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What’s Riskier: Solar or Nuclear?
Nuclear energy is the highest risk form of power production, right?
That’s been my unexamined assumption as I looked through various non-fossil energy alternatives. Today, though, while researching Three Mile Island (you know, a what-did-really-happen? piece) I ran across an old Oak Ridge National Lab report that made me think a little deeper. Not just about [...]
The Friendly Energy System: The Invisible Hand Decarbonization Plan
In today’s New York Times, we read John Tierney making the argument that energy systems have an internal logic and will naturally decarbonize. Bonus: that means we don’t need a “rousing speech” for Earth Day. In fact, double bonus, we don’t need to do anything except get filthy rich!
1. There will be no green revolution [...]
How 9/11 Changed the Long-Term Energy Game
In the New York Times today, we read that nuclear regulators have ruled that new nuclear reactors must be invulnerable to a direct airplane strike.
The rule, approved by the commission in a 4-to-0 vote, requires that new reactors be designed so their containment structure would remain intact after a plane crash, cooling systems would continue [...]
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