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Radio & Online Interviews of  Steve Curtis & Tom Dolan on

Recycling Nuclear Energy


Steve Curtis "Energy Matters" Interview - Fargo North Dakota 02-27-2021

#1 - Nuclear Power Now & in the Future 
03-24-2020

#2 - Recycling - The Ashes of Nuclear Fission
03-31-2020

#3 - All Renewables? Will Future Energy Needs be Met?
04-07-2020


Nuclear Power Recycling - What do I know?
10-22-2019
Recycling Nuclear Fuel - Is the time now for the US?
12/10/2019

Earth Day 2020 SWVA

 


 

The Activists Who Embrace Nuclear Power - Read Full Article @ The New Yorker

Activists Who Embrace Nuclear Power
In the face of climate change, some environmentalists are fighting not to close power plants but to save them. Illustration by Clément Thoby; Source photograph by David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty
In 2004, Heather Hoff was working at a clothing store and living with her husband in San Luis Obispo, a small, laid-back city in the Central Coast region of California. A few years earlier, she had earned a B.S. in materials engineering from the nearby California Polytechnic State University. But she’d so far found work only in a series of eclectic entry-level positions—shovelling grapes at a winery, assembling rectal thermometers for cows. She was twenty-four years old and eager to start a career.

One of the county’s major employers was the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, situated on the coastline outside the city. Jobs there were stable and well-paying. But Diablo Canyon is a nuclear facility—it consists of two reactors, each contained inside a giant concrete dome—and Hoff, like many people, was suspicious of nuclear power. Read More (Full Article to Download & Read)....


Never Attempt to Solve a Problem..... When the Solution Has Been There for a Long Time


BY: Taras Lyseenko - November 16, 2020
The solution: Take the uranium-235 isotope, add a neutron to create unstable uranium-236, which splits (fissions), releasing a lot of energy. Use that fission energy to turn water into steam, and turn turbines, which generates electrical energy. Nuclear energy is the solution to a clean energy future, and one that ends our dependence on foreign oil.

For decades, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) has spent billions of dollars researching and developing this solution that is, because of the expertise invested, the safest, cleanest, carbon-free technology to produce abundant amounts of electrical energy. The problem with implementing this solution is the United States Congress.

We keep electing people to that body who choose to use energy generation as leverage to gain political power, rather than doing what is best for the American public. On the liberal side, they play on the altruistic fantasies of their followers with the myths of “renewable” energy generation, such as wind and solar, all the while ignoring the truth that these forms are inefficient and harmful to the environment.

Conservatives pretend that “market forces” will bring forth the next generation of nuclear energy. They ignore the fact that there are socialized agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that make advancement almost economically impossible. However, we as a nation will keep on doing research projects at the DOE’s National Laboratories, handing out pay checks and accolades for minor incremental technology advancements that will in all likelihood never see commercial applications unless we demand that Congress act in a responsible manner.

There are some easy to understand truths. Advanced nuclear reactor designs are well developed and understood. Spent fuel can and should be recycled providing centuries of fuel resources supplying the reactors. The recycling technologies exist and should be commercialized in the United States. Advancing the next generation of fission will propel advances in electric vehicle development (at present, the vast majority of such vehicles are charged by burning fossil fuels), bring forth spin-off applications such as high-speed electromagnetic rail systems, and ward off the developing catastrophic problem of future supplies of fresh water.

It does not matter whether your issues of concern are the changing climate or the fact that we will at some point run out of carbon-based fossil fuels. We, as a nation, need to advance the next generation of nuclear energy. We must convince the United States Congress to act in our best interest and champion the greatly expanded deployment of nuclear fission.


VIRGINIA’S NUCLEAR ENERGY’S LAND FOOTPRINT is quite small

Nuclear energy produces massive amounts of carbon-free electricity on less land than any other clean-air source.

A typical 1,000 -megawatt (MW) nuclear power plant (NPP) facility in the United States needs a little more than 1 square mile to operate.

  • Virginia’s Lake Anna NPP generates 1,892 MW on 1.7 square miles.
  • Virginia’s Surry NPP generates 1,678 MW on 1.3 square miles.

Combined they produce 3,500 MW 24 hours a day 365 days a year on 3 square miles (40% of Virginia’s electricity).

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) states that wind farms require 360 times more land area and solar photovoltaic plants require 75 times more land area to produce the same amount of electricity as nuclear energy.

So, for wind to equal the same amount of electricity produced by both Virginia NPP’s would require (3 X 360 = ) 1,080 square miles. To put that in perspective, you would need more than 1,505 wind turbines to produce the same amount of electricity.

For solar farm to equal the same amount of electricity produced by both Virginia NPP’s would require (3 X 75 = ) 225 square miles. To also put that in perspective, you would need more than 10,500,000 million solar panels to produce the same amount of electricity.

The above calculations do not include the Capacity factor of the wind or solar facilities. (Capacity factor - the ratio of the total actual energy produced if the plant (generating unit(s)) had operated continuously at the maximum rating). Meaning that the electricity output of the wind and solar facilities capacity is based on if the sun shined 24 hours per day or the proper amount of wind blew 24 hours per day!

So, in reality the electricity produced on an average day from sunshine during the year in Virginia is 7.4 hours a day and it is not cloudy on average of 61.5% of the year, thus making solar only about 20% efficient. The average for wind may be closer to 30%.

Another interesting fact is that a nuclear power plant can operate for 80 years or more (and the used fuel can be recycled), however both solar and wind need to be replaced after 25-30 years a cost factor that is never addressed when implementing these facilities.

Most of these facilities are only 30 to 35 year deals. Besides where are all of those used wind and solar items to go after their lifespan is up?

And just imagine that if two Next Generation Nuclear Power Plants were constructed on even less land, and can be powered on existing Used Nuclear Fuel already in the State, Virginia could be powering 80% of the state on under 5 Square miles and half of that energy could come from recycled nuclear fuel (what some folks call waste!)

The following Virginia map is a visualization of size comparison on Wind – Solar - Combined 2 Virginia Nuclear Power Plants Equal Electricity Output - Land Area Usage Comparison.

This is a True Comparison ONLY IF:

  1.  The sun shined 24 hours a day 365 days a year, which it Does Not!
  2.  The wind blew between 6 to 50 miles per hour 24 hours a day 365 days a year, which it Does Not!
  3.  Nuclear Power Plants produce electricity 24 hours a day 365 days a year, which it DOES!

Both Nuclear Plants power 40% of Virginia. How will renewables power the other 60% if they only produce power only 20-25% of the time?

Wind & Solar size as compred to Surry & North Anna Combined 4-12-2020

Elysium Industries -

DEVELOPING THE MOLTEN CHLORIDE SALT FAST REACTOR (MCSFR) TECHNOLOGY TO UNLOCK THE ABUNDANCE OF CLEAN, SAFE, AND INEXPENSIVE ENERGY FOR OUR GROWING GLOBALIZED AND DIGITALIZED WORLD

Nuclear Ed Announces....

It's only waste if you waste it! It is not too expensive to Recycle Used/Spent Nuclear Fuel.... It is too Expensive Not to Recycle it! It is a Good thing & the Right thing to do for Virginia and the United States of America!

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Virginia Recycles Used Nuclear Fuel's meeting with Dr. Rita Baranwal - Assistant Secretary of the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy January 14, 2020 in Washington DC

ANS Dr Rita Baranwal
Dr Rita Baranwal on Vitrified Storage
At the opening presentation on Monday November 18, 2019 at the American Nuclear Society's Winter & Expo Dr. Rita Baranwal, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) stated that along with Advancing Nuclear Energy, Recycling Used/Spent Nuclear Fuel should be part of the US Policy in Nuclear Energy Production.
Right after the presentation my colleague Steve Curtis and Dr. Rita Baranwal were able to briefly speak and she requested to setup a meeting with Steve Curtis and me (Tom Dolan). We are moving swiftly forward in the right direction!

I do not think that I have heard any one say it better than Dr. Rita Baranwal:

Yes!! Standing directly over vitrified, Remnant high-level rad waste (post-Recycling 96% of Used fuel), in a room that stores >20 years of it.

It's only waste if you waste it!


Tom & Steve with the new ANS CEO - Craig Percy

The new American Nuclear Society's CEO - Craig Percy with Tom (left) & Steve (right)

Ed P with T n S

Ed Pheil, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Elysium Industries sharing some time & thoughts with us.

Steve Curtis & Tom Dolan manning the booth at the ANS Expo

Steve Curtis & Tom Dolan manning the booth at the ANS Expo

Super Bowl 54 was Powered by the 80 year Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant Reactors.

While at the same time protecting the: American Alligator,  Manatee, and Humans from extinction. As well as  NO - SOx, NOx, PM2.5, CO, or CO2 emissions! And No solar powered the Super Bowl was possible. It was at Night!


Tom Dolan's presentation before the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority - 9-12-2019

Steve Curtis - YouTube & Radio Lectures

The First Clean Power: The Science of Nuclear Electricity Generation

Heidi Harris Interview with Steve Curtis on Yucca Mountain - July 18, 2018

Spent Nuclear Fuel Interview Fargo “the Flag” with Steve Curtis - August 20, 2019

 


Don't have to believe us, but the DATA and Numbers Don't Lie!


Argonne National Laboratory explains Nuclear Fuel Recycling with a technique called Pyroprocessing.


I was fortunate enough to be introduced to and speak with Michael Shellenberger on Recycling Used/Spent Nuclear Fuel issues by Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness' Executive Director - Jim Marra.

               

CNTA's 28th Annual Teller Lecture "Why Nuclear is in Crisis" by Michael Shellenberger 10-16-19




Climate guru uses science to debunk HBO's 'Chernobyl' on Glenn Beck's Radio Show - July 9, 2019
Michael Shellenberger takes us through HBO's "Chernobyl" to explain the truth about nuclear energy. Watch this clip to learn how people looking at their iPhones while walking or driving is responsible for more deaths each day than the Chernobyl catastrophe.

To Start Off with......... 7 Things The Simpsons Got Wrong About Nuclear!

20th Century Fox


Pro-Nuclear insights video from a popular comedy show about politics in Germany

MUST READ SUBTITLES - It is pro-nuclear which is significant because the Government shut down (or is shutting down) all the nuclear plants in the country in favor of wind and solar. Germans pay triple for their power and their air quality has significantly degraded because they replaced nuclear power with brown coal.

Some NOTES:

  • For Fukushima, the lung cancer is this guy got is not attributable to the reactor.
  • You know the Chernobyl deal, so the 4000 deaths are a fairy tale.
  • Of course we know about recycling so it does not stay a danger for "100,000" years, which is a figure people pull from their a** with no reference base.

We MUST reduce CO2-emission quickly, else global warming will take over. Switching to wind turbines and solar panels is taking too long. There is another way of generating electricity without CO2-emissions: nuclear energy. But because a lot of people find nuclear energy scary and stupid, it has to leave the taboo-realm first.


Some whimsical nuclear melodies, prior to Nuclear ED!
Clean Power Forever - EBR-I Music Video feat. Eric Meyer
A musical reflection on the ramifications of 100 percent renewable energy for planet earth.
Big Green Taxi

 A video on apples to apples Economics over the lifetime of a nuclear plant vs a natural gas plant. it is about a half hour but well worth watching to truly understand the lifetime costs and income of it all!

Economics of Nuclear Reactor


What are the costs to construct, fuel and operate a nuclear power plant compared to a natural gas power plant. Compares capital cost and fuel costs and looks at how the cost over time should be analyzed. A great video series of clear and concise videos by Professor David Ruzic on his Illinois EnergyProf YouTube channel!


Dealing with the Used Fuel (Reprocessing)


What comes out of a nuclear reactor and how and why you would want to separate the fission products from the actinides (trans-uranics). The radiotoxicity of the wastes vs time. How reprocessing has been done and is being done around the world.


Reactors of the Future (Generation IV)


Difference of the future reactors, generation IV, from the ones of today and how they may be more efficient by running hotter with less down time, and safer. High-Temperature Gas-Cooled reactor, Helium-Cooled Very-High-Temperature reactor, Lead or Salt cooled reactor, and the Pebble-Bed reactor, are all described.


STEM Resources on Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Power Pack: 3 Can’t Miss STEM Resources on Nuclear Energy

Department of Energy Education Links & Downloads


5 Fast Facts about Nuclear Energy

Ultimate Fast Facts Guide to Nuclear Energy - eBook

Millennial Nuclear Caucus

Energy By the Numbers - Nuclear Energy

External Nuclear Education Links

Introduction to nuclear energy

History of Nuclear Energy

What is nuclear energy?

What is nuclear recycling?

What is radiation? What is radioactivity?

What is Nuclear Waste?


National Geographic - EXPLORER MOMENTS:

Can Reusing Spent Nuclear Fuel Solve Our Energy Problems?


Articles & YouTube

A Very Fast, Very Safe, Very SLIMM Nuclear Reactor

Maryland denies permits for Origis Energy’s 32.5MW Solar Panel project

Nuclear: Calgary, Alberta

Papers & Studies

MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy

  • How can the world achieve the deep carbon emissions reductions that are necessary to slow or reverse the impacts of climate change? The authors of a new MIT study say that unless nuclear energy is meaningfully incorporated into the global mix of low-carbon energy technologies, the challenge of climate change will be much more difficult and costly to solve. For nuclear energy to take its place as a major low-carbon energy source, however, issues of cost and policy need to be addressed.

MIT's "The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World,"

  • released by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) on Sept. 3, the authors analyze the reasons for the current global stall of nuclear energy capacity — which currently accounts for only 5 percent of global primary energy production — and discuss measures that could be taken to arrest and reverse that trend.

Nuclear Ed can walk you through how to know more on how to Educate Yourself on "Things Nuclear"!

But, Please standby as this will not happen overnight! So far there are only two people putting ALL of this Carbon Free Recycling Crusade together!

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