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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Funding received for Dent Island Tidal Energy project

http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2016/05/funding-received-for-dent-island-tidal-energy-project.html?cmpid=EnlHydroMay102016&eid=288118515&bid=1399809

Pentagon Allowed to Supply Military Gear Directly to Homeland Security Dept. for 'War on Immigrants' | naked capitalism

The John A. Simpson Archive

The John A. Simpson Archive

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is pleased to announce the creation of the complete John A. Simpson Archive, a searchable archive of the Bulletin containing every issue published since our founding in 1945. The archive is named in honor of John Alexander Simpson, a key Bulletin founder and longtime member of its Board of Sponsors.

The archive is now accessible through institutional subscribers to the Bulletin's bi-monthly journal, published at Taylor & Francis Online. Access to the archive for individual subscribers will be available within the next few months.

An alternative archive for the years 1945-1998 remains freely available online through Google Books, but individual articles cannot be downloaded.

John Simpson was an experimental physicist who worked as a group leader on the Manhattan Project. On August 7, 1945, one day after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Simpson called a meeting of Manhattan Project scientists to discuss ways of informing the public and policy-makers about science and its implications for humanity. The Atomic Scientists of Chicago was formed in September, with Simpson as its first chairman, and within months began publishing what remains to this day the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

In 1995, Simpson alluded to the creation of the Bulletin and the gravity of issues the publication has covered from the start, saying, “For the first time in modern history, scientists were saying that it was necessary to make judgments about what to do with their inventions.”

The John A. Simpson Archive expands a smaller collection of Bulletin articles published since 1998 that was digitized and made available through the generosity of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker, along with former students and colleagues of John Simpson, in 2008.

Henry Frisch, professor of physics at the University of Chicago and former member of the Bulletin's Governing Board, was instrumental in securing support for that first Simpson Collection, support that allowed the Bulletin to link its bimonthly journal with open-access content on a new website for the first time.

“John Simpson was a brilliant physicist who was keenly aware that scientists and government leaders needed to be fully accountable to the public for what they had created,” said Frisch. “I know he’d be pleased that this rich record of nuclear and scientific history bears his name.”

We at the Bulletin would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Nicholas and Susan Pritzker, Henry Frisch, Don Lamb, and the many friends of John Simpson for making this archive possible.

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Natural Gas: The Heart Of Our Climate Progress

By Energy Tomorrow Blog, Monday, May 9, 2016 10:00 AM

Manufacturing To Be A Key Election Issue

The progress the United States is making toward its climate goals starts with clean-burning natural gas. Increased domestic natural gas production and its use is the primary reason the United States leads the world in reducing carbon emissions. It’s the keystone for a workable strategy to advance climate goals while sustaining economic growth and prosperity… Keep reading →http://breakingenergy.com/2016/05/09/natural-gas-the-heart-of-our-climate-progress/?utm_campaign=Breaking+Energy+Daily+Digest&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=29415346&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--tD_HBUxxDsQBn2mgXMyb7i5hUlBwXd0dRoLcO3TZiRzsB7w6JjHerYIMUhwuHPkEr5mjGBDPl3fje-Boh2I0c1W-YSQ&_hsmi=29415346

Energy Department Announces Funding For Design And Construction Of Manufacturing Of Biofuels, Bioproducts And Biopower

By U.S. Department of Energy, Monday, May 9, 2016 5:00 PM

National Renewable Energy Lab Tests Green Energies In Colorado

$90 MILLION FUNDING WILL ADVANCE ADMINISTRATION GOALS TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS AND IMPROVE AMERICAN ENERGY SECURITY WASHINGTON — Recognizing the importance of biofuels to energy and climate security, the Energy Department today announced up to $90 million in project funding focused on designing, constructing and operating integrated biorefinery facilities. The production of biofuels from sustainable,… Keep reading →

Nuclear development could lead to Millom housing boom

American Thinker: Armenia sells nuclear materials to IS?

Today.Az - Alarming trail of Armenia's nuclear ambitions - report

Catholic San Francisco Scientists and faith leaders: Time to scale back nuclear arms -

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and faith leaders: Time to scale back nuclear arms - See more at:
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Catholic San Francisco

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‘For Sale’ Sign Going up at TVA Bellefonte Nuclear Site

http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pe/2016/05/for-sale-sign-going-up-at-tva-bellefonte-nuclear-site.html?eid=288118515&bid=1399850

Monday, May 9, 2016

The Grid

Meredith Angwin has given a course at OSHER (Dartmouth life-long learning). Tomorrow, the course will visit ISO-NE control room.

The course is not just about nuclear issues, but about how the grid works and how things are paid for on the grid. It was recorded by our local community TV station, and is now being mounted at VIMEO. I think nuclear communicators will find it of interest.

The first class is now up at Vimeo. It consists of me giving an introduction to the course, and Howard Shaffer discussing energy flows on the grid (physical issues). The Grid, What Your Electricity Bill Won't Tell You.

https://vimeo.com/165871142

The second class is not mounted yet, but it will be me discussing policy issues and controversies on the grid. The third class is Christine Hallquist "recovering engineer" and president of Vermont Electric Cooperative, describing her view of issues on the grid. She includes the issue of the destabilization due to the growth of sources that aren't rotating electric machinery.

All the course material is available here. The second and third class are not mounted yet. I will send links when they are.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_B8v35cmcD9TDhjbF9QSDQxQ28

Russia completes second reactor vessel for Arktika
Russia's ZIO-Podolsk has completed assembling the integrated reactor vessel of the second of two 175 MWt reactors for the Arktika icebreaker. The procedure was completed in 19 days, three days fewer than for the same equipment for the first reactor. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Russia-completes-second-reactor-vessel-for-Arktika-09051601.html