Blackout: Getting the Electricity Provisions Right
With the California heat threatening possible blackouts on the eve of the anniversary of 2003’s power blackout of much of the upper-Midwest and North Eastern coast, a question comes to mind: What has changed since last year to prevent future power outages?
Posted: 08/10/2004 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
Technological Breakthroughs May Bring Nuclear Power Out of the Mothballs
It has been 24 years since an accident at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear power plant brought the nuclear power industry to a grinding halt. While only minute levels of radiation – equal to about one x-ray per person – escaped the facility, the ensuing hysteria brought construction of nuclear power plants to a standstill.
Posted: 08/10/2004 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy