Mars - brought to you by NASA and nuclear power. After three action-packed years on Mars, the Curiosity rover is ready to take on higher slopes of Mount Sharp. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1391
This week's ANS Friday Nuclear Matinee features the second quarter 2015 construction update from South Carolina Electric & Gas's V.C. Summer nuclear power plant, where two new AP1000 nuclear units are under construction. The massive size of the components and construction is well displayed in this video, which dates from late July 2015.
It's that time! Popcorn in hand? Let's watch ANS member Kaylee Yuhas as she talks about how nuclear reactions actually work.
The 275th edition of the Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival has posted at Northwest Clean Energy.
Is nuclear energy safe? Kaylee Yuhas explains why it is the best option for our planet and our energy needs.
The 274th edition of the Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival has posted at Next Big Future
"The Atom Goes to Sea - Excursion in Science" a 1954 film by General Electric
by Will Davis
by Nicholas Thompson
President Obama took an historic step in establishing the first-ever national standards to limit carbon emissions from power plants in the administration's final Clean Power Plan.
"Movies and video games would have us believe that radiation is the most toxic thing you could be exposed to...how true is that?" Nuclear enthusiast Christopher Willis helps you to understand in his own witty way.
by Beth Kelly
This week's ANS Nuclear Cafe Friday Matinee features a video from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commmission on safety systems used in CANDU reactors.
This week's feature is a six and a half minute video from Argonne National Laboratory.
The 269th edition of the Nuclear Energy Blog Carnival has posted at Yes Vermont Yankee
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.