18

Feb

2025

CNA Daily Briefing January 9, 2025

Today’s Headlines Nuclear energy groups race to develop ‘microreactors’ Rosatom using collaborative robot welder for experimental design work EDF subsidiary Nuward relaunches SMR design and replaces boss Netherlands takes important […]

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18

Feb

2025

CNA Daily Briefing January 8,2025

Today’s Headlines Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Canadian Commercial Corporation to cooperate on global expansion of nuclear energy Register for CNA Workforce Planning Forum: Saskatoon, January 21 Nuclear energy gets new […]

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18

Feb

2025

CNA Daily Briefing January 7, 2025

Today’s Headlines BWXT Enters Agreement to Acquire Kinectrics, a Leading Service Provider to the Global Nuclear Market CNA Workforce Planning Forum: Saskatoon, January 21 For Nuclear Power, 2025 needs to […]

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18

Feb

2025

CNA Daily Briefing January 6, 2025

Today’s Headlines Armed with Canadian taxpayer support, AtkinsRéalis and Westinghouse are competing to export nuclear reactors. Which one will prevail?Canada aims to become world’s biggest uranium producer as demand soarsConstellation […]

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5

Feb

2025

An article by the Breakthrough Institute

This is a Rorschach Test – The Breakthrough Journal This is one of those rare occasions where I have nothing to add other than that this should be a compulsory […]

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4

Feb

2025

How do we quickly and succinctly explain why wind and solar are not cheap?

Among the many misconceptions circulating, the notion that “cheap” wind and solar energy will reduce electricity bills, is particularly dangerous. People are highly sensitive to cost issues, and if anything […]

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20

Jan

2025

The Titanic Fallacy

A while ago I pointed out that we should never be using confidence in engineering as our primary argument in supporting technology because if we did somone would simply raise […]

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15

Jan

2025

More on implied bias and some suggestions for how you can help

I have written before about implied bias.  It is an issue that concerns me a lot.  Implied bias is in many ways worse that overt bias because its insidious and […]

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15

Jan

2025

How can you be “downstream” of something that is below you and where there is no “Stream”

Just before Christmas the Hill Times (a highly respected newspaper amongst influencers in politics) published an article aby Erika Simpson that repeated a lot of misinformation circulating about the DGR. […]

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19

Dec

2024

Can Used Nuclear Fuel be Transported Safely?

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization announced in November that it has selected Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) and the Township of Ignace as the host communities for Canada’s deep geological […]

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