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I have written about Hyperion Power Generation (HPG) several times before, and some people may think I am getting repetitive. The story, however, continues to fascinate me because the leaders of the company are thinking more like biotech or traditional computer/communications tech startup companies than traditional nuclear suppliers. Several weeks ago, I had the opportunity [...]
The United Kingdom’s energy supply situation has changed dramatically since 2003, when a UK government report titled Our Energy Future – Creating a Low Carbon Economy concluded that it was not necessary to build new nuclear power plants. Specifically, that paper stated: “This white paper does not contain specific proposals for building new nuclear power [...]
In addition to my efforts on Green Options publications like CleanTechnica, I also publish a blog titled Atomic Insights. On that blog, I have recently been engaged in a conversation with a reader named Gordon, who is a believer in the energy supply systems that Amory Lovins has been advocating for more than 35 years. [...]
Exelon, the largest operator of nuclear power plants in the United States has filed a license application with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US-NRC) to build two new nuclear power plants near Victoria, Texas. When operating, the plants will produce zero units of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury, sulfur oxides, and fly ash. Exelon has [...]
Call me a Popeye, but I like having fresh green salads for lunch or dinner. Unfortunately, it is sometimes risky to eat raw vegetables because of the risk of contamination by common bacteria like E. coli, salmonella and listeria. I have long wondered when it would be possible to purchase greens that had been irradiated [...]
Hyperion Power Generation issued a press release on August 12, 2008 announcing that their first customer had signed a letter of intent (LOI) to purchase 6 Hyperion Power ModulesTM (HPM), which the company describes as “a small, compact, transportable, nuclear power reactor”. Each HPM will be priced at approximately $25 million. The company did not [...]
One of Al Gore’s frequently used sound bites to explain his skepticism about the potential for nuclear power to address energy and climate change challenges is that the plants come in only one size – “extra large”. The last time I heard him say those words was during an interview by Katie Couric just a [...]
My name is Rod Adams. I am addicted to my fossil fuel powered vehicles. (The accompanying photo was taken in July 1986.) I thought it might be worth taking a few minutes to remember that people who developed internal combustion engines were not people focused on selling fossil fuels, they were people interested in solving [...]
