The transcript from this week’s MIB: Josh Wolfe, Lux Capital, is below. You can stream/download the full conversation, including the podcast extras on Apple iTunes, Bloomberg, Spotify, Google…
In the late 1940s the federal government established the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) at a site on the dusty volcanic plain of the Arco desert about 50 miles west of Idaho Falls, ID. Now…
My post this morning about nuclear power touched off a considerable Twitter conversation, most of it based on misconceptions about modern nuclear reactor designs. I don’t want to get into a long…
Nextbigfuture interviewed Robert Hargraves of Thorcon to clarify some information about the status of the revolutionary Thorcon molten salt nuclear reactor and the implications of the new agreement…
Benefits of Molten Salt Reactors The benefits of MSRs are plentiful, hence their resilience as an interesting topic throughout reactor history. We break them down by topic here. Sustainability…
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If it is right that nothing can stop an idea whose time has come, it must be true the other way too — nothing can hold back an idea whose time has passed. Just blow the dust off, you’ll see the…
Space-based solar power is an idea whose time may have come, at least in the views of some in China, requiring the US to respond appropriately. (credit: NASA) by Peter GarretsonMonday, July 1, 2019…
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Bipartisan legislative efforts in the Senate and the House show that Congress is serious about promoting the development of advanced nuclear reactors. In the Senate, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Joe…