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Goddard Digital Team reported in June 2024 that geocientists have eagerly awaited the opportunity to dig into the 4.3-ounce (121.6-gram) pristine asteroid Bennu sample collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission since it was delivered to Earth last fall.
Patel reported in mid-November 2024 that Westinghouse and Radiant Industries have secured a $5 million Department of Energy (DOE) award to advance their microreactor designs for testing at the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) testbed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL)— the world’s first facility, specifically designed to support fueled reactor experiments for advanced nuclear technologies.
The two companies, along with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. (USNC), received a combined $3.9 million in October 2023 as part of the DOE’s i...
Read More...Houston reported in mid-November 2024 that a 78-page report was recently issued that details state plans to attract a fleet of 'next generation' nuclear power plants to Texas. In 2023, Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group to study the issue and make recommendations.
The task force's report includes seven proposals that aim to expand Texas's nuclear industry. In a key recommendation, the group says Texas should offer energy companies low-interest loans that cover nuclear power plants' up-front construction...
Spott reported in September of 2022 a White Paper that global energy is at an inflection point. Climate change is driving the urgent need for carbon-free electricity. Energy infrastructure and commodity markets are coming into high focus. A new wave of technological changes geared towards higher energy efficiency is underway. Spott concluded that nuclear energy and uranium mining companies are poised to benefit from this shift.
The case for uranium-mining equities comes down to three converging factors:
Hartmann opined in mid-November, just after the 2024 Elections, that Biden’s real economic reforms were drowned out by the powerful lure of Trump’s promises and lies. We just elected a guy who’s fine with the planet melting down, kids getting shot in school, insurance companies going back to denying coverage for preexisting conditions, and wants to weaponize the federal government in a way dictators do.
What happened?
Democrats thought the 2024 election would be all about Donald Trump’s embrace of fascism and the future of our democracy....
Read More...James Conca, Ph.D. reported in a recent webinar that eradicating global poverty, and its evil stepchildren war and terrorism, presents an unforeseen conundrum with respect to human health and the environment. About 3,000 kiloWatt-hours (kWh) per person per year is necessary for someone to have what we consider a good life.
For the 10+ billion humans expected to occupy this planet by mid-century, our total power production must grow from 27 trillion kWh/yr to over 40 trillion kWh/yr. This requires all non-fossil energy sources be developed t...
Read More...Peters reported in early November 2024 that demand for clean energy is on the rise, and nuclear power has become one of the most popular approaches to fill the demand gap. Conversations about the critical minerals race sometimes neglect to mention uranium. It’s not always listed as a critical material (it may be left off certain lists and considered a fuel material instead). But it’s very much in a critical situation.
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Read More...Hartmann opined just after the 2024 Election that we just watched the final fulfillment of a 50 year plan. Louis Powell laid it out in 1971, and every step along the way Republicans have follow it. It was a plan to turn America over to the richest men and the largest corporations. It was a plan to replace democracy with oligarchy.
A large handful of America’s richest people invested billions in this plan, and its tax breaks and fossil fuel subsidies have made them trillions. More will soon come to them. As any advertising executive can t...
Read More...Sabine Hossenfelder is a very popular science communicator who focuses largely on topics in physics. Although much of her content is effective and without issue, there is an undercurrent of anti-establishment rhetoric that has grown immensely as of late, and it is an enormous problem.
Sabine is a not a charlatan like most of my other targets, and this is not a hit piece, but rather commentary on this aspect of her work and how it came to be. If you are a fan of hers, consider this perspective.
Astronomy/Astrophysics Tutorials: http://bit....
Read More...García reported on November 1st 2024 that the NPP was opened for the first time on New Year’s Eve of 1971, the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan but went offline May 20, 2022 for what was thought to be the final time. However, the very company that received the license to decommission the facility now plans to have it reopened by next year’s end.
The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Credits: Enercon
The Palisades shutdown: Holtec International’...
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