Pandora’s Promise Review Roundup
Robert Stone’s Pandora’s Promise has been capturing attention and encouraging people to challenge their personal beliefs and tribal assumptions. Stone’s documentary is a classic “journey of discovery”...
View ArticlePandora’s Promise disrupts assumptions about nuclear energy
If Robert Stone’s primary purpose in creating Pandora’s Promise was to generate discussion about nuclear energy, it appears that he has succeeded. If his underlying purpose was to generate heated and...
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Pandora’s Promise – bullseye against wrong target
I had an experience this weekend that reinforced my growing understanding that pronuclear advocates have been distracted by the wrong target. Instead of focusing our fire against the people — both...
View ArticleNuclear costs are higher than they should be – many people like it that way
Nuclear energy in the United States and Europe is far more expensive that it should be. There is plenty of blame to spread; nuclear professionals have to accept some of the responsibility. If you want...
View ArticleFinally – A simple, direct, pro-nuclear advertisement
I’ve been complaining about the lack of nuclear energy advertising for a long time. If you visit here regularly, you’ve seen the commercials from Bruce Power. You might even remember the Funkytown...
View ArticleNuclear professional explains why he strongly reacts to antinuclear statements
This post originated as a comment buried deep in a thread that already includes more than 100 comments. It clearly explains why nuclear energy professionals can become rather abrupt when engaging in...
View ArticleGalen Winsor asks – Who owns the plutonium? How much is it worth?
Galen Winsor was a hands-on nuclear expert in the fullest sense of the phrase. Before irrational radiation protection rules were imposed, he and his colleagues directly handled used fuel. Since they...
View ArticleImportance of nuclear energy to modern society
This video from the International Atomic Energy Agency includes many enlightening facts and images that should help people to understand why nuclear energy is a valuable, long-term investment. The post...
View ArticleAtomic Show #207- Stomping scare stories
There has been a whole spate of scary stories published in the past couple of weeks about various aspects of nuclear energy. While the reason for the flood is not entirely clear, some atomic advocates...
View ArticlePBS Need to Know – The Nuclear Option. Damning with faint praise
As a pronuclear advocate who majored in English as an undergraduate, I could not help but notice the frustratingly effective use of slanted language in the above video segment to damn nuclear energy...
View ArticleRobert Stone talks with Michael Moore at the Traverse City Film Festival
During the summer of 2013, Robert Stone, the director of Pandora’s Promise, was invited to show his documentary at the Traverse City Film Festival. Michael Moore, one of the most famous and...
View ArticleJFK’s “Best of the Above” speech at Hanford, WA on September 26, 1963
Almost exactly 50 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy, Jr. visited Hanford, Washington to give a speech about the importance of electrical power and the role that he expected nuclear technology...
View ArticleTime for an atomic career change
It is time for a career change. For the foreseeable future, I am going to write books and articles for a living. This career move has been a long time in the making. During my first interview for a...
View ArticleRobert Stone deals with antinuclear heckler at an Australian showing of...
From the moment he first started thinking about producing a documentary that showed nuclear energy in a favorable light, Robert Stone, the director of Pandora’s Promise, recognized that he was going...
View ArticleEuropean broadcasters shun Pandora’s Promise; It contradicts their prior...
At the end of September 2013, Robert Stone was interviewed about Pandora’s Promise by Société Française d’Energie Nucléaire (SFEN). During that interview, he described his inability to convince a...
View ArticleJane Velez-Mitchell expresses shock as she interviews Robert Stone about...
Jane Velez-Mitchell concludes this segment by saying: “If you ever thought you knew anything about nuclear power plants, think again.” She then extolls the CNN audience to tune in and watch Pandora’s...
View ArticleNaval Reactors should be empowered to show the way – again
President Obama should task John Richardson with a mission similar to the one that President Dwight Eisenhower gave Hyman G. Rickover. Richardson is the current leader of Naval Reactors (NR), the...
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Professional antinuclear greens resist; greens concerned about climate change...
Fissures related to nuclear energy are developing in the monolithic movement known as Environmentalism. The Breakthrough Institute has published a good introduction to the schism titled The Great Green...
View ArticleProfessional climate change mitigation consultant says: “Let’s get real:...
By Ben Heard HOW dare anyone pretend to be surprised by Japan’s reduced emissions target? This was a foregone conclusion with a global element of responsibility and important lessons for Australia. The...
View ArticleAtomic Show #209 – Nuclear energy conference reports
The month of November is chock full of nuclear energy related conferences. I was fortunate enough to attend four informative and professionally engaging events. Unfortunately that left little time for...
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