“Fail-Safe” – When failure does NOT mean disaster

Robert Williams, spokesman for Entergy, said the four monitors were “showing spurious signals, but they were still able to perform their safety function.” He added, “To be perfectly clear, the monitors did not fail. They did not fail; they were generating false signals.” via Radiation monitor problem not “failure’ Entergy says  : Times Argus Online. This […]

Prisoner’s Dilemma and New Types of Nuclear Reactors | ANS Nuclear Cafe

At the ANS Nuclear Cafe, Meredith Angwin writes: Hargraves finds it straightforward to be in favor of continued operation of currently operating LWR like the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant AND in favor of rapid development of LFTRs. I feel the same. via Prisoner’s Dilemma and New Types of Nuclear Reactors | ANS Nuclear Cafe. As […]

Mark Lynas’ “Nuclear 2.0:” The case for a Grand Alliance of Low Carbon | The unpublished notebooks of J. M. Korhonen

Mark Lynas’ “Nuclear 2.0:” The case for a Grand Alliance of Low Carbon | The unpublished notebooks of J. M. Korhonen.