article thumbnail

How the Daya Bay experiment helped China build a neutrino legacy

Physics World

Some scientists proposed using nuclear reactors to study this neutrino oscillation, since reactors are well-understood neutrino sources, and Luk realized it could be the best way to solve the theta-13 problem. Originally from Hong Kong, Luk also knew about the Daya Bay nuclear power plant and added it to his list.

article thumbnail

Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. California significantly expanded its use of renewable energy starting in 2011. 5] The U.S.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

Gleick claims they did not claim fossil fuels were scarce in the 1970s, and points to a book published in 2003 where Holdren said, “What environmentalists mainly say on this topic is not that we are running out of energy, but that we are running out of environment…” But I make this exact point in Apocalypse Never. Why else use it?

article thumbnail

Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

Corp Watch

And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. In 1993, Raytheon paid out $3.7 million to settle U.S. million radar contract.

article thumbnail

The "Patriots" at Raytheon

Corp Watch

And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. In 1993, Raytheon paid out $3.7 million to settle U.S. million radar contract.

article thumbnail

Ukraine conflict a boon for defense industry

Corp Watch

And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. In 1993, Raytheon paid out $3.7 million to settle U.S. million radar contract.

article thumbnail

How Biden’s Foreign-Policy Team Got Rich

Corp Watch

And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. In 1993, Raytheon paid out $3.7 million to settle U.S. million radar contract.