by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 24, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
With talk of the Coronavirus permeating every outlet and venue it might be good to take, at least shortly, a simple side trip for the purpose of distraction. And that side trip today is a look at an official AEC film documenting “The First Nuclear Reactor In Space:...
by Nuclear Street | Apr 23, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Liz Muller, co-founder and CEO, Deep Isolation Liz Muller is a co-founder and the CEO of Deep Isolation , a company that makes the modest claim of having invented a solution to nuclear waste. The politically unsolved waste issue has plagued nuclear energy development...
by Nuclear Street | Apr 23, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Liz Muller, co-founder and CEO, Deep Isolation Liz Muller is a co-founder and the CEO of Deep Isolation , a company that makes the modest claim of having invented a solution to nuclear waste. The politically unsolved waste issue has plagued nuclear energy development...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 22, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Episode 29 of RadioNuclear is now online! In this episode, we discuss the potential for micro-reactors and their use on military front-lines Do they offer a strategic advantage, or are they a liability? Additionally, does Gen Z understand nuclear? Apparently not,...
by Nuclear Street | Apr 18, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
One of several stickers available at Karnfull’s online store Karnfull Energi is a young company that is successfully proving that nuclear energy is more popular than politicians believe. They have created the world’s first 100% nuclear energy offering. Customers have...
by Nuclear Street | Apr 18, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
One of several stickers available at Karnfull’s online store Karnfull Energi is a young company that is successfully proving that nuclear energy is more popular than politicians believe. They have created the world’s first 100% nuclear energy offering. Customers have...
by Nuclear Street | Apr 15, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Great Blue Heron Patiently watching. Perhaps waiting for promised performance improvements. One of the most persistent arguments against the rapid deployment of nuclear energy is that projects are too expensive and take too long to complete. Based on the performance...
by Nuclear Street | Apr 15, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Great Blue Heron Patiently watching. Perhaps waiting for promised performance improvements. One of the most persistent arguments against the rapid deployment of nuclear energy is that projects are too expensive and take too long to complete. Based on the performance...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Apr 10, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis USS THRESHER; official United States Navy photo, from collection of Naval Historical Center via navsource.org As is the case on every 10APR, I find myself – even in the midst of the present national and, really, worldwide crisis – returning to thoughts...
by Nuclear Street | Apr 1, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
BWRX-300 courtesy of GEH GEH spent about half a billion dollars designing, testing and certifying the ESBWR. Despite that investment, the 1,520 MWe Enhanced, Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) design documents are just gathering dust with no active projects in...
by Nuclear Street | Apr 1, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
BWRX-300 courtesy of GEH GEH spent about half a billion dollars designing, testing and certifying the ESBWR. Despite that investment, the 1,520 MWe Enhanced, Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) design documents are just gathering dust with no active projects in...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Mar 27, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis At the end of the 1950’s the US Army was looking at its entire operational sphere to determine in what areas nuclear energy could be of benefit. While many of these are fairly well known today – for example, the small nuclear plants that were to have...
by Nuclear Street | Mar 27, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Fastest Path to Zero is an important initiative in the effort to dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Here is their concise self-description from the About page of their website. We are an interdisciplinary team of experts, including University of Michigan...
by Nuclear Street | Mar 27, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Fastest Path to Zero is an important initiative in the effort to dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Here is their concise self-description from the About page of their website. We are an interdisciplinary team of experts, including University of Michigan...
by Nuclear Street | Mar 24, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
In the modern world, countries need a reliable electricity grid to prosper. Globally, demand for electricity is growing as a result of population growth, new ways to use electricity, and the effort to spread access to electrical power to a greater portion of the...
by Nuclear Street | Mar 24, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
In the modern world, countries need a reliable electricity grid to prosper. Globally, demand for electricity is growing as a result of population growth, new ways to use electricity, and the effort to spread access to electrical power to a greater portion of the...
by Nuclear Street | Mar 22, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Oklo Power recently announced that it had filed the first non-light water reactor combined license application ever submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Their 1.5 MWe fast spectrum, passively safe reactor represents a complete paradigm shift for nuclear...
by Nuclear Street | Mar 22, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Oklo Power recently announced that it had filed the first non-light water reactor combined license application ever submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Their 1.5 MWe fast spectrum, passively safe reactor represents a complete paradigm shift for nuclear...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Mar 20, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis More and more folks are having to essentially home-school their children or relatives’ children as this whole virus thing plays out – and they are benefiting from a tremendous effort on the part of educators everywhere as transition is made to sent-out...
by Nuclear Street | Mar 18, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Aurora artist rendering (Image credit: Oklo) Oklo, Inc. announced yesterday that its combined license application (COLA) to build and operate an Aurora at INL was undergoing acceptance review at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Key project specifics Oklo’s Aurora is...
by Nuclear Street | Mar 18, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Aurora artist rendering (Image credit: Oklo) Oklo, Inc. announced yesterday that its combined license application (COLA) to build and operate an Aurora at INL was undergoing acceptance review at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Key project specifics Oklo’s Aurora is...
by Nuclear Street | Mar 12, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
There are countless stressed people who have been convinced that we are facing an existential crisis as a result of global heating driven by increased concentrations of carbon dioxide. In contrast, I get more excited and enthusiastic with every passing day. And, no, I...
by Nuclear Street | Mar 12, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
There are countless stressed people who have been convinced that we are facing an existential crisis as a result of global heating driven by increased concentrations of carbon dioxide. In contrast, I get more excited and enthusiastic with every passing day. And, no, I...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Feb 28, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis Our ANS Nuclear Cafe matinee feature this week is a fascinating in-depth look at the fabrication of major components for, and the construction of, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. In this film you’ll get to see some very interesting, rarely seen...
by Nuclear Street | Feb 25, 2020 | Nuclear Energy
Fission’s sun is rising An increasing number of major corporations and famous individual investors have announced plans to make their money work harder to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. These plans are not about philanthropic giving. The...
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