Thursday, June 27, 2013

Small modular reactors, same nuclear problems

Small modular reactors, same nuclear problems
5/30/2013
Webinar Archive Detail
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Please join us to learn more about small modular nuclear reactors, including the costs and risks they pose to the Southeast, particularly at TVA’s Clinch River site in Tennessee and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and to U.S. taxpayers. Hear expert analysis from and participate in a discussion with Dr. Arjun Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research; Autumn Hanna, Senior Program Director at Taxpayers for Common Sense; Tom Clements, Southeast Nuclear Campaign Coordinator with Friends of the Earth; and Sara Barczak, High Risk Energy Choices Program Director with Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

Spent Fuel and Reprocessing Myths and Realities

Spent Fuel and Reprocessing Myths and Realities
A presentation to the Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Committee in Columbia, South Carolina. 
Presented on 3/14/2013 by Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.

Download the presentation in PDF
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Presentation topics include:
Recap of past failure
Consolidated storage and long-term success
French reprocessing policy
Mixed oxide fuel
U.S. reprocessing prospects
Criteria for successful spent fuel management
Informed consent

Friday, June 21, 2013

Baseload Power Myth

myth : Only nuclear can provide the continuous baseload needed because renewables are too intermittent.

Mythbuster:- Nuclear reactors spend on average more than 30% of their designated working life (DWL) offline, mostly because of safety problems. This is more than even wind or solar and in larger chunks at a time. The only way nuclear can provide continuous baseload is by having a number of reactors, at different locations for safety. Renewables, with a variety of technologies and locations is potentially able to better nuclear for continuous baseload provision.

Energy Storage Moves Wind to Baseload Power
June 20, 2013 
http://cf.ly/1XSh

Why baseload power is doomed
By Chris Nelder
March 28, 2012
http://cf.ly/1XSp

Can renewables provide baseload power?
http://cf.ly/1XSr

The Myth of Intermittent Renewable Electricity
3/25/2011
http://cf.ly/1XSv

Renewable energy can provide baseload power – here’s how
7/21/2011
http://cf.ly/1XSx

The Base Load Fallacy
and other Fallacies disseminated by Renewable Energy Deniers
Dr Mark Diesendorf
Energy Science Coalition
http://adf.ly/QsdKt
http://adf.ly/QsdWo

In a renewable world, baseload generation is redundant
By Giles Parkinson on 29 March 2012
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/in-a-renewable-world-baseload-generation-is-redundant-21817

The end of baseload? It may come sooner than you think
By Giles Parkinson on 20 February 2012
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/the-end-of-baseload-it-may-come-sooner-than-you-think-29425

The Myth of “Baseload” Power
February 28, 2012 
By Tyson Cook, Staff Scientist
http://blog.cleanwisconsin.org/index.php/2012/02/28/the-myth-of-baseload-power

U.S. Department Of Energy 
The 7 Solar Myths
http://www.siboinc.com/7_solar_myths.htm

The Myths of Solar Electricity
9/10/2009
http://www.applied-solar.info/solar-power/the-myths-of-solar-electricity/