TEPCO Updates on Fukushima Daiichi Conditions (with video)ANS Nuclear CafeSeptember 30, 2016, 11:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeSpecial ANS Friday Matinee edition by Will DavisGo to ArticleTags:earthquakefukushimanatural disastersnuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
ANS Friday Matinee - April 20, 2016ANS Nuclear CafeMay 20, 2016, 3:45PM|ANS Nuclear CafeOur Friday Matinee for today is the latest of the excellent Vogtle Timeline videos produced by Georgia Power to document the construction progress of Vogtle Units 3 and 4. The series stands as one of the most thorough video documentations of nuclear plant construction ever filmed, and this latest update is every bit as informative as its predecessors.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
ANS Nuclear Cafe Friday Matinee - April 29ANS Nuclear CafeApril 29, 2016, 12:42PM|ANS Nuclear CafeThis week's Friday Matinee features an update on the construction progress at Plant Vogtle's Units 3 and 4, the new AP1000 units being built in Georgia. This is the First Quarter 2016 update and runs less than ten minutes.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
ANS Friday Nuclear Matinee / February 5, 2016ANS Nuclear CafeFebruary 5, 2016, 5:00PM|ANS Nuclear CafeThis week's ANS Nuclear Cafe Friday Matinee features an update from South Carolina Electric & Gas on "A Year of Progress for V. C. Summer Units 2 and 3." These two AP1000 units are being built near an existing nuclear unit, and not too far from the former (now decommissioned) site of "The Southeast's First Nuclear Power Plant," the Carolinas-Virginia Tube Reactor.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Friday Nuclear Matinee - Race for Atomic PowerANS Nuclear CafeJuly 10, 2015, 3:51PM|ANS Nuclear CafeThis 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.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear historynuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Friday Nuclear Matinee - the Advanced Test Reactor at INLANS Nuclear CafeJune 19, 2015, 6:08PM|ANS Nuclear CafeThe 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.Go to ArticleTags:idaho national laboratorynuclear historynuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Video Matinee: Controlling a Nuclear Power PlantANS Nuclear CafeAugust 29, 2014, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeThis new video from AREVA takes a fascinating look at the "brain and nervous system" for controlling a nuclear power plant: the plant's Instrumentation and Control (I&C) system.Go to ArticleTags:i&cnuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Why TVA Is Completing Watts Bar 2ANS Nuclear CafeAugust 15, 2014, 1:57PM|ANS Nuclear CafeGot a minute (and 22 seconds)? Catch a quick update on the first new commercial nuclear energy in the United States of the 21st century-in Tennessee.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineetvawatts barShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: Heavy Lifting at V.C. SummerANS Nuclear CafeAugust 8, 2014, 3:57PM|ANS Nuclear CafeHeavy lifts equal heavy progress at the construction site of V.C. Summer-2 and -3 in South Carolina. Following is the latest update on recent major milestones completed at what will be the first new commercial nuclear energy reactors in the United States in 30 years.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineev.c. summerShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: The Mighty Watts Bar FLEX BuildingANS Nuclear CafeJuly 25, 2014, 5:57PM|ANS Nuclear CafeIf a tornado just happens to come through... flying steel pipes, telephone poles, or even automobiles will be no match for this building. This is the new Watts Bar FLEX building, housing emergency backup equipment like generators and pumps that could be used to replace equipment in case of damage from a natural disaster. Watts Bar will likely be the first nuclear facility in the United States to comply with all the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's post-Fukushima requirements, as the Tennessee Valley Authority works toward licensing for Watts Bar Unit 2 with a target date of beginning commercial operation in December next year.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineenuclear regulatory commissionShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Video Matinee: Vogtle Nuclear Construction UpdateANS Nuclear CafeJuly 11, 2014, 3:57PM|ANS Nuclear CafeNear Augusta, Georgia, the first new commercial nuclear power reactors under construction in the United States in 30 years continue to "go vertical." Take an inside look at the latest from the Vogtle-3 and -4 construction site, including placement of the 1.8 million pound containment vessel bottom head for Unit 4, the cooling tower for Unit 3 surpassing 300 feet, and a very interesting visit to the Port of Savannah where many of the most massive Vogtle components arrive via ship.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineevideovogtleShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: CNBC's Where The Jobs Are—The New Nuclear Generation at V.C. SummerANS Nuclear CafeJune 8, 2014, 1:27AM|ANS Nuclear CafeCNBC's Mary Thompson visits the construction site of two new nuclear energy reactors at V.C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in South Carolina, and talks with South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Chief Nuclear Officer Jeffrey Archie about new construction and operation jobs-in South Carolina and industry-wide.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineev.c. summervideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: Getting to Know Nuclear: Past, Present, and FutureANS Nuclear CafeMay 24, 2014, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeWith Memorial Day Weekend at hand, this is a good time to sit down and take a more in-depth look at the history, and the future, of nuclear energy. Dr. Roger Blomquist of Argonne National Laboratory leads a public tour on this fascinating topic. Note the video begins at 0:40 and Dr. Blomquist begins at 7:30.Go to ArticleTags:argonne national laboratorynuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Video Matinee Mother's Day Double FeatureANS Nuclear CafeMay 9, 2014, 7:57PM|ANS Nuclear CafeThe second Sunday in May marks the celebration of Mother's Day in the United States and many countries. In honor of this wonderful tradition, the Nuclear Cafe Matinee is quite pleased to showcase interviews with nuclear engineer Julie Ezold, Californium-252 Production Program Manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Go to ArticleTags:isotopesnuclear matineenuclear technologyoak ridge national laboratoryShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Video Matinee: Fukushima Health Effects in North America (?)ANS Nuclear CafeMay 2, 2014, 8:57PM|ANS Nuclear CafeStudies by Janette Sherman and Joseph Mangano purporting to link radiation from Fukushima to health effects in the United States have made for alarming headlines in news outlets on occasion, and have come under fire by critics who charge flawed methodology (for example, What Can We Do About Junk Science and Researchers Trumpet Another Flawed Fukushima Study).Go to ArticleTags:fukushimanuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Video Matinee: Offshore Nuclear PlantsANS Nuclear CafeApril 25, 2014, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeJacopo Buongiorno of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discusses some of the advantages of a nuclear reactor concept under development in collaboration with industry and other universities: floating off-shore nuclear power plants, constructed entirely in a shipyard, anchored off the coast, linked to the electric grid via undersea cable. Earthquakes and tsunamis would not be a threat, the ocean would be readily available to serve as a heat sink for reactor cooling, emergency evacuation planning would be a lesser consideration...Go to ArticleTags:mitnuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear video matinee: Africa looks to nuclear powerANS Nuclear CafeApril 18, 2014, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeThe World Bank reports that fewer than 10 percent of African households have access to the electrical grid. Some countries such as Kenya and Nigeria are looking to add nuclear energy to their grids, Egypt has plans to implement nuclear energy and South Africa wants to expand its share. This video from Voice of America News discusses some recent developments in nuclear energy in Africa and pros and cons.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineevideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Video Matinee: NuScale and TerraPower at CERAWeekANS Nuclear CafeApril 11, 2014, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeICOSA Media caught up with NuScale chief executive officer Chris Colbert and TerraPower CEO John Gilleland at the recent CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Tex. The two leaders of these innovative nuclear energy companies discuss the how's and why's of their small and beautiful reactor designs-the NuScale Small Modular reactor and the TerraPower Traveling Wave reactor.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineenuscalesmall modular reactorsterrapowerShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: Vogtle Nuclear Construction UpdateANS Nuclear CafeApril 4, 2014, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeNear Augusta, Georgia, the first new commercial nuclear power reactors built in the United States in 30 years continue to take shape. This latest video update features the recent heavy lift of the massive 5-story CA20 module, which will house the spent fuel pool, fuel transfer canal, and other essential components for Unit 3. The video also features a visit by US Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz, day-to-day problem-solving operations at the site's operations control center (especially during recent unusually cold weather), and the immeasurable beneficial economic and other impacts on the region's economy and school systems. Fuel loading and connection to the grid is scheduled for Unit 3 in 2017, and Unit 4 in 2018.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineevideovogtleShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: How It's Made—Spent Nuclear Fuel ContainersANS Nuclear CafeMarch 28, 2014, 3:48PM|ANS Nuclear CafeThis excerpt from the Discovery Channel's How It's Made series documents the making of a spent nuclear fuel container.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineeShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook