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NEI Nuclear Notes: Why SMRs Should Have Smaller Emergency Planning Zones
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News and commentary on the commercial nuclear energy industry. Wednesday, August 05, 2015. Why SMRs Should Have Smaller Emergency Planning Zones. Marcus Nichol and David Young. The following is a guest post by Marcus Nichol and David Young of NEI. In a recent decision, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission directed the agency staff. Initiate a rulemaking to revise e mergency preparedness. EP) regulations and guidance for Small Modular Reactor. EPZ) Compared to large LWRs, an accident at an SMR facility can b...
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NEI Nuclear Notes: Nuclear Safety and Innovation: Alive and Well in Georgia
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News and commentary on the commercial nuclear energy industry. Tuesday, August 04, 2015. Nuclear Safety and Innovation: Alive and Well in Georgia. Jennifer Harrelson and Wesley Williams. What is your job and why do you enjoy doing it? How are you bringing innovation to the nuclear industry? HARRELSON: Some of the first digitally operated nuclear units in the United States are being constructed at Vogtle. Digital instruments and controls are used in a limited scope at other nuclear plants and are used...
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NEI Nuclear Notes: The Ford Nucleon, Electric Cars and the Swiss Thought Experiment
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News and commentary on the commercial nuclear energy industry. Thursday, July 30, 2015. The Ford Nucleon, Electric Cars and the Swiss Thought Experiment. Here’s something I did not know. Existed, even as far as it did exist:. In the 1950s, perhaps the height of the so-called Atomic Age, Ford developed a concept car called the Ford Nucleon. Automobile was designed, according to Ford. Based on the assumption that future nuclear reactors. Obviously, the most famous nuclear car is the DeLorean DMC-12. In an ...
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NEI Nuclear Notes: Why the Electric Grid Needs Diversity
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News and commentary on the commercial nuclear energy industry. Monday, August 03, 2015. Why the Electric Grid Needs Diversity. NEI's Matt Wald sat down for an enlightening Q&A with the EPRI Journal. On how we ought to be managing the nation's electric grid. Here's an excerpt:. Wind and solar are growing by leaps and bounds because of tax subsidies, state mandates, and improving technology. Where is this leading the grid? Unlike the Eroica Symphony, the power grid has an oboe problem. Generation works...
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NEI Nuclear Notes: Nuclear, The Clean Power Plan and the Press
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News and commentary on the commercial nuclear energy industry. Monday, August 10, 2015. Nuclear, The Clean Power Plan and the Press. How has the Clean Power Plan gone over in the press? In general, pretty well, though the response tends to scan with a paper’s view of other subjects, such as their views on coal-fired energy and climate change. The New York Times, not always the best friend of the atom, rather grudgingly finds a place. From Dominion’s CEO. Mark Perry writes (furiously) in his op-ed column.
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RadioActive! The Nuclear Blog: 05/01/2013 - 06/01/2013
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Information, Discussion and Links on Radiation, Nuclear Energy and the Atomic Age. May 31, 2013. Uranium Film Festival Rio de Janeiro Announces 2013's "Yellow Oscar"-Winning Films. While I haven't yet had the chance to attend one of the touring festivals since their start in 2011, as a former media person with a life-long fascination in all things nuclear, the international Uranium Film Festival. Among this year's Yellow Oscar winners. Is Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1. Learn more abou...
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NEI Nuclear Notes: Nuclear Industry Skeptic Turns into Believer
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News and commentary on the commercial nuclear energy industry. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Nuclear Industry Skeptic Turns into Believer. My name is Jennifer Correa, and I am a mechanical engineer with Structural Integrity Associates. The above post by Structural Integrity Associates is a part of NEI’s Powered by Our People. Promotion which showcases the innovators within the nation’s nuclear energy workforce. For more on this promotion, follow the #futureofenergy. Tag across our digital channels. Fracking ...
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RadioActive! The Nuclear Blog: Uranium Film Festival Rio de Janeiro Announces 2013's "Yellow Oscar"-Winning Films
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Information, Discussion and Links on Radiation, Nuclear Energy and the Atomic Age. May 31, 2013. Uranium Film Festival Rio de Janeiro Announces 2013's "Yellow Oscar"-Winning Films. While I haven't yet had the chance to attend one of the touring festivals since their start in 2011, as a former media person with a life-long fascination in all things nuclear, the international Uranium Film Festival. Among this year's Yellow Oscar winners. Is Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1. Learn more abou...
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