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The January 2013 issue of ANS's Nuclear Technology journal is available electronically and in hard copy for American Nuclear Society member subscribers and others. Non-subscribers click here to subscribe to NT and other ANS titles.
An International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering
One of the single most valuable pieces of energy real estate in the United States is located a few miles outside of Chatham, Virginia, less than an hour's drive from my home. Millions of years ago, natural forces concentrated about 119 million pounds of uranium in a relatively small volume of what is now a cow pasture. That is enough raw material to supply all of the nuclear power plants in the United States with all of their fuel needs for a little more than two years. If valued at today's suppressed, post-Fukushima market price, the deposit is worth about $7 billion.
The 139th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up now at Yes! Vermont Yankee. Click here to get to this latest edition.
Microsoft founder and extraordinary philanthropist Bill Gates is also a nuclear energy enthusiast.
Today the ANS Nuclear Cafe Matinee features the impressive transformation going on at the Plant Vogtle -3 and -4 construction site near Waynesboro, Georgia.
In Vermont, the Holiday Season did not slow the wave of actions and interest about energy in general and the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in particular. Vermont Yankee continues to run very well, and there have not been even any routine events for opponents to "crow" about.
The 138th Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers is now up at the popular site "Next Big Future." You can click here to view this latest edition.
Recent announcements and news stories about a Russian project to build a floating and essentially portable nuclear power plant have been variously tabbed with the heading "new." The idea of a floating, mobile nuclear plant (which is not self-propelled and not a ship) is indeed not new-the nuclear barge STURGIS, itself a converted Liberty Ship, served as a power source for the Panama Canal for many years, beginning back in 1967. The new Russian plants bring extra excitement because they are classed, properly, in the now-popular small modular reactor plant category, having been based on true seagoing designs. This, of course, hints at the fact that their output will not approach that of any of the large, conventional nuclear plants familiar today.
The New Year's 2013 edition of the weekly Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is posted at The Hiroshima Syndrome. This week's topics include: suggested nuclear New Year's resolutions for Japan; future prospects for nuclear energy in 
America; getting along with antinuclear friends and neighbors; a radical nuke that also makes cheap diesel fuel; how the NRC's nuclear decommissioning fund is not a tax subsidy. For the full reports, see The Hiroshima Syndrome (the internet's top source for Fukushima updates and commentary).
The woman on the moral high ground
The 136th Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers is up right now at Atomic Power Review. You can click here to see this latest installment of a long running tradition.
The nuclear energy industry is the only large-scale energy producer responsible for managing and storing (and paying for) all the wastes generated by the process [in contrast to, for example... dumping wastes into the atmosphere].
How to avoid information overload on the Internet
The December 2012 issue of ANS's Nuclear Technology journal is available electronically and in hard copy for American Nuclear Society member subscribers and others. Non-subscribers click here to subscribe to NT and other ANS titles.
ANS Nuclear Cafe is proud to host the 135th edition of the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers. The Carnival is a rotating weekly feature among nuclear blogs and presents some of the most interesting and pertinent discussions of nuclear energy news and analysis in the blogosphere.
The 800 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity produced by the 104 nuclear reactors in the United States each year -- all while emitting no greenhouse gases -- is by far America's biggest source of green energy. And this abundant energy source can become even greener by recycling used nuclear fuel.
The December issue of Nuclear News magazine is available in hard copy and electronically for American Nuclear Society members (click 'ANS Members' or 'Subscribers' in left column).
