Promoting clean, safe, reliable 4th generation nuclear power, 24/7/365
Humanity already has the technology to implement a global energy revolution.
We can now usher in a post-scarcity era while solving the most intractable problems that threaten life on Earth.
Wyoming To Lead The Coal-To-Nuclear Transition
By James Conca
Coal and natural gas together produce two-thirds of our electricity, almost equally split between them. Nuclear produces 20%, hydro produces 7%, and renewables about 7%. Oil produces even more energy than either coal or gas, but it is used almost entirely for transportation except during Polar Vortexes when coal, gas and wind fail to produce their share.
But nuclear just powers along, rarely affected by anything.
This reliability of nuclear, plus carbon emissions as low as wind, are why Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, TerraPower President and Chief Executive Officer Chris Levesque, Rocky Mountain Power President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Hoogeveen and Nuclear Energy Institute President and Chief Executive Officer Maria Korsnick attended an event at the Wyoming State Capitol to announce the intention to replace coal plants in the state with advanced nuclear power.
Manchin Urges Biden To Support Domestic Nuclear Fleet, Prevent Plant Closures
Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, urged President Biden to preserve the United States’ civil nuclear fleet and prevent further plant closures. Chairman Manchin also highlighted that nuclear energy is critical to providing a reliable power grid, reducing carbon emissions, and addressing climate change.
This physician has studied the Fukushima disaster for a decade—and found a surprising health threat
One evening in June 2011, Masaharu Tsubokura went to bed and found he couldn’t close his left eye. His face was paralyzed, and for a few weeks the doctor who had spent months counseling residents displaced by a massive nuclear disaster was himself a patient.
The paralysis was temporary. But the stress that caused it has been a constant in Tsubokura’s life since he volunteered in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, days after the triple catastrophe that rocked it on 11 March 2011: a magnitude 9 earthquake, a tsunami that rose up to 40 meters, and multiple meltdowns and explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. What was meant to be a short volunteer stint giving health checks to evacuees became a career that has lasted 10 years and counting.
Smaller, safer, cheaper: One company aims to reinvent the nuclear reactor and save a warming planet
To a world facing the existential threat of global warming, nuclear power would appear to be a lifeline. Advocates say nuclear reactors, compact and able to deliver steady, carbon-free power, are ideal replacements for fossil fuels and a way to slash greenhouse gas emissions. However, in most of the world, the nuclear industry is in retreat. The public continues to distrust it. . .
Read the article at sciencemag.org
The Science Council for Global Initiatives is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. All contributions are tax-deductible.
© 2021 The Science Council for Global Initiatives | We do not use cookies.
(c) 2014 Your Copyright Info