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Tag Archives: nuclear power
Nuclear Energy Revisited
On July 1, Interstate Power and Light Company, the parent company of Alliant Energy, filed an application to add 1,000 megawatts of wind energy “to help boost Iowa’s electric grid and further diversify its energy portfolio,” Olivia Cohen wrote in … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged Duane Arnold nuclear plant, Linn County, nuclear energy, nuclear power, sustainabiilty
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Can You Restart A Closed Nuclear Reactor?
From the July 2025 edition of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is funded entirely by reader subscription, available in hard copy for $15/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Click here for archived … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Duane Arnold nuclear plant, environmental protection, Iowa, Iowa nuclear power, NRC, nuclear power
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Duane Arnold Back In The News
There’s a lot of chatter about the energy demands of artificial intelligence. As Iowa looks at inviting new data centers into the state, the usual suspects are dragging out the same old sawhorses to devise worn out solutions to meet … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged Duane Arnold, Iowa nuclear plant, nuclear energy, nuclear power
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Nuclear Power Isn’t It
Little has changed to make nuclear power a safe and affordable option to produce electricity. That didn’t stop Iowa Republican members of congress, all four of them, from voting for H.R. 6544, the Atomic Advancement Act of 2023. They were … Continue reading
Rise Of Nuclear Power Was A Bad Idea
In a broader perspective, the rise of nuclear power was a bad idea. It always required substantial government subsidies, and there is no solution for handling spent fuel rods and radioactive equipment. If there is a disaster like Fukushima Daiichi … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Abolition
Tagged Duane Arnold, James Hansen, NextEra Energy Resources, nuclear abolition, nuclear power
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August Recess
SOLON, Iowa — While Trish Nelson takes a well-deserved break, I will attempt to fill her shoes at Blog for Iowa. Delegates from the national party conventions dispersed last week and there is a lot to write about. Party and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Progressive Community
Tagged Blog for Iowa, clean water in Iowa, Forestry, Iowa clean air, Local food, nuclear abolition, nuclear power, politics, voter suppression
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Gasoline and the Shale Boom
People don’t connect the dots between lower gasoline prices and the shale oil boom. Yesterday I filled my gas tank for $23.70, with the per gallon price in the mid-$2.40 range. That’s not low compared to when I commuted to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged climate change, environment, fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, nuclear power
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Iowa's Nuclear Challenge
Carolyn Heising doesn’t get it about nuclear power. Iowans don’t want more of it, and there is a nascent movement to shut down the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo for good when the ten-year extension of its license from … Continue reading
End Nuclear Power Subsidies In Iowa
(Editor’s Note: The following letter from Michael Mariotte, president of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service arrived this week, reminding us of common ground with conservatives who would end government subsidies to the nuclear power industry. Iowa’s own nuclear plant … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Abolition
Tagged Duane Arnold, energy, Iowa nuclear plant, nuclear abolition, nuclear power
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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Reactor to Close
(Editor’s Note: One-by-one aging nuclear power plants are being shuttered, partly due to the work of anti-nuclear power advocates, but mostly because the economics of boiling water with a nuclear chain reaction don’t work for businesses. This story by Terri … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Abolition
Tagged nuclear abolition, nuclear power, Vermont Yankee
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