Kennedy Maize

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Kennedy Maize

By Henry SokolskiAmong analysts, the military assault of nuclear facilities is generally viewed in one of two ways. The first is to assume meltdowns, massive radiation releases, and evacuation catastrophes will ensue. The second emphasizes how, despite repeated attacks on reactors, no radiological release has yet occurred and stresses how much safety engineers have improved nuclear systems with melt-resistant fuels and inherently safer small modular designs.

3 weeks ago | energycentral.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeIn his 1841 essay “Self-Reliance,” American Trancendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”That seems to be the working credo of the current U.S. Supreme Court, at least when it comes to the National Environmental Policy Act.

3 weeks ago | energycentral.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week approved NuScale Power’s evolutionary small modular reactor design, a 77-MW light water cooled and moderated pressurized water reactor in a six-reactor package. The “US460” SMR is a scaled-up design based on the NRC’s 2020 approval of NuScale’s original 50-MW machine. The NRC staff, in the final act of its approval process, issued the reactor’s “Final Safety Analysis Report” last Thursday (May 28).

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week approved NuScale Power’s evolutionary small modular reactor design, a 77-MW light water cooled and moderated pressurized water reactor in a six-reactor package. The “US460” SMR is a scaled-up design based on the NRC’s 2020 approval of NuScale’s original 50-MW machine. The NRC staff, in the final act of its approval process, issued the reactor’s “Final Safety Analysis Report” last Thursday (May 28).

4 weeks ago | medium.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy Maize“Future electricity needs for artificial intelligence (AI) are wildly uncertain — shaped by unproven concepts, disputed performance, limited trust, volatile markets, unpredictable adoption, and technical efficiency that quadruples roughly each year.” That warning comes from Amory Lovins, one of the legendary energy gurus of the 1970s and 1980s.