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This week's feature is a half hour documentary on the history of the National Reactor Testing Station, or NRTS (now part of Idaho National Laboratory) which has seen 52 different and largely unique reactors constructed on the same, enormous site. The importance of efforts at NRTS over the years cannot be underestimated.
The 268th Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival is being held this week here at the ANS Nuclear Cafe. Each week, the world's top English-language pro-nuclear bloggers and authors contribute their top posts of the week, which are gathered at one of the blogs on a rotating basis. Let's get to it!
by Jim Hopf
This week's presentation features one of the biggest stars in the world of nuclear energy today: Plant Vogtle's expansion project. You'll see the progress on site first hand, as always presented to us by the affable Joe Washington. Click the link and enjoy this Friday's Nuclear Matinee.
"Technical Area Five" or TA-V at Sandia National Laboratories encompasses a fascinating array of nuclear research activitites, which are detailed in this five-and-a-half minute video.
The versatile, powerful and unique ATR (Advanced Test Reactor) at Idaho National Laboratory is featured in this video describing it, the history of materials testing reactors that led up to it, and the uses for this amazing facility. Fuel handling and storage are also shown and described.
The only power facility in California that does not use any of the state's precious fresh water is the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo County. It can even produce additional freshwater for the nearby community.
Editors note: On June 11, 2015, Eugene Grecheck became the 2015-2016 president of the American Nuclear Society. The following is his vision for nuclear and ANS.
South Korea's Shin-Kori units 3 and 4 (left pair) and 5 and 6 (right pair.) Preconstruction art courtesy KEPCO.
by Will Davis, reporting from the 2015 ANS Annual Meeting
by Will Davis, reporting from the ANS Annual Meeting in San Antonio
By Jim Conca
The 261st edition of the Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival has posted at Atomic Power Review.
Opinion piece for ANS Nuclear Cafe by Will Davis
by Sophie Prevot
ANS Nuclear Cafe is proud to host the 259th Nuclear Energy Blogger Carnival. This rotating feature travels around the various pro-nuclear, English-language blogs every week and showcases the top blog posts of those blogs, as submitted by the blog authors or administrators. Let's get to it!
Editor's Note: Evan Twarog is a new nuclear enthusiast writer from New Hampshire. We welcome his first article on the ANS Nuclear Cafe.
Tugs prepare to start the former nuclear barge Sturgis on the final voyage this morning, April 16, 2015. Photo courtesy NS SAVANNAH ASSOCIATION, INC.Tugs prepare to start the former nuclear barge Sturgis on the final voyage this morning, April 16, 2015. Photo courtesy NS SAVANNAH ASSOCIATION, INC.
This morning at twenty minutes after nine, the historic nuclear barge Sturgis began what will surely be the final voyage in its life. Shut down since 1976 and unneeded, the barge is being towed to Texas where it will ultimately be completely dismantled and scrapped.
by Will Davis
Callaway Energy Center - one of the completed, historic SNUPPS nuclear plants. Photo courtesy AMEREN Missouri.
by Will Davis