by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 12, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
The nearness of the completion of Rosatom’s Akademik Lomonosov floating two-unit nuclear power plant is apparently raising interest in, of all places, the Philippines. This island nation, which very nearly had a nuclear plant but which halted its operation when fully...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 10, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Dr. James Conca I just knew it! I was hoping I’d be wrong, that HBO would have the courage and integrity to do their homework and consult even one actual nuclear scientist or radiobiologist. Or even just read the United Nations Chernobyl Forum Report, the best...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 4, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis We continue now our look at Appendix III of WASH-1250, the unpublished (except in final draft form) AEC study on reactor safety from 1973. This appendix describes the rise of the anti-nuclear movement in the United States; the previous installment...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jul 1, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis We are quite aware today that a major force in delaying nuclear plant licensing has been the action of “intervenors” – persons, or more often groups pretending to act as concerned individuals, who attend open meetings, file motions, and start all sorts...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 27, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Doug Hardtmayer Episode 22 of RadioNuclear is now available. In this episode, we discuss the recent miniseries “Chernobyl”, which recently concluded on HBO. We debunk some of the more egregious articles written in the wake of the show (see links to these articles...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 11, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Leah Parks (This article was submitted in concert with a presentation given at the 2019 American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting entitled “Teaching the Value of Nuclear,” and is the first of two articles on that presentation.) Recently, I visited my local...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 11, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis, from the 2019 ANS Annual Meeting in Minneapolis American Nuclear Society’s 2019 Annual Meeting kicked off today in Minneapolis. President John Kelly opened in the theme of this year’s meeting, The Value of Nuclear. The meeting’s host, Xcel Energy,...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jun 6, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
An impressive 42 representatives of nuclear societies around the world were in France in May 2019 to sign the Declaration of Clean Energy. ANS Past President Donald Hoffman represented the U.S. and the American Nuclear Society. The goal of the Declaration is to push...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 31, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
ANS Washington rep Craig Piercy asks: “What’s the role for ANS members in realizing the nuclear future?” Why get involved in the American Nuclear Society? Why attend the meetings? Because getting involved and facing the challenges together gets our voices heard. ANS...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 24, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
ANS Annual Meeting will take place this year from June 9 to13 in Minneapolis. If you haven’t registered yet, don’t wait much longer. ANS meetings have a long list offerings for you. From incredible speakers, sessions, and tours to the networking opportunities that...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 20, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Doug Hardtmayer Well here it is- Episode 21! This episode we deviate from the norm as it is news-free. This special podcast features ANS Past President and Fellow, United Nuclear Industry Alliance (UNI) Chairman of the Board, and President & CEO of EXCEL...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 17, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis Roughly six years ago, I wrote an article for ANS Nuclear Cafe entitled “The Hook-Ons,” which covered small nuclear plants that were added (or “hooked”) onto existing or purpose-built cooperative fossil fired plants. That idea continues to receive...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 10, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis With the publication of the above WASH 1174-74, which was “The Nuclear Industry” for the year 1974 (and which was published in late Fall, 1974) a twelve year era ended. This was the final publication of this important series, which launched in 1962 and...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | May 8, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
Thank you for joining us on Episode 20 of RadioNuclear! In this episode, we discuss the news of the NRC’s decision to issue a design certification license for the APR1400 and the monumental effort and process of getting a reactor through design certification process....
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 26, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Robby Kile The Accident On April 25, 1986, early in the morning, operators at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant near Pripyat, Ukraine, began a test of their backup power supply during a planned outage of Unit 4. The first step of the test was to reduce the power...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 25, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Doug Hardtmayer On Episode 19 of RadioNuclear, we discuss the success the Chinese have had with the Hualong One reactor, the decommissioning of SEFOR, and the sale of Indian Point units to Holtec and what it means for the industry. We also talk about a recent...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 23, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Chip Martin Saving our planet. That’s the principal reason I applied to become the 2018 ANS Glenn T. Seaborg Nuclear Science and Engineering Policy Congressional Fellow. After I applied, interviewed and was selected, I was invited to work in the office of Rep....
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 19, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis Nuclear energy is perhaps mankind’s ultimate technical achievement. (Big Rock Point photo from Consumers Power brochure in my collection.) The upcoming American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting in June has, as its theme, “The Value of Nuclear.” I am aware...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 18, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Robert Corrigan In April, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) hosted the annual ANS Student Conference in Richmond, VA. At its core, the student conference is exactly what it sounds like, a conference for students. The conference has everything that one would...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 12, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis This week we have two wonderful, historic but short features that focus in on Idaho National Laboratory and some of the remarkable achievements that this storied site has accomplished. First is a quite interesting but short film produced by INL to...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 10, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Doug Hardtmayer RadioNuclear Episode 18 is now up! We talk about new legislation in Ohio that may help save the ailing nuclear power plants in their state, discuss the new bi-partisan federal legislation aimed at helping America regain its leadership with advanced...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 4, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis Looking at the news every day these days, remembering of course that algorithms collate content for me quite often on various platforms, it seems that there’s some considerable momentum growing for nuclear energy here in the United States. What’s...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 3, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
Alyse Huffman is at work in the office of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology as the 2019 ANS Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Fellow. ANS News checked in with Huffman in late February, during her seventh week on the job....
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 1, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Hannah Gardiner Sometimes it feels like we’re fighting an uphill battle for nuclear energy – and perhaps we are. Indeed, because an April 2018 survey by Pew Research found that 54% of Americans oppose building new nuclear reactors despite a majority of U.S. adults...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Mar 28, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Doug Hardtmayer Thank you for joining us for RadioNuclear Episode 17! In this podcast, we discuss a fascinating new poll out of Japan where a survey shows that residents are warming up to nuclear again. We also discuss the new loan guarantees for the Vogtle...
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