Marking Fukushima at one year
March 6, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
Retrospective and prospective views
A message from Chapman Nuclear
New Lattice Confinement Fusion Power Reactors May Eliminate 95% of SNF
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Fukushima health effects
March 5, 2012, 10:00PMANS Nuclear Cafe
The American Nuclear Society Special Committee on Fukushima has been conducting a comprehensive study of the events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the Great East Japan earthquake of 2011. The special committee was tasked with providing a clear and concise explanation of what happened during the Fukushima Daiichi accident, and offer recommendations based on lessons learned. A report from the special committee will be released at a press conference on Thursday, March 8, at 10AM EST. The press conference will be webcast at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=85244, and the report will be available for download at http://fukushima.ans.org/.
A Fukushima investigative scorecard
March 5, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
Since the Fukushima accident last March, several Japanese investigative groups have been created to try to establish what actually happened. As the number of groups has grown, some confusion has understandably emerged. Here's a "scorecard" of the five primary Japanese investigative commissions, with a brief description of each.
94th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers
March 5, 2012, 1:55AMANS Nuclear Cafe
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up at NEI Nuclear Notes
This post is the collective voice of blogs with legendary names which emerge each week to tell the story of nuclear energy.
If you want to hear the voice of the nuclear renaissance, the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Blogs is where to find it.
Past editions have been hosted at Yes Vermont Yankee, Atomic Power Review, ANS Nuclear Cafe, Idaho Samizdat, NEI Nuclear Notes, Next Big Future, and CoolHandNuke, as well as several other popular nuclear energy blogs.
The publication of the Carnival each week is part of a commitment by the leading pro-nuclear bloggers in North America that we will speak with a collective voice on the issue of the value of nuclear energy. While we each have our own points of view, we agree that the promise of peaceful uses of the atom remains viable in our own time and for the future.
If you have a pro-nuclear energy blog, and would like to host an edition of the carnival, please contact Brian Wang at Next Big Future to get on the rotation.
This is a great collaborative effort that deserves your support. Please post a Tweet, a Facebook entry, or a link on your Web site or blog to support the carnival.
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ANS Special Committee on Fukushima to issue report on March 8
March 2, 2012, 9:00PMANS Nuclear Cafe
Webcast event available from National Press Club
Indian PM Singh claims anti-nuclear protests funded by U.S. NGOs
March 1, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
Kundankulam nuclear project jammed in new controversies
Space nuclear propulsion: Humanity's route to the solar system
February 29, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
Part I: Space nuclear reactor safety
The Mountains of Vermont Yankee
February 28, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
When I am reading an article or a blog post, I always appreciate when the writer places the immediate events into a bigger context. I always try to do this myself. Putting Vermont Yankee issues in context, however, is like facing a huge mountain range. There is always another set of hills beyond this one. Which mountain? Which context? Where to start?
Registration open for 2012 ANS Student Conference in Las Vegas
February 27, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
The University of Nevada Las Vegas Student Section of the American Nuclear Society will host the 2012 ANS Student Conference on April 12-15, 2012, at the UNLV Student Union.
93rd Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers
February 26, 2012, 11:46AMANS Nuclear Cafe
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up at Next Big Future
ANS Board Member Steven Arndt named Federal Engineer of the Year
February 24, 2012, 8:00PMANS Nuclear Cafe
Steven A. Arndt, Ph.D., P.E., cited as best engineer in federal service
TVA uses supercomputers to look inside reactors
February 23, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
A partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory will yield results for years to come
A young girl and high technology
February 22, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
When I was a young girl, I fell in love with science and technology. I was intrigued by famous physicist and chemist Marie Curie and her pioneering research on radioactivity. I wanted to know how such a small piece of uranium could be turned into so much energy. And my curiosity about the nuclear plant that was being built about 50 miles from where we lived only grew as I reached my teens.
Nuclear energy: The moral choice
February 21, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
During the 2011 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting in Washington, DC, a gathering of ANS members interested in social media and nuclear communications was held, with standing-room-only attendance. As the conversation went around the room, and people discussed their involvement in nuclear communications, a common thread held throughout: The participants felt a moral calling to advance nuclear science and technology through their work, and through their communications via social media. Most participants recounted an obligation that they felt to their community or their family, including the futures of their grandchildren.
ANS's Loewen visits local sections
February 20, 2012, 10:00PMANS Nuclear Cafe
Eric Loewen, president of the American Nuclear Society, kept up his rapid pace last week as he visited the ANS local section in Aiken, S.C., on February 15, and the one in Charlotte, N.C., on February 16. Loewen, as the featured speaker at the meetings of the two sections, presented his personal talk titled "Plutonium: Promise or Peril".
Nominate Young Members for National Awards!
February 20, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
Do you know someone who has worked tirelessly toward integrating young members into the American Nuclear Society? Do you know someone in the ANS Young Members Group who has demonstrated continued overall excellence in many areas? Now is your chance to nominate that person for national recognition of their efforts.
92nd Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers
February 19, 2012, 4:10PMANS Nuclear Cafe
This week we'd might as well call the Carnival the "Vermont Yankee" edition because of all the news coming out of that state about this reactor.
Czechs temper expectations at Temelin
February 16, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
Europe's biggest nuclear project is chopped down from five reactors to two
NOW CASTING: Discovery Channel's Top Engineer!
February 15, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
Discovery Channel seeks America's top inventors, machinists, and engineers to compete for a huge grand pr1ze
Lise Meitner's fantastic explanation: nuclear fission
February 14, 2012, 7:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe
On February 11, 1939, a Letter to the Editor titled "Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: a New Type of Nuclear Reaction" appeared in the science journal Nature. The letter provided the first theoretical explanation for the splitting of the atom, and coined a new term in physics: fission. The woman who co-authored the letter, and co-discovered the power of nuclear energy, is perhaps not quite as well-known as some of her contemporaries. Elise Meitner-how could hers not be a household name?