Archive for August, 2011

Sorensen and Hargraves TEAC3 Presentations

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Thanks to the indefatigable Gordon McDowell, my presentation at TEAC3 on May 12, 2011 is now available on YouTube:

Along with that of the inspiring and enlightening Dr. Robert Hargraves:

I hope you enjoy the presentations!

“Future of Energy” Posts at Forbes, July 26-31

Monday, August 1st, 2011

After writing a guest post on a Forbes blog in March, I was invited to start my own blog on Forbes and have welcomed the opportunity. I called my Forbes blog “The Future of Energy” and I hope that my posts will be entertaining and informative, and will capture the thrill and excitement that I feel when looking at the possibilities of nuclear fission as our future source of energy.

July 26: BRC Set to Endorse Interim Storage

This post captures some of my thoughts relative to the release of the Blue Ribbon Commission’s draft report.

July 27: A Simplified Nuclear “Waste” Digester

July 29: A Simplified Nuclear “Waste” Digester, Part 2

A recent paper from ORNL motivated these posts, about the liquid-chloride reactor and its potential for safer fast-reactor technology than sodium-cooled, solid-fueled fast reactors.

July 30: Is Fissile Material Worth its Weight in Gold?

You might be interested in the answer.

July 31: Fissile Material has the Midas Touch

And the answer keeps getting better…