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In February, the Gordian Knot News published a piece on tritium, the most innocuous radioactive isotope known to man. Tritium had made the news because the Japanese had collected so much slightly tritated water at Fukushima that they had filled up every corner of the massive…
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Nuclear Power is Too Safe
We know the litany. Nuclear power is too slow. Nuclear power is too expensive. I propose another more grievous fault. Nuclear power is too safe, way too…
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American Nuclear Export Controls
This piece deals with what could be regarded as a relatively minor nuclear hurdle compared to, for example, the NRC licensing process. But it does not…
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Stage 3: Nuclear Power and Weapons Proliferation
This is the third in our three part series about talking with open-minded skeptics about nuclear power. In Stage 1, we talked about nuclear power…
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The Gordian Knot Choir
The Gordian Knot News has been accused of preaching to the choir. It is almost certainly true that most of our readers already believe that nuclear…
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Electricity's Fundamental Flaw
Electricity is an amazing form of energy. It can run motors. It can light; it can heat; it can cool. It can transmit information. It can store…
Jack Devanney
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Stage 2: Nuclear Power's Economics Suck
This is the second in our three part series about talking with open-minded skeptics about nuclear power. You can download the slide deck from here. You…
Jack Devanney
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Stage 2: Nuclear Power's Economics Suck
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Conflict of Interest? Yes, please.
In 1954, the US Congress set up the Atomic Energy Commission with the dual role of promoting nuclear power while ensuring it was adequately safe. In the…
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