A message from Goodway Technologies

Optimizing Maintenance Strategies in Power Generation: Embracing Predictive and Preventive Approaches

The comfort of nuclear power

July 27, 2023, 12:00PMNuclear NewsJames Conca

I am lucky. I live near a nuclear power plant—arguably the best run and most beautiful power plant in the world. It’s comforting.

It’s comforting to see Columbia Generating Station’s clean white plume of pure steam rise into the air every time I leave my house. Every time I’m driving home. Every time it’s freezing outside. Every time it’s scorching hot.

Even the few times when it has gone quiet for refueling, the plant stands like a Norman castle protecting the region from energy poverty. It’s comforting.

To continue reading, log in or create a free account!

Will policies outlined in Project 2025 affect nuclear much?

March 31, 2025, 9:31AMNuclear News

I think so. The near future for nuclear depends on both the cabinet picks for Energy, Defense, Interior, and Commerce, and how well the new secretaries stick to the Project 2025 plan, the...

ARG-US Remote Monitoring Systems: Use Cases and Applications in Nuclear Facilities and During Transportation

February 28, 2025, 3:04PMRadwaste SolutionsYung Liu and Kevin A. Brown

As highlighted in the Spring 2024 issue of Radwaste Solutions, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are developing and deploying ARG-US—meaning “Watchful...

Gail H. Marcus—ANS member since 1973

November 25, 2024, 7:03AMANS News

I like to say that I ended up at Massachusetts Institute of Technology because of my father. He saw that I seemed intimidated by the prospect of going there, so he dared me, figuring I would...

Disney World should have gone nuclear

November 22, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing...

American Nuclear Society applauds Google's and Amazon's investments in nuclear

ANS CEO Craig Piercy welcomes tech industry's plans to build nuclear energy projects

October 16, 2024, 10:23AMPress Releases

Washington, D.C. — Craig Piercy, CEO of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), issued the following statement:"The American Nuclear Society applauds the announced partnerships between Google...

Crude oil transportation: Pick your poison

August 26, 2024, 3:16PMNuclear News

We all know that nuclear energy is the best energy source available—the safest and most reliable with the lowest life-cycle carbon footprint and the lowest environmental impact of any...

The JT-60SA project

August 2, 2024, 3:01PMNuclear NewsTakahiro Suzuki

JT-60SA (Japan Torus-60 Super Advanced) is the world’s largest superconducting tokamak device. Its goal is the earlier realization of fusion energy (see Fig. 1). Fusion is the energy that...

What did Atomic Man teach us about radiation exposure?

July 10, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

In 1976 at the Hanford Site in Washington state, a 64-year-old chemical operations technician named Harold McCluskey was working on columns filled with special exchange resins in a glove box...

Urgent imperative: The crucial role of near-term nuclear deployment

June 5, 2024, 12:00PMNuclear NewsJohn Wagner

As advocates for the environment, national security, and U.S. prosperity, and as believers that the substantial global expansion of nuclear energy is essential to these interests, let’s take...

The busyness of the nuclear fuel supply chain

May 7, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

With all that is happening in the industry these days, the nuclear fuel supply chain is still a hot topic. The Russian assault in Ukraine continues to upend the “where” and “how” of...

The comfort of nuclear power

Related Articles