Don’t Despair
Don’t despair …. After all, “a diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.” -Henry Kissinger
- February 28, 2023
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March Birthdays
Warmest wishes for a Happy Birthday to Marshalla Schile, Karl Sease, James Salone, and Tom Ryan. Happy Birthday and all the best to you in the year to come.
Read More- February 27, 2023
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Passage of Inflation Reduction Act Brings on a Battle of the Batteries
A surge in the demand for Battery Energy Storage Systems to support or back up utility-scale renewables has been brought about due to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and its infusion of financial incentives, making battery energy storage competitive with fossil fuels. The result is a battle of the batteries: Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries […]
Read More- February 23, 2023
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Now Cooling for Zaporizhzhia NPP is in Jeopardy – What’s Next?
Russian forces have been draining water from the Kakhovha Reservoir since early November 2022, through the sluice gates of the hydroelectric power plant located there. As a result, levels are at a three-decade low. They jeopardize the drinking water for hundreds of thousands of residents, irrigation for nearly half-a-million acres of farmland, and the cooling […]
Read More- February 21, 2023
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You Might be Surprised at Your Next Job Interview…
The job interviewing process is evolving right along with our technology. Are you planning to interview for a job in the near future? If so, you may experience something very different than what your were expecting– a preliminary interview by Artificial Intelligence (AI). You probably know that Artificial intelligence is already streamlining how we send emails, synthesize […]
Read More- February 20, 2023
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Further Delay Projected for Vogtle Units 3 & 4
A further delay is projected for Vogtle Units 3&4. This was recently disclosed at Southern Company’s yearly corporate earnings meeting. Unit 3 could now begin commercial operation in May or June, delayed from when it was projected to be the end of April. Unit 4 also will be delayed, now projected sometime between November 2023 […]
Read More- February 16, 2023
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350 Meters³ of Hanford Waste Headed to Texas – Annually
The Hanford Site, in Washington State, currently stores radioactive waste in underground storage tanks. The waste was generated, in part, by the prior reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel during the Manhattan Project and Cold War eras, for defense-related nuclear research, development and weapons-production activities. In accordance with plans for cleanup and remediation of the waste, […]
Read More- February 14, 2023
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It’s Here – A Hydrogen-Fueled V8 Engine by Toyota & Yamaha
For years, we have heard promises about delivery of a hydrogen engine and recently carmakers Toyota and Yamaha announced that they have joined forces and developed a hydrogen-fueled 5.0-liter V8 engine. Could this be the breakthrough we have all been waiting for? The engine is not entirely new, it is based on a current model used by Lexus […]
Read More- February 13, 2023
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A History of NuScale Power and their VOYGR Design
NuScale can trace its beginnings back to 2000, based on research funded by the US Department of Energy and conducted by Oregon State University, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and other colleges. However, the research grant ended in 2003. A group of scientists at Oregon State University continued work on the design and built a […]
Read More- February 10, 2023
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Coal versus the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which became law on August 16, 2022, is the most significant climate legislation in U.S. history. It directs new federal spending toward reducing carbon emissions, lowering healthcare costs, funding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and improving taxpayer compliance over the next ten years. The estimated cost associated with […]
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