by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Aug 1, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis; second in a series. Control Room, Naval Research Reactor, circa 1958. In the previous installment, we observed that some of the earliest pool reactors incorporated their instrumentation right on the moving bridge which supported the reactor core. As...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 27, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By James Jenden Please click to watch the video. “Energy to Feed the World: Nuclear Power vs Meat” From Part I, we learned that everything takes energy, and that removing steps in the energy conversion process can save energy. We even that there is potential to grow...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 26, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis Yesterday, I was reading an old (1970’s) brochure published by ASEA-ATOM on district heating reactors. While looking at that material I remembered that now, today, there is at least one effort afoot today to use a simple pool reactor for district...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 25, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By John Kelly, ANS President Be sure to read the July Nuclear News president’s profile – John Kelly: From Motor City to the Capital City I am honored and energized to serve as the 64th president of the American Nuclear Society. I was born in March 1954 and ANS was...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 23, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By James Conca The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society wrapped up last week in the great city of Cleveland and there was a palpable air of excitement that things might change. HPS represents the group of scientists most responsible for protecting us from...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 20, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By James Jenden Please click to watch the video. “Energy to Feed the World: Nuclear Power vs Meat” We all know about Calories. Often, for people on a diet, Calories are the enemy. They’re a measure of how much energy is in food (and are a harsh reminder that you...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 13, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis July 21 will bring with it another anniversary of the 1959 launching (shown above) of the only US-built nuclear powered commercial ship, the NS SAVANNAH. We’ve covered the ship fairly well here at ANS Nuclear Cafe over the years, so perhaps it’s time...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 6, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
This week’s ANS Nuclear Cafe Friday Matinee is an excellent, professional and very modern video tour of the renowned MIT reactor facility. This entertaining video was produced in an extremely up-to-date style sure to take you in – so don’t start watching it unless...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 29, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, courtesy China General Nuclear Power Group Long awaited news came today that at 17:59 hours local time, the Taishan-1 EPR nuclear plant connected to the grid for the first time. This makes Taishan-1 not only the first EPR to...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 19, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis, from the American Nuclear Society 2018 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia Long in coming has been the Small Modular Reactor nuclear plant; widely assured as the ‘next big thing’ for nuclear energy, the development of this variety of plant has been much more...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 19, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By Will Davis; written at the 2018 ANS Annual Meeting ANS President Bob Coward If you walked around the palatial Philadelphia venue of the 2018 American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting and bumped into outgoing ANS President Bob Coward or, for that matter, attended one...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 15, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
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by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 8, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By Robby Kile Please click to watch the video. Transportation is the cornerstone of modern society. People are not always where they need to be. Goods are commonly produced where it is cheapest to produce them, not where they are most needed. Evidently, people and...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 6, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis I was intrigued this morning to read that StarCore Nuclear, a startup in Canada that’s focusing on small, independent nuclear plants to provide a spectrum product (power, water, heat) had been – it is reported – in negotiation to provide an African...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 5, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By Dan Yurman According to the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), World Environment Day (WED) occurs on the 5th of June every year, and is the United Nation’s principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment. First...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 30, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
Illustration of NS SAVANNAH from Launch Ceremony Brochure in Will Davis’ collection. by Will Davis Observers were startled to learn in March that the Omnibus Spending Bill had included, in the budget for the U.S. Maritime Administration, the complete estimated amount...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 25, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
Podcast at RadioNuclear is today’s Matinee. Have a listen as ANS member Dr. Steve Arndt – a senior technical officer in the office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRC) – shares his insights on the work the NRC does, and what the future of regulation may look like. Dr....
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 23, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis Last week, I brought you the sordid tale of the Shoreham nuclear plant – a plant which was completed and started up, but which for a host of reasons was destined to never put power on the grid. The plant sits today as a shell – disabled in a nuclear...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 21, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By Daniel Carleton From June 17-21, the American Nuclear Society will be hosting its Annual Meeting. This year’s event will be held in Philadelphia, Pa., where leaders from across the nuclear industry, government, and academia will share their expertise in hot-topic...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 18, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
Enjoy today’s Friday Nuclear Matinee! ANS member Art Wharton’s (of Studsvik Scandpower) interview on the White House Chronicle, with host Llewellyn King. Art tells why the world needs nuclear power. Go Art! #whynuclear #pronuclear View Entire Article on...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 16, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis The story of the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on Long Island, New York was once well known in the industry and in utility circles; the plant, which took a very long time to construct and which faced considerable cost overrun, was heavily opposed by...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 11, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
Watch Bill Magwood’s presentation The North Carolina State University Department of Nuclear Engineering recently shared with us a video of ANS member William D. Magwood, IV. Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) as he presented Nuclear Energy: Where Are...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 4, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
Watch ANS Social Media Team member Douglas E. Hardtmayer talk about his hopes for the future of nuclear. ANS member and Social Media Team member Douglas E. Hardtmayer is a nuclear engineer and host of the RadioNuclear podcast. Watch his TEDx talk as he discusses his...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 2, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By M. Alex Brown, Ph.D. When was the marriage between radiation and medicine? At first glance, joining those two might seem counter-intuitive given the shaky public perception of nuclear. Yet, we’ve all had x-ray procedures. Some of us might have even been treated...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 30, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By Alexandra Burja, P.E. (Nuclear) The Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam may last for eight hours, but factoring in the time it takes to study, prepare, and apply for the exam, the level of effort grows substantially. Given that, why did I choose to...
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