Prototype Testing in Practice
This paper outlines how the Gordian Knot Group would implement prototype testing.
Prototype Testing in Practice Read More »
This paper outlines how the Gordian Knot Group would implement prototype testing.
Prototype Testing in Practice Read More »
Hawaii has a perfect spot for a nuclear protopark. Will they take advantage of it?
Hawaii and Pele’s Energy Read More »
It is hard to imagine a more ideal location for a nuclear protopark than Hanford, Washington.
The Case for a Protopark at Hanford Read More »
New nuclear technologies cannot be prudently licensed without extensive prototype testing. But we can’t test without a license. Catch NRC.
Prototypes should be tortured, not licensed. Read More »
Many more people are killed in commercial airplane crashes than in nuclear power plant releases for far less benefit. But flying commercial is safe and nuclear power is dangerous. Why?
Honesty is the Best Policy Read More »
LNT is the theory that radiation harm is additive. Harm is a function of cumulative dose and nothing else. Exposure period and dose rate are irrelevant. LNT effectively denies our ability to repair radiation damage. LNT has been the foundation of our radiation protection regulation, with pernicious results, except for our radiation minders. A rising chorus has called for replacing LNT with a model that does recognize our repair ability. But the Empire is now fighting back. A recently released INWORK study reasserts the validity of LNT. Should we be convinced?
Circling the LNT Wagons: the INWORKS Study Read More »
The Gordian Knot of our time is the closely coupled problems of energy poverty and global warming. From time to time, we need to remind ourselves that energy poverty is the more pressing side of the Gordian Knot. You cannot solve energy poverty with expensive electricity.
The Worst Health Hazard of All Is Being Poor Read More »
Linear No Threshold (LNT), the radiation harm model which is the foundation for our radiation protection regulation is nonsense. It denies our undisputed ability to repair radiation damage. As a result it over-predicts harm in low dose rate situations, such as a nuclear power plant release by many orders of magnitude. But LNT survives. One reason is anti-LNT forces have not coalesced behind a single alternative. Another is that the most commonly suggested alternative, Linear With Threshold (LWT), has much the same problems as LNT.
Thinking Through Linear With Threshold Read More »
What does DNA Repair and a Common Bar Hustle have in common? The answer is non-linearity.
Same Birthdays and Double Double Strand Breaks Read More »
A little history on nuclear plant costs
Nuclear Power not only should be cheap, it was cheap. 3 cents/kWh cheap Read More »