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 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 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: Economic Benefits from Seabrook StationANS Nuclear CafeJanuary 24, 2014, 7:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeA nuclear power station contributes a lot more in benefits to a community and region than just massive amounts of 24/7 electricity generation-although it should be noted that, in the case of Seabrook Station alone, 42 percent of New Hampshire's entire electricity generation comes from this single power plant. Amazing. See this excellent post at NEI Nuclear Notes for more on Seabrook's "bigger picture," and this story for more on regional economic benefits in particular.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineeseabrook stationvideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Video Matinee: Plant Vogtle Nuclear Construction? It’s BIG!!ANS Nuclear CafeJanuary 17, 2014, 7:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeHa! Words don't do justice - just click 'play,' faithful Matinee viewers, and enjoy.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineeplant vogtlevideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: V.C. Summer Nuclear Construction UpdateANS Nuclear CafeJanuary 10, 2014, 5:57PM|ANS Nuclear CafeHaving a few days ago caught up with the latest milestones in construction of new nuclear units at Plant Vogtle in Georgia, let us take a look at the latest history in the making at the construction site of units 2 and 3 of the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in South Carolina - and in the local community surrounding one of the largest construction projects in the state's history. Construction of two new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors officially began in March 2013 and the reactors are planned to be online in 2018.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineev.c. summervideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: Vogtle Nuclear Construction UpdateANS Nuclear CafeJanuary 8, 2014, 5:57PM|ANS Nuclear CafeIt's been more than two years since Vogtle Units 3 and 4 began to rise from the landscape near Waynesboro, Georgia-though construction officially began just last March with pouring of the Unit 3 basemat concrete, and a few months ago in November with the Unit 4 basemat. Turbine buildings, cooling towers, AP1000 reactor operator training... 2013 saw great strides toward the first new commercial nuclear power reactors in the United States in 30 years. Join host Joe Washington for a tour of the most recent milestones achieved in this amazing construction project.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineevideovogtleShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: V.C. Summer nuclear construction updateANS Nuclear CafeOctober 4, 2013, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeTwo new AP1000 nuclear power reactors are under construction at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Along with two new units at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Georgia, these are the first new nuclear units built in the United States in the past three decades.Go to ArticleTags:ap1000new buildnew nuclear plantsnorth american young generation in nuclearnuclear matineev.c. summervideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Vogtle 3rd quarter 2013 construction updateANS Nuclear CafeOctober 3, 2013, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeThe ANS Nuclear Cafe Matinee is usually celebrated on Fridays-but this time, we just couldn't wait.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineevideovogtleShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: Vogtle Construction Time-Lapse VideoANS Nuclear CafeJuly 26, 2013, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeA new time-lapse video shows early site preparation and containment vessel bottom head placement at the Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Georgia. Two new nuclear power reactors are scheduled to begin operations at Plant Vogtle in 2017 and 2018. Along with two units under construction at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in South Carolina, these will be the first new nuclear units built in the United States in the last three decades. Enjoy the show!Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineevideovogtleShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: Westinghouse We Are Nuclear Energy TV CommercialANS Nuclear CafeJune 21, 2013, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafePresenting a new nuclear energy TV commercial - unveiled at the 2013 American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting this week!Go to ArticleTags:arevanuclear matineetv commercialvideowestinghouseShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: Plant Vogtle Nuclear Construction UpdateANS Nuclear CafeMay 31, 2013, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeLast week at the ANS Nuclear Cafe Matinee we caught up with the latest milestones in nuclear construction going on at the V.C. Summer site in South Carolina. Now, let's take a look at history in the making at Plant Vogtle in Burke County, Georgia, where construction of two new AP1000 reactors is quickly moving onward and upward. How in the world do you make a nuclear power plant? Watch, and find out.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineeplant vogtlevideovogtleShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: VC Summer Nuclear Construction UpdateANS Nuclear CafeMay 24, 2013, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeAmerica's first new commercial nuclear energy reactors in 30 years are under construction at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in Fairfield County, South Carolina, and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Burke County, Georgia.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear matineevc summervideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
A Boy And His Atom – The World's Smallest MovieANS Nuclear CafeMay 3, 2013, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeA group of IBM researchers have created the world's smallest movie - starring 130 atoms (well, the oxygen atoms of carbon monoxide molecules). An atomic-scale must-see!Go to ArticleTags:educationibmk-12nuclear matineescience & engineering educationvideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Friday Nuclear Matinee: Vallecitos Atomic Power Plant – "1st Private Atom Power Plant Opens"ANS Nuclear CafeMarch 29, 2013, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeWhile Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania was the first full-scale nuclear plant to be designed and built to provide commercial electric power, the Vallecitos Atomic Electric Power Plant in California was actually the first privately-financed nuclear power plant to provide meaningful amounts of electricity for public use.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear historynuclear matineevallecitosvideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
ANS Video Interview: Women in Nuclear TechnologyANS Nuclear CafeNovember 9, 2012, 7:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeWhat will be the future influence of women in nuclear science and technology What can be done to encourage more women and girls to enter nuclear science and energy fields-and to stay in the "technical track"? How important are role models?Go to ArticleTags:american nuclear societyeducationk-12nuclear matineevideovideo interviewwomenwomen in nuclearShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Friday Nuclear Matinee: E=mc² is incomplete (!)ANS Nuclear CafeNovember 2, 2012, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeAlbert Einstein's famous equation E=mc² explains, of course, why a nuclear power reactor can generate so much electricity in such a relatively tiny space, while using such a relatively tiny amount of fuel. Electricity from other forms of energy, say tidal or wind motion, sunlight, chemical bonds (burning things)... well, nuclear fission and fusion, thanks to E=mc², are definitely in their very own league.Go to ArticleTags:educationk-12minute physicsminutephysicsnuclear matineephysicsvideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: Prep work at Sequoyah Unit 2ANS Nuclear CafeOctober 5, 2012, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeToday's ANS Nuclear Matinee shows viewers a time-lapse film of a steel superstructure being built on top of the dome of Sequoyah-2's reactor containment building. The work is being done to ready the site for a large maintenance project scheduled at the plant. When complete, the superstructure will support the removal of parts of the dome along with the reactor containment vessel and steam generator enclosures.Go to ArticleTags:electricitynuclear energynuclear matineesequoyah nuclear power plantsteam generatorstennessee valley authoritytvavideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Nuclear Matinee: The Higgs, or not the Higgs? Spin will tellANS Nuclear CafeSeptember 28, 2012, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeThe Higgs boson caused quite a stir earlier this year when its discovery was announced on July 4. After all, the Higgs field, as proven by the existence of the Higgs boson, is basically the reason that matter has "mass" in our universe.Go to ArticleTags:cerneducationhiggsnuclear matineephysicsvideoShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook