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Saving America’s Nuclear Industry

By Guest PostOctober 27, 2017Environment, Sciencedavid kropaczek, first commercial reactor, michael doster, nuclear energy institute, nuclear industry, tennessee, united states, watts bar

From Diablo Canyon on the central California coast to Turkey Point on the southeast tip of Florida, the United States is home to 99 nuclear power reactors at 62 nuclear plants generating roughly 20 percent of the nation’s electrical energy. But in an industry beset by disruptive technologies and intense competitive pressures, the future of nuclear energy in the U.S. is anything but certain. (more…)

Thick-skinned dinosaur gets the last laugh

By Guest PostSeptember 23, 2014Sciencecanada, david kropaczek, duck-billed dinosaurs, first commercial reactor, hadrosaurs, hell creek formation, michael doster, montana, nuclear energy institute, nuclear industry, seo company, seo professionals, torosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus rex, united states, up front blogger, watts bar, yale university

In life, Tyrannosaurus rex usually got the best of the less fearsome duck-billed dinosaurs, or hadrosaurs: T. rex ate them.

But in death, the plant-eating hadrosaurs have proved more resilient than their carnivorous predators — and apparently all other dinosaurs — at least by the measure of their skin. (more…)