The HTR-PM is a 100 MW reactor. It is the same designation as the research reactor. They will be paired to one ranking cycle turbine to produce 200 MWs. David...
The NRC voted 3-1 in favor of the plant to deny an appeal from groups opposed to the license extension. This is big news. There were issues with corrosion of...
... Heh. ... I've looked over the AP1000 specs, and it seems pretty rugged. Besides, if the worst happens, do you REALLY think a plant will have to endure for...
... I am somewhat ambivalent about the Doppler Effect argument with respect to the PBMR model. I understand what the proponents are talking about, but being...
I had this idea and quietly sent it to a couple of folks (one in the government) almost three weeks ago. I never heard back from the government, and a letter...
What if.......we slowly shifted our thinking toward Nuclear Power. We were to close most of or should I say some of the Coal Fired Power plants a major...
I can imagine how this would be spun by the anti-nuclear groups. It would be considered the worst form of colonialism. Rich nations would be 'dumping' their...
... Hello! Welcome to Know_Nukes! :) ... Okay.... ... Well, technically speaking, coal plants are only proven to be increasing the levels of CO2 in the air....
Pictured at http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090329.html a very elegant, very dusty galaxy that has a supernova apparently near it, but, according to the...
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar wants to build thousands of new power plants to replace the burning of coal. The only problem is that the power source...
... April 6, 2009 by Mary Perham in Corning Leader Bath, N.Y. - In early January, the blades in the 53-turbine First Wind project in the town of Cohocton...
110dB???? Are they serious? And how far away from the turbines is that noise level recorded? And 110 decibels is not 'twice' 50 decibels, good lord, are ALL...
... Well, color me flummoxed. They are serious. http://www.maine.gov/doc/mfs/windpower/pubs/pdf/AddressingWindTurbineNoise.pdf According to the info in that...
Grrr. http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/04/08/democratic-divisions-stall-us-cap-and-trade/ Well, not only are the Democrats gutting support for...
Not all is lost. The EPC contract was recently issued for the two new Vogtle plants in Georgia. This comes shortly after Georgia state regulators approved the...
http://commentarius-ioannis.blogspot.com/2009/04/quote-of-day-from-nei-nuclear-notes.html  In Caritate Christi, Paulus Fiat Voluntas Dei Ave Maria, Gratia...
I would trust private enterprise with much these days. They are not the best leadership example, are they? What would be good would be TWO things. A shortening...
http://commentarius-ioannis.blogspot.com/2009/04/inability-to-make-rational-decisions.html  In Caritate Christi, Paulus Fiat Voluntas Dei Ave Maria, Gratia...
http://commentarius-ioannis.blogspot.com/2009/04/national-nuclear-day-in-iran.html  In Caritate Christi, Paulus Fiat Voluntas Dei Ave Maria, Gratia Plena,...
<sigh> Forcing North Korea to accede to six-nation talks a few years back was one of the largest moves in recent memory towards increasing the safety and...
Dick Cheney was on the board of directors of a company which sold $200 million worth of nuclear components to the dictatorial communist government of North...
... after looking at this comment, it's clear the person who wrote it really hasn't clue when the use terms like "fanatical" to describe the Muslim conquest of...
What was the name of the company that sold 'nuclear components' to North Korea? I noticed you didn't include that information in your post. What was the nature...
http://commentarius-ioannis.blogspot.com/2009/04/atheist-humanism-from-pro-nuclear.html  In Caritate Christi, Paulus Fiat Voluntas Dei Ave Maria, Gratia...