fascinating study that was done by five researchers from The Nature Conservancy. If you have not heard of them before, the Nature Conservancy...
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Sacramento's Costly Mistake
Fast Fission #13 – MP3 FileI recently invited listeners of my podcasts and readers of my blog to leave voice mail using the “call me” button at http://thisweekinnuclear.com . Thank you Patrick Park...
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Media Misses the Mark on North Korean Nukes
Fast Fission Podcast #14 – MP3 FileI awoke this morning to news reports that North Korea has once again resumed their production of plutonium for nuclear weapons. I suspect that’s no real surprise to...
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Wind Tax Windfall, Nuclear Tax Burden
This Week in Nuclear Episode #78 – MP3 FileIn this episode of This Week in Nuclear I interview Joseph Somsel, the author of “How Taxes Pervert Our Energy Choices”. Our discussion covered a wide range...
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The Un-Scientific American
Fast Fission Podcast #15 – MP3 FileThis story will come as no big surprise for my pro-nuclear blogger friends, but for those of you who are not quite as engaged with the online energy debate, you...
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Small Reactors May Reduce Combat Casualties
This Week in Nuclear #79 – MP3 FileA Special note from John Wheeler:Today is Veteran’s Day in the United States - the day we stop to reflect about the men and women of our armed forces, to acknowledge...
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Was it Lots of Wind or Lots of Hot Air in Spain Last Sunday Night?
Fast Fission Podcast #16 – mp3 fileRenewable energy supporters were spreading the word today that this past Sunday wind energy in Spain produced 53% of the country’s electrical demand.The Spanish wind...
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"Leak" at Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant: CNN and ABC News Get it Wrong
This Week in Nuclear Episode 80 – MP3 FileIf you were watching CNN or ABC News last night and this morning you may have believed a major accident was underway at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant....
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Clean, Green Energy Jobs
Fast Fission Podcast # 18 - mp3 fileDuke Energy is one of the largest power producers in the Western Hemisphere. They produce 35,000 MW of electricity in the USA, plus 4,000 in Latin America. They...
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