This Shouldn't be so Difficult! Those of us in the nuclear field frequently find ourselves having to address inaccuracies in publishe...

75 Years Since the Birth  of the Atomic Age  I woke up today to news articles in several sources highlighting the fact that today marks...

Deja Vu All Over Again I recently saw an article discussing the use of solar panels by the U.S. military .  It cited a Department of Ener...

Revisiting Conventional Wisdom Just when you think you have a good handle on the facts, along comes a study that casts doubt on some of t...

Some Unexpected Parallels I haven't blogged in a few weeks, in part because, this past month, we took our first long cruise on our Si...

What is Fair? In the past few weeks, I have been seeing a variety of articles on the issue of subsidies for energy sources.  The first on...

Understanding the Connection In the last few years, the deregulation of the electricity markets in the U.S. has proven to have a major i...