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Lost Amusement Parks

Lost Amusement Parks

A bygone era of roller coasters, Ferris wheels and carousels Many people love amusement parks, but Wesley and Barbara Gottlock have a thing for amusement parks that no longer exist. The New Windsor couple, retired educators turned authors, had written regional histories about Bannerman Castle, Palisades Interstate Park and “lost” towns of the Hudson Valley...

Tritium at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant. (Under going Decommissioning. )

Tritium at Indian Point By Marilyn Elie Tritium is a naturally occurring radioactive isotope that is found in the upper reaches of the atmosphere and rarely occurs naturally on the surface of the Earth. It is produced as a byproduct in the normal operations of nuclear reactors. It has a half-life of 12 years.  That...
Update on Holtec and tritiated water into Cape Cod Bay

Update on Holtec and tritiated water into Cape Cod Bay

This is Part 2 of the struggle to keep tritiated water out of Cape Cod Bay.  Diane Turco is the author of this piece and a familar name to many who follow nuclear matters.  Indian Point is mentioned in this story.  Holtec will have the same problem here once the fuel pools are emptied. Marilyn...
Extending life of reactors

Extending life of reactors

“Natural gas-fired generation is facing multiple headwinds, from the growth of renewables and battery storage to the limits of natural gas midstream development. However, for those looking to make a bullish case for natural gas power demand in the long-term, nuclear decommissioning has been a bright spot. The shift in sentiment both at a state and...

Reflections on Nuclear fission, nuclear fusion and the climate emergency by Gordon Edwards

http://www.ccnr.org/fission_fusion_and_sustainability_2022.pdf This is a wide ranging and thoughtful essay with the best explanation of fusion I have ever seen. It is timely and important because of the excitement currently being generated by the Department of Energy for all things nuclear using the billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act to promote the nuclear industry. Written...
Half of France’s Nuclear Plants Are Off-Line

Half of France’s Nuclear Plants Are Off-Line

As Europe Quits Russian Gas, Half of France’s Nuclear Plants Are Off-Line This is quite a revelation about the highly touted French nuclear system.  France’s state-backed nuclear operator is scrambling to overcome a crisis to get as many reactors as possible restarted before winter sets in. Plus many other problems that beset any group of...
‘We are scarred’: Nuclear communities sidelined in just transition debate, even as industry subsidies flow

‘We are scarred’: Nuclear communities sidelined in just transition debate, even as industry subsidies flow

The town of Zion, Illinois, went into an economic spiral after the sudden closure of a nuclear power plant 25 years ago. Today, it’s still trying to recover and offers a cautionary tale for the country’s energy transition. by Kari Lydersen November 8, 2022 — The nuclear plant on the shore of Lake Michigan in Zion, Illinois,...
The Energy Transition to Renewables | Utility Dive

The Energy Transition to Renewables | Utility Dive

https://www.utilitydive.com/trendline/energy-transition-to-renewables/282/?utm_source=UDLM&utm_medium=BlastNov2&utm_campaign=BurnsMcDonnell This is a long and thoughtful series of articles about the transition to Renewables.  A lot to be learned here. For the blog “Increasingly favorable economics, corporate commitments, and state and federal actions, like the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, are all spurring the deployment of renewable energy resources. But the pace of...
Coming soon to Indian Point. Waste water release at Pilgrim.

Coming soon to Indian Point. Waste water release at Pilgrim.

“As the plume from Pilgrim travels inside the bay and along the Outer Cape, it would be diluted by as much as 100 times from initial concentrations at the point of release. But that may not be enough to avoid accumulation of contaminants, according to the study. “Although the plume will be significantly diluted, the...