Atomic Power Review: One of our best spokespeople, Simona De Silvestro

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One of our best spokespeople; Simona De Silvestro

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 11:26 AM PDT

We all can name some top pro-nuclear spokespeople we know - whether they're known for standing in front of crowds, or TV cameras, or whether they're known more for their pro-nuclear advocacy on a more personal and direct level.

Here is one of our best public spokespeople - Simona De Silvestro. She drives the HVM Racing #78 car, a Lotus powered machine sponsored by Entergy Nuclear and labeled as the Nuclear Clean Air Energy car.

If you would like to see her advocacy in action, then click here to be taken to the APR YouTube Channel where her video is now featured.

Simona is racing tomorrow, August 26 at the Go Pro Indy GP of Sonoma. It will be televised beginning at 4:30 PM ET on the NBC Sports Networks. In some places, that might make it to broadcast TV over the air while in others you might need cable or satellite. Check your local listings.

Here are some further links to find out more about Simona and the team:

Simona De Silvestro

Lotus HVM Racing

Nuclear Clean Air Energy and Racing

HVM Racing - Official Facebook Page

Simona De Silvestro - Official Facebook Fan Page by HVM Racing

Simona De Silvestro - Deutsch FanSite (these Germans are really dedicated to the "Swiss Miss," Simona!)

Tune in if you can and see how she does. The team has been having trouble this season with engine output, but is competitive on some tracks. Let's hope the GP format is what they need to move to the front this week!

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Holtec targets making 1000 Modular reactors, Each 140 Megawatts at $800 million

from Next Big Future by noreply@blogger.com (brian wang)

The Holtec HI-SMUR 140 light water reactor was presented in 2011. (26 pages) It will be factory mass produced.

Holtec, through its subsidiary, SMR L.L.C., is one of four finalists in the running for a $452 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The plan is for the U.S. to fund two small modular nuclear reactor designs that will become available for licensing and production by 2022. Holtec estimates it can build its new (140 MWe) plant for about $800 million. The company’s more likely future market is probably outside the U.S. The plant will need to sell 1,000 units to make the small nuclear reactors a financial winner.http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/08/holtec-targets-making-1000-modular.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

 

Nuclear jobs, jobs, jobs

http://atomicinsights.com/2012/08/nuclear-jobs-jobs-jobs.html

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by Taryn Rucinski

The Keystone XL Pipeline situation took an interesting twist yesterday, with Judge Bill Harris of Lamar County Court at Law and his decision to uphold TransCanada’s condemnation of a 50-foot strip of land across a Texas plaintiff's land.  As reported by the New York Times, Plaintiff Julia Trigg Crawford plans to appeal Judge Harris' ruling which was apparently emailed to parties from his iPhone (text of the alleged 15-word ruling reported here). For those unfamiliar with the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, TransCanada has applied to the U.S. Department of State to obtain a permit to build a 1,179 mile pipeline from Alberta to Nebraska with possible extensions in Texas and Oklahoma allowing for easy access to the Gulf Coast.  TransCanada's initial application was denied, however, a second application is now being reviewed by the Department of State (DOS). The DOS is expected to make a decision on this pipeline in the early part of 2013. For more information about this issue see the related resources listed below:

Map by TransCanada of the existing and proposed Keystone XL pipelines, available at http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/tag/keystone-xl-pipeline/.

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Saul Elbein, Judge Upholds Eminent Domian for Pipeline in Texas, NY Times (Aug. 23, 2012).

 

Leslie Kaufman & Don Forsch, Eminent Domain Fight Has a Canadian Twist, NY Times (Oct. 11, 2011).

 

New Keystone XL Pipeline Application, U.S. Dep't of State (last visited Aug. 24, 2012) (project documents / press releases - includes DOS' January 18, 2012 Report to Congress).

 

Keystone XL Pipeline Project, TransCanada (last visited Aug. 24, 2012).

 

CRS Report, Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Key Issues (May 9, 2012).

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