Kirsty Gogan
Kirsty Gogan is the founder and managing partner of TerraPraxis, is an internationally sought-after advisor to governments, industry, academic networks and NGOs. Kirsty is an expert who has traveled the
Category: Future of Energy
Newsom tells L.A. Times editors that he’s reconsidering the Diablo Canyon closure
Governor Gavin Newsom, a consumate politician, finally is willing to declare his support for Diablo Canyon, something he has long refused to do. As the L.A. Times reports in an
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Berkeley Students Energy Conference looks to a nuclear future
Berkeley students have been organizing an annual Energy Summit, through the student group, Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative (BERC) which “connects, educates and motivates students, alumni, faculty and industry professionals
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Tech Billionaires Rally around Nuclear
Billionaires are rallying around nuclear, according to a recent report from Pitchbook on venture investments in 2021. Notably, some of these billionaires, Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen, have spoken out
The best time to plan(t) a nuclear facility
Olkiluoto 3, the long-awaited Finish EPR nuclear power plant, started producing electricity on March 12th. It will be commencing with a phase of testing its power production and so will
Indiana passes bill to OK small nuclear reactors
Senate Bill 271, passed by both the Indiana House and Senate, directs the Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission to adopt rules for granting certificates for the construction, purchase or lease of
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Answer to Putin (and Climate Change) in one
A response to the attack by Vladimir Putin on Ukraine, if it is going to have any effect, must be buttressed with meaningful changes in energy policies of the EU
West Virginia latest state to repeal ban on nuclear power
West Virginia’s legislature passed a bill that repeals the state’s ban on new nuclear power plants by a vote of 76 to 16, with 8 members absent. The short bill,
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Is the NRC hostile towards innovators?
Robert Bryce writing in Forbes, raises the question . . . though in not so many words. Comparing the NRC’s treatment of Oklo to the galloping progress that the Chinese
A 70th Anniversary for Fission
70 years ago today, on December 20, 1951, the first Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR-I, pictured below at left) came online at the Idaho National Laboratory to produce usable electricity through